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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
FORM 10-Q
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Mark One)
    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020

    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ______________ to ______________.

Commission File Number 001-37998
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
JOUNCE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Delaware 45-4870634
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
780 Memorial Drive
            Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (857) 259-3840

    Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share JNCE The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes   No  
 
    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes   No 
     
    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company 
Emerging growth company
    
    If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  
    
    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes   No 

    As of November 2, 2020, there were 39,851,475 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding.


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References to Jounce
Throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the “Company,” “Jounce,” “Jounce Therapeutics,” “we,” “us,” and “our,” except where the context requires otherwise, refers to Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiary, and “board of directors” refers to the board of directors of Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Industry Data
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including statements regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected costs, prospects, plans, objectives of management and expected market growth, are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “will” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about:
the timing, progress, and results of preclinical studies and clinical trials for our current and future product candidates, including statements regarding the timing of initiation and completion of studies or trials and related preparatory work, the period during which the results of the trials will become available, and our research and development programs;
our plans and expectations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on global healthcare systems;
the timing, scope, or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals, including, as applicable, timing of our investigational new drug applications for, biologics license application filing for, and final Food and Drug Administration approval of our current and future product candidates;
our ability to use our Translational Science Platform to identify targets for future product candidates and to match immunotherapies to select patient subsets;
our ability to identify, develop and advance future product candidates into, and successfully complete, clinical studies;
our ability to develop combination therapies, whether on our own or in collaboration with third parties, for our current and future product candidates;
our expectations regarding the size of the patient populations for our product candidates, if approved for commercial use, and any product candidates we may develop;
our commercialization and marketing capabilities and strategy;
the pricing and reimbursement of our current and future product candidates, if approved;
the implementation of our business model and our strategic plans for our business, our current and future product candidates, and our technology;
our ability to develop and commercialize a companion diagnostic or complementary diagnostic for our current and future product candidates;
the rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility of our current and future product candidates;
the potential benefits of our exclusive license of JTX-1811 to Gilead Sciences, Inc.;
our ability to establish or maintain future collaborations or strategic relationships or obtain additional funding;
our ability to retain the continued service of our key professionals and to identify, hire and retain additional qualified professionals;
our intellectual property position, including the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our current and future product candidates, and our ability not to infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any third-party intellectual property rights;
our competitive position, and developments and projections relating to our competitors and our industry;
our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; and
the impact of laws and regulations.
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There are a number of important risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. We have included important factors in the cautionary statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, particularly in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments that we may make.
You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are made as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may include industry and market data, which we may obtain from our own internal estimates and research, as well as from industry and general publications and research, surveys, and studies conducted by third parties. Industry publications, studies, and surveys generally state that they have been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. While we believe that such studies and publications are reliable, we have not independently verified market and industry data from third-party sources.
Website and Social Media Disclosure
From time to time, we may use our website (www.jouncetx.com), investor and media relations website (http://ir.jouncetx.com), Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/jouncetx), LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/3494537/) and Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/JounceTx) as channels for the distribution of information. The information we post through these channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these channels, in addition to following our press releases, Securities and Exchange Commission filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The contents of our website and social media channels are not, however, a part of this report.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
(amounts in thousands, except par value amounts)

d
  September 30, December 31,
  2020 2019
Assets:  
Current assets:  
Cash and cash equivalents $ 67,103  $ 53,241 
Short-term investments 37,144  115,602 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 3,210  4,854 
Total current assets 107,457  173,697 
Property and equipment, net 8,097  10,672 
Long-term investments 1,034  1,601 
Operating lease right-of-use asset 15,567  17,615 
Other non-current assets                3,678  2,297 
Total assets                $ 135,833  $ 205,882 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity:
 
Current liabilities:
 
Accounts payable $ 2,707  $ 2,460 
Accrued expenses 10,323  8,907 
Operating lease liability, current 3,176  2,901 
Other current liabilities                74  132 
Total current liabilities 16,280  14,400 
Operating lease liability, net of current portion 14,466  16,889 
Total liabilities 30,746  31,289 
Commitments and contingencies


Stockholders’ equity:
 
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value: 5,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019; no shares issued or outstanding at September 30, 2020 or December 31, 2019
—  — 
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 160,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019; 34,287 and 33,738 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively
34  34 
Additional paid-in capital 291,481  281,664 
Accumulated other comprehensive income 45  54 
Accumulated deficit (186,473) (107,159)
Total stockholders’ equity 105,087  174,593 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 135,833  $ 205,882 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income (unaudited)
(amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
Revenue:    
License and collaboration revenue—related party $ —  $ 119,445  $ —  $ 147,872 
Operating expenses:    
Research and development 18,002  15,115  58,671  50,525 
General and administrative 7,102  6,483  21,867  20,998 
Total operating expenses 25,104  21,598  80,538  71,523 
Operating (loss) income (25,104) 97,847  (80,538) 76,349 
Other income, net           203  1,025  1,238  3,177 
(Loss) income before provision for income taxes (24,901) 98,872  (79,300) 79,526 
Provision for income taxes 12  14  36 
Net (loss) income $ (24,903) $ 98,860  $ (79,314) $ 79,490 
Net (loss) income per share, basic $ (0.73) $ 2.99  $ (2.33) $ 2.41 
Net (loss) income per share, diluted $ (0.73) $ 2.90  $ (2.33) $ 2.33 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic 34,159  33,112  34,081  33,015 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, diluted 34,159  34,141  34,081  34,160 
Comprehensive (loss) income:
Net (loss) income $ (24,903) $ 98,860  $ (79,314) $ 79,490 
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Unrealized (loss) gain on available-for-sale securities                (88) (57) (9) 156 
Comprehensive (loss) income $ (24,991) $ 98,803  $ (79,323) $ 79,646 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited)
(amounts in thousands)
  Common Stock Additional Paid-In Capital Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Accumulated Deficit Total Stockholders’ Equity
  Shares Amount
Balance at December 31, 2019 33,738  $ 34  $ 281,664  $ 54  $ (107,159) $ 174,593 
Issuance of common stock from at the market offering, net of issuance costs 201  —  1,648  —  —  1,648 
Exercises of common stock options —  38  —  —  38 
Vesting of restricted stock units 101  —  —  —  —  — 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  2,618  —  —  2,618 
Other comprehensive income —  —  —  90  —  90 
Net loss —  —  —  —  (26,443) (26,443)
Balance at March 31, 2020 34,049  34  285,968  144  (133,602) 152,544 
Exercises of common stock options 16  —  61  —  —  61 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  2,643  —  —  2,643 
Other comprehensive loss —  —  —  (11) —  (11)
Net loss —  —  —  —  (27,968) (27,968)
Balance at June 30, 2020 34,065  34  288,672  133  (161,570) 127,269 
Exercises of common stock options 75  —  348  —  —  348 
Vesting of restricted stock units 147  —  —  —  —  — 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  2,461  —  —  2,461 
Other comprehensive loss —  —  —  (88) —  (88)
Net loss —  —  —  —  (24,903) (24,903)
Balance at September 30, 2020 34,287  $ 34  $ 291,481  $ 45  $ (186,473) $ 105,087 
  Common Stock Additional Paid-In Capital Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income Accumulated Deficit Total Stockholders’ Equity
  Shares Amount
Balance at December 31, 2018 32,941  $ 33  $ 268,081  $ (78) $ (163,907) $ 104,129 
Exercise of common stock options 24  —  69  —  —  69 
Vesting of restricted stock awards —  —  — 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  2,542  —  —  2,542 
Other comprehensive income —  —  —  129  —  129 
Cumulative effect adjustment upon adoption of ASC 842
—  —  —  —  (75) (75)
Net loss —  —  —  —  (12,377) (12,377)
Balance at March 31, 2019 32,967  33  270,699  51  (176,359) 94,424 
Exercises of common stock options —  29  —  —  29 
Vesting of restricted stock awards —  —  — 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  2,513  —  —  2,513 
Other comprehensive income —  —  —  84  —  84 
Net loss —  —  —  —  (6,993) (6,993)
Balance at June 30, 2019 32,978  33  273,248  135  (183,352) 90,064 
Exercises of common stock options 88  —  247  —  —  247 
Vesting of restricted stock awards and restricted stock units 158  —  —  — 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  2,289  —  —  2,289 
Other comprehensive loss —  —  —  (57) —  (57)
Net income —  —  —  —  98,860  98,860 
Balance at September 30, 2019 33,224  $ 33  $ 275,790  $ 78  $ (84,492) $ 191,409 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
(amounts in thousands)
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  2020 2019
Operating activities:  
Net (loss) income $ (79,314) $ 79,490 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities:  
Stock-based compensation expense 7,722  7,344 
Depreciation expense 2,601  2,906 
Net amortization of premiums and discounts on investments (68) (1,247)
Other non-cash items (1) — 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,641  (1,774)
Other non-current assets (1,378) (582)
Accounts payable 411  167 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 1,358  30 
Deferred revenue—related party —  (97,872)
Other liabilities (100)
Net cash used in operating activities (67,128) (11,530)
Investing activities:    
Purchases of investments (37,203) (147,995)
Proceeds from maturities of investments 116,287  178,661 
Purchases of property and equipment (55) (985)
Net cash provided by investing activities 79,029  29,681 
Financing activities:    
Proceeds from at the market offering, net of issuance costs 1,514  — 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 447  345 
Net cash provided by financing activities            1,961  345 
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 13,862  18,496 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period 54,511  49,176 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period $ 68,373  $ 67,672 
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for lease liabilities $ 2,924  $ 3,200 
Cash paid for income taxes $ 45  $ 101 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)


