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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
September 10, 2024
Xencor, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware |
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001-36182 |
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20-1622502 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
465 North Halstead Street, Suite 200
Pasadena, California |
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91107 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
(626) 305-5900
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code
N/A
(Former Name, or Former Address, if Changed Since
Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐ | Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
☐ | Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
☐ | Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
☐ | Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act
Title of Each Class |
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Trading Symbol |
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Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
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XNCR |
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Nasdaq Global Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 10, 2024, Xencor, Inc. (the “Company”)
entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Leerink Partners LLC, Raymond James & Associates,
Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as the representatives of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating
to an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of an aggregate of 6,635,112 shares of the Company’s common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”) and pre-funded warrants to purchase up an aggregate of 3,088,888 shares of Common
Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”). The public offering price is $18.00 per share of Common Stock and the Underwriters have
agreed to purchase the Common Stock pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $16.92 per share. The public offering price is
$17.99 per Pre-Funded Warrant, which represents the per share public offering price per share of Common Stock, less the $0.01 exercise
price for each Pre-Funded Warrant, and the Underwriters have agreed to purchase the Pre-Funded Warrants pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement
at a price of $16.91 per share.
Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement,
the Company also granted to the Underwriters an option, exercisable in whole or in part at any time for a period of 30 days from the date
of the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase up to an additional 1,458,600 shares of Common Stock at the public offering price.
The Offering is being made pursuant to the Company’s
automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-270030), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) on February 27, 2023 and which automatically became effective upon filing, a base prospectus dated February 27,
2023 and a prospectus supplement dated September 10, 2024.
Each Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable at any
time after the date of issuance and will expire on the date it is exercised in full. However, a holder will not be entitled to exercise
any portion of any Pre-Funded Warrant that, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause: (i) the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by such holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 9.99% (or, at the election of the holder, 4.99%) of the
number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock following such exercise; or (ii) the combined voting power of the Company’s
securities beneficially owned by such holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 9.99% (or, at the election of the holder, 4.99%)
of the combined voting power of all of the Company’s securities outstanding following such exercise, as such percentage ownership
is determined in accordance with the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants. However, any holder of a Pre-Funded Warrant may increase or decrease
such percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from the holder to the Company.
Gross proceeds from the Offering will be approximately
$175 million (excluding any sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of
Common Stock), before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and Offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company currently
intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include research and development, capital
expenditures, working capital and general and administrative expenses. The purchase and sale of the Common Stock and Pre-Funded Warrants,
and the closing of the Offering, is expected to take place on or about September 12, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing
conditions.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary
representations, warranties and covenants made by the Company. It also provides for customary indemnification by each of the Company and
the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, for losses or damages arising out of or in connection with the Offering, including for liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. In addition, pursuant to the
terms of the Underwriting Agreement, each of the Company’s directors and executive officers have entered into “lock-up”
agreements with Leerink Partners LLC and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. which generally prohibit, without the prior written consent
of Leerink Partners LLC and Raymond James & Associates, Inc., the sale, transfer or other disposition of securities of the Company
prior to November 9, 2024.
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 the Underwriting Agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, the
Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference only to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Underwriting
Agreement, and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company or its business, and should be read in
conjunction with the disclosures in the Company’s periodic reports and other filings with the SEC.
The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting
Agreement and the Pre-Funded Warrants does not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the copies of
the Underwriting Agreement and form of Pre-Funded Warrant, which are filed as Exhibit 1.1 and 4.1, respectively, to this Current Report
on Form 8-K. A copy of the opinion of Paul Hastings LLP, counsel to the Company, relating to the validity of the shares of Common Stock
and the Pre-Funded Warrants to be issued in the Offering and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants
is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements related to the anticipated closing of the Offering and the anticipated
use of proceeds from the Offering. The risks and uncertainties involved include the Company’s ability to satisfy certain conditions
to closing the Offering on a timely basis or at all, market and other conditions, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s
periodic reports and other filings with the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are
based on the Company’s current expectations and assumptions and speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The
Company does not intend to revise or update any forward-looking statement in this Current Report on Form 8-K as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On September 10, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing
the proposed Offering. On September 11, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. Copies of the
press release are attached as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number |
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Description |
1.1 |
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Underwriting Agreement, dated September 10, 2024, by and among Xencor, Inc. and Leerink Partners LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein. |
4.1 |
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Form of Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase Common Stock. |
5.1 |
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Opinion of Paul Hastings LLP. |
23.1 |
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Consent of Paul Hastings LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
99.1 |
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Press Release, dated September 10, 2024. |
99.2 |
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Press Release, dated September 11, 2024. |
104 |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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XENCOR, INC. |
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Date: September 12, 2024 |
By: |
/s/ Celia Eckert |
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Celia Eckert |
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General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |
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Exhibit 1.1
XENCOR, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
6,635,112 Shares of Common Stock
Pre-Funded Warrants
to Purchase up to 3,088,888 Shares of Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
September 10, 2024
Leerink Partners LLC
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Leerink Partners LLC
255 California St., 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
c/o Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
880 Carillon Parkway, Tower 3
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716
c/o RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Brookfield Place
200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10281
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xencor, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Leerink Partners LLC (“Leerink Partners”), Raymond
James & Associates, Inc. (“Raymond James”), RBC Capital Markets, LLC (“RBC Capital Markets”)
and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which
term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for which Leerink Partners, Raymond
James and RBC Capital Markets are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect
to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares
of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) and pre-funded warrants to purchase shares
of Common Stock, at an exercise price equal to $0.01 per share (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) set forth in Schedule A
hereto and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b)
hereof to purchase all or any part of 1,458,600 additional shares of Common Stock. The aforesaid 6,635,112 shares of Common Stock (the
“Initial Shares”) and Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 3,088,888 shares of Common Stock (together with the Initial
Shares, the “Initial Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the 1,458,600 shares of
Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are herein called, collectively,
the “Securities.” The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants are hereinafter referred
to as the “Warrant Shares.”
In the event that the Company
has no subsidiaries, or only one subsidiary, then all references herein to “subsidiaries” of the Company shall be deemed to
refer to no subsidiary, or such single subsidiary, mutatis mutandis.
The Company understands that
the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Underwriting
Agreement (this “Agreement”) has been executed and delivered.
The Company has filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3
(No. 333-270030), covering the public offering and sale of certain securities, including the Securities, under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “1933 Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the “1933
Act Regulations”), which automatic shelf registration statement became effective under Rule 462(e) under the 1933 Act Regulations.
Such registration statement, as of any time, means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto to
such time, including the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of
such time pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 430B”), and is referred to herein as the “Registration
Statement;” provided, however, that the “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means such registration
statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time
shall be considered the “new effective date” of such registration statement with respect to the Securities within the meaning
of paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 430B, including the exhibits and schedules thereto as of such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated
by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof
as of such time pursuant to the Rule 430B. Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein
called the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” and, after such filing, the term “Registration Statement”
shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Each preliminary prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities,
including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933
Act, are collectively referred to herein as a “preliminary prospectus.” Promptly after execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a final prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b)
under the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 424(b)”). The final prospectus, in the form first furnished or made available
to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, are collectively referred to herein as the “Prospectus.”
For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment
or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system) (“EDGAR”).
As used in this Agreement:
“Applicable
Time” means 6:45 P.M., New York City time, on September 10, 2024 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.
“General
Disclosure Package” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the most
recent preliminary prospectus (including any documents incorporated therein by reference) that is distributed to investors prior to the
Applicable Time and the information included on Schedule B-1 hereto, all considered together.
“Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations
(“Rule 433”), including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the
1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 405”)) relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission
by the Company, (ii) a “road show for an offering that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i),
whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i)
because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form
filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records
pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Issuer
General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective
investors (other than a “bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 (a “Bona Fide Electronic
Road Show”)), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule B-2 hereto.
“Issuer
Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing
Prospectus.
“Testing-the-Waters
Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the
1933 Act.
“Written
Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning
of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.
All references in this Agreement
to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated”
(or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include
all such financial statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and
all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “1934 Act”), incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, at or after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
SECTION 1. Representations
and Warranties.
(a) Representations
and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time,
the Closing Time (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Registration
Statement and Prospectuses. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement
is an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405) and the Securities have been registered and remain
eligible for registration by the Company on such Registration Statement. Each of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has been issued by the Commission under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted by the Commission
or, to the Company’s knowledge, are pending or contemplated by the Commission. The Company has complied with each request (if any)
from the Commission for additional information.
Each of the Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of its effectiveness and at each deemed effective date with respect to
the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the 1933 Act Regulations, complied in all material respects with the requirements of
the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the
time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
Each preliminary prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering and the Prospectus was or will be identical
to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation
S-T.
The documents incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time
they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the “1934 Act Regulations”).
The Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, and the filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus and
the Prospectus with the Commission have been duly authorized by and on behalf of the Company, and the Registration Statement has been
duly executed pursuant to such authorization.
(ii) Accurate
Disclosure. Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, at the Closing Time or at any Date
of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, none of (A)
the General Disclosure Package, (B) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General
Disclosure Package, nor (C) any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, when considered together with the General Disclosure
Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of
any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes or will include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement
became effective or when such documents incorporated by reference were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, when read together
with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did not
and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading.
