Tenaya Therapeutics prices 8.89M shares at $4.50 in underwritten offering

Tenaya Therapeutics announced the pricing of its underwritten offering of 8,888,890 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $4.50 per share and, to certain investors in lieu of common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,222,271 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $4.499 per each pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share offering price for the common stock less the $0.001 per share exercise price for each such pre-funded warrant. All of the securities are to be sold by Tenaya. The deal included participation from new and existing investors including The Column Group, RA Capital Management, Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, Octagon Capital, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Armistice Capital, Integral Health Asset Management, PFM Health Sciences, LP, Soleus Capital, as well as two large investment management firms. Before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, Tenaya expects to receive total gross proceeds of approximately $50 million. The offering is expected to close on or about February 12, 2024, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Leerink Partners and TD Cowen are acting as joint book running managers for the offering. LifeSci Capital is acting as lead manager for the offering.