Press Release

CARGO Therapeutics Announces $281.3 Million IPO

November 14, 2023

San Francisco – November 14, 2023 – Cooley advised the underwriters on CARGO Therapeutics’ $281.3 million initial public offering. Partners Denny Won, Charlie Kim, Kristin VanderPas and Dave Peinsipp led the Cooley team advising the underwriters.

JP Morgan, Jefferies, TD Cowen and Truist Securities acted as joint book-running managers for the IPO. CARGO offered a total of 18,750,000 shares of common stock, priced at $15 per share. CARGO also granted a 30-day option to the underwriters to purchase up to 2,812,500 additional shares of common stock. The listing began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on November 10, 2023, under the symbol CRGX, and the IPO closed on November 14.

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