MADRIGAL PHARMACEUTICALS,INC. (NASDAQ:MDGL) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

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MADRIGAL PHARMACEUTICALS,INC. (NASDAQ:MDGL) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June6, 2018, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals,Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs& Co. LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), and each of the stockholders of the Company named therein (the “Selling Stockholders”), relating to an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 983,607 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), being offered by the Company, and 363,625 shares of Common Stock being offered by the Selling Stockholders, at a public offering price of $305.00 per share (collectively, the “Shares”). The Underwriters have the option to purchase up to 202,084 additional shares from the Company at the public offering price, to a 30-day option to purchase granted in the Underwriting Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters have agreed to purchase, and the Company and the Selling Stockholders have agreed to sell, the Shares at a price of $287.46 per share. The net proceeds to the Company from the Offering, after deducting the Underwriters’ discount and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company but excluding any exercise by the Underwriters of their30-dayoption to purchase additional shares, are expected to be approximately $282.8 million. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders. The net proceeds to the Company from the Offering will be used for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, research and development expenditures, clinical trial expenditures, manufacture and supply of drug substance and drug products, acquisitions of new technologies, capital expenditures and working capital.

The Offering is expected to close on or about June11, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached to this Current Report on Form8-K as Exhibit1.1, and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement, does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit1.1.

The Company offered and is selling the above-described securities to its registration statement on FormS-3ASR (File No.333-225434) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June5, 2018 and a prospectus supplement thereunder dated June6, 2018.

The legal opinion of Baker & Hostetler, LLP, relating to the Offering is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)Exhibits.


MADRIGAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Exhibit
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About MADRIGAL PHARMACEUTICALS,INC. (NASDAQ:MDGL)

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., formerly Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company focuses on the development and commercialization of therapeutic candidates for the treatment of cardiovascular-metabolic diseases and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The Company’s lead product, MGL-3196, is a Phase II-ready once-daily, oral, liver-directed selective thyroid hormone receptor-b (THR-b) agonist for the treatment of NASH, and heterozygous and homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Its product pipeline also includes MGL-3745, which is used in the treatment of NASH and FH. MGL-3196 has completed Phase I single and multiple dose trials in healthy volunteers. MGL-3196 is being developed for dyslipidemia/hypercholesterolemia to lower low-density lipoproteins cholesterol, triglyceride levels and lipoprotein(a). MGL-3196 also reduces triglycerides in the plasma and liver by increasing fat metabolism and shows an anti-diabetic action.