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Subsequent events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Subsequent events  
Subsequent events

15. Subsequent events

On January 4, 2024, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Guggenheim Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten public offering of 7,777,778 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 3,333,333 shares of common stock. The public offering price of the Company’s common stock was $9.00 per share, and the public offering price of the Pre-Funded Warrants was $8.999 per share underlying each Pre-Funded Warrant. The Underwriters have agreed to purchase the Company’s stock from the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $8.46 and the Pre-Funded Warrants from the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $8.459 per share underlying each Pre-Funded Warrant. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company also granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 1,666,665 shares of common stock at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. This option was not exercised during the thirty-day exercise period, and the option expired on February 2, 2024.

The Company received net proceeds from the public offering of approximately $93.5 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

The Company and Novartis entered into a stock purchase agreement (“the 2023 Novartis Stock Purchase Agreement”) on December 28, 2023, for the sale and issuance of 2,145,002 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Novartis Shares”) to Novartis at a price of $9.324 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $20.0 million. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the 2023 Novartis Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold the Novartis Shares to Novartis on January 3, 2024.

In February 2024, the Company announced that the joint steering committee with its collaborator Neurocrine selected a lead development candidate for the FA Program, which triggered a $5.0 million milestone payment to the Company. The Company expects to receive the $5.0 million during the first quarter of 2024.