1. Nature of Business
Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company dedicated to transforming the treatment of cancer by developing therapies that enable the immune system to attack tumors and provide long-lasting benefits to patients. The Company is subject to a number of risks similar to those of other clinical-stage companies, including dependence on key individuals; the need to develop commercially viable products; competition from other companies, many of which are larger and better capitalized; and the need to obtain adequate additional financing to fund the development of its products.
As of September 30, 2020, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and investments of $105.3 million. The Company expects that its existing cash, cash equivalents and investments, together with cash proceeds of $120.0 million received from the transaction with Gilead Sciences, Inc. (“Gilead”) that closed in October 2020, will enable the Company to fund its expected operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least 12 months from November 6, 2020, the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company expects to finance its future cash needs through a combination of equity or debt financings, collaborations, licensing arrangements and strategic alliances.
2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) for condensed consolidated financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments which are necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and results of its operations, as of and for the periods presented. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on February 27, 2020 (the “Annual Report on Form 10-K”).
The information presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes as of September 30, 2020, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, is unaudited. The December 31, 2019 condensed consolidated balance sheet included herein was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but does not include all disclosures, including notes, required by GAAP for complete financial statements.
Interim results for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, or any future period.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Jounce Mass Securities, Inc. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The significant accounting policies and estimates used in the preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements are described in the Company’s audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the notes thereto, which are included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, the Company’s management evaluates its estimates which include, but are not limited to, accrued expenses, stock-based compensation expense and income taxes. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and other market specific or other relevant assumptions it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This standard requires that credit losses be reported using an expected losses model rather than the incurred losses model that is currently used, and it establishes additional disclosure requirements related to credit risks. For available-for-sale debt securities with expected credit losses, this standard now requires allowances to be recorded instead of reducing the amortized cost of the investment. This guidance was originally effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and early adoption was permitted. In November 2019, the FASB subsequently issued ASU 2019-10, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates, which deferred the effective date of this standard for smaller reporting companies to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and early adoption is still permitted. Accordingly, the Company will now adopt this standard effective January 1, 2023, and it is currently evaluating the potential impact that ASU 2016-13 may have on the consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, which eliminates, adds and modifies certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. This guidance became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Accordingly, the Company adopted ASU 2018-13 effective January 1, 2020, and there was no impact to the condensed consolidated financial statements due to the adoption of this guidance.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. This guidance aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). The accounting for the service element of a hosting arrangement that is a service contract is not affected. This guidance became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments in this update are able to be applied either retrospectively or prospectively to all implementation costs incurred after the date of adoption. Accordingly, the Company adopted ASU 2018-15 effective January 1, 2020, and it elected to apply this guidance on a prospective basis. There was no impact to the condensed consolidated financial statements due to the adoption of this guidance.
In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808): Clarifying the Interaction between Topic 808 and Topic 606, which clarifies that certain transactions between participants in a collaborative arrangement should be accounted for under ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”) when the counterparty is a customer. In addition, ASU 2018-18 adds unit-of-account guidance to ASC Topic 808, Collaborative Arrangements, in order to align this guidance with ASC 606 and also precludes an entity from presenting consideration from a transaction in a collaborative arrangement as revenue from contracts with customers if the counterparty is not a customer for that transaction. This guidance became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Accordingly, the Company adopted ASU 2018-18 effective January 1, 2020, and there was no impact to the condensed consolidated financial statements due to the adoption of this guidance.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which eliminates certain exceptions to the guidance in ASC 740 related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities when investment ownership changes. In addition, ASU 2019-12 simplifies the accounting for the interim period effects of changes in tax laws or rates and transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. While this guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years, early adoption is permitted. The Company elected to early adopt ASU 2019-12 effective January 1, 2020. Due to the adoption of this guidance, the Company did not record an intraperiod tax allocation to other comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. In accordance with ASU 2019-12, the Company has applied the new provisions related to the intraperiod tax allocation on a prospective basis.
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3.     License and Collaboration Revenue
Celgene License Agreement
On July 22, 2019, the Company entered into a License Agreement (the “Celgene License Agreement”) with Celgene Corporation (“Celgene”). Pursuant to the Celgene License Agreement, the Company granted to Celgene a worldwide and exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize JTX-8064 and certain derivatives thereof (an “Initial Licensed Compound”), as well as any antibody (other than the Initial Licensed Compound) or other biologic controlled by the Company as of July 22, 2019 that is specifically directed to the LILRB2 receptor (the “Licensed Compounds”), and Celgene paid the Company a one-time, non-refundable upfront payment of $50.0 million.
As of November 2019, Celgene became a Bristol Myers Squibb company. As part of its Celgene integration process, Bristol Myers Squibb streamlined its pipeline to address areas of overlap. As a result, Celgene provided the Company with a notice of termination and the Celgene License Agreement was terminated effective June 3, 2020 (the “Celgene License Agreement Termination Date”). As of the Celgene License Agreement Termination Date, the Company has sole worldwide rights to JTX-8064, and all of the Company’s intellectual property rights pertaining to JTX-8064 and licensed to Celgene were reacquired by the Company. No party had any further financial or service obligations to one another beyond transition costs and efforts, which were completed during the quarter ended September 30, 2020.
Accounting Analysis
Identification of the Contract(s)
The Company assessed the Celgene License Agreement and concluded that it represents a contract with a customer within the scope of ASC 606.
Identification of Promises and Performance Obligations
The Company determined that the Celgene License Agreement contained the following promises: (i) delivery of a worldwide and exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize an Initial Licensed Compound and the Licensed Compounds (the “JTX-8064 License”) and (ii) provision of certain transition activities, specifically outlined within the Celgene License Agreement, related to the delivery of the JTX-8064 License (the “Transition Activities”).
The Company also evaluated certain other optional activities outlined within the Celgene License Agreement and concluded that none conveyed a material right to Celgene. Accordingly, these options were not considered to be promises within the Celgene License Agreement.
The Company assessed the above promises and concluded that the JTX-8064 License was both capable of being distinct and distinct within the context of the Celgene License Agreement. The Company also assessed its promise to perform the Transition Activities and concluded that it was both quantitatively and qualitatively immaterial in the context of the Celgene License Agreement. Accordingly, the Company did not assess the Transition Activities as a performance obligation. Based upon this evaluation, the Company concluded that its promise to deliver the JTX-8064 License represented the sole performance obligation in the Celgene License Agreement.
Determination of Transaction Price
As noted above, the Company received a non-refundable upfront payment of $50.0 million upon the execution of the Celgene License Agreement. This upfront payment represented an element of fixed consideration under the Celgene License Agreement.
The Company also evaluated as possible variable consideration clinical, regulatory and sales milestone payments and royalties that the Company was eligible to receive under the Celgene License Agreement. With respect to clinical and regulatory milestones, based upon the high degree of uncertainty and risk associated with these potential payments, the Company concluded that all such amounts should be fully constrained as it was not probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized would not occur. As for royalties and sales milestones, the Company determined that the royalties and milestones related solely to the JTX-8064 License, which is a license of intellectual property (“IP”). Accordingly, the Company did not include any potential royalty or sales milestone amounts in the initial transaction price, and the Company determined it would not recognize revenue related to these royalties and sales milestones until the associated sales occurred and relevant thresholds were met.
Based upon the above considerations, the Company concluded that the initial transaction price associated with the Celgene License Agreement consisted solely of the upfront payment of $50.0 million.
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Allocation of Transaction Price to Performance Obligations
As the Company’s promise to deliver the JTX-8064 License represented the sole performance obligation in the Celgene License Agreement, the entirety of the $50.0 million transaction price was allocated to this performance obligation.
Recognition of Revenue
The Company determined that the JTX-8064 License was a functional license as the underlying IP had significant standalone functionality. In addition, the Company determined that the JTX-8064 License represented a right to use certain of the Company’s IP as it existed at a point in time. Finally, the Company determined that July 22, 2019 represented (i) the date at which the Company made available the IP to Celgene and (ii) the beginning of the period during which Celgene was able to use and benefit from its right to use the IP. Based upon these considerations, the Company recognized $50.0 million of license revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2019. As the upfront payment was non-refundable, the subsequent termination of the Celgene License Agreement had no impact on this revenue recognition. Up through the Celgene License Agreement Termination Date, the Company did not receive any milestone or royalty payments.
Celgene Collaboration Agreement
In July 2016, the Company entered into a Master Research and Collaboration Agreement (the “Celgene Collaboration Agreement”) with Celgene. The primary goal of the collaboration was to co-develop and co-commercialize innovative biologic immunotherapies that either activate or suppress the immune system by binding to targets identified by leveraging the Company’s Translational Science Platform. Under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, the Company granted Celgene exclusive options to develop and commercialize the Company’s lead product candidate, vopratelimab, and up to four early-stage programs, consisting of targets to be selected from a pool of certain B cell, T regulatory cell and tumor-associated macrophage targets. Additionally, the Company granted Celgene an exclusive option to develop and commercialize the Company’s product candidate JTX-4014, an anti-PD-1 antibody, which, upon exercise of such option, would have been a shared program to be used by both parties in and outside of the collaboration. The Company and Celgene terminated the Celgene Collaboration Agreement effective July 22, 2019.
The Company received a non-refundable upfront cash payment of $225.0 million in July 2016 upon the execution of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. The Company also received $36.1 million from the sale of 10,448,100 shares of Series B-1 convertible preferred stock upon the execution of a Series B-1 Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement with Celgene, which shares converted into 2,831,463 shares of common stock upon the completion of the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”). If Celgene had elected to exercise any of the program options, Celgene would have been required to pay the Company an option-exercise fee that varied by program. The initial research term of the collaboration was four years, which could have been extended, at Celgene’s option, annually for up to three additional years.
Worldwide Development Cost and U.S. Operating Profit and Loss Sharing
Prior to Celgene exercising any of its options, the Company was responsible for all research and development activities under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. Upon the exercise of each program option, the parties would have entered into a co-development and co-commercialization agreement (the “Co-Co Agreements”) or, in the case of JTX-4014, a license agreement (the “JTX-4014 License Agreement”) to govern the development and commercialization of the applicable program. As part of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, the parties agreed to the terms of the Co-Co Agreements and the JTX-4014 License Agreement that would have been executed upon Celgene’s exercise of any option.
Milestones and Royalties
Under the Co-Co Agreements and the JTX-4014 License Agreement, Celgene would have been required to pay the Company for specified development, regulatory and commercial milestones, if achieved, across all collaboration programs. Development milestones were payable on the initiation of certain clinical trials, regulatory approval milestones were payable upon regulatory approval in the United States and outside the United States and commercial milestones were payable upon achievement of specified aggregate product sales outside the United States for each program. The Company was also eligible to receive royalties on product sales outside the United States.
Accounting Analysis
Identification of the Contract(s)
The Company assessed the Celgene Collaboration Agreement and concluded that it represented a contract with a customer within the scope of ASC 606. The Company also concluded that each of the Co-Co Agreements and the JTX-4014 License Agreement, if any had been executed, would have represented separate contracts apart from the Celgene Collaboration Agreement.
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Identification of Promises and Performance Obligations
The Company determined that the Celgene Collaboration Agreement contained the following promises: (i) research and development services for vopratelimab (“Vopratelimab Research Services”), (ii) research and development services for JTX-4014 (“JTX-4014 Research Services”), (iii) research and development services associated with the Lead Program and Other Programs (“Lead and Other Programs Research Services”), (iv) research services associated with target screening (“Target Screening Services”), (v) non-transferable, limited sub-licensable and non-exclusive licenses to use the Company’s intellectual property and the Company’s rights in the collaboration intellectual property to conduct certain activities, on a program-by-program basis (the “Research Licenses”), (vi) various record-keeping and reporting requirements on a program-by-program basis, (vii) exclusivity provisions with respect to each Collaboration Exclusive Target and biologics binding to such Collaboration Exclusive Targets and (viii) establishment of and participation in a joint steering committee (the “JSC”) and a joint patent committee (the “JPC”). The Company also evaluated the six program options as well as the research term extension options and concluded that none conveyed a material right to Celgene. Accordingly, neither the program options nor the research term extension options were considered to be promises within the Celgene Collaboration Agreement.
The Company assessed the above promises and concluded that each of the Vopratelimab Research Services, JTX-4014 Research Services, Lead and Other Programs Research Services and Target Screening Services were both capable of being distinct and distinct within the context of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. Therefore, the Company concluded that each of the Vopratelimab Research Services, JTX-4014 Research Services, Lead and Other Programs Research Services and Target Screening Services represented separate performance obligations.
The Company determined that the Research Licenses were not distinct within the context of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement as the Research Licenses allowed Celgene to evaluate the results of the research and development services performed by the Company and the right to perform its duties under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, but did not provide Celgene with any commercialization rights. Celgene could only benefit from the Research Licenses in conjunction with the related research and development services. Accordingly, the Research Licenses related to vopratelimab, JTX-4014 and the Lead and Other Programs were combined with their respective research and development services performance obligations.
Similarly, the Company also determined that the various record-keeping and reporting requirements related to each program and the exclusivity provisions with respect to each Collaboration Exclusive Target and biologics binding to such Collaboration Exclusive Targets were not distinct within the context of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. Accordingly, the various record-keeping and reporting requirements on a program-by-program basis and the exclusivity provisions with respect to each Collaboration Exclusive Target and biologics binding to such Collaboration Exclusive Targets were combined with their respective research and development services performance obligations.
Finally, the Company assessed its participation in the JSC and the JPC and concluded that it was both quantitatively and qualitatively immaterial in the context of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. Accordingly, the Company did not assess its participation in the JSC and the JPC as a performance obligation.
Determination of Transaction Price
As noted above, the Company received a non-refundable upfront payment of $225.0 million upon the execution of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. This upfront payment represented an element of fixed consideration under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. Celgene also purchased 10,448,100 shares of Series B-1 convertible preferred stock (“Series B-1 Preferred Stock”) for gross proceeds of $36.1 million, which shares converted into 2,831,463 shares of common stock upon the completion of the IPO. The Company determined the shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock were sold at fair value. Therefore, the proceeds from the issuance of Series B-1 Preferred Stock did not impact the transaction price to be allocated to the performance obligations.
