Press Release

Zenas BioPharma Announces $225 Million IPO

September 16, 2024

New York – September 16, 2024 – Cooley advised Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Citigroup and Guggenheim Securities as the underwriters of Zenas BioPharma’s $225 million initial public offering. Zenas is a clinical-stage global biopharmaceutical company committed to being a leader in the development and commercialization of transformative immunology-based therapies for patients in need. Zenas issued and sold 13,235,294 shares of its common stock priced at $17 per share, with a 30-day option for the underwriters to purchase up to 1,985,294 additional shares. Zenas began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on September 13, 2024, under the ticker symbol ZBIO.

Lawyers Richard Segal, Denny Won, Div Gupta and Evan Leitner led the Cooley team advising the underwriters.

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