IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA) Announces $80M Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDYA) today announced that it intends to offer and sell up to $80 million of shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. In addition, IDEAYA intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to $12 million of shares of its common stock. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.

IDEAYA intends to use the net proceeds of the offering, along with its existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term and long-term marketable securities to fund (i) clinical development of IDE397, its MAT2A inhibitor development candidate, (ii) preclinical and clinical development of other product candidates in its research pipeline targeting poly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase, or PARG, a MTAP synthetic lethality target (other than MAT2A), and DNA damage targets, as well as its share of costs for targeting WRN under the Company's Collaboration, Option and License Agreement with GSK, (iii) ongoing early clinical development of darovasertib (IDE196), its PKC inhibitor, in metastatic uveal melanoma, or MUM, and other solid tumors having GNAQ/11 hotspot mutations, including as monotherapy and as combination therapies with binimetinib, a MEK inhibitor, and independently with crizotinib, in each case pursuant to a clinical trial and drug supply agreement with Pfizer, (iv) synthetic lethality target and biomarker research and development activities and (v) working capital and other general corporate purposes.

J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Jefferies and Guggenheim Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

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