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Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On February 2, 2023, Roivant Sciences Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, SVB Securities LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (the “Representatives”), as the representatives of the underwriters named therein, relating to the issuance and sale in an underwritten offering (the “Offering”) of 30,666,665 of the Company’s common shares, par value $0.0000000341740141 per share (the “Common Shares”), at an offering price of $7.50 per share, including 3,999,999 Common Shares purchased by the Representatives pursuant to the exercise in full of their option to purchase additional Common Shares provided by the Underwriting Agreement. Total gross proceeds from the Offering before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses were approximately $230 million. The Offering closed on February 7, 2023.
The Common Shares were offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-267503), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 3, 2022, as supplemented by the final prospectus supplement filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) on February 6, 2023.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Representatives, including for liabilities under the Securities Act, and other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement.
The foregoing summary of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The legal opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares in the Offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On February 2, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of its underwritten public offering of its Common Shares. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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Description of Exhibit |
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1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2023, by and among Roivant Sciences Ltd., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, SVB Securities LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. | |
5.1 | Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited | |
23.1 | Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
99.1 | Roivant Sciences Ltd. Press Release, dated February 2, 2023 | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD. | ||
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/s/ Matt Maisak |
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Name: Matt Maisak | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Dated: February 7, 2023