The representations
and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto),
the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto, including any prospectus wrapper) made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for
use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information in the first paragraph under the
heading “Underwriting—Discounts and Commissions” and the second, third, fourth and sixth paragraphs under the heading
“Underwriting—Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids” in each case contained in the Prospectus (collectively,
the “Underwriter Information”).
(iii) Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed
to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information. No filing of any “road
show” (as defined in Rule 433(h)) is required in connection with the offering of the Securities. Any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance
with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that the Company has filed, or
is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or used or referred to by the Company
complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Except for the Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule B-2 hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to the
Representatives before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without the prior consent of the Representatives,
prepare, use or refer to, any issuer free writing prospectus.
(iv) Well-Known
Seasoned Issuer. (A) At the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto
for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated
report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting
on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, in Rule 163(c) under the 1933 Act) made any offer relating to the Securities
in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the 1933 Act, and (D) as of the Applicable Time, the Company was and is a “well-known
seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405).
(v) Testing-the-Waters
Materials. The Company (A) has not engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with
the consent of the Representatives with entities that are qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the 1933
Act or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the 1933 Act and (B) has not authorized anyone
other than the Representatives to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been
authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed any Written Testing-the-Waters
Communications other than those listed on Schedule B-3 hereto.
(vi) Company
Not Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest
time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of
the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,”
as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that
the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.
(vii) [Reserved.]
(viii) Independent
Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations,
the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
(ix) Financial
Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, comply as to form in all material respects
with Regulation S-X under the 1933 Act and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The
supporting schedules, if any, present fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated
therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent
with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements
or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or incorporated by reference therein, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures”
(as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the 1934
Act, and Item 10 of Regulation S-K, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for
in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(x) Compliance
with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors
or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and
the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related
to certifications.
(xi) No
Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change in
the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”),
(B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course
of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, (C) there have been no
material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there has
been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(xii) Good
Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations
under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of
business, except where the failure to be so qualified or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
(xiii) Good
Standing of the Company’s Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has corporate or similar power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification
is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to be so qualified
or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each
subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through
subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding shares
of capital stock of any subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such subsidiary.
(xiv) Capitalization.
The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” (except for subsequent issuances, if
any, (A) pursuant to this Agreement, (B) pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit or equity incentive plans referred to
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (C) pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities,
upon vesting of restricted stock units or exercise of options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus). The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other
similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(xv) Authorization
of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xvi) Authorization
and Description of Securities. The Initial Shares and Option Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have
been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable;
and the issuance of the Initial Shares and Option Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder
of the Company. The Pre-Funded Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company, will
be valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights
and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and validly reserved for issuance
upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants in a number sufficient to meet the current exercise requirements. The Warrant Shares, when issued
and delivered upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants in accordance therewith, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
and the issuance of the Warrant Shares, is not subject to any preemptive or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase the Warrant
Shares. The Securities (including the Initial Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants) conform to all statements relating thereto contained in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms to the rights set forth in
the instruments defining the same. No holder of Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.
(xvii) Registration
Rights. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant
to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act pursuant to this Agreement, other
than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and have been
waived.
(xviii) Absence
of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is (A) in violation of its charter, by-laws or similar
organizational document, (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained
in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which either of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company
or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”), except for such defaults that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in violation of any law, statute,
rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency
or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets
or operations (each, a “Governmental Entity”), except for such violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale
of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described therein under the caption “Use of
Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a
breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any properties or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts,
breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, by-laws
or similar organizational document of the Company or its subsidiaries or any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or
decree of any Governmental Entity. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the
holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require
the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or its subsidiaries.
(xix) Listing.
The Initial Shares, Option Securities and Warrant Shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market, subject to notice
of issuance.
(xx) Absence
of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company,
is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’
principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xxi) Absence
of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity (including, without limitation, any action,
suit proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) or
the European Medicines Agency (the “EMA”)) now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or
affecting the Company or its subsidiaries, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably
be expected to materially and adversely affect their respective properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; and the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental
proceedings to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective properties or assets is the subject
which are not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation
incidental to the business, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxii) Accuracy
of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required.
(xxiii) Absence
of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree
of, any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with
the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except
(A) such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of The Nasdaq Stock
Market LLC, state securities laws or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or (B)
such as which the failure to obtain would not, singly or in the aggregate, impair the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(xxiv) Possession
of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations
(collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary or material to conduct
the business now operated by them (including, without limitation, all such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations
required by the FDA, the EMA, or any other federal, state, local or foreign agencies or bodies engaged in the regulation of clinical or
preclinical studies, pharmaceuticals, biologics, biohazardous substances or activities related to the business now operated by the Company
and its subsidiaries), except where the failure to so possess would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The Company and its subsidiaries are and at all times have been in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses,
except where the failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company has fulfilled and performed all of its material obligations with respect to the Governmental Licenses and, to the
knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination
thereof or results in any other material impairment of the rights of the Company as a holder of any permit, except where the failure to
so fulfill or perform, or the occurrence of such event, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of
such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has received any notice
of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxv) Title
to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by them and good title to
all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions
or encumbrances of any kind except (A) as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
or (B) such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and all of
the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the
Company or its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus,
are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has
been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or
affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises
under any such lease or sublease.
(xxvi) Title
to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or have valid and enforceable rights to all trademarks, trade names,
service marks, patent rights, copyrights, domain names, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary
or confidential information, systems or procedures), inventions, technology, and other intellectual property and similar rights, including
registrations and applications for registration therefor (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) used in or
reasonably necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted or proposed to be conducted in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (“Company Intellectual Property Rights”). Except as disclosed in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) the Company or its subsidiary is the sole owner of
the Intellectual Property Rights owned by it, other than any co-owner of any patent or patent application constituting such Intellectual
Property Rights who is listed on the records of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) (or foreign equivalent),
and without obligation to obtain consent to sublicense and without a duty of accounting to co-owners, as applicable; (ii) to the knowledge
of the Company, no third party is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating, or has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise
violated, any Company Intellectual Property Rights owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company; (iii) there is no pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the Company’s or any of its
subsidiaries’ rights in or to any of their Company Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would
form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, action, suit, proceeding
or claim by any third party challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any Company Intellectual Property Rights of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (v) to the
knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates, or has infringed,
misappropriated or otherwise violated, any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party, or will, upon commercialization of any of
the Company’s product candidates as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
infringe any valid and enforceable patent claim of any third party; (vi) none of the Intellectual Property Rights used or held for use
by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in their businesses has been obtained or is being used or held for use by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of its subsidiaries or in violation of any
rights of any third party; (vii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries are obligated to pay a material royalty, grant a license
or option, or provide other material consideration to any third party in connection with the Company Intellectual Property Rights; (viii)
the Company and its subsidiaries have maintained the confidentiality of all trade secrets, information and other Company Intellectual
Property Rights, the value of which to the Company or any subsidiary is contingent upon maintaining the confidentiality thereof, except
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ix) all employees or contractors
engaged in the development of Intellectual Property Rights on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries have executed an invention
assignment agreement whereby such employees or contractors presently assign all of their right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual
Property Rights to the Company or its applicable subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, no such agreement has been breached
or violated; (x) no employee of the Company or its subsidiaries is in or has been in violation of any term of any employment contract,
patent disclosure agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant
to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company, except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (xi) no government funding,
facilities or resources of a university, college, other educational institution or research center was used in the development of any
Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or purported to be owned by, or to the knowledge of the Company, exclusively licensed to,
the Company or its subsidiaries that would confer any governmental agency or body, university, college, other educational institution
or research center any claim or right of ownership to any such Company Intellectual Property Rights. The Company expects that the product
candidates described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as under development by the Company
and its subsidiaries upon commercialization of such product candidates will fall within the scope of the claims of one or more patents
or patent applications owned or purported to be owned by, or exclusively licensed to, the Company or its subsidiaries.
(xxvii) Patents
and Patent Applications. (i) All patents and patent applications within the Company Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or
purported to be owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or its subsidiaries have been duly and properly filed and maintained;
(ii) the Company is unaware of any facts that would preclude the issuance of a valid and enforceable patent from any pending patent applications
included in the Company Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or purported to be owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company
or its subsidiaries; (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, the parties prosecuting such patent applications have complied with their
duty of candor and disclosure to the USPTO in connection with such applications and all such requirements in the relevant foreign patent
authorities having similar requirements; and (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no third party patent or patent application
that contains claims that dominate or may dominate (as such term is described in 35 U.S.C. §135 and 37 C.F.R. 41.100 to 41.208) the
claims of any patents or patent applications within the Company Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or purported to be owned by
or exclusively licensed to the Company or its subsidiaries or from which the issued claims of any of such patents or patent applications
are derived (as such term is described in 35 U.S.C. §135 and 37 C.F.R. 42.400 to 42.412).
