UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2021
Commission File Number 001-39446
CureVac N.V.
Friedrich-Miescher-Strasse 15, 72076
Tübingen, Germany
+49 7071 9883 0
(Address of principal executive offices)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| CUREVAC N.V. | ||
| By: | /s/ Franz-Werner Haas, LLD, LLM | |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: January 28, 2021
EXHIBIT INDEX
| EXHIBIT NO. | DESCRIPTION | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated January 28, 2021 – CureVac Announces Pricing of $450 million Follow-on Public Offering of Common Shares |
Exhibit 99.1
CureVac Announces Pricing of $450 million Follow-on Public Offering of Common Shares
TÜBINGEN, Germany/ BOSTON, USA – January 28, 2021 – CureVac N.V. (Nasdaq: CVAC) (“CureVac” or the “Company”), a global biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (“mRNA”), announced today the pricing of its follow-on public offering of 5,000,000 common shares at a public offering price of $90.00 per common share, for total gross proceeds of approximately $450 million. In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 common shares at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the common shares are being offered by CureVac. The offering is expected to close on February 1, 2021, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
BofA Securities, Jefferies and Evercore ISI are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. UBS Investment Bank, Guggenheim Securities, Berenberg and Kempen & Co are acting as passive book running managers for the offering.
A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 27, 2021. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the final prospectus, when available, may be obtained from BofA Securities, Attention: Prospectus Department, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, by telephone at (800) 299-1322 or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (877) 821-7388 or by email at Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com; and Evercore Group L.L.C., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 35th Floor, New York, New York 10055, or by telephone at (888) 474 0200, or by email at ecm.prospectus@evercore.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About CureVac
CureVac is a global biopharmaceutical company in the field of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, with more than 20 years of expertise
in developing and optimizing the versatile biological molecule for medical purposes. The principle of CureVac’s proprietary
technology is the use of non-chemically modified mRNA as a data carrier to instruct the human body to produce its own proteins
capable of fighting a broad range of diseases. Based on its proprietary technology, the company has built a deep clinical pipeline
across the areas of prophylactic vaccines, cancer therapies, antibody therapies, and the treatment of rare diseases. CureVac had
its initial public offering on the New York Nasdaq in August 2020. It is headquartered in Tübingen, Germany, and employs more
than 500 people at its sites in Tübingen, Frankfurt, and Boston, USA.
CureVac Investor Relation Contact
Dr. Sarah Fakih, Vice President Investor Relations
CureVac, Tübingen, Germany
T: +49 7071 9883-1298
M: +49 160 90 496949
sarah.fakih@curevac.com
CureVac Media Contact
Thorsten Schüller, Vice President Communications
CureVac, Tübingen, Germany
T: +49 7071 9883-1577
thorsten.schueller@curevac.com