Verastem Oncology Announces Proposed Public Offering Of Common Stock, Warrants And Pre-Funded Warrants; No Size Or Amount Disclosed

Verastem Oncology, (NASDAQ:VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with cancer, today announced that it intends to offer and sell shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase shares of common stock, as well as pre-funded warrants to purchase common stock in lieu of common stock for certain investors and accompanying warrants to purchase shares of common stock, in an underwritten public offering. The pre-funded warrants will be issued to certain investors who have elected to purchase them in lieu of shares of common stock in this offering. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering. All of the securities to be sold in the offering are to be sold by Verastem Oncology.

Guggenheim Securities and Cantor are acting as joint book-running managers for the proposed offering.