** U.S.-listed shares of gene therapy firm UniQure NV
QURE.O down 4.2% to $16.90 before the bell as follow-on prices
** Netherlands-based firm ~4.4 mln shares at $17 for $75
mln gross proceeds
** Offering price represents 3.6% discount to stock's last
close
** Co plans to use net offering proceeds to fund submission
of a biologics license application for AMT-130, its
** Co has ~49 mln shares outstanding as of Jan 6, according
to most recent , giving it ~$864 mln market cap
** Leerink, Stifel and Guggenheim acting as bookrunners for
stock offering
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))