On December 20, 2022 IMV Inc. ("IMV" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: IMV; TSX: IMV), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a portfolio of therapies based on the Company’s immune-educating platform, DPX, to potentially treat solid and hematologic cancers, reported the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering (the "Offering") for the sale of an aggregate of 3,448,276 common shares (or common share equivalents) (each, a "Share" and, collectively, the "Shares") and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,448,276 common shares (each, a "Warrant" and, collectively, the "Warrants") at a purchase price of US$2.61 per common share (or common share equivalent) and accompanying Warrant priced at-the-market under the Nasdaq Capital Market (the "Nasdaq") rules (Press release, IMV, DEC 20, 2022, View Source [SID1234625443]). The Warrants have an exercise price of US$2.50 per share, are exercisable immediately, and will expire five years following their date of issuance.

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H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the Offering.

The gross proceeds from the Offering to IMV, before deducting placement agent commissions and other offering expenses and excluding any proceeds that may be received upon exercise of the Warrants, were approximately US$9 million. IMV intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to continue the clinical development of its lead product candidate, maveropepimut-S, in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), ovarian cancer, the completion of its ongoing basket trial and to continue the development of its proprietary drug delivery platform (DPX) and for general corporate purposes.

The Offering was made pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-266082), effective upon filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 25, 2022 (the "Registration Statement"), and the Company’s Canadian short form base shelf prospectus (the "Base Shelf Prospectus") dated July 22, 2022. IMV offered and sold the securities in the United States only. No securities were offered or sold to Canadian purchasers.

A prospectus supplement and accompanying Base Shelf Prospectus relating to the Offering and describing the terms thereof was filed with the applicable securities commissions in Canada and with the SEC in the United States and is available for free by visiting the Company’s profiles on the SEDAR website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at www.sedar.com or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, as applicable. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying Base Shelf Prospectus may be obtained upon request by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by calling (212) 856-5711 or by emailing [email protected].

For the purpose of Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") approval, the Company relied on the exemption set forth in Section 602.1 of the TSX Company Manual, which provides that the TSX will not apply its standards to certain transactions involving eligible interlisted issuers on a recognized exchange, such as NASDAQ, provided that the transaction is being completed in compliance with the requirements of such other recognized exchange