Vaccinex Announces Pricing of $9.6 Million Public Offering

Vaccinex, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCNX) (“Vaccinex” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a differentiated approach to treating neurodegenerative disease and cancer through the inhibition of SEMA4D, today announced it has entered into securities purchase agreements with healthcare focused institutional investors along-side significant participation from an entity affiliated with the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, and existing investors of the Company for the purchase and sale of 9,600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) and warrants to purchase up to 9,600,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price per share (and accompanying warrant) of $1.00 in its "reasonable best efforts" public offering. The warrants will have an exercise price of $1.00 per share, will be immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the initial exercise date.