Insmed Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Insmed Incorporated (Nasdaq: INSM) announced today that it priced an offering of 8.9 million shares of its common stock at a price of $11.25 per share in a registered underwritten public offering for gross proceeds totaling approximately $100 million. All of the shares in the offering are being sold by Insmed. Net proceeds to Insmed from this offering are expected to be approximately $94 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, and other estimated offering expenses payable by Insmed. The offering is expected to close on or about August 18, 2014, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Insmed intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund further clinical development of ARIKAYCE™, or liposomal amikacin for inhalation, to treat nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung disease patients and Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, to fund its efforts to obtain regulatory approvals and commercialize ARIKAYCE for NTM patients and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in CF patients, to invest in increased third-party manufacturing capacity in anticipation of possible commercial launch of ARIKAYCE in Europe and the United States, and the balance to fund working capital, capital expenditures, general research and development, and other general corporate purposes, which may include the acquisition or in-license of additional compounds, product candidates, technology or businesses.

Leerink Partners LLC is acting as sole book-running manager, with Piper Jaffray & Co. and JMP Securities LLC acting as lead managers, and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC acting as co-manager for the offering. Insmed has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of approximately $15 million of additional shares of common stock at the offering price. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.

A shelf registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the public offering of the shares of common stock described above was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and was automatically effective upon filing. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC. The public offering will be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained, when available, from Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37th Floor,Boston, MA 02110, by telephone at 1-800-808-7525 or by email at Syndicate@Leerink.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Insmed

Insmed Incorporated is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of patients battling serious lung diseases. Insmed is focused on the development and commercialization of ARIKAYCE, or liposomal amikacin for inhalation, for at least two identified orphan patient populations: patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung infections and cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections.

Forward-Looking Statements

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