** Gene-editing company's KRBP.O shares drop as much as
25.45% to $4.95, among top pct. losers trading on Nasdaq
premarket
** Co's underwritten public offering of 8 mln shares, priced
at $5 per share, to fetch gross proceeds of $40 million
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** Offer price represents ~24% discount to stock's last
close
** Offer size is more than triple of co's free float -
Refinitiv data
** ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management,
is acting as sole book-running manager for the offer
** Stock down ~21% YTD, as of last close
(Reporting by Rithika Krishna in Bengaluru)
((Rithika.Krishna@thomsonreuters.com;))