Silence Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Underwritten Offering

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Aug 11, 2022

Silence Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: SLN) (“Silence”), a leader in the discovery, development and delivery of novel short interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) therapeutics for the treatment of diseases with significant unmet medical need, today announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 5,950,000 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each representing three ordinary shares, at a price of $9.50 per ADS, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $56.5 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses. All of the ADSs are being offered by Silence. The offering is expected to close on or about August 16, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions. Silence intends to use the net proceeds of the offering, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents to fund the advancement of its clinical trials, including its Phase 2 trial of SLN360 in ASCVD and its Phase 1/2 trial of SLN124 in polycythemia vera (PV), as well as expansion of pipeline programs, working capital and general corporate purposes.