(xxviii) FDA
Compliance. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company: (A)
is and at all times has been in material compliance with all statutes, rules or regulations of the FDA and other comparable Governmental
Entities applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling,
promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product under development, manufactured or distributed by
the Company (“Applicable Laws”); (B) has not received any FDA Form 483, written notice of adverse finding, warning
letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA or any Governmental Authority alleging or asserting material noncompliance
with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, exemptions, authorizations, permits and supplements or
amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”); (C) possesses all material Authorizations
and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and the Company is not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations;
(D) has not received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other
action from the FDA or any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in material violation
of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that the FDA or any Governmental Authority or third party is considering
any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E) has not received written notice that the FDA or
any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any material Authorizations
and has no knowledge that the FDA or any Governmental Authority is considering such action; and (F) has filed, obtained, maintained or
submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as
required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims,
submissions and supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by
a subsequent submission).
(xxix) Compliance
with Health Care Laws. The Company has operated and currently is and at all times has been in compliance with all applicable health
care laws, rules and regulations (except where such failure to operate or non-compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), including, without limitation, (i) the Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.); (ii) all applicable federal, state, local and all applicable foreign healthcare related fraud
and abuse laws, including, without limitation, the federal Anti-kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the U.S. Physician Payments
Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the criminal False Claims
Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), all criminal laws relating to healthcare fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. Sections
286, 287, 1035, 1347, 1348 and the healthcare fraud criminal provisions under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), and the civil
monetary penalties law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a); (iii) HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic Clinical
Health Act (42 U.S.C. Section 17921 et seq.); (iv) the regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws; and (v) any other similar local,
state, federal, or foreign laws (collectively, the “Health Care Laws”). Neither the Company, nor to the Company’s
knowledge, any of its officers, directors, employees or agents have engaged in activities which are, as applicable, cause for false claims
liability, civil penalties, or mandatory or permissive exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid, or any other state or federal healthcare program.
The Company has not received written notice or other correspondence of any claim, action, suit, audit, survey, proceeding, hearing, enforcement,
investigation, arbitration or other action (“Action”) from any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority
or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in violation of any Health Care Laws, and, to the Company’s knowledge,
no such claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action is threatened. The Company is
not a party to and does not have any ongoing reporting obligations pursuant to any corporate integrity agreement, deferred or non-prosecution
agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, settlement order, plan of correction or similar agreement imposed by any governmental
or regulatory authority. Additionally, neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its employees, officers, directors
or agents, has been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any U.S. state or federal health care program or human clinical
research or, to the knowledge of the Company, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action
that could reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, or exclusion. To the Company’s knowledge, the manufacturing
facilities and operations of its suppliers are operated in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Health Care Laws.
(xxx) Environmental
Laws. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is
in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign,
relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment
or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), owns or operates any real
property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination
pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws.
(xxxi) Accounting
Controls and Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting
(as defined under Rule 13-a15 and 15d-15 under the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act Regulations and a system
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets
at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business
Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents
the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable
thereto. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s
most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
(whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially adversely
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company
and each of its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15
under the 1934 Act Regulations) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the
Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods
specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including
its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding
disclosure.
(xxxii) Preclinical
and Clinical Trials. None of the Company’s product candidates have received marketing approval from the FDA and other comparable
Governmental Entities. All preclinical and clinical trials and studies conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Company, or in
which the Company participated, with respect to the Company’s product candidates, including any such studies and trials that are
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or the results of which are referred to in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as applicable (collectively, “Company Trials”),
were, and if still pending are, being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations
and policies of the FDA and other comparable Governmental Entities and current good clinical practices and good laboratory practices,
standard medical and scientific research procedures and any applicable rules, regulations and policies of the jurisdiction in which such
trials and studies are being conducted; the descriptions in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
of the results of any Company Trials are accurate and complete descriptions in all material respects and fairly present the data derived
therefrom; the Company has no knowledge of any other studies or trials not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, the results of which are inconsistent with or call into question the results described or referred to in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the Company has not received, nor does it have knowledge after
due inquiry that any of its collaboration partners has received, any written notices, correspondence or other communications from the
FDA and other comparable Governmental Entities requiring or threatening the termination, material modification or suspension of Company
Trials, other than ordinary course communications with respect to modifications in connection with the design and implementation of such
studies or trials, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no reasonable grounds for the same. The Company has obtained (or caused
to be obtained) informed consent by or on behalf of each human subject who participated in a Company Trial. In using or disclosing patient
information received by the Company in connection with a Company Trial, the Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable
Health Care Laws. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company Trials involved any investigator who has been disqualified as
a clinical investigator or has been found by the FDA to have engaged in scientific misconduct.
(xxxiii) Payment
of Taxes. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed
through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect) and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure
to pay would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required
by GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency
which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which could reasonably be expected
to have) a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxiv) Insurance.
The Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in
such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes is generally maintained by companies of established repute engaged
in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it or its
subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain
comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost
that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has been denied
any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.
(xxxv) Investment
Company Act. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application
of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be
required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”).
(xxxvi) Absence
of Manipulation. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would be reasonably expected,
to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Securities or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act.
(xxxvii)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company or its subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer,
agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly
or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality
of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or
other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such
term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention
of the FCPA and the Company has and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with
the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to
ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(xxxviii)
Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar
rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or its subsidiaries with
respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxxix) OFAC.
None of the Company, its subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative
of the Company or its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions
administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office
of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions
authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory
that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the so-called
Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic and the non-government controlled areas of the Kherson
and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine or any other covered region of Ukraine identified pursuant to Executive Order 14065) (collectively,
the “Sanctioned Countries” and each such country, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will
not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds
to any subsidiary, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or
territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or with a Sanctioned Country, or in any other manner that will
result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor
or otherwise) of Sanctions. Since April 24, 2019, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly
engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or
was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
(xl) Lending
Relationship. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company
(i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any banking or lending affiliate of any Underwriter and (ii) does
not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
(xli)
Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes, after reasonable inquiry, to be reliable
and accurate and, to the extent required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.
(xlii) Maintenance
of Rating. The Company has no debt securities or preferred stock that is rated by any “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization” (as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the 1933 Act).
(xliii) Privacy
and Data Protection. The Company and its subsidiaries have operated their business in a manner compliant in all material respects
with all applicable United States federal, state, local and non-United States privacy, data security and data protection laws and regulations,
contractual obligations, and internal policies and procedures, each governing the Company’s collection, use, transfer, protection,
disposal, disclosure, handling, storage and analysis of personal data (“Data Protection Requirements”). To comply with
applicable Data Protection Requirements, the Company and its subsidiaries have in place, comply with, and have taken reasonably appropriate
steps designed to assure compliance with their policies and procedures governing the privacy and security and the collection, storage,
use, disclosure, handling, and processing of data. The Company and its subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality
of its personally identifiable information, protected health information, consumer information and other confidential information of the
Company, its subsidiaries and any third parties in its possession (“Sensitive Company Data”). The tangible or digital
information technology systems (including computers, screens, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, networks, data communications
lines, technical data and hardware), software and telecommunications systems used or held for use by the Company and its subsidiaries
(the “Company IT Assets”) are adequate and operational for, in accordance with their documentation and functional specifications,
the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as now operated and as currently proposed to be conducted as described in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and are free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses,
time bombs, malware and other corruptants. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable physical,
technical and administrative controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards designed to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous
operation, redundancy and security of all Company IT Assets and data used in connection with their business, including establishing commercially
reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology, and disaster recovery and security plans, procedures and facilities for the business
consistent with industry standards and practices in all material respects. The Company and its subsidiaries have not suffered or incurred
any security breaches, compromises or incidents with respect to any Company IT Assets or Sensitive Company Data, except where such breaches,
compromises or incidents would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
to the knowledge of the Company, there has been no unauthorized or illegal use of or access to any Company IT Asset or Sensitive Company
Data by any unauthorized third party. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary: (i) has received written notice of any actual or potential
liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any of the Data Protection Requirements, and has no knowledge of
any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) is currently conducting or paying for, in
whole or in part, any investigation, remediation, or other corrective action pursuant to any Data Protection Requirement; or (iii) is
a party to any order, decree, or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability by any governmental or regulatory authority under
any Data Protection Requirement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any other agreement referred to in this
Agreement will not result in a breach of any Data Protection Requirements.
(xliv) No
Broker Fees. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s
fee or other like payment in connection with the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby.
(b) Officer’s
Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or
to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered
thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and
Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Initial
Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions
herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly,
agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, that number of Initial Shares and Pre-Funded
Warrants set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Shares and Pre-Funded
Warrants which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, subject, in each case,
to such adjustments among the Underwriters as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases
of fractional shares.
(b) Option
Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions
herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional
1,458,600 shares of Common Stock, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, less an amount per share equal to any dividends
or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Shares but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby
granted may be exercised for 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time from time to time
upon notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are
then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery
(a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representatives, but any Date of Delivery after the Closing Time
shall not be later than seven full business days nor earlier than two full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any
event prior to the Closing Time. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters,
acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the
number of Initial Shares set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Shares,
subject, in each case, to such adjustments as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases
of fractional shares.
(c) Payment.
Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates or security entitlements for, the Initial Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants
shall be made at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the
Company, at 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the first (second, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (New York City time) on any
given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time
not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of
payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”). Delivery of the Initial Shares at the Closing Time shall
be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company and the Representatives shall instruct purchasers of the Pre-Funded Warrants to make payment for the Pre-Funded
Warrants on the Date of Delivery to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company
at a purchase price of $17.99 per Pre-Funded Warrant, in lieu of payment by the Underwriters for such Pre-Funded Warrants, and the Company
shall deliver such Pre-Funded Warrants to such purchasers on the Date of Delivery in definitive form against such payment, in lieu of
the Company’s obligation to deliver such Pre-Funded Warrants to the Underwriters; provided that, the Representatives shall withhold
$1.08 per Pre-Funded Warrant with respect to such Pre-Funded Warrants as an offset against the payment owed by the Representatives to
the Company with respect to the Securities hereunder. In the event that any purchaser of the Pre-Funded Warrants fails to make payment
to the Company for all or part of the Pre-Funded Warrants on the Date of Delivery, the Representatives may elect, by written notice to
the Company, to receive shares of Common Stock at the share purchase price specified in Schedule A in lieu of all or a portion
of such Pre-Funded Warrants to be delivered to the Underwriters under this Agreement. The Pre-Funded Warrants will be made available for
inspection by the Representatives on the business day prior to the Closing Time.
In addition, in the event
that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates
or security entitlements for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be
agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the
Company. Delivery of the Option Securities on each such Date of Delivery shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust
Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct in writing.
Payment shall be made to the
Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to the Representatives
for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates or security entitlements for the Securities to be purchased by them (which
delivery shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct in writing).
It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for their accounts, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and
make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Shares and the Pre-Funded Warrants, and the Option Securities, if any, which it has
agreed to purchase. Each of Leerink Partners, Raymond James and RBC Capital Markets, individually and not as representatives of the Underwriters,
may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Shares and the Pre-Funded Warrants, or the Option
Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of
Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 3. Covenants
of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance
with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule
430B, and will notify the Representatives as soon as practicable, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of
the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement
or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus (including any document incorporated by reference therein) or for additional information,
(iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the
qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any
of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v)
if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.
The Company will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without
reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted
for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus.
The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order
is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof as soon as practicable. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to
the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and
otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation
of Filing Fees Tables” in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
or in a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).
(b) Continued
Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act
Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but
for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 172”), would be) required by the 1933 Act
to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is
necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that
the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances
existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the
Company will promptly (A) give the Representatives notice of such event, (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to
correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with
such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representatives with copies of any
such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file
or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company
will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The
Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours
prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable
Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such
proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters
shall reasonably object.
(c) Delivery
of Registration Statements. If requested in writing, the Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel
for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including
exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein)
and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed
copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The
copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery
of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such
Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The
Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for
the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished
to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except
to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Blue
Sky Qualifications. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities
for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives
may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign
corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect
of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(f) Rule
158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available (which
may be satisfied by filing such reports with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR) to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earning
statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of
the 1933 Act.
(g) Use
of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in all material respects in the
manner specified in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”
(h) Listing.
The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Common Stock (including the Initial Shares, the Option
Securities and the Warrant Shares) on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(i) Restriction
on Sale of Securities. During a period of 60 days from the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company
will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell,
sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise
transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or
file or confidentially submit any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing, (ii) enter into
any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence
of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery
of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iii) publicly announce an intention to effect any such swap, agreement
or other transaction described in clauses (i) and (ii). The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder;
(B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise (including any net exercise or exercise by delivery of already
owned shares of Common Stock) of an option or warrant or upon vesting of restricted stock units or the conversion of a convertible security
outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (C) any
shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase or receive Common Stock granted pursuant to existing employee benefit or equity incentive
plans of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (D) any shares of Common
Stock issued or options to purchase shares of, or restricted stock units with respect to, Common Stock granted pursuant to any existing
non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus; (E) the filing by the Company of any registration statement on Form S-8 or a successor form thereto; (F) shares of
Common Stock or other securities issued in connection with any acquisition, collaboration, merger, licensing or other joint venture or
strategic transaction involving the Company, provided that (x) the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to this clause (F) shall
not exceed 5% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately following the issuance and sale of the Initial Shares
pursuant hereto and (y) any recipients of such shares of Common Stock and securities issued pursuant to this clause (F) agree to be bound
by a lock-up letter in the form executed by the directors and officers pursuant to Section 5(i) hereof; or (G) the issuance of the Warrant
Shares.
(j) Reporting
Requirements. The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by
Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant
to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and 1934 Act Regulations. Additionally, the Company shall report the
use of proceeds from the issuance of the Securities as may be required under Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.
(k) Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not
make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a
“free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the
Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representatives will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed
on Schedule B-2 hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i)
that has been reviewed by the Representatives. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free
writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representatives as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as
defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including
timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would
conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives
and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict,
untrue statement or omission.
(l) Testing-the-Waters
Materials. If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event
or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement,
at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission; provided,
however, that this covenant shall not apply to any statements or omissions in a Written Testing the Waters Communication prepared or authorized
by the Company made in reliance upon and in conformity with Underwriter Information.
(m) Maintenance
of Registration. The Company shall, at all times while the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d)
of the 1934 Act and any Pre-Funded Warrants are outstanding, use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a registration statement
covering the issuance of the Warrant Shares.
(n) Warrant
Shares Reserved. The Company shall, at all times while any Pre-Funded Warrants are outstanding, reserve and keep available out of
the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of such Pre-Funded Warrants, the number of Warrant Shares that are initially issuable and deliverable
upon the exercise of the then-outstanding Pre-Funded Warrants.
SECTION 4. Payment of
Expenses.
(a) Expenses.
The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i)
the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and
each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus,
each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and the reasonable costs associated with
electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates
or security entitlements for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties
payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s
counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions
of Section 3(e) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters
in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of a “Blue Sky Survey” and any supplement thereto, (vi) the
fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor
presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation,
expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with
the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants,
and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (viii) the filing fees incident to, and
the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms
of the sale of the Securities, (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global
Market, and (x) the costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or
contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Securities made by the Underwriters caused by a
breach of the representation contained in the third sentence of Section 1(a)(ii); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required
to pay or reimburse the Underwriters for fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in excess of an aggregate of $25,000 in
connection with clauses (v) and (viii).
(b) Termination
of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i),
Section 9(a)(iii) or Section 10 (with respect to the non-defaulting Underwriter(s)) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the non-defaulting
Underwriter(s) for all of their reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements
of counsel for the non-defaulting Underwriter(s).
SECTION 5. Conditions
of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered pursuant
to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further
conditions:
(a) Effectiveness
of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has become effective and, at the Closing Time, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing
or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have
been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated; and the Company has complied with each request (if
any) from the Commission for additional information to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. The Company shall have
paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the 1933
Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the 1933 Act Regulations
and, if applicable, shall have updated the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either
in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).
(b) Opinion
of Counsel for Company. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the opinion and the negative assurance letter,
each dated the Closing Time, of Paul Hastings LLP, counsel for the Company, together with the opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP,
counsel for the Company with respect to intellectual property matters, each in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters,
together with signed or reproduced copies of each such letter for each of the other Underwriters.
(c) Opinion
of Counsel for Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the opinion, and negative assurance letter,
each dated the Closing Time, of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such
letters for each of the other Underwriters in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives. In giving such opinion such counsel
may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York, the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware and the federal securities laws of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives.
Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper,
upon certificates of officers and other representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(d) Officers’
Certificate. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the
principal executive officer of the Company and of the principal financial officer of the Company, dated the Closing Time, to the effect
that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has
complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior
to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been
issued, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for
any of those purposes have been instituted, or to their knowledge, are pending or contemplated by the Commission.
(e) Accountant’s
Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from RSM US LLP a letter,
dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for
each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort
letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(f) Bring-down
Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from RSM US LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time,
to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that the
specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.
(g) Approval
of Listing. At the Closing Time, the Company shall have made all required submissions to the Nasdaq Global Market regarding the Securities
and shall have not received any notice objecting to the listing of the Initial Securities and the Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq Global
Market, subject only to official notice of issuance.
(h) No
Objection. FINRA has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting
terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Securities.
(i) Lock-up
Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto signed by each of the Company’s directors and executive officers.
(j) [Reserved.]
(k) Maintenance
of Rating. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have any debt securities or preferred stock that are rated by any “nationally
recognized statistical rating agency” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act)
(l) Conditions
to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to
purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the statements
in any certificates furnished by the Company and any of its subsidiaries hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery
and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received:
(i) Officers’
Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the principal executive officer of the Company and of the principal financial
officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(d) hereof remains true
and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(ii) Opinion
of Counsel for Company. If requested by the Representatives, the opinion, and negative assurance letter, of Paul Hastings LLP, counsel
for the Company, together with the opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, counsel for the Company with respect to intellectual property
matters, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to
the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinions and negative assurance
letter required by Section 5(b) hereof.
