Zevra Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Underwritten Offering of Common Stock

CELEBRATION, Fla., Aug. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZVRA), a rare disease therapeutics company (“Zevra”), today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 9,230,770 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $6.50 per share, for total gross proceeds of approximately $60.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by Zevra. All of the common stock is being offered by Zevra. The offering is expected to close on August 12, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. In addition, Zevra has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,384,615 shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

Cantor and William Blair are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Citizens JMP and H.C. Wainwright & Co. are acting as co-managers.

The securities described above are being offered by Zevra pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333- 279941), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 4, 2024, and became effective on June 13, 2024. This offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus which forms a party of the registration statement. A final prospectus supplement related to the offering will be filed with the SEC and may be obtained, when available, by visiting the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may also be obtained, when available, by contacting: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 110 East 59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by email at prospectus@cantor.com or William Blair & Company, L.L.C., Attention: Prospectus Department, 150 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606, by telephone at (800) 621-0687 or by email at prospectus@williamblair.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor shall there be any sales of the securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

About Zevra Therapeutics:

Zevra Therapeutics is a rare disease company combining science, data, and patient needs to create transformational therapies for diseases with limited or no treatment options. Zevra’s mission is to bring life-changing therapeutics to people living with rare diseases. With unique, data-driven development and commercialization strategies, Zevra is overcoming complex drug development challenges to make new therapies available to the rare disease community.

Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, and which can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “assume,” “intend,” “potential,” “continue” or other similar words or the negative of these terms, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future actions or performance. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, including without limitation statements regarding anticipated consummation of the proposed offering, market conditions, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the proposed offering, the completion of the offering on the anticipated terms or at all and general economic conditions. Forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to Zevra and its current plans or expectations. They are subject to several known and unknown uncertainties, risks, and other important factors that may cause Zevra’s actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These and other important factors are described in detail in the “Risk Factors” section of Zevra’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other filings with the SEC. While Zevra may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, except as required by law, Zevra disclaims any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause Zevra’s views to change. Although Zevra believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, Zevra cannot assure that such expectations will prove correct. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Zevra’s views as of any date after the date of this press release.

Zevra Contact

Nichol Ochsner 
+1 (732) 754-2545 
nochsner@zevra.com

Russo Partners Contacts

Adanna G. Alexander, Ph.D.
+1 (646) 942-5603
adanna.alexander@russopartnersllc.com

Ignacio Guerrero-Ros, Ph.D.
+1 (646) 942-5604
ignacio.guerrero-ros@russopartnersllc.com