Akero Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic disease marked by high unmet medical need, announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 11,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $29.00 per share.
- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic disease marked by high unmet medical need, announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 11,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $29.00 per share.
- All of the shares in the offering are being offered by Akero Therapeutics.
- In addition, Akero Therapeutics has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,650,000 shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.
- The shares of common stock are being offered by Akero Therapeutics pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).