The Company evaluated as possible variable consideration the milestones, royalties, development cost sharing and profit-sharing provisions discussed above. The Company concluded that none of these items represented variable consideration under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement as all such amounts were dependent upon the execution of a related Co-Co Agreement or the JTX-4014 License Agreement. The Co-Co Agreements and the JTX-4014 License Agreement, if any had been executed, would have represented separate contracts apart from the Celgene Collaboration Agreement.
The Company also considered the existence of any significant financing component within the Celgene Collaboration Agreement given its upfront payment structure. Based upon this assessment, the Company concluded that any difference between the promised consideration and the cash selling price of the services under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement arose for reasons other than the provision of financing, and the difference between those amounts was proportional to the reason for the difference. Accordingly, the Company concluded that the upfront payment structure of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement did not result in the existence of a significant financing component.
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Based upon the above considerations, the Company concluded that the transaction price associated with the Celgene Collaboration Agreement consisted solely of the upfront payment of $225.0 million.
Allocation of Transaction Price to Performance Obligations
The Company allocated the transaction price to each performance obligation on a relative standalone selling price basis. For all performance obligations, the Company determined the standalone selling price using estimates of the costs to perform the research and development services, including expected internal and external costs for services and supplies, adjusted to reflect a reasonable profit margin. The total estimated cost of the research and development services reflected the nature of the services to be performed and the Company’s best estimate of the length of time required to perform the services.
Recognition of Revenue
Prior to the termination of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, the Company was recognizing revenue over time as the services related to each performance obligation were rendered. The Company concluded that an input method under ASC 606 was a representative depiction of the transfer of services under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. The method of measuring progress towards delivery of the services incorporated actual internal and external costs incurred, relative to total internal and external costs expected to be incurred to satisfy the performance obligations. The period over which total costs were estimated reflected the Company’s estimate of the period over which it would perform the research and development services to deliver a pre-defined data package to Celgene for each program subject to an option. The Company was recognizing revenue for each performance obligation over periods ranging from twelve months to four years. Changes in estimates of total internal and external costs expected to be incurred were recognized in the period of change as a cumulative catch-up adjustment.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recognized collaboration revenue of $97.9 million under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement related to the $225.0 million upfront payment received in 2016. Following the termination of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, which was effective July 22, 2019, the Company had no further performance obligations. Accordingly, all remaining deferred revenue related to the Celgene Collaboration Agreement was recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2019. Up through the termination of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, the Company did not receive any option exercise, research term extension, milestone or royalty payments.
4.    Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. Fair value is determined based on observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect readily obtainable data from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect certain market assumptions. As a basis for considering such assumptions, GAAP establishes a three-tier value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to develop the assumptions and for measuring fair value as follows: (Level 1) observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets; (Level 2) inputs other than the quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly; and (Level 3) unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which requires the Company to develop its own assumptions. This hierarchy requires the Company to use observable market data, when available, and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value.
The Company measures the fair value of money market funds, U.S. Treasuries and government agency securities based on quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Investments also include corporate debt securities which are valued either based on recent trades of securities in inactive markets or based on quoted market prices of similar instruments and other significant inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data.
The carrying amounts reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets for cash, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values, due to their short-term nature.
Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):
  Total Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Money market funds, included in cash equivalents $ 63,922  $ 63,922  $ —  $ — 
Investments:
Corporate debt securities 28,832  —  28,832  — 
U.S. Treasuries 8,506  8,506  —  — 
Government agency securities 4,021  —  4,021  — 
Totals $ 105,281  $ 72,428  $ 32,853  $ — 
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Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):
  Total Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Money market funds, included in cash equivalents $ 50,242  $ 50,242  $ —  $ — 
Investments:      
Corporate debt securities 48,300  —  48,300  — 
U.S. Treasuries 59,082  59,082  —  — 
Government agency securities 12,820  —  12,820  — 
Totals $ 170,444  $ 109,324  $ 61,120  $ — 
There were no changes in valuation techniques during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 or during the year ended December 31, 2019. There were no liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2020 or December 31, 2019.
5.     Investments
Short-term investments consist of investments with maturities greater than ninety days and less than one year from the balance sheet date. Long-term investments consist of investments with maturities of greater than one year that are not expected to be used to fund current operations. The Company classifies all of its investments as available-for-sale securities. Accordingly, these investments are recorded at fair value. Realized gains and losses, amortization and accretion of discounts and premiums are included in other income, net. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are included in other comprehensive income as a component of stockholders’ equity until realized.
Cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments as of September 30, 2020 were comprised as follows (in thousands):
September 30, 2020
  Amortized Cost Unrealized Gains Unrealized Losses Fair Value
Cash equivalents and short-term investments:      
Money market funds, included in cash equivalents $ 63,922  $ —  $ —  $ 63,922 
Corporate debt securities 27,774  25  (1) 27,798 
U.S. Treasuries 8,500  —  8,506 
Government agency securities 4,006  15  —  4,021 
Total cash equivalents and short-term investments 104,202  46  (1) 104,247 
Long-term investments:      
Corporate debt securities 1,034  —  —  1,034 
Total long-term investments $ 1,034  $ —  $ —  $ 1,034 
Total cash equivalents and investments
$ 105,236  $ 46  $ (1) $ 105,281 
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Cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments as of December 31, 2019 were comprised as follows (in thousands):
December 31, 2019
  Amortized Cost Unrealized Gains Unrealized Losses Fair Value
Cash equivalents and short-term investments:      
Money market funds, included in cash equivalents $ 50,242  $ —  $ —  $ 50,242 
Corporate debt securities 46,695  (4) 46,699 
U.S. Treasuries 59,058  26  (2) 59,082 
Government agency securities 12,796  24  —  12,820 
Total cash equivalents and short-term investments
168,791  58  (6) 168,843 
Long-term investments:      
Corporate debt securities 1,599  —  1,601 
Total long-term investments
1,599  —  1,601 
Total cash equivalents and investments
$ 170,390  $ 60  $ (6) $ 170,444 
As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the aggregate fair value of securities that were in an unrealized loss position for less than twelve months was $1.4 million and $28.3 million, respectively. There were no securities that were in an unrealized loss position for more than twelve months as of either September 30, 2020 or December 31, 2019. As of September 30, 2020, the Company did not intend to sell, and would not be more likely than not required to sell, the securities in an unrealized loss position before recovery of their amortized cost bases. Furthermore, the Company determined that there was no material change in the credit risk of these securities. As a result, the Company determined it did not hold any securities with any other-than-temporary impairment as of September 30, 2020.
There were immaterial realized gains on available-for-sale securities during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. There were no realized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2019.
6.     Restricted Cash
As of both September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company maintained non-current restricted cash of $1.3 million. This amount is included within “Other non-current assets” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and is comprised solely of a letter of credit required pursuant to the lease for the Company’s corporate headquarters.
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash that sums to the total of the same such amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands):
  Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2020
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2019
  Beginning of Period End of Period Beginning of Period End of Period
Cash and cash equivalents $ 53,241  $ 67,103  $ 47,906  $ 66,402 
Restricted cash 1,270  1,270  1,270  1,270 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $ 54,511  $ 68,373  $ 49,176  $ 67,672 
7.     Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were comprised as follows (in thousands):
  September 30, December 31,
  2020 2019
External research and development and professional services $ 4,753  $ 3,639 
Employee compensation and benefits 5,339  5,147 
Lab consumables and other 231  121 
Total accrued expenses $ 10,323  $ 8,907 
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8.   Common Stock and Preferred Stock
Common Stock
The Company is authorized to issue 160,000,000 shares of common stock. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share. Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends, if and when declared by the board of directors.
On December 17, 2019, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement with Cowen and Company, LLC (“Cowen”) pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock with an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0 million under an “at the market” offering program (the “ATM Offering”). The Sales Agreement provides that Cowen will be entitled to a sales commission equal to 3.0% of the gross sales price per share of all shares sold under the ATM Offering. From the initiation of the ATM Offering through September 30, 2020, the Company has sold an aggregate of 648,845 shares at an average price of $8.54 per share for net proceeds of $5.2 million after deducting sales commissions and offering expenses, $0.8 million of which was earned in 2020.
Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock in one or more series. As of September 30, 2020, no shares of preferred stock were issued or outstanding.
Shares Reserved for Future Issuance
As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had reserved for future issuance the following number of shares of common stock (in thousands):
  September 30, December 31,
  2020 2019
Shares reserved for vesting of restricted stock units 601  460 
Shares reserved for exercises of outstanding stock options 6,686  5,735 
Shares reserved for future issuance under the 2017 Stock Option and Incentive Plan 1,198  1,288 
Total shares reserved for future issuance 8,485  7,483 
9.   Stock-based Compensation
2013 Stock Option and Grant Plan
In February 2013, the board of directors adopted and the Company’s stockholders approved the 2013 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2013 Plan”), as amended and restated, under which it could grant incentive stock options (“ISOs”), non-qualified stock options, restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to eligible employees, officers, directors, and consultants. The 2013 Plan was subsequently amended in January 2015, April 2015, July 2015, March 2016 and October 2016 to allow for the issuance of additional shares of common stock.
2017 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
In January 2017, the board of directors adopted and the Company’s stockholders approved the 2017 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”). Upon the adoption of the 2017 Plan, no further awards will be granted under the 2013 Plan.
The 2017 Plan provides for the grant of ISOs, non-qualified stock options, RSAs, RSUs, stock appreciation rights and other stock-based awards. The Company’s employees, officers, directors and consultants and advisors are eligible to receive awards under the 2017 Plan. The terms of awards, including vesting requirements, are determined by the board of directors, subject to the provisions of the 2017 Plan.
The Company initially registered on Form S-8 1,753,758 shares of common stock under the 2017 Plan, which was comprised of (i) 1,510,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2017 Plan, plus (ii) 243,758 shares of common stock originally reserved for issuance under the 2013 Plan that became available for issuance under the 2017 Plan upon the completion of the Company’s IPO. The 2017 Plan also provides that an additional number of shares will automatically be added to the shares authorized for issuance under the 2017 Plan on January 1, 2018 and each January 1st thereafter. The number of shares added each year will be equal to the lesser of (i) 4% of the outstanding shares on the immediately preceding December 31st or (ii) such amount as determined by the compensation committee of the board of directors. Effective January 1, 2018, 2019 and 2020, 1,290,609, 1,317,935 and 1,349,526 additional shares, respectively, were automatically added to the shares authorized for issuance under the 2017 Plan.
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As of September 30, 2020, there were 1,198,253 shares available for future issuance under the 2017 Plan.
2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In January 2017, the board of directors adopted and the Company’s stockholders approved the 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2017 ESPP”). The Company initially reserved 302,000 shares of common stock for future issuance under the 2017 ESPP. The 2017 ESPP also provides that an additional number of shares will automatically be added to the shares authorized for issuance under the 2017 ESPP on January 1, 2018 and each January 1st thereafter through January 1, 2027. The number of shares added each year will be equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the outstanding shares on the immediately preceding December 31st, (ii) 603,000 shares or (iii) such amount as determined by the compensation committee of the board of directors. Effective January 1, 2018, 2019 and 2020, 322,652, 329,483 and 337,381 additional shares, respectively, were automatically added to the shares authorized for issuance under the 2017 ESPP. No offering periods under the 2017 ESPP had been initiated as of September 30, 2020.
Stock-based Compensation Expense
Total stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was as follows (in thousands):
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
Research and development $ 1,033  $ 1,096  $ 3,410  $ 3,290 
General and administrative 1,428  1,193  4,312  4,054 
Total stock-based compensation expense $ 2,461  $ 2,289  $ 7,722  $ 7,344 
RSU Activity
The Company has also granted RSUs to its employees under the 2017 Plan. The following table summarizes RSU activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
  RSUs Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share
Unvested as of December 31, 2019 460  $ 5.61 
Issued 420  $ 6.50 
Vested (248) $ 6.54 
Cancelled (31) $ 6.28 
Unvested as of September 30, 2020 601  $ 5.82 
The aggregate fair value of RSUs that vested during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, based upon the fair values of the stock underlying the RSUs on the day of vesting, was $0.7 million and $1.5 million, respectively. The aggregate fair value of RSUs that vested during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, based upon the fair values of the stock underlying the RSUs on the day of vesting, was $0.7 million.
As of September 30, 2020, there was unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested RSUs of $2.5 million, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.0 years.
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Stock Option Activity
The fair value of stock options granted during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was calculated on the date of grant using the following weighted-average assumptions:
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
Risk-free interest rate 0.4  % 1.7  % 1.2  % 2.4  %
Expected dividend yield —  % —  % —  % —  %
Expected term (in years) 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.0
Expected volatility 75.3  % 70.3  % 72.2  % 69.3  %
Using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, the weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $4.35 per share and $2.90 per share, respectively. The weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $4.23 per share and $2.88 per share, respectively.
The following table summarizes stock option activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
  Options Weighted-Average Exercise Price Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2019 5,735  $ 8.76  7.2 $ 18,959 
Granted 1,206  $ 6.65     
Exercised (100) $ 4.50     
Cancelled (155) $ 11.36     
Outstanding at September 30, 2020 6,686  $ 8.39  6.9 $ 18,122 
Exercisable at September 30, 2020 4,381  $ 8.09  5.9 $ 13,627 
The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $0.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively.
As of September 30, 2020, there was unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options of $11.3 million, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.3 years.
10.   Related-party Transactions
In July 2019, the Company entered into the Celgene License Agreement under which it received a non-refundable upfront payment of $50.0 million from Celgene. In July 2016, the Company entered into the Celgene Collaboration Agreement and a Series B-1 Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement with Celgene. Under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, the Company received a non-refundable upfront payment of $225.0 million. Under the Series B-1 Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, Celgene purchased 10,448,100 shares of Series B-1 convertible preferred stock for $36.1 million. These shares of Series B-1 convertible preferred stock converted into 2,831,463 shares of common stock upon the completion of the IPO. In addition, an affiliate of Celgene purchased 625,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in the IPO at the public offering price of $16.00 per share for a total of $10.0 million. As of September 30, 2020 there were no reimbursable expenses due from Celgene. As of and December 31, 2019 the Company had recorded $0.7 million of reimbursable expenses due from Celgene within prepaid expenses and other current assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
See Note 3, “License and Collaboration Revenue”, for further information about the Company’s agreements with Celgene.
11.   Net (Loss) Income per Share
Basic net (loss) income per share is calculated based upon the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding outstanding stock options, RSAs and RSUs that have been issued but are not yet vested. Diluted net (loss) income per share is calculated based upon the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period plus the dilutive impact of weighted-average common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. The potentially dilutive
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shares of common stock resulting from the assumed exercise of outstanding stock options and the assumed vesting of RSAs and RSUs were determined under the treasury stock method.

