---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-008883"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MGTX"
cik: "0001735438"
company_name: "MeiraGTx Holdings plc"
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T09:34:45.150924+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MeiraGTx raises $62M in private placement at $5.75/share

## Summary
- Sold 10,773,913 ordinary shares at $5.75/share for gross proceeds of ~$62M; closed May 5, 2023.
- Shares sold to accredited investors under Section 4(a)(2); registration rights agreement requires filing registration statement by August 3, 2023.
- Investor Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund (owns >10% of shares) participated; board member Ellen Hukkelhoven is Head of Biotech at Perceptive Advisors.
- No specific use of proceeds disclosed in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-008883
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MGTX
- cik: 0001735438
- company_name: MeiraGTx Holdings plc
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1735438/000155837023008883/0001558370-23-008883-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1735438/000155837023008883/mgtx-20230503x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  MeiraGTx Holdings plc entered into Securities Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors listed on Schedule 1 thereto (the "Investors") valued at $61,949,999.75 (effective 2023-05-03).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: certain accredited investors listed on Schedule 1 thereto (the "Investors")
  - Value: $61,949,999.75
  - Effective: 2023-05-03
  source text: On May 3, 2023, MeiraGTx Holdings plc (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors listed on Schedule 1 thereto (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company, in a private placement, agreed to issue and sell to the Investors an aggregate of 10,773,913 ordinary shares, nominal value $0.00003881 per share, at a purchase price of $5.75 per share (the “Shares”), for gross proceeds of $61,949,999.75 before deducting private placement expenses (the “Private Placement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1735438/000155837023008883/0001558370-23-008883-index.htm

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