Vor Bio Announces $150 Million Private Placement (Form 8-K)

Vor Bio Announces $150 Million Private Placement

BOSTON, Mass., December 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vor Bio (Nasdaq: VOR), a clinical-stage biotechnology company transforming the treatment of autoimmune diseases, announced today that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement to sell 13,876,032 shares of its common stock at a price of $10.81 per share to a select group of institutional and accredited healthcare specialist investors in a private placement. Vor Bio anticipates the gross proceeds from the private placement to be approximately $150 million, before deducting any offering-related expenses. Vor Bio did not engage a placement agent in connection with the private placement. The private placement is expected to close on or about December 18, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The financing includes participation from new and existing institutional investors, including RA Capital Management, Forbion, Frazier Life Sciences, Caligan Partners, Logos Capital, and Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners. In addition, as part of the private placement, Forbion is being granted the right to appoint one director to Vor Bio's board of directors.

Vor Bio intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement to advance the clinical development of telitacicept, including the ongoing global Phase 3 clinical trial for myasthenia gravis and initiation of a global Phase 3 clinical trial in primary Sjögren's disease, and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The offer and sale of the securities to be sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state or other applicable jurisdiction's securities laws, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state or other jurisdictions' securities laws. Concurrently with entering into the securities purchase agreement, Vor Bio and the investors entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which Vor Bio has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the resale of the shares of common stock issued in the private placement.