On December 22, 2020, Gritstone Oncology, Inc. (the "Company") reported that it entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with certain purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (the "Purchasers"), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell to the Purchasers, in an unregistered offering, shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), and pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $110.0 million (the "Private Placement") (Filing, 8-K, Gritstone Oncology, DEC 22, 2020, View Source [SID1234573275]). The Private Placement is being conducted in accordance with applicable Nasdaq rules and priced at the "Minimum Price" (as defined in the Nasdaq rules).
The closing of the Private Placement occurred on December 28, 2020 (the "Closing"). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell and certain Purchasers agreed to purchase (i) an aggregate of 5,543,351 shares of Common Stock (the "Shares") at a per share purchase price of $3.34, the Nasdaq Official Closing Price of the Company’s Common Stock on December 22, 2020, and (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 27,480,719 shares of Common Stock (the "Pre-Funded Warrant" and together with the Shares, the "Securities"). The Pre-Funded Warrants will expire when exercised in full, will have a nominal exercise price of $0.01 per share, and are immediately exercisable upon issuance. The exercise price and number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants will be subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividends and splits, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction, as described in the Pre-Funded Warrants.

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The Company has agreed to file a resale registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as practicable, and in all events within 30 days after the Closing, to register the resale of the Securities issued at the time of the Closing.
Cowen & Company LLC is acting as sole placement agent for the Private Placement.