Kardigan Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering

Kardigan™, Inc. (Nasdaq: KARD) (“Kardigan”), a clinical-stage precision therapeutics company developing medicines that target the root cause of specific cardiovascular diseases where no approved treatments exist, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 25,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $16 per share. The gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be $400 million, before underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Kardigan, and excluding any exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. In addition, Kardigan has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 shares at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. All shares are being offered by Kardigan.

Kardigan’s common stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on June 18, 2026, under the ticker symbol “KARD.” The offering is expected to close on June 22, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Jefferies LLC, Leerink Partners LLC, and TD Securities (USA) LLC are the underwriters for the offering.