The following table summarizes the calculation of basic and diluted net (loss) income per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2020 2019 2020 2019
Net (loss) income $ (24,903) $ 98,860  $ (79,314) $ 79,490 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic 34,159  33,112  34,081  33,015 
Dilutive effect of outstanding stock options —  991  —  1,093 
Dilutive effect of unvested RSAs —  —  — 
Dilutive effect of unvested RSUs —  38  —  51 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, diluted 34,159  34,141  34,081  34,160 
Net (loss) income per share, basic $ (0.73) $ 2.99  $ (2.33) $ 2.41 
Net (loss) income per share, diluted $ (0.73) $ 2.90  $ (2.33) $ 2.33 

The following weighted-average amounts were excluded from the valuation of diluted net (loss) income per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive (in thousands):
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2020 2019 2020 2019
Outstanding stock options 6,735  4,350  6,581  3,772 
Unvested RSAs —  —  — 
Unvested RSUs 674  11  684  314 
Total 7,409  4,363  7,265  4,086 
12. Subsequent Events

The Company and Gilead entered into an exclusive license agreement (the “License Agreement”) to license the Company's JTX-1811 program to Gilead in August 2020. Concurrently with executing the License Agreement, the Company and Gilead entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) and a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”, and together with the License Agreement and the Stock Purchase Agreement, the “Transaction Agreements”). The transactions with Gilead were subject to review under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and other customary closing conditions, and the closing date of the Transaction Agreements was October 16, 2020.

In October 2020, the Company received an upfront cash license payment of $85.0 million upon the closing of the Transaction Agreements and Gilead purchased 5,539,727 shares of the Company’s common stock for $35.0 million. After the issuance of common shares to Gilead, the Company had 39,838,781 of common shares outstanding.

In addition to the $85.0 million upfront cash payment from Gilead, the Company will also be eligible to receive up to $685.0 million in aggregate potential development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments as well as royalties based on a percentage of worldwide sales ranging from the high single digits to mid-teens, subject to adjustments in certain circumstances. The Company will be responsible for all expenses related to development activities until (i) the clearance of an investigational new drug application for JTX-1811 by the Food and Drug Administration, or (ii) an earlier date specified by Gilead. After such time, Gilead will have the sole right and responsibility and bear all expenses to develop and commercialize JTX-1811.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 that was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on February 27, 2020. In addition to historical information, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors. We discuss factors that we believe could cause or contribute to these differences below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including those factors set forth in the section entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Industry Data” and in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A.
Overview
We are a clinical-stage immunotherapy company dedicated to transforming the treatment of cancer by developing therapies that enable the immune system to attack tumors and provide long-lasting benefits to patients. We have developed a suite of integrated technologies that comprise our Translational Science Platform, enabling us to comprehensively interrogate the cellular and molecular composition of tumors. By focusing on specific cell types, both immune and non-immune, within tumors, we can prioritize targets and then identify related biomarkers designed to match the right therapy to the right patient. We currently have four development-stage product candidates.
Our most advanced product candidate, vopratelimab, is a clinical-stage monoclonal antibody that binds to and activates the Inducible T cell CO-Stimulator, or ICOS, a protein on the surface of certain T cells commonly found in many solid tumors. We are currently conducting a Phase 2 clinical trial, which we refer to as EMERGE, of vopratelimab in combination with an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, ipilimumab, in PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor experienced patients with non-small cell lung cancer, or NSCLC. EMERGE is the first of our Phase 2 clinical trials designed based on the relationship between the ICOS hi CD4 T cells and potential clinical benefit. An early evaluation of the data from the EMERGE trial indicates that the trial did not meet pre-specified criteria for continuation of enrollment beyond the 59 patients enrolled through July 2020. Therefore, the EMERGE trial will not be expanded. We intend to follow patients still on study and complete the analysis of biomarker data. We announced interim results in November 2020.
We initiated a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial outside the United States, which we refer to as SELECT. SELECT is designed to evaluate the efficacy of vopratelimab in combination with JTX-4014, our anti-PD-1 antibody, compared to JTX-4014 alone in biomarker-selected, immunotherapy-naive second-line NSCLC patients. We have identified TISvopra, an 18 gene RNA Tumor Inflammation Signature used with a vopratelimab-specific threshold, as a baseline predictive biomarker associated with the on-treatment emergence of ICOS hi CD4 T cells. We believe selecting patients by using TISvopra has the potential to identify patients who may be more responsive to vopratelimab. Additionally, we believe TISvopra also has the potential to identify patients who are more responsive to JTX-4014. Although both trial arms may benefit from TISvopra patient selection, the SELECT trial is powered to demonstrate the statistical superiority of vopratelimab plus JTX-4014 compared to JTX-4014 alone. We dosed the first patient in the SELECT trial in October 2020 and expect to report clinical data from SELECT in late 2021.
JTX-4014 is a clinical-stage anti-PD-1 antibody that we are developing primarily for potential use in combination with our product candidates, as we believe that combination therapy has the potential to be a mainstay of cancer immunotherapy. We completed enrollment in a Phase 1 clinical trial of JTX-4014 monotherapy that was designed to assess safety, and we have determined the recommended Phase 2 dose. We presented safety and preliminary efficacy data from this Phase 1 clinical trial at the November 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Based on the results of this clinical trial, we plan to use JTX-4014 in combination with our other product candidates, including in combination with vopratelimab in SELECT.
JTX-8064 is an antibody that binds to Leukocyte Immunoglobulin Like Receptor B2, or LILRB2, which is a cell surface receptor expressed on macrophages and is also known as ILT4. When LILRB2 binds to HLA molecules, including HLA-G, on cancer cells and macrophages, it induces an immunosuppressive state in the macrophages. In preclinical studies, JTX-8064 inhibits this immunosuppressive interaction, reprogramming the macrophages to a more immuno-stimulatory state. JTX-8064 is the first tumor-associated macrophage candidate to emerge from our Translational Science Platform. We believe therapies targeting these innate immune cells may have the potential to benefit patients with tumors that are less likely to respond to existing T cell-focused approaches. We expect to begin enrollment in a Phase 1 dose-escalation clinical trial of JTX-8064 by the end of 2020.
JTX-1811 is the most recent product candidate to emerge from our Translational Science Platform, and, in October 2020, we entered into an agreement to exclusively license JTX-1811 to Gilead Sciences, Inc., or Gilead. JTX-1811 is a monoclonal
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antibody that is designed to selectively deplete T regulatory cells in the tumor microenvironment, or TME, by targeting a receptor called CCR8, which is preferentially expressed on intra-tumoral T regulatory cells. The function of T regulatory cells is to suppress an ongoing-immune response, and by depleting these immunosuppressive cells, we aim to foster more productive immune responses within the TME.
Beyond our product candidates, we continue to advance and build our discovery pipeline. We are discovering and developing next-generation immunotherapies by leveraging our Translational Science Platform to systematically and comprehensively interrogate cell types within the tumor microenvironment. We believe that the use of our Translational Science Platform to efficiently identify novel immuno-oncology targets and advance them from discovery to IND stage is a sustainable approach that we plan to continually apply across our broad discovery pipeline and target selection process.
Since inception, our operations have focused on organizing and staffing our company, business planning, raising capital, developing our Translational Science Platform and conducting research, preclinical studies and clinical trials. We do not have any products approved for sale. We are subject to a number of risks comparable to those of other similar companies, including dependence on key individuals; the need to develop commercially viable products; competition from other companies, many of which are larger and better capitalized; and the need to obtain adequate additional financing to fund the development of our products. We have funded our operations primarily through proceeds received from private placements of our convertible preferred stock, proceeds received from our initial public offering, or IPO, an upfront payment of $225.0 million received in July 2016 in connection with a Master Research and Collaboration Agreement with Celgene, or the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, an upfront payment of $50.0 million received in July 2019 in connection with a License Agreement with Celgene, or the Celgene License Agreement and proceeds of approximately $5.2 million from our “at the market” offering program, or the ATM Offering. In addition, we received gross proceeds of an upfront payment of $85.0 million in connection with the Gilead License Agreement, and proceeds of $35.0 million from the sale of our common stock to Gilead, both of which were received in October 2020.
Due to our significant research and development expenditures, we have accumulated substantial losses since our inception. As of September 30, 2020, we had an accumulated deficit of $186.5 million. We expect to incur substantial additional losses in the future as we continue to advance our programs.
The spread of COVID-19 during 2020 has caused an economic downturn on a global scale. As of November 6, 2020, we have not experienced a significant financial or supply chain impact directly related to the pandemic but have experienced some disruptions to clinical operations. As the pandemic continues to unfold, the extent of its effect on our operational and financial performance will depend in large part on future developments, which cannot be predicted with confidence at this time.
Financial Operations Overview
Revenue
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we did not recognize any license and collaboration revenue. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recognized $147.9 million of license and collaboration revenue, which was comprised of $50.0 million of license revenue under the Celgene License Agreement and $97.9 million of collaboration revenue under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. The Celgene Collaboration Agreement was terminated effective July 22, 2019, at which time all remaining deferred revenue was recognized as we had no further performance obligations. In addition, the Celgene License Agreement was also terminated effective June 3, 2020.
In the future, we may generate revenue from product sales or collaboration agreements, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements. We expect that our revenue will fluctuate from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year as a result of the timing and amount of license fees, milestones, reimbursement of costs incurred and other payments, if any, and product sales, to the extent any products are successfully commercialized. If we or third parties fail to complete the development of our product candidates in a timely manner or obtain regulatory approval for them, our ability to generate future revenue, and our results of operations and financial position, would be materially adversely affected.
Operating Expenses
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses represent costs incurred by us for the discovery, development and manufacture of our current and future product candidates and include: external research and development expenses incurred under arrangements with third parties, including academic and non-profit institutions, contract research organizations, contract manufacturing organizations and consultants; salaries and personnel-related costs, including non-cash stock-based compensation expense; license fees to acquire in-process technology and other expenses, which include direct and allocated expenses for laboratory, facilities and other costs.
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We use our employee and infrastructure resources across multiple research and development programs directed toward developing our Translational Science Platform and for identifying, testing and developing product candidates. We manage certain activities such as contract research and manufacture of our product candidates and discovery programs through our third-party vendors.
At this time, we cannot reasonably estimate or know the nature, timing and estimated costs of the efforts that will be necessary to complete the development of our product candidates. We are also unable to predict when, if ever, material net cash inflows will commence from sales of our product candidates. This is due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing such product candidates, including the uncertainty of:
addition and retention of key research and development personnel;
establishing an appropriate safety profile with IND-enabling toxicology studies;
the cost to acquire or make therapies to study in combination with our immunotherapies;
successful enrollment in and completion of clinical trials, including the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the timing and progress of our ongoing and planned clinical trials;
establishing agreements with third-party contract manufacturing organizations for clinical supply for our clinical trials and commercial manufacturing, if our product candidates are approved;
receipt of marketing approvals from applicable regulatory authorities;
commercializing products, if and when approved, whether alone or in collaboration with others;
the cost to develop companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics as needed for each of our development programs;
the costs associated with the development of any additional product candidates we acquire through third-party collaborations or identify through our Translational Science Platform;
the terms and timing of any collaboration, license or other arrangement, including the terms and timing of any milestone payments thereunder;
obtaining and maintaining patent and trade secret protection and regulatory exclusivity for our products, if and when approved; and
continued acceptable safety profiles of the products following approval.
A change in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of any of our product candidates would significantly change the costs, timing and viability associated with the development of that product candidate. We plan to increase our research and development expenses for the foreseeable future as we advance our product candidates through clinical trials and continue the enhancement of our Translational Science Platform and the progression of our pipeline.
Due to the inherently unpredictable nature of preclinical and clinical development, we do not allocate all of our internal research and development expenses on a program-by-program basis as they primarily relate to personnel and lab consumables costs that are deployed across multiple programs under development. Our research and development expenses also include external costs, which we do track on a program-by-program basis following the program’s nomination as a development candidate. For our combination programs, we do not allocate external costs to each individual program. We began incurring such external costs for vopratelimab in 2015, JTX-4014 in 2016, JTX-8064 in 2017 and JTX-1811 in 2019. We ceased incurring costs for JTX-8064 upon the license of this program to Celgene under the Celgene License Agreement and began incurring such costs again in the second quarter of 2020 upon the termination of the Celgene License Agreement and the reacquisition of our rights to JTX-8064.

