On December 17, 2021, Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. ("Oncternal") reported that it entered into an Open Market Sale AgreementSM (the "Sale Agreement") with Jefferies LLC (the "Agent"), pursuant to which Oncternal may offer and sell shares of Oncternal’s common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000 from time to time, in "at the market" offerings through the Agent (Filing, 8-K, Oncternal Therapeutics, DEC 17, 2021, View Source [SID1234597410]). Sales of the shares of common stock, if any, will be made at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, or as otherwise agreed with the Agent. The Agent will receive a commission from Oncternal of 3.0% of the gross proceeds of any shares of common stock sold under the Sale Agreement.
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Oncternal is not obligated to sell, and the Agent is not obligated to buy or sell, any shares of common stock under the Sale Agreement. No assurance can be given that Oncternal will sell any shares of common stock under the Sale Agreement, or, if it does, as to the price or amount of shares of common stock that it sells or the dates when such sales will take place.
In the Sale Agreement, Oncternal agreed to indemnify the Agent against certain liabilities, including under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to contribute payments that the Agent may be required to make because of such liabilities.
The shares of common stock sold pursuant to the Sale Agreement will be offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-254985), which became effective on April 15, 2021. Oncternal filed a prospectus supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2021 in connection with the offer and sale of shares of Oncternal’s common stock pursuant to the Sale Agreement.
A copy of the Sale Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Sale Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sale Agreement.
A copy of the opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP relating to the validity of the shares of common stock that may be sold pursuant to the Sale Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.