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Cerevel Therapeutics – $253.8 Million Follow-on Offering and Concurrent $345.0 Million Rule 144A Convertible Notes Offering

September 2, 2022

Cooley advised the underwriters in Cerevel Therapeutics’ $253.8 million follow-on offering of 7,250,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $35 per share and the initial purchasers in its $345.0 million Rule 144A convertible notes offering. Cerevel is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pursuing a targeted approach to neuroscience that combines a deep understanding of disease-related biology and neurocircuitry of the brain with advanced chemistry and central nervous system target receptor selective pharmacology to discover and design new therapies. Lawyers Div Gupta, Daniel Goldberg, Eric Blanchard, Mischi a Marca, Jason Savich, Minkyu Park, Amiti Rothstein, Ellie Guadiana, Matt Kong, Eric Delgado and Jordan Verrilli led the Cooley team.

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Div Gupta
Partner, New York
Daniel I. Goldberg
Partner, New York
Eric Blanchard
Partner, New York
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Minkyu Park
Associate, New York
Amiti C. Rothstein
Associate, New York
Ellie Guadiana
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Matt Kong
Associate, San Francisco
Eric J. Delgado
Associate, New York
Kindall G. Jackson
Associate, Washington DC

Verona Pharma – $150 Million Follow-on Offering

September 2, 2022

Cooley advised the underwriters in Verona Pharma’s $150 million follow-on offering of 14,260,000 American depositary shares at a public offering price of $10.50 per American depositary share. Verona is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics for the treatment of respiratory diseases with significant unmet medical needs. Lawyers Daniel Goldberg, Eric Blanchard, Div Gupta, Charlie Kim, Minkyu Park, Amiti Rothstein and Olivia Creser led the Cooley team.

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Daniel I. Goldberg
Partner, New York
Div Gupta
Partner, New York
Eric Blanchard
Partner, New York
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Minkyu Park
Associate, New York
Amiti C. Rothstein
Associate, New York
Olivia Creser
Associate, New York
Kindall G. Jackson
Associate, Washington DC

The Clorox Company – $1.1 Billion Unsecured Senior Notes Offering

May 13, 2022

Cooley advised the underwriters on The Clorox Company’s registered debt offering of $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of investment grade unsecured senior notes. The offering consisted of $500 million of 4.400% senior notes due 2029 and $600 million of 4.600% senior notes due 2032. Partners Eric Blanchard and Richard Segal, and associates Evan Leitner, Matthew Kosior and Olivia Creser, led the Cooley team advising the underwriters.

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Eric Blanchard
Partner, New York
Richard Segal
Partner, New York
Evan Leitner
Associate, New York
Olivia Creser
Associate, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington DC
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado

Xometry – $287 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

February 24, 2022

Cooley advised Xometry on its offering of $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of 1% convertible senior notes due 2027. Partners Eric Blanchard, Mischi a Marca and Jason Savich led the Cooley team advising Xometry, which provides AI-enabled manufacturing equipment.

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Eric Blanchard
Partner, New York
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Jason Savich
Partner, San Francisco
Trey Reilly
Associate, New York
Nicholas Balenger
Associate, Reston

Huitongda Network – HK$2.2 Billion IPO

February 19, 2022

Cooley advised the joint sponsors and underwriters on ecommerce company Huitongda’s HK$2.2 billion (US$285 million) initial public offering of 51,606,200 H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, subject to the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 7,740,900 H shares. Partners Michael Yu and Will Cai led the Cooley team advising the joint sponsors and underwriters.

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Michael Yu
Partner in Charge – Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Will Cai
Partner, Hong Kong
Lisa Yuan
Special Counsel, Beijing
Kaiting Yang
Associate, Hong Kong
Dichun Duan
Associate, Beijing
Mengchao Wu
Associate, Beijing
Henry Wang
International Legal Project Manager, Hong Kong
Bridget Wang
International Legal Project Manager, Shanghai
Jin Wang
Legal Assistant, Beijing
Alexander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado
Eric Blanchard
Partner, New York
Kevin King
Partner, Washington DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington DC
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