On June 7, 2023 Akoya Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKYA) ("Akoya"), The Spatial Biology Company, reported the pricing of its public offering of 8,700,000 shares of common stock (the "Offering") at a public offering price of $5.00 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $43.5 million, without giving effect to the underwriting discount and commission as well as estimated expenses payable by Akoya (Press release, Akoya Biosciences, JUN 8, 2023, View Source [SID1234632584]). Akoya has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,305,000 shares of its common stock at the public offering price. The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on June 12, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

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Akoya intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Morgan Stanley and Piper Sandler are acting as joint book-running managers for the Offering.

The securities described above are being offered by Akoya pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and was declared effective on November 21, 2022. A preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering was filed by Akoya with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering will be filed by Akoya with the SEC. The Offering may only be made by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, that forms part of the registration statement referred to above. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering may be obtained by contacting: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014, by phone at 1-866-718-1649 or by email at [email protected] and Piper Sandler & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 800 Nicollet Maill J12S03, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, by telephone at 1-800-747-3924 or by email at [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.