Alpine Immune Sciences edges up after $100 mln stock deal

Alpine Immune Sciences

21/09/2022 13:48

** Alpine Immune Sciences Inc's  APLN.O  shares rise ~1%
premarket after overnight follow-on prices
    ** Co late Tues offered 13.6 mln shares at $7.35, in-line
with stock's last sale  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw3PDCsBa
    ** Co to use net proceeds to fund clinical development of
its autoimmune, cancer and lupus drug candidates
    ** At end-Jun, co had $201.2 mln of cash on hand, per
prospectus filing https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626199/000162619922000065/a424b52021prosuppprojectyo.htm
    
    ** Offering size represents half of co's public float of
shares, per Refinitiv data
    ** Morgan Stanley, SVB Secs and Cowen jt bookrunners
    ** ALPN down ~47% YTD through Tues close
    ** Avg rating among 4 analysts is "strong buy"; median PT
$21 - Refinitiv

 (Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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