On May 6, 2021, ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") reported that it entered into an Open Market Sale AgreementSM (the "Sales Agreement") with Jefferies LLC as the Company’s sales agent (the "Agent"), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell from time to time through the Agent up to $150 million of shares (the "Shares") of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), in such share amounts as the Company may specify by notice to the Agent, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Sales Agreement (Filing, 8-K, ORIC Pharmaceuticals, MAY 6, 2021, View Source [SID1234579369]).
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Sales, if any, of the Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be an "at the market offering" as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), including sales made directly on The Nasdaq Stock Market. Under the Sales Agreement, the Company will set the parameters for the sale of shares, including the number of shares to be issued, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, limitation on the number of shares that may be sold in any one trading day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made. The Company is not obligated to sell any Shares under the Sales Agreement.
The Shares will be offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 ASR which was automatically effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 6, 2021. The Company filed a prospectus supplement, dated May 6, 2021, with the Commission in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares. The Company may terminate the Sales Agreement upon written notice to the Agent for any reason or by the Agent upon written notice to us for any reason or at any time under certain circumstances, including but not limited to the occurrence of a material adverse change in the Company.
The Sales Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by us, and indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. The Sales Agreement provides that the Agent will be entitled to compensation for its services at a commission rate of up to 3.0% of the gross sales price per share of all shares sold through the Agent under the Sales Agreement. Under the terms of Sales Agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify the Agent against certain specified types of liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, to contribute to payments the Agent may be required to make in respect of these liabilities, and to reimburse the Agent for certain expenses. In the ordinary course of business, the Agent or its respective affiliates from time to time have provided and may in the future provide various investment banking, commercial banking and financial advisory services to the company and/or its affiliates, for which it has received or may receive customary compensation.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale, if any, of the securities offered in the offering, together with the Company’s existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, to fund the development of ORIC-101, to fund the development of ORIC-533, to fund the development of ORIC-944, to fund the development of ORIC-114, to fund other research and development activities, including the potential acquisition of and drug development activities related to new programs, as well as for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The Company does not have agreements or commitments for any specific acquisitions or strategic transactions at this time.
The above summary of the Sales Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Sales Agreement, a copy which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The legal opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation relating to the shares of Common Stock being offered pursuant to the Sales Agreement is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.