NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ARYA Sciences
Acquisition Corp. ("ARYA" or the "Company"), announced today that
it closed its initial public offering of 14,375,000 units at
$10.00 per unit. This includes
the exercise in full of the underwriters' over-allotment option to
purchase up to an additional 1,875,000 units. The sponsor of
ARYA is ARYA Sciences Holdings, which is controlled by principals
of Perceptive Advisors, LLC. Each unit consists of one Class
A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant, each
whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A
ordinary share. The units are listed on The Nasdaq Capital
Market under the symbol "ARYAU".
Jefferies LLC acted as the sole book-running manager and Chardan
acted as the lead manager for the offering.
A registration statement relating to these securities was
declared effective by the SEC on October 4,
2018.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, 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. The registration statement ARYA has filed with
the SEC can be obtained by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at
www.sec.gov.
The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of
the prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from
Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department,
520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by telephone at
877-547-6340, or by email at
Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com.
About ARYA
We are a newly organized blank check company newly incorporated
as a Cayman Islands exempted
company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange,
asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar
business combination with one or more businesses or entities.
We have not selected any business combination target and we have
not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive
discussions, directly or indirectly, with respect to identifying
any business combination target.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. Forward looking statements are
statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking
statements, including the successful consummation of the Company's
initial public offering, are subject to risks and uncertainties,
which could cause actual results to differ from the forward looking
statements. The Company expressly disclaims any obligations
or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change
in the Company's expectations with respect thereto or any change in
events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is
based.
Contact
Michael Altman
Chief Financial Officer of ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp.
(646) 205-5300
ARYA@perceptivelife.com
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