Aerovate Therapeutics Declares Special Cash Dividend in Connection with the Proposed Merger with Jade Biosciences

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Last update: Apr 9, 2025

Aggregate cash dividend of $69.6 million, or an estimated $2.40 per share

WALTHAM, Mass., April 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVTE) ("Aerovate") today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend (the "Cash Dividend") in connection with the previously announced merger (the "Merger") with Jade Biosciences, Inc. ("Jade") pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 30, 2024 (the "Merger Agreement"). The Cash Dividend will be an aggregate of $69.6 million, or an estimated $2.40 per share, payable in cash to the stockholders of record as of April 25, 2025. The estimated per share dividend is based on 28,985,019 shares of Aerovate's common stock outstanding as of April 9, 2025. The payment date in respect of the Cash Dividend is scheduled for April 29, 2025.