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Our external research and development and external clinical and regulatory costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(in thousands) 2020 2019 2020 2019
Vopratelimab $ 2,549  $ 3,757  $ 11,528  $ 11,286 
JTX-4014 376  329  1,589  2,242 
Vopratelimab / JTX-4014 combination 2,189  —  7,912  — 
JTX-8064 591  517  624  5,225 
JTX-1811 1,849  —  4,069  — 
Pre-development candidates 402  292  1,059  546 
Total external research and development and clinical and regulatory costs $ 7,956  $ 4,895  $ 26,781  $ 19,299 
Research and development activities account for a significant portion of our operating expenses. As we continue to implement our business strategy, we expect our research and development expenses to increase over the next several years. We expect that these expenses will increase as we:
continue our clinical development of vopratelimab, including our Phase 2 SELECT clinical trial of vopratelimab and JTX-4014;
advance JTX-8064 into clinical trials;
complete preclinical, IND-enabling and other development activities for JTX-1811 and transition the program to Gilead in accordance with the terms of the Gilead License Agreement;
continue to identify and develop potential predictive biomarkers and companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics for our product candidates; and
continue to develop and enhance our Translational Science Platform and advance our pipeline of immunotherapy programs and our early research activities into IND-enabling activities.
Product candidates in later stages of clinical development generally incur higher development costs than those in earlier stages of clinical development, primarily due to the increased size and duration of later-stage clinical trials.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses consist of salaries and personnel-related costs, including non-cash stock-based compensation expense, for our personnel in executive, business development, legal, finance and accounting, human resources and other administrative functions, consulting fees, facility costs not otherwise included in research and development expenses, fees paid for accounting and tax services, insurance expenses and legal costs. Legal costs include general corporate legal fees, patent legal fees and related costs. We anticipate that our general and administrative expenses will increase in the future to support our continued operations.
Other Income, Net
Other income, net, consists primarily of interest and investment income on our cash, cash equivalents and investments. Other income, net also includes gains and losses arising from foreign currency remeasurement.
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Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
(in thousands) 2020 2019 $ Change
Revenue:      
License and collaboration revenue—related party $ —  $ 119,445  $ (119,445)
Operating expenses:      
Research and development 18,002  15,115  2,887 
General and administrative 7,102  6,483  619 
Total operating expenses 25,104  21,598  3,506 
Operating (loss) income (25,104) 97,847  (122,951)
Other income, net           203  1,025  (822)
(Loss) income before provision for income taxes (24,901) 98,872  (123,773)
Provision for income taxes 12  (10)
Net (loss) income $ (24,903) $ 98,860  $ (123,763)
License and Collaboration Revenue
We did not recognize any license and collaboration revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2020. License and collaboration revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2019 was comprised of $50.0 million of license revenue recognized under the Celgene License Agreement and $69.4 million of collaboration revenue related to the remaining recognition of the upfront payment we received in July 2016 under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. The Celgene Collaboration Agreement was subsequently terminated effective July 22, 2019, at which time all remaining deferred revenue was recognized as we had no further performance obligations. Prior to the termination of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, we were recognizing revenue over time as the services related to each performance obligation were rendered.
Research and Development Expenses
The following table summarizes our research and development expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
(in thousands) 2020 2019 $ Change
Employee compensation $ 6,678  $ 6,021  $ 657 
External research and development 3,341  1,052  2,289 
External clinical and regulatory 4,615  3,843  772 
Lab consumables 1,489  1,838  (349)
Research consulting 102  214  (112)
Facility costs 1,368  1,488  (120)
Other research 409  659  (250)
Total research and development expenses $ 18,002  $ 15,115  $ 2,887 
Research and development expenses increased by $2.9 million from $15.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 to $18.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily attributable to the following:
$2.3 million of increased external research and development costs, primarily attributable to increased IND-enabling expenses related to JTX-1811;
$0.8 million of increased external clinical and regulatory costs associated with our SELECT clinical trial;
$0.7 million of increased employee compensation costs primarily arising from increased payroll and related expenses;
partially offset by $0.3 million of decreased lab consumables costs; and
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$0.3 million of decreased other research costs, primarily attributable to reduced travel expenses resulting from COVID-19 travel limitations.
General and Administrative Expenses
The following table summarizes our general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
(in thousands) 2020 2019 $ Change
Employee compensation $ 3,707  $ 2,950  $ 757 
Professional services 1,326  1,278  48 
Facility costs 1,057  1,157  (100)
Other 1,012  1,098  (86)
Total general and administrative expenses $ 7,102  $ 6,483  $ 619 
General and administrative expenses increased by $0.6 million from $6.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 to $7.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily attributable to $0.8 million of increased employee compensation costs primarily arising from increased payroll and related expenses, partially offset by $0.1 million of decreased facility costs.
Other Income, net
Other income, net, decreased by $0.8 million from $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 to $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The decrease in other income, net is attributable to decreased cash available for investment and reduced interest rates due to current market conditions.
Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(in thousands) 2020 2019 $ Change
Revenue:      
License and collaboration revenue—related party $ —  $ 147,872  $ (147,872)
Operating expenses:  
Research and development 58,671  50,525  8,146 
General and administrative 21,867  20,998  869 
Total operating expenses 80,538  71,523  9,015 
Operating (loss) income (80,538) 76,349  (156,887)
Other income, net           1,238  3,177  (1,939)
(Loss) income before provision for income taxes (79,300) 79,526  (158,826)
Provision for income taxes 14  36  (22)
Net (loss) income $ (79,314) $ 79,490  $ (158,804)
License and Collaboration Revenue
We did not recognize any license and collaboration revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. License and collaboration revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was comprised of $50.0 million of license revenue recognized under the Celgene License Agreement and $97.9 million of collaboration revenue related to the remaining recognition of the upfront payment we received in July 2016 under the Celgene Collaboration Agreement. The Celgene Collaboration Agreement was subsequently terminated effective July 22, 2019, at which time all remaining deferred revenue was recognized as we had no further performance obligations. Prior to the termination of the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, we were recognizing revenue over time as the services related to each performance obligation were rendered.
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Research and Development Expenses
The following table summarizes our research and development expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(in thousands) 2020 2019 $ Change
Employee compensation $ 21,508  $ 18,720  $ 2,788 
External research and development 7,565  7,423  142 
External clinical and regulatory 19,216  11,876  7,340 
Lab consumables 4,472  5,324  (852)
Research consulting 370  778  (408)
Facility costs 4,169  4,368  (199)
Other research 1,371  2,036  (665)
Total research and development expenses $ 58,671  $ 50,525  $ 8,146 
Research and development expenses increased by $8.1 million from $50.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to $58.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily attributable to the following:
$7.3 million of increased external clinical and regulatory costs were primarily associated with our SELECT clinical trial;
$2.8 million of increased employee compensation costs primarily attributable to increased payroll and related expenses, including bonus and stock-based compensation;
partially offset by $0.9 million of decreased lab consumables costs; and
$0.7 million of decreased other research costs, primarily attributable to reduced travel expenses resulting from COVID-19 travel limitations.
General and Administrative Expenses
The following table summarizes our general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(in thousands) 2020 2019 $ Change
Employee compensation $ 11,570  $ 10,271  $ 1,299 
Professional services 3,761  3,721  40 
Facility costs 3,253  3,437  (184)
Other 3,283  3,569  (286)
Total general and administrative expenses $ 21,867  $ 20,998  $ 869 
General and administrative expenses increased by $0.9 million from $21.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to $21.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase in general and administrative expenses was attributable to $1.3 million of increased employee compensation costs primarily arising from increased payroll and related expenses, partially offset by $0.3 million of decreased other general and administrative costs to support our operations and $0.2 million of decreased facility costs.
Other Income, net
Other income, net, decreased by $1.9 million from $3.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The decrease in other income, net is attributable to decreased cash available for investment and reduced interest rates due to current market conditions.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources of Liquidity
We have funded our operations through gross proceeds from private placements of our convertible preferred stock of $139.1 million, net proceeds from our IPO of $106.4 million, an upfront payment of $225.0 million received in connection with the Celgene Collaboration Agreement, an upfront payment of $50.0 million received in connection with the Celgene License Agreement and net proceeds from our ATM Offering of $5.2 million. As of September 30, 2020, we had cash, cash equivalents and investments of $105.3 million. In addition, we received gross proceeds of an upfront payment of $85.0 million in connection with the Gilead License Agreement, and proceeds of $35.0 million from the sale of our common stock to Gilead, both of which were received in October 2020.
In December 2019, we entered into a Sales Agreement with Cowen and Company, LLC, or Cowen, pursuant to which we may offer and sell shares of our common stock with an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0 million under the ATM Offering. The Sales Agreement provides that Cowen will be entitled to a sales commission equal to 3.0% of the gross sales price per share of all shares sold under the ATM Offering. From the initiation of the ATM Offering through September 30, 2020, we have sold an aggregate of 648,845 shares at an average price of $8.54 per share for net proceeds of $5.2 million after deducting sales commissions and offering expenses.
Funding Requirements
Our plan of operation is to continue implementing our business strategy, the research and development of our current product candidates, our preclinical development activities, the expansion of our research pipeline and the enhancement of our internal research and development capabilities. Due to the inherently unpredictable nature of preclinical and clinical development and given the early stage of our programs and product candidates, we cannot reasonably estimate the costs we will incur and the timelines that will be required to complete development, obtain marketing approval, and commercialize our products, if and when approved. For the same reasons, we are also unable to predict when, if ever, we will generate revenue from product sales or whether, or when, if ever, we may achieve profitability. Clinical and preclinical development timelines, the probability of success, and development costs can differ materially from expectations. In addition, we cannot forecast which products, if and when approved, may be subject to future collaborations, when such arrangements will be secured, if at all, and to what degree such arrangements would affect our development plans and capital requirements.
Due to our significant research and development expenditures, we have accumulated substantial losses since inception. We have incurred an accumulated deficit of $186.5 million through September 30, 2020. We expect to incur substantial additional losses in the future as we continue to advance our programs. Based on our research and development plans, we expect that our existing cash, cash equivalents and investments of $105.3 million as of September 30, 2020, combined with the $85.0 million upfront payment and the $35.0 million of proceeds from the sale of our common stock to Gilead in October 2020, will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into 2023. However, we have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, and we could exhaust our capital resources sooner than we expect. The timing and amount of our operating expenditures will depend largely on:
the timing and progress of preclinical and clinical development activities, including the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the timing and progress of our ongoing and planned clinical trials;
the cost to access, acquire or develop therapies to study in combination with our immunotherapies;
successful enrollment in and completion of clinical trials;
the cost to develop companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics as needed for each of our development programs;
our ability to establish agreements with third-party manufacturers for clinical supply for our clinical trials and, if any of our product candidates are approved, commercial manufacturing;
the costs associated with the development of any additional product candidates we acquire through acquisition or third-party collaborations or identify through our Translational Science Platform;
our ability to maintain our current research and development programs and enhancement of our Translational Science Platform;
addition and retention of key research and development personnel;
our efforts to enhance operational, financial and information management systems, and hire additional personnel, including personnel to support development of our product candidates;
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the legal patent costs involved in prosecuting patent applications and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property claims;
the costs and ongoing investments to in-license or acquire additional technologies, including the in-license of intellectual property related to our potential product candidates;
the progress and success of our exclusive license of JTX-1811 to Gilead; and
the terms and timing of any other collaboration, license or other arrangement, including the terms and timing of any option and milestone payments thereunder.
A change in the outcome of any of these or other variables with respect to the development of any of our product candidates could significantly change the costs and timing associated with the development of that product candidate. Furthermore, our operating plans may change in the future, and we may need additional funds to meet operational needs and capital requirements associated with such operating plans.
In addition to the variables described above, if and when any of our product candidates successfully complete development, we expect to incur substantial additional costs associated with regulatory filings, marketing approval, post-marketing requirements, maintaining our intellectual property rights, and regulatory protection, in addition to other costs. We cannot reasonably estimate these costs at this time.
Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product revenue, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of equity or debt financings, collaborations, licensing arrangements and strategic alliances. We currently do not have a credit facility or committed sources of capital. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the future sale of equity or debt, the ownership interests of our stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our existing common stockholders. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of debt securities, these securities could contain covenants that would restrict our operations. We may require additional capital beyond our currently anticipated amounts. Additional capital may not be available on reasonable terms, or at all. If we raise additional funds through collaboration arrangements in the future, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams or product candidates, or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce, or terminate development or future commercialization efforts, or grant rights to develop and market product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.
Cash Flows
The following table provides information regarding our cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(in thousands) 2020 2019
Net cash (used in) provided by:    
Operating activities $ (67,128) $ (11,530)
Investing activities 79,029  29,681 
Financing activities 1,961  345 
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $ 13,862  $ 18,496 
Cash Used in Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $67.1 million, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $11.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Cash used in operations increased by $55.6 million primarily due to the $50 million upfront payment received under the Celgene License Agreement during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and an increase in operating expenses during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Cash Provided by Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $79.0 million, compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $29.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Cash provided by investing activities increased by $49.3 million primarily due to decreased purchases of investments during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Proceeds received from maturities of investments were either re-invested or used to fund operations.
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Cash Provided by Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $2.0 million, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Cash provided by financing activities increased by $1.6 million primarily due to proceeds received from our ATM Offering during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We did not have, during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined under applicable SEC rules.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates which include, but are not limited to, accrued expenses, stock-based compensation expense and income taxes. We base our estimates on historical experience and other market specific or other relevant assumptions we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies as reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2020.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, and are not required to provide the information under this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2020. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2020, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION



Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our business is subject to numerous risks. The following important factors, among others, could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, press releases, communications with investors, and oral statements. Actual future results may differ materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Risks Related to Product Development and Regulatory Process
The outbreak of the novel strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, has adversely affected, and may continue to adversely affect, our business, including our clinical trials and preclinical studies.
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. In response to the spread of COVID-19, we have restricted access to our headquarters by limiting the number of staff in any given research and development laboratory and office space, and directing and then recommending our employees who are able to work remotely to continue their work outside of our office. We believe the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and may continue to have, an impact on our clinical trials. For example, the initiation of the Phase 2 SELECT trial was modestly affected by COVID-19. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we may experience disruptions that could severely impact our business, clinical trials and preclinical studies, including:
additional delays or difficulties in clinical site initiation, including difficulties in recruiting clinical site investigators and clinical site staff;
delays or difficulties in enrolling patients in our clinical trials;
delays or difficulties in developing diagnostics or conducting biomarker analysis by third-party vendors who support our clinical trials;
diversion of healthcare resources away from the conduct of clinical trials, including the diversion of hospitals serving as our clinical trial sites and hospital staff supporting the conduct of our clinical trials;
interruption of key clinical trial activities, such as clinical trial site data monitoring, due to limitations on travel imposed or recommended by federal or state governments, employers and others or interruption of clinical trial patient visits and study procedures that are deemed non-essential, which may impact the integrity of subject data and clinical study endpoints;
interruption or delays in the operations of the Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, or comparable foreign regulatory authorities, which may impact clinical trial timelines or approval timelines;
interruption of, or delays in receiving, supplies of our product candidates from our contract manufacturing organizations due to staffing shortages, production slowdowns or stoppages and disruptions in delivery systems;
interruption of or delays in the performance of contractual duties by third parties on whom we rely to conduct our clinical trials;
limitations on employee resources that would otherwise be focused on the conduct of our preclinical studies and clinical trials, including because of sickness of employees or their families, the desire of employees to avoid contact with large groups of people or changes to governmental orders related to essential services;
increased reliance on personnel working from home may negatively impact productivity; and
difficulties raising capital on favorable terms when needed.
The COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve. The extent to which the outbreak may further impact our business, clinical trials and preclinical studies will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the duration of the outbreak, travel restrictions and social distancing in the United States and other
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countries, business closures or business disruptions and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease.
We are early in our development efforts. Our product candidates vopratelimab and JTX-4014 are clinical-stage programs, and JTX-8064, JTX-1811 and other future product candidates are in preclinical or earlier stages of development. If we are unable to advance our product candidates through clinical development, advance other future product candidates to clinical development or obtain marketing approval and ultimately commercialize any product candidates or experience significant delays in doing so, our business will be materially harmed.
We are early in our development efforts: vopratelimab and JTX-4014 are our clinical-stage product candidates, and JTX-8064, JTX-1811 and other future product candidates are in preclinical or earlier stages of development. We have invested substantially all of our efforts and financial resources in the identification of targets and early stage, preclinical and clinical development of monoclonal antibodies, including the development of vopratelimab, JTX-4014, JTX-8064 and JTX-1811.
Our other efforts have been invested in early stage, preclinical and earlier development programs. Our ability to generate product revenues, which we do not expect will occur for many years, if ever, will depend heavily on the successful development and eventual commercialization of our current and/or future product candidates, which may never occur. We currently generate no revenues from sales of any products, and we may never be able to develop or commercialize a marketable product. In October 2020, we granted an exclusive license for the development, manufacture and commercialization of JTX-1811 to Gilead Sciences, Inc., or Gilead, and we may never receive any payments from Gilead for the achievement of development, regulatory or commercial milestones, or royalties from potential future sales of JTX-1811. Our current and future product candidates will require additional preclinical and clinical development, management of clinical, preclinical and manufacturing activities, marketing approval in the United States and other markets, demonstrating effectiveness to pricing and reimbursement authorities, obtaining sufficient manufacturing supply for both clinical development and commercial production, building of a commercial organization, and substantial investment and significant marketing efforts before we generate any revenues from product sales. In addition, our product development programs contemplate the development of companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics, which are assays or tests to identify an appropriate patient population. Complementary diagnostics and companion diagnostics are subject to regulation as medical devices and, if there are no adequate companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics currently on the market for our product candidates, we may elect to advance a diagnostic and that diagnostic would have to be approved or cleared for marketing by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory agencies before we could commercialize it. The success of our current and future product candidates will depend on several factors, including the following:
successful completion of preclinical studies and advancement to clinical development of our product candidates;
acceptance of investigational new drug applications for our planned clinical trials or future clinical trials;
successful enrollment and completion of clinical trials;
demonstration of a benefit/risk profile for our current and future product candidates that is sufficient to support a successful biologics license application, or BLA;
successful development and marketing approval and clearance of companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics for use with our current and future product candidates, if applicable;
receipt and maintenance of marketing approvals from applicable regulatory authorities;
approval by national pricing and reimbursement agencies (such as NICE, National Institute for Health Care and Excellence in the United Kingdom);
establishing agreements with third-party manufacturers for clinical supply for our clinical trials and commercial manufacturing, if our product candidates are approved;
obtaining and maintaining patent and trade secret protection or regulatory exclusivity for our product candidates;
launching commercial sales of our current and future product candidates, if and when approved;
acceptance of our product candidates, if and when approved, by patients, the medical community and third-party payors;
effectively competing with other therapies;
obtaining and maintaining healthcare coverage and adequate reimbursement;
enforcing and defending intellectual property rights and claims;
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successful completion of clinical confirmatory trials to verify clinical benefit, if applicable; and
maintaining a continued acceptable safety profile of the product candidates following approval.
If we do not achieve one or more of these factors in a timely manner or at all, we could experience significant delays or an inability to successfully commercialize our current and future product candidates, which would materially harm our business. If we do not receive marketing approvals for our current and future product candidates, we may not be able to continue our operations.
Clinical product development involves a lengthy and expensive process, with an uncertain outcome. We will incur additional costs in connection with, and may experience delays, in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development and commercialization of our current and future product candidates, and any companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics.
Our product candidates vopratelimab and JTX-4014 are clinical-stage programs and JTX-8064, JTX-1811 and future product candidates are in preclinical or earlier stages of development. The risk of failure at any stage of clinical or preclinical development is high. It is impossible to predict when or if our current and future product candidates will prove effective and safe in humans and will receive marketing approval. Before obtaining marketing approval from regulatory authorities for the sale of our product candidates, we must complete preclinical studies and then conduct extensive clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our current and future product candidates in humans. Clinical testing is expensive, difficult to design and implement, can take many years to complete or may be delayed and is uncertain as to outcome. A failure of one or more clinical trials can occur at any stage of testing. The outcome of preclinical development and testing and early clinical trials may not be predictive of the success of later clinical trials, and interim results of a clinical trial do not necessarily predict final results. Moreover, preclinical and clinical data are often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses, and many companies that have believed their product candidates performed satisfactorily in preclinical studies and clinical trials have nonetheless failed to obtain marketing approval of their product candidates. Our preclinical studies and clinical trials may not be successful.
The FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities could change their position on the acceptability of our trial designs or the clinical endpoints selected, which may require us to complete more preclinical studies or provide additional data before continuing clinical trials. In the event we are required to satisfy additional FDA requests, the completion of our clinical trials for vopratelimab and JTX-4014 may be delayed. Successful completion of our clinical trials is a prerequisite to submitting a BLA to the FDA and a Marketing Authorization Application, or MAA, in the European Union for our current and future product candidates and, consequently, the ultimate approval and commercial marketing of our current and future product candidates. We do not know whether any of our clinical trials will be completed on schedule, if at all.
We may experience delays in completing our preclinical studies and initiating or completing clinical trials, and we may experience numerous unforeseen events during, or as a result of, any potential future clinical trials that could delay or prevent our ability to receive marketing approval of our current and future product candidates, including:
interruption of key clinical trial activities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as developing diagnostics, conducting biomarker analysis, clinical trial site data monitoring, due to limitations on travel imposed or recommended by federal or state governments, employers and others or interruption of clinical trial subject visits and study procedures that are deemed non-essential, which may impact the integrity of subject data and clinical study endpoints;
patients may be affected by COVID-19 and the virus could impact pharmacodynamic biomarkers studied in our clinical trials and the interpretation of related data;
regulators, institutional review boards, or IRBs, or ethics committees may not authorize us or our investigators to commence a clinical trial or conduct a clinical trial at a prospective trial site;
we may experience delays in reaching, or fail to reach, agreement on acceptable terms with prospective trial sites and prospective contract research organizations, or CROs;
clinical trials may produce negative or inconclusive results, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to conduct additional preclinical studies or clinical trials or abandon product development programs;
the number of patients required for clinical trials may be larger than we anticipate;
it may be difficult to enroll a sufficient number of patients with a predictive biomarker or enrollment in these clinical trials may be slower than we anticipate, or participants may drop out of these clinical trials or fail to return for post-treatment follow-up at a higher rate than we anticipate;
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our third-party contractors, trial sites or investigators may fail to comply with regulatory requirements or meet their contractual obligations to us in a timely manner, or at all, or may deviate from the clinical trial protocol or drop out of the trial, which may require that we add new clinical trial sites or investigators;
we may elect to, or regulators or IRBs or ethics committees may require that we or our investigators, suspend or terminate clinical research for various reasons, including noncompliance with regulatory requirements or a finding that the participants are being exposed to unreasonable and significant health risks;
the cost of clinical trials may be greater than we anticipate;
the supply or quality of materials or other materials necessary to conduct clinical trials may be insufficient or inadequate;
the size of the patient population required to validate our biomarker-driven strategy may be larger than we anticipate;
competitors may obtain regulatory approval ahead of us for antibodies similar to ours, preventing us from obtaining regulatory approval despite positive clinical data;
our product candidates may have undesirable side effects or other unexpected characteristics, causing us to suspend or terminate the trials, or reports may arise from preclinical or clinical testing of other similar cancer therapies that raise safety or efficacy concerns about our product candidates; and
the FDA or other regulatory authorities may require us to submit additional data or impose other requirements before permitting us to initiate or continue a clinical trial.
We could encounter delays if a clinical trial is suspended or terminated by us, by the IRBs of the institutions in which such trials are being conducted or ethics committees, or by the FDA or other regulatory authorities, or recommended for suspension or termination by the Data Safety Monitoring Board, or DSMB, for such trial. Such authorities or we may impose such a suspension or termination due to a number of factors, including failure to conduct the clinical trial in accordance with regulatory requirements or our clinical protocols, inspection of the clinical trial operations or trial site by the FDA or other regulatory authorities resulting in the imposition of a clinical hold, unforeseen safety issues or adverse side effects, including those issues or effects seen in other drugs or drug candidates in the class to which our drug candidates belong, failure to demonstrate a benefit from using a product, changes in governmental regulations or lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical trial. Many of the factors that result in a delay in the commencement or completion of clinical trials may also ultimately lead to the denial of marketing approval of our product candidates. Further, regulatory authorities may disagree with our clinical trial design and our interpretation of data from clinical trials or may change the requirements for approval even after such authorities have reviewed and commented on the design for our clinical trials.
