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Senomyx, Inc. Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public
Offering of Common Stock
LA JOLLA, CA
March 29, 2004
Senomyx, Inc. announced today that it has filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission a registration statement relating to the proposed
initial public offering of its common stock. It is expected that all
of the stock will be sold by Senomyx.
Citigroup will be acting as the sole book-runner of this offering.
Deutsche Bank Securities will be a co-lead manager. Needham & Company,
Inc. and First Albany Capital will be co-managers of the offering.
Senomyx is the leading biotechnology company using proprietary taste
receptor-based assays and screening technologies to discover and develop
novel flavors and flavor enhancers for the packaged food and beverage
industry.
Senomyx has entered into product discovery and development collaborations
with four of the world's leading packaged food and beverage companies:
Campbell Soup Company, The Coca-Cola Company, Kraft Foods Global,
Inc. and Nestlū SA. Senomyx's current programs focus on the development
of flavors or flavor enhancers in three taste areas, including savory,
sweet and salt.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become
effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy
be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities
in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus, a copy of
which may be obtained when available, from Citigroup (Prospectus Department,
140 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220, phone 718. 765.6732).
About Senomyx, Inc.
Senomyx seeks to be the leader in discovering new and improved proprietary
flavor and fragrance molecules for use in a wide range of consumer
products. Senomyx's integrated technology platform combines an enhanced
understanding of the biology of taste and smell with many of the same
technologies and advancements that pharmaceutical companies have recently
begun using to more efficiently discover new medicines. Senomyx is
incorporating receptor biology, combinatorial chemistry, high-throughput
screening and bioinformatics into an integrated technology platform
designed to enable the rapid, efficient discovery of new and improved
proprietary molecules.
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