(iii) Opinion
of Counsel for Underwriters. If requested by the Representatives, the opinion, and negative assurance letter, of Latham & Watkins
LLP counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery
and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion and negative assurance letter required by Section 5(c) hereof.
(iv) Bring-down
Comfort Letter. If requested by the Representatives, a letter from RSM US LLP, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representatives
pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph
shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.
(m) Additional
Documents. At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any), counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with
such other documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of
the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment
of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities
as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.
(n) Termination
of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this
Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time,
the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representatives by notice
to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without
liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall
survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification
of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule
501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “Affiliate”)), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be
a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact included (A) in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus prepared or authorized by the Company, any Written
Testing-the-Waters Communication prepared or authorized by the Company, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), or (B) in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection
with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (“Marketing Materials”), including any roadshow or investor presentations
made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged omission in any preliminary prospectus,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus prepared or authorized by the Company, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication prepared or authorized
by the Company, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any Marketing Materials
of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(ii) against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement
of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever
based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section
6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;
(iii) against
any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency
or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this
indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement
or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information
deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto)
in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(b) Indemnification
of Company, Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each
of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section
15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity
contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements
or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant
to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity
with the Underwriter Information.
(c) Actions
against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying
party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying
party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result
thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement.
In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives,
and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company.
An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying
party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying
parties be liable for the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate
from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the
same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification
or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission
of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Settlement
without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse
the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the
nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days
after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms
of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed
such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
SECTION 7. Contribution.
If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute
to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and reasonably expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred,
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters,
on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with
the statements or omissions, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations.
The relative benefits received
by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to
this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount received
by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering
price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.
The relative fault of the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any
such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even
if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any documented legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions
of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions received
by such Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public.
No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section
7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and
each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director
of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The
Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial
Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
SECTION 8. Representations,
Warranties and Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates
of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless
of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter,
its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.
SECTION 9. Termination
of Agreement.
(a) Termination.
The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has
been, in the judgment of the Representatives, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered
as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse
change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation
thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in U.S. or international political, financial
or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if
trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the Nasdaq Global Market, or (iv)
if trading generally on the NYSE MKT or the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Global Market has been suspended or materially limited,
or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or
by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking
or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe, or
(vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.
(b) Liabilities.
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party
except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive such termination
and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. Default
by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase
the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representatives
shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any
other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon
the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(i) if
the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting
Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective
underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(ii) if
the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect
to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Company to sell,
the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to
this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default
which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which
does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Option Securities,
as the case may be, either the (i) Representatives or (ii) the Company shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date
of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter”
includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.
SECTION 11. Notices.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted
by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to Leerink Partners at 1301 Avenue of the Americas,
5th Floor, New York, New York, 10019, attention of Stuart R. Nayman; Raymond James & Associates, Inc. at 880 Carillon Parkway,
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, Attention: Thomas M. Donegan, Jr; and RBC Capital Markets, LLC at Brookfield Place, 200 Vesey Street, 8th
Floor, New York, New York 10281, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, facsimile number: (212) 428-6260, telephone number: (877) 822-4089,
email: equityprospectus@rbccm.com.
SECTION 12. No Advisory
or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement,
including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length
commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the
offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the
agent or fiduciary of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or their respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party,
(c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering
of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company
or any of its subsidiaries on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering of the
Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged
in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and (e) the Underwriters have not provided
any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company has consulted its own respective
legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
SECTION 13. Recognition
of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding
under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under
this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this
Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
In the event that any Underwriter
that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime,
Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent
than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the
United States or a state of the United States.
For purposes of this Agreement,
(A) “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance
with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k); (B) “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that
term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is
defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined
in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b); (C) “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term
in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and (D) “U.S. Special
Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title
II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 14. Parties.
This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors.
Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than
the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in
Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of
this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole
and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and
directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities
from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 15. Waiver of
Trial by Jury. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates)
and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial
by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 16. GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.
SECTION 17. Consent
to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County
of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough
of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
(except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive)
of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s
address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The
parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified
Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
SECTION 18. TIME.
TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 19. Partial
Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement
is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor
changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
SECTION 20. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication),
each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement. Counterparts
may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission
method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
SECTION 21. Effect of
Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION
22. Entire Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the
Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
If the foregoing is in accordance
with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along
with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.
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XENCOR, INC. |
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/s/ Bassil I. Dahiyat, Ph.D. |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED
As of the date first above written:
LEERINK PARTNERS LLC |
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/s/ Murphy Gallagher |
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Murphy Gallagher |
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Senior Managing Director |
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RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. |
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Brian Gleason |
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Managing Director – Head of Biotech |
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RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC |
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For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named
in Schedule A hereto.
[Signature
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SCHEDULE A
The public offering price shall be (i) $18.00 per share with respect
of the shares of Common Stock and (ii) $17.99 per Pre-Funded Warrant with respect of the Pre-Funded Warrants.
The purchase price to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be
(i) $16.92 per share with respect of the shares of Common Stock, being an amount equal to the public offering price set forth above less
$1.08 per share and (ii) $16.91 per Pre-Funded Warrant with respect of the Pre-Funded Warrants, being an amount equal to the public offering
price set forth above less $1.08 per share underlying the Pre-Funded Warrant, in each case, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section
2(b) for dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities.
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Number of Pre-Funded Warrants | |
Leerink Partners LLC | |
| 3,284,381 | | |
| 1,528,999 | |
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. | |
| 1,658,778 | | |
| 772,222 | |
RBC Capital Markets, LLC | |
| 895,740 | | |
| 417,000 | |
Wedbush Securities Inc. | |
| 796,213 | | |
| 370,667 | |
Total | |
| 6,635,112 | | |
| 3,088,888 | |
SCHEDULE B-1
Pricing Terms
1. The
Company is selling 6,635,112 shares of Common Stock.
2. The
Company is selling 3,088,888 Pre-Funded Warrants.
3. The
Company has granted an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 1,458,600 shares of Common
Stock.
4. The public offering price
shall be: (i) $18.00 per share with respect of the shares of Common Stock and (ii) $17.99 per Pre-Funded Warrant with respect of the Pre-Funded
Warrants.
SCHEDULE B-2
Free Writing Prospectuses
None
SCHEDULE B-3
List of Written Testing-the-Waters Communications
None
Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
__________, 2024
Leerink Partners LLC
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Leerink Partners LLC
255 California St., 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
c/o Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
880 Carillon Parkway
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716
| Re: | Proposed Public Offering by Xencor, Inc. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, a stockholder,
officer and/or director of Xencor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that Leerink Partners
LLC and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (collectively, the “Representatives”) propose to enter into an Underwriting
Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the Company providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”)
of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), or of securities convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock. In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned
as a stockholder, an officer and/or a director of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement (collectively,
the “Underwriters”) that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 60 days from
the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written
consent of the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell
any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise
dispose of or transfer any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power
of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), or exercise any right with respect to the registration of
any of the Lock-Up Securities, or file or cause to be filed any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly
or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap, agreement or transaction is to
be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of the Representatives,
provided, in each case, that (1) in the cases of clauses (i)-(vi) below, the Representatives receive a signed lock-up agreement for
the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, (2) any such transfer
shall not involve a disposition for value, (3) except in the case of gifts pursuant to clause (i) below, such transfers are not required
to be reported with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 4 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and (4) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing, announcement
or report regarding such transfers (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period):
| (i) | as a bona fide gift or gifts; |
| (ii) | transfers to the “immediate family” of the undersigned or to any trust, partnership, limited
liability company or other legal entity commonly used for estate planning purposes, for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned
or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship
by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); |
| (iii) | as a distribution or other transfer by a partnership to its partners or former partners or by a limited
liability company to its members or retired members or by a corporation to its stockholders or former stockholders or to any wholly-owned
subsidiary of such corporation; |
| (iv) | to the undersigned’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed
by the undersigned; |
| (v) | to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership
interests which are held by the undersigned and/or the immediate family of the undersigned; |
| (vi) | by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order or in connection with a
divorce settlement; |
| (vii) | by will or intestate succession upon the death of the undersigned; or |
| (viii) | to the Company in satisfaction of any tax withholding obligation (including as a result of a permitted
net exercise or settlement). |
Furthermore, no provision
in this lock-up agreement shall be deemed to restrict or prohibit (1) the transfer of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities to the
Company in connection with the termination of the undersigned’s services to the Company, provided that any filing under Section
16 of the Exchange Act made in connection with such transfer shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to
the circumstances described in this clause (1); (2) the exercise or exchange by the undersigned of any option, restricted stock unit award,
warrant or other right to acquire any shares of Common Stock, options to purchase shares of Common Stock, or any security convertible
into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock in accordance with their terms, in each case for cash or on a “cashless” or
“net exercise” basis pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement; provided, however, that
the underlying shares of Common Stock shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this lock-up agreement
and that any filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act made in connection with such exercise or exchange shall clearly indicate in the
footnotes thereto that (a) the filing relates to the circumstances described in this clause (2) and (b) no shares were sold by the reporting
person; (3) the transfer of Lock-Up Securities upon the completion of a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other
similar transaction made to all holders of the Company’s securities involving a change of control of the Company; provided, however,
that in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, such securities held by the
undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this lock-up agreement; (4) the conversion of outstanding
preferred stock of the Company into shares of Common Stock, provided that any such shares received upon such conversion shall be subject
to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this lock-up agreement; and (5) sales of the undersigned’s Common Stock made pursuant
to a 10b5-1 trading plan that complies with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (“10b5-1 Trading Plan”) that has been
entered into by the undersigned prior to the date of this lock-up agreement and provided to the Representatives and their counsel, provided
that to the extent a public announcement or filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, if any, is required by or on behalf of the undersigned
or the Company regarding any such sales, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that any sales were effect
pursuant to such 10b5-1 Trading Plan and no other public announcement shall be made voluntarily in connection with such sales.
Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, nothing herein shall prevent the undersigned from establishing a 10b5-1 Trading Plan or from amending an existing 10b5-1
Trading Plan so long as there are no sales of Lock-Up Securities under any such 10b5-1 Trading Plan during the Lock-Up Period; provided,
however, that any public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act regarding the establishment or amendment of such 10b5-1 Trading
Plan shall clearly disclose that no shares of Common Stock shall be disposed by such plan during the duration of the Lock-Up Period.
The undersigned also agrees
and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of
the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
This lock-up agreement shall
automatically terminate, and the undersigned shall be released from the undersigned’s obligations hereunder, upon the earliest to
occur, if any, of (i) prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company advises the Representatives in writing that it
has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering; (ii) the Underwriting Agreement is executed but is terminated prior to the closing
of the Public Offering (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination); or (iii) September 18, 2024, in the event that the
Underwriting Agreement has not been executed by such date.
This agreement shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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Exhibit 4.1
FORM OF PRE-FUNDED WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON
STOCK
Number
of Shares: [ ]
(subject to adjustment)
Warrant No.___ |
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Original Issue Date: September [ ], 2024 |
XENCOR, INC.
Xencor, Inc., a [Delaware] corporation (the “Company”),
hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [Investor Name]
or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company
up to a total of [ ] shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”),
of the Company (each such share, a “Warrant Share” and all such shares, the “Warrant Shares”) at
an exercise price per share equal to $0.01 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9 herein, the “Exercise
Price”), upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”) at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof
(the “Original Issue Date”), subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Affiliate” means any Person
directly or indirectly controlled by, controlling or under common control with, a Holder, but only for so long as such control shall continue.
For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, “controlled by”, “controlling”
and “under common control with”) means, with respect to a Person, possession, direct or indirect, of (a) the power to
direct or cause direction of the management and policies of such Person (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other
ownership interests, by contract or otherwise), or (b) at least 50% of the voting securities (whether directly or pursuant to any
option, warrant or other similar arrangement) or other comparable equity interests.
(b) “Attribution Parties” means,
collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder, (ii) any Person acting or who could
be deemed to be acting as a Section 13(d) “group” together with the Holder or any Attribution Parties and (iii) any other
Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and/or any
other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is
to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.
(c) “Closing Sale Price” means,
for any security as of any date, the last trade price for such security on the Principal Trading Market for such security, as reported
by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or, if such Principal Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate
the last trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00 P.M., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg Financial
Markets, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin
board for such security as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets. If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a
particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as
mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such
security, then the Board of Directors of the Company shall use its good faith judgment to determine the fair market value. The Board of
Directors’ determination shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error. All such determinations shall be appropriately
adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
(d) “Commission” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
(e) “Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(f) “Group” shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and all related rules, regulations and jurisprudence.
(f) “Person” means an individual,
a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity
and a government or any department or agency thereof.
(g) “Principal Trading Market”
means the national securities exchange or other trading market on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading,
which, as of the Original Issue Date, shall be the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
(h) “Registration Statement”
means the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-270030), declared effective on February 27, 2023.
(i) “Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(j) “Standard Settlement Period”
means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, for the Principal Trading Market with respect to the Common
Stock that is in effect on the date of delivery of an applicable Exercise Notice, which as of the Original Issuance Date was “T+1.”
(k) “Trading Day” means any
weekday on which the Principal Trading Market is normally open for trading.
(l) “Transfer Agent” means
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock, and any successor appointed
in such capacity.
2. Issuance of Securities; Registration of Warrants. The Warrant,
as initially issued by the Company, is offered and sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. As of the Original Issue Date, the Warrant
Shares are issuable under the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the Warrant and, assuming issuance pursuant to the Registration Statement
or an exchange meeting the requirements of Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act as in effect on the Original Issue Date, the Warrant
Shares, are not “restricted securities” under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. The Company shall register
ownership of this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”),
in the name of the record Holder (which shall include the initial Holder or, as the case may be, any assignee to which this Warrant is
permissibly assigned hereunder) from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute
owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice
to the contrary.
3. Registration of Transfers. Subject to compliance with all
applicable securities laws, the Company shall, or will cause its Transfer Agent to, register the transfer of all or any portion of this
Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, and payment for all applicable transfer taxes (if any). Upon any such
registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “New
Warrant”) evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee, and a New Warrant evidencing
the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New
Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations in respect of
the New Warrant that the Holder has in respect of this Warrant. The Company shall, or will cause its Transfer Agent to, prepare, issue
and deliver at the Company’s own expense any New Warrant under this Section 3. Until due presentment for registration
of transfer, the Company may treat the registered Holder hereof as the owner and holder for all purposes, and the Company shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
4. Exercise of Warrants.
(a) All or any part of this Warrant shall be exercisable
by the registered Holder in any manner permitted by this Warrant (including Section 11) at any time and from time to time on or after
the Original Issue Date, and such rights shall not expire.
(b) The Holder may exercise this Warrant by delivering
to the Company (i) an exercise notice, in the form attached as Schedule 1 hereto (the “Exercise Notice”),
completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being
exercised (which may take the form of a “cashless exercise” if so indicated in the Exercise Notice pursuant to Section 10
below), and the date on which the last of such items is delivered to the Company (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions
hereof) is an “Exercise Date.” The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect
an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant
and issuance of a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares, if any.
5. Delivery of Warrant Shares.
(a) Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company
shall promptly (but in no event later than the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following the Exercise
Date), upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock specified by the Holder in the Exercise
Notice and to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise (the “Exercise Shares”) to the Holder’s
or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) through its Deposit Withdrawal At
Custodian system, or if the Transfer Agent is then a participant in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (the “FAST
Program”) and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or the
resale of such Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Exercise Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale
restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (assuming cashless exercise of this Warrant). If the Transfer Agent
is not a member of the FAST Program or if (A) and (B) above are not true, the Transfer Agent will either (i) record the Exercise Shares
in the name of the Holder or its designee on the certificates reflecting the Exercise Shares with an appropriate legend regarding restriction
on transferability, which shall be issued and dispatched by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, and
on the Company’s share register or (ii) issue such Exercise Shares in the name of the Holder or its designee in restricted book-entry
form in the Company’s share register. The Holder, or any natural person or legal entity (each, a “Person”) so
designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares, shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the
Exercise Date, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account, the date of the book entry
positions or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Exercise Shares, as the case may be.
(b) If the Company fails to deliver to the Holder
or its designee Exercise Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section 5(a) within the Standard Settlement Period following
the Exercise Date and the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction
of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”)
but did not receive within the Standard Settlement Period, then the Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days after the Holder’s
written request and in the Holder’s sole discretion, either (1) pay in cash to the Holder an amount equal to the Holder’s
total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased, at which point the Company’s
obligation to issue and deliver such Exercise Shares shall terminate or (2) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder
or its designee the Exercise Shares pursuant to Section 5(a) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any)
of Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased in the Buy-In,
less the product of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock purchased in the Buy-In, times (B) the Closing Sale Price of a
share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date.
(c) To the extent permitted by law and subject
to Section 5(b), the Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with and subject
to the terms hereof (including the limitations set forth in Section 11 below) are absolute and unconditional, irrespective
of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery
of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination,
or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation
of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance that might otherwise limit such obligation of the
Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Subject to Section 5(b), nothing herein shall
limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation,
a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common
Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
6. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance and delivery of shares
of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, transfer agent
fee or other incidental tax or expense (excluding any applicable stamp duties) in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of
which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay
any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any Warrant Shares or the Warrants in a name other
than that of the Holder or an Affiliate thereof. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result
of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.
7. Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost,
stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in
lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of
such loss, theft or destruction (in such case) and, in each case, a customary and reasonable contractual indemnity, if requested by the
Company. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant
to the Company as a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to issue the New Warrant.
8. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that
it will, at all times while this Warrant is outstanding, reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued
and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as
herein provided, the number of Warrant Shares that are initially issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free
from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and
restrictions of Section 9). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance
and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully
paid and non-assessable. The Company will take all such action as may be reasonably necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock
may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange
or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company further covenants that it will not, without the prior
written consent of the Holder, take any actions to increase the par value of the Common Stock at any time while this Warrant is outstanding.
9. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (the “Number of Warrant Shares”) are subject to adjustment from time to time
as set forth in this Section 9.
