Clovis Oncology Announces Exercise in Full of Underwriters' Option to Purchase Additional Shares of Common Stock

Clovis Oncology

announced today that the underwriters of its recently announced public offering of its common stock have exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 528,846 shares. The offering, including the sale of the additional shares, is expected to close on July 14, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions. Clovis Oncology intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including commercial planning and sales and marketing expenses associated with the potential launches of rociletinib and rucaparib, if approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the United States and the European Union, respectively, funding of its development