Beverly Hills 12/10/2009 1:13:29 AM
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Novavax Closes 6.8 Million-Share Offering

Finance World News Update by EQUITIES Magazine

Novavax Inc. said today that it closed a public offering for 6.8 million shares of common stock.

 

The biotech drug developer announced the offering, at $3.30 per share, at a 12 percent discount to the stock’s prior closing price of $3.77 as of November 20.

 

The $21 million net proceeds will be used to fund research and development, capital expenses, and general corporate purposes. Piper Jaffray & Co and Lazard Capital Markets LLC were joint bookrunning managers.

 

Novavax stocks fell 2 cents to $3.17 in morning trading.

 

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