(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the
Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution
on any class of capital stock issued and outstanding on the Original Issue Date and in accordance with the terms of such stock on the
Original Issue Date or as amended, that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a larger number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares
of Common Stock or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of capital stock any additional shares of Common Stock of the Company,
then in each such case the Number of Warrant Shares shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately before such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, provided, however, that if such
record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid on the date fixed therefor, the Number of Warrant Shares shall be
recomputed accordingly as of the close of business on such record date and thereafter the Number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted pursuant
to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of such dividends. Any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph
shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
(b) Pro Rata Distributions. If, on or after
the Original Issue Date, the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other pro rata distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire
its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution
of cash, stock or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification,
corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction, but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any distribution
of shares of Common Stock subject to Section 9(a), any distribution of Purchase Rights (as defined below) subject to Section
9(c) and any Fundamental Transaction (as defined below) subject to Section 9(d)) (a “Distribution”) then,
in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated
therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard
to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage (as defined below))
immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the
record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, that to the extent
that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding
the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (and shall not be entitled
to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and
the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto
would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall
be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held
similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).
(c) Purchase Rights. If at any time on
or after the Original Issue Date, the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock,
warrants, securities or other property, in each case pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase
Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase
Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise
of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum
Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no
such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of
such Purchase Rights (provided, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result
in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate
in such Purchase Right to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such Common Stock as a result of such Purchase
Right (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the
Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum
Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial
Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).
As used in this Section 9(c), (i) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common
Stock or Convertible Securities and (ii) “Convertible Securities” mean any stock or securities (other than Options) directly
or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.
(d) Fundamental Transactions. If, at any
time while this Warrant is outstanding (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person,
in which the Company is not the surviving entity or in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation
do not own, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the voting power of the surviving entity immediately after such merger or consolidation,
(ii) the Company effects any sale to another Person of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions,
(iii) pursuant to any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person), holders of capital stock tender
shares representing more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company and the Company or such other Person, as applicable,
accepts such tender for payment, (iv) the Company consummates a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including,
without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person
acquires more than the 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company (except for any such transaction in which the stockholders
of the Company immediately prior to such transaction maintain, in substantially the same proportions, the voting power of such Person
immediately after the transaction) or (v) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange
pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (other than as a
result of a subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock covered by Section 9(a) above) (in any such case, a “Fundamental
Transaction”), then following such Fundamental Transaction the Holder shall have the right to receive, upon exercise of this
Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such
Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant Shares
then issuable upon exercise in full of this Warrant without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein (the “Alternate
Consideration”). The Company shall not effect any Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the surviving entity or
the Alternate Consideration includes securities of another Person unless (i) the Alternate Consideration is solely cash and the Company
provides for the simultaneous “cashless exercise” of this Warrant pursuant to Section 10 below or (ii) prior
to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof, any successor to the Company, surviving entity or other Person (including any purchaser
of assets of the Company) shall assume the obligation to deliver to the Holder such Alternate Consideration as, in accordance with the
foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to receive, and the other obligations under this Warrant. The provisions of this paragraph
(c) shall similarly apply to subsequent transactions analogous of a Fundamental Transaction type.
(d) Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously
with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 9, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise
of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder
for the increased or decreased number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to such adjustment.
(e) Calculations. All calculations under
this Section 9 shall be made to the nearest one-tenth of one cent or the nearest share, as applicable.
(f) Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence
of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will, at the written request of the Holder, promptly
compute such adjustment, in good faith, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment,
including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which
such adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to
the Company’s transfer agent.
(g) Notice of Corporate Events. If, while
this Warrant is outstanding, the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property
in respect of its Common Stock, including, without limitation, any granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital
stock of the Company or any subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder
approval for any Fundamental Transaction or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs
of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice of such transaction at least ten (10) days prior to the applicable
record or effective date on which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction;
provided, however, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action
required to be described in such notice. In addition, if while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company authorizes or approves, enters
into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction contemplated by Section 9(c),
other than a Fundamental Transaction under clause (iii) of Section 9(c), the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice
of such Fundamental Transaction at least thirty (30) days prior to the date such Fundamental Transaction is consummated. Holder agrees
to maintain any information disclosed pursuant to this Section 9(g) in confidence until such information is publicly available, and
shall comply with applicable law with respect to trading in the Company’s securities following receipt of any such information.
10. Payment of Exercise Price. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, satisfy its obligation to pay the Exercise Price through a “cashless
exercise”, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares in an exchange of securities effected
pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, as determined as follows:
X = Y [(A-B)/A]
where:
“X” equals the number of Warrant Shares
to be issued to the Holder;
“Y” equals the total number of Warrant
Shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised;
“A” equals the Closing Sale Price
of the shares of Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets) as of the Trading Day on the date immediately preceding the
Exercise Date; and
“B” equals the Exercise Price then
in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.
For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is
intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a “cashless exercise” transaction shall be deemed
to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this
Warrant was originally issued (provided that the Commission continues to take the position that such treatment is proper at the time of
such exercise). In the event that the Registration Statement registration statement registering the issuance of Warrant Shares is, for
any reason, not effective at the time of exercise of this Warrant, then the Warrant may only be exercised through a cashless exercise,
as set forth in this Section 10. Except as set forth in Section 5(b) (Buy-In remedy) and Section 12 (payment
of cash in lieu of fractional shares), in no event will the exercise of this Warrant be settled in cash.
11. Limitations on Exercise.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder of the Warrant shall not have the right
to exercise any portion of the Warrant, and any such exercise shall be null and void ab initio and treated as if the exercise had not
been made, to the extent that immediately prior to or following such exercise, the Holder, together with the Attribution Parties, beneficially
owns or would beneficially own as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder,
in excess of [4.99%] (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Common Stock that would be issued and outstanding following
such exercise. For purposes of calculating beneficial ownership for determining whether the Maximum Percentage is or will be exceeded,
the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock held and/or beneficially owned by the Holder together with the Attribution Parties, shall
include the number of shares of Common Stock held and/or beneficially owned by the Holder together with the Attribution Parties plus the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the relevant Warrant with respect to which the determination is being made
but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised Warrant
held and/or beneficially owned by the Holder or the Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted
portion of any other securities of the Company held and/or beneficially owned by such Holder or any Attribution Party (including, without
limitation, any convertible notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous
to the limitation contained herein. For purposes of this Paragraph 11(a), beneficial ownership of the Holder or the Attribution Parties
shall, except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, be calculated and determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder. For purposes of the Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock, a Holder of the Warrant may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most
recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case
may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (such issued and outstanding shares, the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”).
For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally
and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. The Holder shall disclose to
the Company the number of shares of Common Stock that it, together with the Attribution Parties holds and/or beneficially owns and has
the right to acquire through the exercise of derivative securities and any limitations on exercise or conversion analogous to the limitation
contained herein contemporaneously or immediately prior to submitting an Exercise Notice for the relevant Warrant. If the Company receives
an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding
Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the
extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s, together with the Attribution Parties’, beneficial ownership,
as determined pursuant to this Section 11(a), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number
of Warrant Shares to be purchased pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction
Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder
for the Reduction Shares. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the
conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and the Attribution Parties since the date
as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise
of this Warrant results in the Holder, together with the Attribution Parties, being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more
than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act),
the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s, together with the Attribution Parties’, aggregate beneficial ownership
exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the
Holder and/or the Attribution Parties shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable
after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid
by the Holder for the Excess Shares. By written notice to the Company, a Holder of the Warrant may from time to time increase or decrease
the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 19.99% specified in such notice; provided that any increase in the Maximum
Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and shall not negatively
affect any partial exercise effected prior to such change.
(b) This Section 11 shall not restrict
the number of shares of Common Stock which a Holder or the Attribution Parties may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the
amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder or the Attribution Parties may receive in the event of a Fundamental Transaction
as contemplated in Section 9(c) of this Warrant. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder or the Attribution
Parties for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder or Section 16
of the Exchange Act Rule 16a-1(a)(1) promulgated thereunder. No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall
have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability.
The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of
this Section 11(a) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or
inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 11(a) or to make changes or supplements
necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall
apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
12. No Fractional Shares. No fractional Warrant Shares will
be issued in connection with any exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional shares that would otherwise be issuable, the number
of Warrant Shares to be issued shall be rounded down to the next whole number and the Company shall pay the Holder in cash the fair market
value (based on the Closing Sale Price) for any such fractional shares.
13. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or
deliveries hereunder (including, without limitation, any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered confirmed e-mail at the e-mail address
specified in the books and records of the Transfer Agent prior to 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on a Trading Day, (ii) the next
Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via confirmed e-mail at the e-mail address specified
in the books and records of the Transfer Agent on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on any
Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service specifying
next business day delivery, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the Person to whom such notice is required to be given, if by hand delivery.
14. Warrant Agent. The Company shall initially serve as warrant
agent under this Warrant. Upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent. Any corporation
into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company
or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all
of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act.
Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage
prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder’s last address as shown on the Warrant Register.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Rights as a Stockholder. Except
as otherwise set forth in this Warrant, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled
to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in
this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the
rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization,
issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings,
receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is
then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing
any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company,
whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
(b) Authorized Shares. (i) Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending
its certificate or articles of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue
or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this
Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may
be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Company will (a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such
exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that
the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction
thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
(ii) Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in
the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations
or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
(c) Successors and Assigns. Subject to
compliance with applicable securities laws, this Warrant may be assigned by the Holder. This Warrant may not be assigned by the Company
without the written consent of the Holder, except to a successor in the event of a Fundamental Transaction. This Warrant shall be binding
on and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Holder and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentence,
nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy
or cause of action under this Warrant. This Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder, or their successors
and assigns.
(d) Amendment and Waiver. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the provisions of the Warrants may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform
any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder.
(e) Acceptance. Receipt of this Warrant
by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein.
(f) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. ALL QUESTIONS
CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. EACH OF THE COMPANY
AND THE HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY
OR DISCUSSED HEREIN (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS), AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND
AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT.
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY)
TO SUCH PERSON AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF
PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED
BY LAW. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
(g) Headings. The headings herein are for
convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(h) Severability. In case any one or more
of the provisions of this Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms
and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the Company and the Holder will attempt in good
faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing,
shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
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FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE
[To be executed by the Holder to purchase shares
of Common Stock under the Warrant]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
(1) The undersigned is the Holder of Warrant No. __ (the “Warrant”)
issued by Xencor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
(2) The undersigned hereby exercises its right to purchase Warrant
Shares pursuant to the Warrant.
(3) The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be
made as (check one):
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(4) If the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the Holder shall pay
the sum of $ in immediately available funds to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(5) Pursuant to this Exercise Notice, the Company shall deliver to
the Holder Warrant Shares determined in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(6) By its delivery of this Exercise Notice, the undersigned represents
and warrants to the Company that in giving effect to the exercise evidenced hereby the Holder will not beneficially own in excess of the
number of shares of Common Stock (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
permitted to be owned under Section 11(a) of the Warrant to which this notice relates.
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Exhibit 5.1
September 12, 2024 |
46926.00016 |
Xencor, Inc.
465 North Halstead Street, Site 200
Pasadena, CA 91107
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to
Xencor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of a prospectus supplement, dated September 10, 2024 (the
“Prospectus Supplement”), to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-270030)
filed with the Commission under the Act on February 27, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”), and the related
prospectus, dated February 27, 2023, included in the Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective (the “Base
Prospectus” and, together with the Prospectus Supplement, the “Prospectus”), relating to the offering
by the Company of (i) 6,635,112 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01
per share (the “Common Stock”), (ii) up to an additional 1,458,600 shares of Common Stock that may be sold pursuant
to the exercise of an option to purchase additional shares (the “Option Shares” and together with the Firm Shares,
the “Shares”) subject to an option to purchase additional shares granted to the underwriters of the offering
and (iii) pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,088,888 shares
of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares” and together with the Firm Shares and the Option Shares, the “Shares”).
The Shares and the Pre-Funded Warrants are being sold to the several underwriters named in, and pursuant to, an underwriting agreement
among the Company and Leerink Partners LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as the representatives
of such underwriters, dated as of September 10, 2024 (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
In connection with this opinion,
we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, the form of Pre-Funded Warrant,
the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, each
as currently in effect, and the originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such records, documents, certificates, memoranda
and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below. As to certain
factual matters, we have relied upon a certificate of an officer of the Company and have not independently verified such matters. We have
assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to originals of all documents
submitted to us as copies thereof.
Our opinion is limited to the
matters stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. Our opinion herein is expressed
solely with respect to the federal laws of the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We are not rendering
any opinion as to compliance with any federal or state antifraud law, rule or regulation relating to securities, or to the sale or issuance
thereof. Our opinion is based on these laws as in effect on the date hereof, and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances,
events or developments which hereafter may be brought to our attention and which may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein.
We express no opinion as to whether the laws of any particular jurisdiction other than those identified above are applicable to the subject
matter hereof.
September 12, 2024
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On the basis of the foregoing,
and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that (i) the Shares, when issued and sold against payment therefor in accordance with the
Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) the Pre-Funded Warrants, when issued and sold against
payment therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, and (iii) assuming
sufficient authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock are available for issuance when the Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised, the Warrant
Shares, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable.
We consent to the reference
to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Paul Hastings LLP
Exhibit 99.1
Xencor Announces Proposed Public Offering of
Common Stock
PASADENA, Calif. – Sept. 10, 2024
– Xencor, Inc. (“Xencor”) (Nasdaq: XNCR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered antibodies
for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of shares
of its common stock, or, in lieu of common stock to certain investors that so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common
stock. Xencor also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the aggregate number of shares
of its common stock (including shares of common stock underlying pre-funded warrants) offered in the public offering at the public offering
price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants, if any, to be sold
in the proposed offering are to be sold by Xencor. The proposed offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no
assurance as to whether or when the proposed offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the proposed offering.
Leerink Partners, Raymond James and RBC Capital
Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the proposed offering. Wedbush PacGrow is acting as a co-manager for the offering.
Xencor currently intends to use the net proceeds
from the proposed offering for general corporate purposes, which may include research and development, capital expenditures, working capital
and general and administrative expenses.
The proposed offering is being made pursuant to
an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-270030), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) on February 27, 2023 and which automatically became effective upon filing. The securities may be offered only
by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement
and the accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the proposed offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available
on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus
relating to the proposed offering may also be obtained by contacting Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street,
40th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6105, or by email at syndicate@leerink.com; from Raymond
James & Associates, Inc., Attention: Equity Syndicate, 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, by telephone at (800)
248-8863, or by email at prospectus@raymondjames.com; or from RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, Brookfield
Place, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10281, by telephone at (877) 822-4089 or by email at equityprospectus@rbccm.com.
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 the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state
or jurisdiction.
About Xencor
Xencor is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
developing engineered antibodies for the treatment of patients with cancer and other serious diseases. More than 20 candidates engineered
with Xencor’s XmAb® technology are in clinical development, and three XmAb medicines are marketed by partners. Xencor’s
XmAb engineering technology enables small changes to a proteins structure that result in new mechanisms of therapeutic action.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements
under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Xencor’s
expectations on the timing, size and completion of the proposed offering, Xencor’s intention to grant the underwriters a 30-day
option to purchase additional shares, and the anticipated use of proceeds therefrom. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely and reported results should not be considered as an indication
of future performance. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks and uncertainties associated with market and
other conditions and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the proposed public offering and other risks that are
described in Xencor’s most recent periodic reports filed with the SEC, including Xencor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2023, including the risk factors set forth in those filings. These forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date hereof. Xencor disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable law.
Contacts:
Charles Liles
cliles@xencor.com
(626) 737-8118
Exhibit 99.2
Xencor Announces Pricing of $175 Million Public
Offering of Common Stock
PASADENA, Calif. – Sept. 11, 2024
– Xencor, Inc. (“Xencor”) (Nasdaq: XNCR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered antibodies
for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases, today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of (i) 6,635,112
shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $18.00 per share and (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of
3,088,888 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $17.99 per pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants will be immediately
exercisable and will have an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts
and commissions and offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $175 million. Xencor has also granted the underwriters a 30-day
option to purchase up to 1,458,600 additional shares of its common stock. All of the shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants in
the offering are to be sold by Xencor. The offering is expected to close on or about September 12, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of
customary closing conditions.
Leerink Partners, Raymond James and RBC Capital
Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the proposed offering. Wedbush PacGrow is acting as a co-manager for the offering.
Xencor currently intends to use the net proceeds
from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include research and development, capital expenditures, working capital and
general and administrative expenses.
The public offering is being made pursuant to
an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-270030), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) on February 27, 2023, and which automatically became effective upon filing. The securities may be offered only
by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement
and the accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering have been filed with the SEC and are available on
the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, and when available,
copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained by contacting Leerink
Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, by telephone at (800) 808-7525,
ext. 6105, or by email at syndicate@leerink.com; from Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Attention: Equity Syndicate, 880 Carillon
Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, by telephone at (800) 248-8863, or by email at prospectus@raymondjames.com; or from RBC Capital
Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, Brookfield Place, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10281, by telephone
at (877) 822-4089 or by email at equityprospectus@rbccm.com.
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 the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state
or jurisdiction.
About Xencor
Xencor is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
developing engineered antibodies for the treatment of patients with cancer and other serious diseases. More than 20 candidates engineered
with Xencor’s XmAb® technology are in clinical development, and three XmAb medicines are marketed by partners. Xencor’s
XmAb engineering technology enables small changes to a proteins structure that result in new mechanisms of therapeutic action.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements
under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Xencor’s
expectations on the timing and completion of the offering and the anticipated use of proceeds therefrom. Forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely and reported results should not
be considered as an indication of future performance. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks and uncertainties
associated with market and other conditions and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the proposed public offering
and other risks that are described in Xencor’s most recent periodic reports filed with the SEC, including Xencor’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, including the risk factors set forth in those filings. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date hereof. Xencor disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required
by applicable law.
Contacts:
Charles Liles
cliles@xencor.com
(626) 737-8118
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