Corcept Therapeutics announces preliminary results of tender offer

Corcept Therapeutics announced the preliminary results of its previously announced tender offer to purchase up to 7,500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a price not greater than $22.00 nor less than $19.25 per share, in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, which expired one minute after 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on March 31, 2023. Based on the preliminary count by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the depositary for the Tender Offer, 6,630,151 shares of Corcept’s common stock were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn at or below a purchase price of $22.00 per share, including 2,040,587 shares tendered by notice of guaranteed delivery. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer, based on these preliminary results, Corcept expects to purchase 6,630,151 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $22.00 per share, for an aggregate cost of $145,863,322, excluding fees, any excise taxes and expenses relating to the Tender Offer. The number of shares that Corcept expects to purchase in the Tender Offer represents approximately 6 percent of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding as of March 30, 2023. Corcept expects to have 101,435,180 shares of common stock outstanding immediately following payment for the shares of common stock purchased in the Tender Offer.