Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Exercise Of Over-Allotment Option And Completion Of Public Offering Of Common Stock

Arena Pharmaceuticals announced the completion of an underwritten public offering of 12,650,000 shares of its common stock, including 1,650,000 shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of an over-allotment option previously granted to the underwriters. All of the shares were offered by Arena at a price to the public of $5.50 per share. The gross proceeds to Arena from this offering were approximately $69.6 million, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by Arena. Arena anticipates using the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include expenses related to the commercialization of lorcaserin, if approved, as well as for research and development expenses, capital expenditures, working capital, and general and administrative expenses. Jefferies & Company, Inc. and Piper Jaffray & Co. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. BMO Capital Markets acted as a co-manager for the offering.