On January 26, 2024, Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") reported to have entered into an at the market offering agreement (the "Sales Agreement") with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the "HCW") (Press release, Aprea, JAN 26, 2024, View Source [SID1234639543]). Under the Sales Agreement, the Company may offer and sell its common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), from time to time having an aggregate offering price of up to $1.0 million (the "Shares") during the term of the Sales Agreement through or to HCW as sales agent or principal. The Company has filed a prospectus supplement relating to the offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement. The offering and sale of the Shares will be made pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on January 26, 2024. The Shares may be offered only by means of a prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, if any, for general corporate purposes, including for preclinical studies and clinical trials and the advancement of our product candidates.

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The Company is not obligated to sell any Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, HCW will use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal law, rules and regulations, to sell Shares from time to time based upon the Company’s instructions, including any price, time or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions the Company may impose.

Under the Sales Agreement, HCW may sell Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an "at the market offering" as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

The Sales Agreement may be terminated by either party providing notice, subject to the limitations set forth in the Sales Agreement.

The Company has agreed to pay HCW a commission equal to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sales of Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement and has agreed to provide HCW with customary indemnification and contribution rights.

The foregoing summary of the Sales Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sales Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The Sales Agreement contains representations and warranties that the parties made to, and solely for the benefit of, the other in the context of all of the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement and in the context of the specific relationship between the parties. The provisions of the Sales Agreement, including the representations and warranties contained therein, are not for the benefit of any party other than the parties to the Sales Agreement and are not intended as a document for investors and the public to obtain factual information about the Company’s current state of affairs. Rather, investors and the public should look to other disclosures contained in the Company’s filings with the SEC.

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Shares under the Sales Agreement, nor shall there be any sale of such Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.