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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On June 15, 2022, Arcellx, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BofA Securities, Inc., SVB Securities LLC, William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and Canaccord Genuity LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), relating to the public offering of 7,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a price to the public of $16.00 per share (the “Offering”). The Company also granted the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,050,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions, which the Underwriters exercised in full on June 17, 2022.
The Offering closed on June 21, 2022. The gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering were $128.8 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Offering was made pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statements on Form S-1 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-265573 and 333-265646) and the related accompanying prospectus, in each case filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On June 21, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
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| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated June 21, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document). | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ARCELLX, INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Rami Elghandour | |||||
| Rami Elghandour | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
| Date: June 21, 2022 | ||||||
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