Humacyte tumbles on pricing $50 mln stock offering

Humacyte

26/03/2025 10:58

**  Shares of biotech firm Humacyte HUMA.O down 23.5% premarket to $2.20, over 16-mth low, after overnight follow-on priced

    ** Durham, North Carolina-based co late Tues sold 25 mln shares at $2 for $50 mln gross raise

    ** Offering priced at 30.6% discount to last sale

    ** Co intends to use net offering proceeds to fund commercialization of its implant Symvess for patients with extreme blood vessel injury

    ** U.S. FDA granted approval of Symvess in Dec

      ** HUMA has ~122.7 mln shares outstanding for ~$353 mln market cap, and ~89.7 mln shares of public float, per LSEG data

    ** TD Cowen, Barclays and BTIG jt bookrunners for the offering

    ** Through Tues,
    HUMA shares down 43% YTD after ~78% gain in 2024

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

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