On June 16, 2020 AVEO Oncology (Nasdaq: AVEO) reported that it has priced its previously announced underwritten public offering of 8,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $5.25 per share (Press release, AVEO, JUN 16, 2020, View Source [SID1234561155]). The gross proceeds to AVEO from the offering are expected to be approximately $44.6 million before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. All of the shares in the offering are being sold by AVEO. AVEO has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,275,000 shares of common stock on the same terms and conditions. Closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about June 19, 2020, subject to satisfaction of 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 funding commercialization activities relating to tivozanib.

SVB Leerink and Stifel are acting as joint bookrunning managers for the offering. Baird and H.C. Wainwright & Co. are acting as co-lead managers 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 and 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 website at www.sec.gov.

Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering, when available, can be obtained from SVB Leerink LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6218 or by email at [email protected]; or Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate, One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, CA 94104, by telephone at (415) 364-2720 or by email at [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.