Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Redeems Approximately $50 Million of Arrowhead Stock and Will Receive Approximately $50 Million in Cash in Satisfaction of Milestone from Sarepta Therapeutics

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PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced that it has elected to receive approximately $50 million worth of Arrowhead common stock and approximately $50 million in cash from Sarepta Therapeutics, satisfying the payment of a $100 million milestone owed to Arrowhead. This agreement pertains only to the $100 million milestone, which was announced on July 28, 2025, and earned after Arrowhead reached the first of two prespecified enrollment targets and subsequent authorization to dose escalate in a Phase 1/2 clinical study of ARO-DM1, an investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic for the treatment of type 1 myotonic dystrophy (DM1). Any subsequent milestones earned will continue to be payable in cash. Sarepta previously owned 11,926,301 shares of Arrowhead stock. Today after market close, Sarepta sold the balance of its remaining holdings of Arrowhead common stock in a separate negotiated block trade.
With a strong balance sheet anticipated to fund our company into fiscal 2028, we believe this direct stock buyback of Arrowhead shares from Sarepta is an attractive option, given Arrowhead's current stock price and the significant growth potential
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'We are committed to supporting our broad and long-term collaboration and we are thrilled with the great progress we've made on multiple important clinical, preclinical, and discovery stage siRNA programs. While we remain confident that Sarepta will meet its financial obligations to Arrowhead, we believe reducing our outstanding shares by receiving approximately half of the $100 million due from Sarepta in cash and half in Arrowhead stock to be returned to treasury is a compelling opportunity,' said Christopher Anzalone, Ph.D., Arrowhead's President and CEO. 'With a strong balance sheet anticipated to fund our company into fiscal 2028, we believe this direct stock buyback of Arrowhead shares from Sarepta is an attractive option, given Arrowhead's current stock price and the significant growth potential, both near- and longer-term, as we pursue multiple commercial launches of wholly-owned and partnered candidates in the coming quarters and years.'
About Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals develops medicines that treat intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them. Using a broad portfolio of RNA chemistries and efficient modes of delivery, Arrowhead therapies trigger the RNA interference mechanism to induce rapid, deep, and durable knockdown of target genes. RNA interference, or RNAi, is a mechanism present in living cells that inhibits the expression of a specific gene, thereby affecting the production of a specific protein. Arrowhead's RNAi-based therapeutics leverage this natural pathway of gene silencing.
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