Fate Therapeutics Announces Completion of Public Offering of Common Stock and Pre-Funded Warrants, and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares

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Fate Therapeutics (NASDAQ: FATE) has completed an underwritten public offering, raising approximately $432 million. The offering included 5,122,807 shares at $85.50 each, along with pre-funded warrants for 257,310 shares. The funds will support clinical trials, manufacturing operations, and general corporate purposes. The company aims to enhance its cellular immunotherapies targeting cancer and immune disorders, leveraging its iPSC product platform.

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• Raised approximately $432 million from the offering.
• Funds are directed towards clinical trials and manufacturing operations enhancement.
• Strong pipeline in cellular immunotherapies for cancer and immune disorders.

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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Fate Therapeutics”) (NASDAQ: FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of programmed cellular immunotherapies for cancer and immune disorders, today announced the closing of an underwritten public offering of 5,122,807 shares of its common stock, which included 701,754 shares that were issued pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of $85.50 per share. In addition, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, the Company announced the closing of an underwritten public offering of pre-funded warrants to purchase 257,310 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $85.499 per pre-funded warrant, which equals the public offering price per share of the common stock less the $0.001 exercise price per share of each pre-funded warrant. Aggregate net proceeds from this offering are expected to be approximately $432 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses. Fate Therapeutics intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund clinical trials and nonclinical studies of its product candidates, the manufacture of its clinical product candidates, the expansion of its cGMP compliant manufacturing operations, including the construction, commissioning and qualification of its new facility, the conduct of preclinical research and development, and for general corporate purposes.

Jefferies, BofA Securities, SVB Leerink and Barclays acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Wells Fargo Securities acted as lead manager for the offering, and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. acted as co-managers for the offering.

The securities described above were offered by Fate Therapeutics pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-228513) that was previously filed by Fate Therapeutics with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and automatically became effective upon filing on November 21, 2018. A final prospectus supplement related to the offering was filed with the SEC on January 7, 2021 and is available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the securities offered may also be obtained by contacting Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by e-mail at prospectus_department@jefferies.com or by telephone at (877) 547-6340; BofA Securities, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; SVB Leerink LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, by telephone at (800) 808-7525 ext. 6132 or by email at syndicate@svbleerink.com; or Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by telephone at (888) 603-5847 or by email at Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
Fate Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of first-in-class cellular immunotherapies for cancer and immune disorders. The Company has established a leadership position in the clinical development and manufacture of universal, off-the-shelf cell products using its proprietary induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) product platform. The Company’s immuno-oncology product candidates include natural killer (NK) cell and T-cell cancer immunotherapies, which are designed to synergize with well-established cancer therapies, including immune checkpoint inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies, and to target tumor-associated antigens with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). The Company’s immuno-regulatory product candidates include ProTmune™, a pharmacologically modulated, donor cell graft that is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 clinical trial for the prevention of graft-versus-host disease, and a myeloid-derived suppressor cell immunotherapy for promoting immune tolerance in patients with immune disorders. Fate Therapeutics is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Fate Therapeutics’ intended use of proceeds from the offering. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks and uncertainties associated with market conditions, as well as risks and uncertainties inherent in Fate Therapeutics’ business, including those described in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC. The events and circumstances reflected in the Company's forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Additional information on risks facing Fate Therapeutics can be found under the heading “Risk Factors” in Fate Therapeutics’ periodic reports, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2020, and in the final prospectus supplement related to the offering filed with the SEC on January 7, 2021, available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Except as required by applicable law, the Company does not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.

Contact:
Christina Tartaglia
Stern Investor Relations, Inc.
212.362.1200
christina@sternir.com

FAQ

What type of offering did Fate Therapeutics announce on January 8, 2021?

Fate Therapeutics announced an underwritten public offering of 5,122,807 shares of its common stock.

How much capital did Fate Therapeutics raise from the recent public offering?

Fate Therapeutics raised approximately $432 million from the offering.

What will Fate Therapeutics use the proceeds from the public offering for?

The proceeds will be used to fund clinical trials, manufacture clinical product candidates, and expand manufacturing operations.

What was the public offering price per share for Fate Therapeutics?

The public offering price per share for Fate Therapeutics was $85.50.

What other securities were offered alongside the common stock?

Fate Therapeutics also offered pre-funded warrants to purchase 257,310 shares at a price of $85.499.