If we are required to conduct additional clinical trials or other testing, if the results of these trials or tests are not positive or are only modestly positive or if there are safety concerns, or if we are unable to successfully complete clinical trials or other testing of our current and future product candidates, we may:
be delayed in obtaining marketing approval for our product candidates;
not obtain marketing approval at all;
obtain approval for indications or patient populations that are not as broad as intended or desired;
be subject to post-marketing testing requirements; or
have the product removed from the market after obtaining marketing approval.
Our product development costs will also increase if we experience delays in testing or marketing approvals. We do not know whether any of our clinical trials will need to be restructured, will be completed on schedule, or will begin as planned, if at all. Any delays in our preclinical or future clinical development programs may harm our business, financial condition and prospects significantly.
Our current and future product candidates we develop may cause undesirable side effects or have other properties when used alone or in combination with other approved pharmaceutical products or investigational new drugs that could halt their clinical development, prevent their marketing approval, limit their commercial potential or result in significant negative consequences.
Although our current and future product candidates will undergo safety testing to the extent possible and, where applicable, under such conditions discussed with regulatory authorities, not all adverse effects of drugs can be predicted or anticipated. In order to obtain marketing approval of a product candidate, we must demonstrate safety in various non-clinical and clinical tests.
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At the time of initiating human clinical trials, we may not have conducted or may not conduct the types of non-clinical testing ultimately required by regulatory authorities, or future non-clinical tests may indicate that our product candidates are not safe for use. Non-clinical testing and clinical testing are both expensive and time-consuming and have uncertain outcomes.
Immunotherapy, and its method of action of enabling the body’s immune system, is powerful and could lead to serious side effects that we only discover in clinical trials. Undesirable or clinically unmanageable side effects could occur and cause us or regulatory authorities to interrupt, delay or halt clinical trials and could result in a more restrictive label or the delay or denial of marketing approval by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities. Results of our trials could reveal a high and unacceptable severity and prevalence of side effects or unexpected characteristics. Unforeseen side effects from our current and future product candidates could arise either during clinical development or, if such side effects are more rare, after our current and future product candidates have been approved by regulatory authorities and the approved product has been marketed, resulting in the exposure of additional patients. Although we have established that vopratelimab is safe in humans in studies to date, we cannot predict if future clinical trials of our product candidates, either alone or in combination with other therapies, will demonstrate safety in humans. If any of our current or future product candidates fail to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical trials or do not gain marketing approval, we will not be able to generate revenue and our business will be harmed.
We cannot predict whether future safety and toxicology studies may cause undesirable effects. In addition, success in initial tests does not ensure that later testing will be successful. Our product candidates could cause undesirable side effects similar to those toxicities observed in other immunotherapies. It remains possible that new or more severe toxicities could be seen if any product candidate is used in combination with other agents. Such toxicities, if observed, could result in development delays, a determination by the FDA or other regulatory authorities that additional safety testing is required, delay or denial of approval, or limit the labeling and thus overall market scope for such product candidate.
If unacceptable toxicities arise in the development of our current and future product candidates, we or an existing or future collaborator or licensee could suspend or terminate clinical trials, or the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities could order us, a collaborator or licensee to cease clinical trials or deny approval of our current and future product candidates for any or all targeted indications. Treatment-related side effects could also affect patient recruitment or the ability of enrolled subjects to complete the trial or result in potential product liability claims. In addition, these side effects may not be appropriately recognized or managed by the treating medical staff, particularly outside of our collaborators or licensees, as toxicities resulting from cancer immunotherapies are not normally encountered in the general patient population or by medical personnel. We expect to have to train medical personnel using any of our product candidates to understand the side effect profile of such product candidates for both our ongoing and planned clinical trials and upon commercialization of such product candidates. The inability to recognize and manage the potential side effects of our product candidates could result in patient deaths. Any of these occurrences may prevent us from achieving or maintaining market acceptance of the affected product candidate and may harm our business, financial condition and prospects significantly.
If we encounter difficulties enrolling or retaining patients in our clinical trials, our clinical development activities could be delayed or otherwise be adversely affected.
The timely completion of clinical trials in accordance with their protocols depends, among other things, on our ability to enroll and retain a sufficient number of patients who remain in the study until its conclusion. We may experience difficulties in patient enrollment and retention in our clinical trials for a variety of reasons. The enrollment and retention of patients depend on many factors, including:
the patient eligibility criteria defined in the protocol;
the development of diagnostics and/or biomarker analysis by third parties;
our ability to identify and enroll sufficient number of patients with a predictive biomarker;
the size of the population that we must screen to identify a sufficient number of patients with a predictive biomarker;
the size of the patient population required for analysis of the trial’s primary endpoints;
the proximity of patients to study sites;
the design of the trial;
our ability to recruit clinical trial investigators with the appropriate competencies and experience;
clinicians’ and patients’ perceptions of the potential advantages of the product candidate being studied in relation to other available therapies;
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our ability to obtain and maintain patient consents for participation in our clinical trials and, where appropriate, biopsies to understand our product candidates better and for future patient enrichment efforts;
the risk that patients enrolled in clinical trials will drop out of the trials before completion or, because they are late-stage cancer patients, will not survive the full terms of the clinical trials;
the ability of our clinical trial sites to continue key activities, such as clinical trial site data monitoring and patient visits, due to limitations on travel imposed or recommended by federal or state governments, employers and others as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
the risk that patients may be affected by COVID-19 or measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are unable to travel to our clinical trial sites.
In addition, our clinical trials will compete with other clinical trials for product candidates that are in the same therapeutic areas as our current and future product candidates. This competition will reduce the number and types of patients available to us, because some patients who might have opted to enroll in our trials may instead opt to enroll in a trial conducted by one of our competitors. Since the number of qualified clinical investigators is limited, we expect to conduct some of our clinical trials at the same clinical trial sites that some of our competitors use, which will reduce the number of patients who are available for our clinical trials at such sites. Moreover, because our current and future product candidates represent a departure from more commonly used methods for cancer treatment, potential patients and their doctors may be inclined to use conventional therapies, such as chemotherapy, rather than enroll patients in our ongoing or any future clinical trial.
Delays in patient enrollment may result in increased costs or may affect the timing or outcome of the planned clinical trials, which could prevent completion of these trials and adversely affect our ability to advance the development of our current and future product candidates.
We may not be able to conduct clinical trials in some jurisdictions outside of the United States.
Our ability to successfully initiate, enroll and complete a clinical trial in any country outside of the United States is subject to numerous additional risks unique to conducting business in jurisdictions outside the United States, including:  
difficulty in establishing or managing relationships with qualified CROs, physicians and clinical trial sites;
different local standards for the conduct of clinical trials;
difficulty in complying with various and complex import laws and regulations when shipping drug to certain countries; and
the potential burden of complying with a variety of laws, medical standards and regulatory requirements, including the regulation of pharmaceutical and biotechnology products and treatments.
Data obtained from trials conducted in the United States may not be accepted by regulatory authorities outside of the United States. Also, certain jurisdictions require data from trials conducted in their country in order to obtain approval in that country.
If we have difficulty conducting our clinical trials in jurisdictions outside the United States as planned, we may need to delay, limit or terminate ongoing or planned clinical trials, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We rely on our Translational Science Platform to identify and develop product candidates. Our competitive position could be materially harmed if our competitors develop a platform similar to our Translational Science Platform and develop rival product candidates.
We rely on unpatented know-how, inventions and other proprietary information, to maintain our competitive position. We consider know-how to be our primary intellectual property with respect to our Translational Science Platform. Know-how can be difficult to protect. In particular, we anticipate that with respect to this platform, this know-how may over time be disseminated within the industry through independent development, the publication of journal articles describing the methodology, and the movement of skilled personnel.
We cannot rule out that our competitors may have or obtain the knowledge necessary to analyze and characterize tumors for the purpose of identifying and developing products that could compete with the product candidates we develop. Our competitors may also have significantly greater financial, product development, technical, and human resources and access to other human tumors than we do and may have significantly greater experience in using translational science methodology to identify and develop product candidates.
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We may not be able to prohibit our competitors from using translational science methods to develop product candidates, including such methods that are the same as or similar to our own. If our competitors use translational science methods to identify and develop products that compete with our current and future product candidates, our ability to develop and market a promising product or product candidate may diminish substantially, which could have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition, and results of operations.
The marketing approval process is expensive, time consuming and uncertain and may prevent us or any of our existing or future collaborators or licensees from obtaining approvals for the commercialization of our current and future product candidates.
Among other things, the research, testing, manufacturing, labeling, approval and license maintenance, selling, import and export, marketing and distribution of biologic products are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities. Neither we nor any existing or future collaborator or licensee is permitted to market any future product in the United States until we receive approval of a BLA from the FDA. We have never submitted an application for, or received, marketing approval. Obtaining approval of a BLA can be a lengthy, expensive and uncertain process. In addition, failure to comply with FDA and other applicable domestic and foreign regulatory requirements may subject us to administrative or judicially imposed sanctions, including the following:
untitled and warning letters;
civil or criminal penalties and fines;
injunctions;
suspension or withdrawal of marketing approval;
suspension of any ongoing clinical trials;
product recalls;
refusal to accept or approve BLAs or supplements thereto filed by us;
restrictions on operations, including costly new manufacturing requirements; or
seizure or detention of our products or import bans.
Prior to receiving approval to commercialize our product candidates in the United States or abroad, we and any of our existing or future collaborators or licensees must demonstrate with substantial evidence from well-controlled clinical trials, and to the satisfaction of the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities, that such product candidates are safe and effective for their intended uses. Even if we and any of our existing or future collaborators or licensees believe the preclinical or clinical data for our current and future product candidates are promising, such data may not be sufficient to support approval by the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities. Administering our product candidates to humans may produce undesirable side effects, which could interrupt, delay or cause suspension of clinical trials of our product candidates and result in the FDA or other regulatory authorities denying approval of our current and future product candidates for any or all targeted indications.
Marketing approval of a BLA is not guaranteed, and the approval process is expensive and may take several years. The FDA also has substantial discretion in the approval process. Despite the time and expense exerted, failure can occur at any stage, and we could encounter problems that cause us to abandon or repeat clinical trials or perform additional preclinical studies and clinical trials. The number of preclinical studies and clinical trials that will be required for FDA approval varies depending on the product candidate, the disease or condition that the product candidate is designed to address and the regulations applicable to any particular product candidate. The FDA can delay, limit or deny approval of a product candidate for many reasons, including, but not limited to, the following:
