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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Consists of 9,343 shares of Common Stock held directly by The Column Group III, LP (&quot;TCG III LP&quot;) and 10,552 shares of Common Stock held directly by The Column Group III-A, LP (&quot;TCG III-A LP&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The securities are directly held by TCG III, and indirectly held by The Column Group III GP, LP (&quot;TCG III GP&quot;), the general partner of TCG III. The managing partners of TCG III GP are David Goeddel, Peter Svennilson and Tim Kutzkey. The managing partners of TCG III GP may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to such shares. Each individual managing partner disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The securities are directly held by TCG III-A LP, and indirectly held by TCG III GP, the general partner of TCG III-A LP. The managing partners of TCG III GP are David Goeddel, Peter Svennilson and Tim Kutzkey. The managing partners of TCG III GP may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to such shares. Each individual managing partner disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Consists of 17,843 shares of Common Stock held directly by TCG III LP and 20,150 shares of Common Stock held directly by TCG III-A LP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Consists of 3,017 shares of Common Stock held directly by TCG III LP and 3,408 shares of Common Stock held directly by TCG III-A LP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Consists of 11,103,333 shares of Common Stock held directly by The Column Group, LP (&quot;TCG LP&quot;), 2,265,758 shares of Common Stock held directly by The Column Group II, LP (&quot;TCG II LP&quot;), 100,000 shares of Common Stock held directly by The Column Group GP, LP (&quot;TCG GP&quot;),100,000 shares of Common Stock held directly by The Column Group Management, LP (&quot;TCGM LP&quot;), 1,298,908 shares of Common Stock held directly by Ponoi Capital, LP (&quot;Ponoi LP&quot;), and 1,298,908 shares of Common Stock held directly by Ponoi Capital II, LP (&quot;Ponoi II LP&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">The securities are directly held by TCG LP, and indirectly held by TCG GP, the general partner of TCG LP. The managing partners of TCG GP are David Goeddel and Peter Svennilson. The managing partners of TCG GP may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to such shares. Each individual managing partner disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">The securities are directly held by TCG II LP, and indirectly held by The Column Group II GP, LP (&quot;TCG II GP&quot;), the general partner of TCG II LP. The managing partners of TCG II GP are David Goeddel and Peter Svennilson. The managing partners of TCG II GP may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to such shares. Each individual managing partner disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">The securities are directly held by TCG GP. The managing partners of TCG GP are David Goeddel and Peter Svennilson. The managing partners of TCG GP may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to such shares. Each individual managing partner disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">The securities are directly held by TCGM LP. The managing partners of TCGM LP are David Goeddel and Peter Svennilson. The managing partners of TCGM LP may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to such shares. Each individual managing partner disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">The securities are directly held by Ponoi LP, and indirectly held by Ponoi Management, LLC (&quot;Ponoi LLC&quot;), the general partner of Ponoi LP. The managing partners of Ponoi LLC are David Goeddel, Peter Svennilson and Tim Kutzkey. The managing partners of Ponoi LLC may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to such shares. Each individual managing partner disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">The securities are directly held by Ponoi II LP, and indirectly held by Ponoi II Management, LLC (&quot;Ponoi II LLC&quot;), the general partner of Ponoi II LP. The managing partners of Ponoi II LLC are David Goeddel, Peter Svennilson and Tim Kutzkey. The managing partners of Ponoi II LLC may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to such shares. Each individual managing partner disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F13">These securities are owned solely by Tim Kutzkey.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F14">The securities are directly held by Peter Svennilson who is a managing partner at The Column Group which invests through TCG II LP, Ponoi LP, Ponoi II LP, TCG III LP and TCG III-A LP (collectively, the &quot;Funds&quot;), among other entities. Under the partnership agreements of the Funds and his agreement with TCGM LP, Mr. Svennilson is deemed to hold certain of the securities for the economic benefit of the Funds and TCGM LP. The Funds and their respective general partners, TCGM LP and the individual managing partners of such entities may be deemed indirect beneficial owners of such securities. Such reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F15">The securities are directly held by the David V. Goeddel and Alena Z. Goeddel 2004 Trust for which David V. Goeddel and Alena Z. Goeddel serve as co-trustee.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Due to SEC restrictions on the number of reporting owners, this is Form 1 of 2.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jennifer J. Carlson, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-08-17</signatureDate>
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