Exhibit 99.1
NexImmune Announces $3.67 Million
Registered Direct Offering Priced At-the-Market
Under Nasdaq Rules
GAITHERSBURG, Md. – February 2, 2024 – NexImmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXI) (the “Company”), a biotechnology company developing a novel approach to immunotherapy designed to orchestrate a targeted immune response by directing the function of antigen-specific T cells in oncology, autoimmune and infectious diseases, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a single healthcare focused institutional investor for the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 304,731 of its shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) at a purchase price of $12.05 per share (or per common stock equivalent in lieu thereof) in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. In a concurrent private placement, the Company has also agreed to issue and sell unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 304,731 shares of its common stock. The unregistered warrants to be issued in this private placement will have an exercise price $12.05 per share, will become exercisable immediately upon issuance and have a term of two years from the date of issuance. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about February 6, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The gross proceeds to the Company from the offering are expected to be approximately $3.67 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to seek additional financing and pursue potential business development and/or collaboration opportunities, and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
As previously disclosed in January 2024, the Company adjourned its special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of approving the liquidation and dissolution of the Company and the Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution (the “Special Meeting”), with the Special Meeting scheduled to reconvene on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time in a virtual format. As a result of this offering, the Company expects to postpone the Special Meeting.