NexImmune Announces 1-for-25 Reverse Stock Split

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NexImmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXI) (the “Company”) a biotechnology company developing a novel approach to immunotherapy designed to orchestrate a targeted immune response by directing the function of antigen-specific T cells in oncology, autoimmune and infectious diseases, today announced that the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Company approved a 1-for-25 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a special meeting of the Company held on October 17, 2023. The reverse stock split will take effect after the close of trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. The Company’s common stock will open for trading under a new CUSIP number 65344D 208 on The Nasdaq Capital Market on October 19, 2023, on a split-adjusted basis under the current ticker symbol "NEXI." The reverse stock split is intended to increase the per share trading price of the Company's common stock to enable the Company to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

The 1-for-25 reverse stock split will automatically convert 25 current shares of the Company’s common stock into one share of common stock. No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split. Stockholders who would otherwise hold a fractional share of the Company’s common stock following the reverse stock split will receive a cash payment in lieu thereof at a price equal to that fractional share to which the stockholder would otherwise be entitled multiplied by the closing sale price of the common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market, as adjusted for the reverse stock split, on Wednesday, October 18, 2023.

The reverse split will reduce the number of shares of outstanding common stock from approximately 26,455,022 shares, the number of shares outstanding as of October 18, 2023, to approximately 1,058,200 shares. The total authorized number of shares will not be reduced. Proportional adjustments will also be made to the exercise and conversion prices of the Company’s outstanding stock options and warrants, and to the number of shares issued and issuable under the Company’s stock incentive plans.