BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - February 16, 2018) - Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PIRS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing novel biotherapeutics through its proprietary Anticalin technology platform for cancer, respiratory and other diseases, announced today the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering and the exercise in full of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by Pieris, are $50.6 million. 6,325,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $8.00 per share were issued and sold in the offering, which includes 825,000 shares issued upon the exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. |