Press Release
Akebia Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock and Exercise of Option by Underwriters
Morgan Stanley acted as sole book-running manager for the offering.
The shares of common stock described above were offered by Akebia
pursuant to its shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously
filed and declared effective by the
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in the offering, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
In other news today, Akebia announced that the Company granted two newly
hired employees options to purchase an aggregate of 5,500 shares of
Akebia's common stock with a per share exercise price of
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10-Q for the quarter ended
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Akebia:
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Communications
and Investor Relations
tmcneely@akebia.com
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