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BOSTON, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sionna Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: SION), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company on a mission to revolutionize the current treatment paradigm for cystic fibrosis (CF) by developing novel medicines that normalize the function of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, today announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering of 10,588,233 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $18.00 per share. In addition, Sionna has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,588,234 additional shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Sionna’s shares are scheduled to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on February 7, 2025 under the ticker symbol "SION." The offering is expected to close on February 10, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. All shares of common stock are being offered by Sionna.
The gross proceeds from the initial public offering are expected to be approximately $191 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, and excluding any exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of common stock.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, TD Cowen, Stifel, and Guggenheim Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
A registration statement relating to the securities being sold in the initial public offering has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and was declared effective on February 6, 2025. This offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the final prospectus, when available, may be obtained from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, via telephone: (866) 471-2526, via fax: 212 902-9316, or via email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; TD Securities (USA) LLC, 1 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017, by telephone at (855) 495-9846, or by email at TD.ECM_Prospectus@tdsecurities.com; Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate, One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, CA 94104, or by telephone at (415) 364-2720, or by email at syndprospectus@stifel.com; and Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 330 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017, or by telephone at (212) 518-9544 or by email at GSEquityProspectusDelivery@guggenheimpartners.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.