| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On March 27, 2024, Erasca, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”), for the private placement (the “Private Placement”) of 21,844,660 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a price of $2.06 per Share. The aggregate gross proceeds for the Private Placement are expected to be approximately $45 million, before deducting offering fees and expenses. The Private Placement is expected to close on April 2, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. The Private Placement is being conducted in accordance with applicable Nasdaq rules.
BofA Securities acted as placement agent for the Private Placement.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the Private Placement to fund the research and development of its product candidates and other development programs and for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The Company estimates, based on its current operating plan, that the net proceeds from the Private Placement, together with its current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, will be sufficient to fund its operations into the second half of 2026.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) within 45 days after the closing of the Private Placement (subject to certain exceptions) for purposes of registering the resale of the Shares, to use its reasonable best efforts to have such registration statement declared effective within the time period set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and to keep such registration statement effective until the earliest of (i) the time as all of the Shares purchased by the Purchasers pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement have been sold pursuant to the registration statement, or (ii) such time as the Shares become eligible for resale by non-affiliates without any volume limitations or other restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any other rule of similar effect.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Purchasers, including for liabilities under the Securities Act, and other obligations of the parties. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of such Purchase Agreement and are made as of specific dates; are solely for the benefit of the parties (except as specifically set forth therein); may be subject to qualifications and limitations agreed upon by the parties in connection with negotiating the terms of the Purchase Agreement, instead of establishing matters as facts; and may be subject to standards of materiality and knowledge applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors generally. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any description thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company.
The Private Placement is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to the exemption for transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws. The Purchasers represented that they were institutional accredited investors within the meaning of rules promulgated under the Securities Act and were acquiring the securities for investment only and with no present intention of distributing any of such securities or any arrangement or understanding regarding the distribution thereof. The securities were offered without any general solicitation by the Company or its representatives. The securities sold and issued in the Private Placement will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
