Pacific Biosciences of California Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

Pacific Biosciences of California (NASDAQ:PACB) today announced that it intends to offer and sell shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Pacific Biosciences also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the number of shares of its common stock sold in the offering.

As quoted in the press release:

Pacific Biosciences intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures and working capital.  Pacific Biosciences may also use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, technologies, product candidates or other intellectual property, although it has no present commitments or agreements to do so.

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