Moderna (MRNA) Prices 26.276M Share IPO at $23/Sh

Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA), a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 26,275,993 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $23.00 per share, before underwriting discounts and commissions. Moderna’s common stock is expected to begin trading on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on December 7, 2018 under the ticker symbol “MRNA.” All of the common stock is being offered by Moderna. The gross proceeds of the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by Moderna, are expected to be $604.3 million, excluding any exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The offering is expected to close on December 11, 2018, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Moderna has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,941,398 shares of Moderna’s common stock at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan are acting as joint lead book-running managers for the offering. BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc. and Piper Jaffray & Co. are acting as book-running managers for the offering. Oddo BHF SCA, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Needham & Company, LLC and Chardan are acting as co-managers for the offering.

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