On August 17, 2018 AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVEO) reported that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $2.26 per share, the closing price as of yesterday, August 16, 2018, which would result in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5.7 million before underwriting discounts (Press release, AVEO, AUG 17, 2018, View Source [SID1234529021]). All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by AVEO. AVEO has also granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 375,000 shares of common stock on the same terms and conditions. Closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about August 21, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.

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The net proceeds of the offering are expected to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including development and pre-commercial expenses incurred in connection with the ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of tivozanib in the third-line treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma ("aRCC") as well as the ongoing Phase 1b/2 clinical trial of tivozanib in combination with OPDIVO (nivolumab).

Piper Jaffray & Co. is acting as sole manager for the offering.

The shares are being offered by AVEO pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was filed with the Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") on November 30, 2017 and declared effective by the SEC on December 15, 2017. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to, and describing the terms of, the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.

Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering, when available, can be obtained from Piper Jaffray & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 800 Nicollet Mall, J12S03, Minneapolis, MN 55402, telephone: (800) 747-3924, email: [email protected].

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.