Y-mAbs Announces Closing of Public Offering and Full Exercise of the Underwriters' Option to Purchase Additional Shares

NEW YORK, Nov. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company" or "Y-mAbs") YMAB, a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer, today announced the closing of its public offering of 5,134,750 shares of its common stock, at a public offering price of $28.00 per share, which includes the exercise in full of the underwriters' option to purchase 669,750 additional shares of common stock. The aggregate gross proceeds to Y-mAbs, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, were approximately $143.8 million.  All of the shares of common stock were offered by the Company. Y-mAbs' common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "YMAB."

Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and BofA Securities acted as the joint book-running managers for the offering. Wedbush PacGrow and H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as co-managers for the offering.

A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the offering was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 30, 2019.  A final prospectus supplement relating to the offering was filed with the SEC on October 31, 2019.  Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The prospectus and prospectus supplement relating to the offering may be obtained from: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, Second Floor, New York, New York 10014; J.P. Morgan, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY, 11717, or by telephone at (866) 803-9204; or BofA Securities, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC  28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com.

The shares of common stock described above are being offered by Y-mAbs pursuant to its shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-234034), including a base prospectus, that was filed with the SEC on October 1, 2019 and declared effective by the SEC on October 15, 2019. The securities are being offered only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Y-mAbs:

Y-mAbs is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer. The Company has a broad and advanced product pipeline, including two pivotal-stage product candidates—naxitamab and omburtamab—which target tumors that express GD2 and B7-H3, respectively.

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Contact:

Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.
230 Park Avenue, Suite 3350
New York, NY 10169
USA

+1 646 885 8505

E-mail: info@ymabs.com