a product candidate may not be deemed safe or effective;
FDA officials may not find the data from preclinical studies and clinical trials sufficient;
the FDA might not deem our or our third-party manufacturers’ processes or facilities adequate for approval of our marketing applications; or
the FDA may change its approval policies or adopt new regulations.
If our current and future product candidates fail to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical trials or do not gain marketing approval, our business will be harmed.
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We may seek a Breakthrough Therapy Designation or Fast Track Designation by the FDA for our current and future product candidates, and we may be unsuccessful. If we are successful, the designation may not actually lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process, and it does not increase the likelihood that our current and future product candidates will receive marketing approval.
We may seek a Breakthrough Therapy Designation or Fast Track Designation for our current and future product candidates. A breakthrough therapy is defined as a drug that is intended, alone or in combination with one or more other drugs, to treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition, and preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the drug may demonstrate substantial improvement over currently approved therapies on one or more clinically significant endpoints, such as substantial treatment effects observed early in clinical development. Fast Track Designation may be available if a product is intended for the treatment of a serious or life-threatening condition, and preclinical or clinical data demonstrate the potential to address an unmet medical need for this condition. Drugs that receive Breakthrough Therapy Designation or Fast Track Designation by the FDA are eligible for accelerated approval and priority review.
The FDA has broad discretion whether or not to grant Breakthrough Therapy Designation or Fast Track Designation. Even if we receive Breakthrough Therapy Designation or Fast Track Designation for a product candidate, such designation may not result in a faster development process, review or approval compared to conventional FDA procedures and does not assure ultimate approval by the FDA. In addition, even if one of our current or future product candidates receives Breakthrough Therapy Designation or Fast Track Designation, the FDA may later decide that the drugs no longer meet the conditions for qualification and rescind the designation.
We may seek Orphan Drug Designation for our current and future product candidates, and we may be unsuccessful or may be unable to maintain the benefits associated with Orphan Drug Designation, including the potential for market exclusivity.
As part of our business strategy, we may seek Orphan Drug Designation for our current and future product candidates, and we may be unsuccessful. In the United States, Orphan Drug Designation entitles a party to financial incentives such as opportunities for grant funding towards clinical trial costs, tax advantages and user-fee waivers.
In Europe, Orphan Drug Designation entitles a party to a number of incentives, such as protocol assistance and scientific advice specifically for designated orphan medicines, and potential fee reductions depending on the status of the sponsor.
Generally, if a drug with an Orphan Drug Designation subsequently receives the first marketing approval for the indication for which it has such designation, the drug is entitled to a period of marketing exclusivity, which precludes the European Medicines Agency or the FDA from approving another marketing application for the same drug and indication for a set time period, except in limited circumstances.
Even if we obtain orphan drug exclusivity for a drug, that exclusivity may not effectively protect the drug from competition because different drugs can be approved for the same condition, or the drug may be used off-label. Even after an orphan drug is approved, the FDA can subsequently approve another drug for the same condition if the FDA concludes that the other drug is clinically superior. In addition, a designated orphan drug may not receive orphan drug exclusivity if it is approved for a use that is broader than the indication for which it received orphan designation. Moreover, orphan drug exclusive marketing rights in the United States may be lost if the FDA later determines that the request for designation was materially defective or if the manufacturer is unable to assure sufficient quantity of the drug to meet the needs of patients with the rare disease or condition. Orphan Drug Designation neither shortens the development time or regulatory review time of a drug nor gives the drug any advantage in the regulatory review or approval process. While we may seek Orphan Drug Designation for applicable indications for our current and future product candidates, we may never receive such designations. Even if we do receive such designations, there is no guarantee that we will enjoy the benefits of those designations.
We may choose not to develop a potential product candidate, or we may suspend or terminate one or more discovery or preclinical programs related to our product candidates.
At any time and for any reason, we may determine that one or more of our discovery programs, preclinical programs or product candidates does not have sufficient potential to warrant the allocation of resources toward such program or product candidate. Furthermore, because we have limited financial and personnel resources, we have placed significant focus on the development of our product candidates vopratelimab and JTX-4014. Accordingly, we may choose not to develop a product candidate or elect to suspend or terminate one or more of our discovery or preclinical programs. If we suspend or terminate a program or product candidate in which we have invested significant resources, we will have expended resources on a program or product candidate that will not provide a full return on our investment and we may have missed an opportunity to have allocated those resources to potentially more productive uses, including existing or future programs or product candidates. If we do not accurately evaluate the commercial potential or target market for a particular future product candidate, we may relinquish valuable rights to future product candidates through collaboration, licensing or other royalty arrangements.
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Even if we complete the necessary clinical trials, we cannot predict when or if we will obtain marketing approval to commercialize a product or the approval may be for a narrower indication than we expect.
We cannot commercialize a product candidate until the appropriate regulatory authorities have reviewed and approved the product candidate. Even if our product candidates demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical trials, the regulatory agencies may not complete their review processes in a timely manner, or we may not be able to obtain marketing approval. In addition, we may experience delays or rejections based upon government regulation or changes in regulatory agency policy during the period of product development. Regulatory agencies also may impose significant limitations in the form of narrow indications, warnings, precautions or contraindications with respect to conditions of use or may grant approval subject to the performance of costly post-marketing clinical trials or may not approve the price we intend to charge for our product candidates. Any of the foregoing scenarios could materially harm the commercial prospects for our current and future product candidates.
Obtaining and maintaining marketing approval of our current or future product candidates in one jurisdiction does not mean that we will be successful in obtaining marketing approval of that product candidate in other jurisdictions.
Obtaining and maintaining marketing approval of our current and future product candidates in one jurisdiction does not guarantee that we will be able to obtain or maintain marketing approval in any other jurisdiction. For example, even if the FDA grants marketing approval of a product candidate, comparable regulatory authorities in foreign jurisdictions must also approve the manufacturing, marketing and promotion of the product candidate in those countries. Approval procedures vary among jurisdictions and can involve requirements and administrative review periods different from, and greater than, those in the United States, including additional preclinical studies or clinical trials.
Obtaining foreign marketing approvals and compliance with foreign regulatory requirements could result in significant delays, difficulties and costs for us and could delay or prevent the introduction of our products in certain countries. If we fail to comply with the regulatory requirements in international markets and/or receive applicable marketing approvals, our target market will be reduced and our ability to realize the full market potential of our current and future product candidates will be harmed. Even if we obtain approval for our product candidates and ultimately commercialize them in foreign markets, we would be subject to separate risks and uncertainties, including the burden of complying with complex and changing foreign regulatory, tax, accounting and legal requirements and the reduced protection of intellectual property rights in some foreign countries.
Additionally, on June 23, 2016, the electorate in the United Kingdom voted in favor of leaving the European Union, commonly referred to as Brexit. Following protracted negotiations, the United Kingdom left the European Union on January 31, 2020. Under the withdrawal agreement, there is a transitional period until December 31, 2020. Discussions between the United Kingdom and the European Union have so far mainly focused on finalizing withdrawal issues and transition agreements but have been extremely difficult to date. To date, only an outline of a trade agreement has been reached.  Much remains open and if no trade agreement has been reached before the end of the transitional period, there may be significant market and economic disruption. The Prime Minister has also indicated that the UK will not accept high regulatory alignment with the EU.
Since the regulatory framework for pharmaceutical products in the United Kingdom covering quality, safety, and efficacy of pharmaceutical products, clinical trials, marketing authorization, commercial sales, and distribution of pharmaceutical products is derived from European Union directives and regulations, Brexit could materially impact the future regulatory regime that applies to products and the approval of product candidates in the United Kingdom. Any delay in obtaining, or an inability to obtain, any marketing approvals, as a result of Brexit or otherwise, may force us to restrict or delay efforts to seek regulatory approval in the United Kingdom for our product candidates, which could significantly and materially harm our business.
Our failure to successfully identify, discover, acquire, develop or commercialize additional products or product candidates could impair our ability to grow.
Although a substantial amount of our efforts will focus on the clinical testing and potential approval of our most advanced product candidates, vopratelimab and JTX-4014, an element of our long-term growth strategy is to in-license products or product candidates for development and commercialization. We may never be able to identify, discover, acquire, develop or commercialize any products or product candidates, which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
Because our internal research capabilities are limited, we may be dependent upon pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic scientists, and other researchers to sell or license products or technology to us. The success of this strategy depends partly upon our ability to identify, select, and acquire promising pharmaceutical product candidates and products. The process of proposing, negotiating and implementing a license or acquisition of a product candidate or approved product is lengthy and complex. Other companies, including some with substantially greater financial, marketing and sales resources, may compete with us for the license or acquisition of product candidates and approved products. Acquisitions and in-licenses include numerous risks, including potential failure to achieve the expected benefits of the acquisition or license and potential unknown liabilities associated with the product or technology. We have limited resources to identify and execute the
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acquisition or in-licensing of third-party products, businesses, and technologies, integrate them into our current infrastructure and manage our development efforts.
Even if we receive marketing approval of our current or future product candidates, we will be subject to ongoing regulatory obligations and continued regulatory review.
Any marketing approvals that we receive for our current and future product candidates may be subject to limitations on the approved indicated uses for which the product may be marketed or the conditions of approval or contain requirements for potentially costly post-market testing and surveillance to monitor the safety and efficacy of the product candidate. In addition, if the FDA or a comparable foreign regulatory authority approves any of our current or future product candidates, the manufacturing processes, labeling, packaging, distribution, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion, import and export and record keeping for our current and future product candidates will be subject to extensive and ongoing regulatory requirements. These requirements include submissions of safety and other post-marketing information and reports, registration, as well as continued compliance with current good manufacturing practice, or cGMP, and good clinical practice, or GCP, for any clinical trials that we conduct post-approval. Failure to comply with regulatory requirements, may result in, among other things:
restrictions on the marketing or manufacturing of our product candidates, withdrawal of the product from the market, or product recalls;
fines, untitled and warning letters, or holds on clinical trials;
refusal by the FDA to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications we filed or suspension or revocation of license approvals;
product seizure or detention, or refusal to permit the import or export of our product candidates; and
injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties.
We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of government regulation that may arise from future legislation or administrative action, either in the United States or abroad. If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may lose any marketing approval that we may have obtained, and we may not achieve or sustain profitability.
Even if our current and future product candidates receive marketing approval, they may fail to achieve the degree of market acceptance by physicians, patients, third-party payors and others in the medical community necessary for commercial success.
If our current and future product candidates receive marketing approval, whether as a single agent or in combination with other therapies, they may nonetheless fail to gain sufficient market acceptance by physicians, patients, third-party payors, and others in the medical community. If our current and future product candidates do not achieve an adequate level of acceptance, we may not generate significant product revenues or receive significant milestone or royalty payments, and we may not become profitable.
Risks Related to Manufacturing, Commercialization and Reliance on Third Parties
We rely and expect to continue to rely on third parties to conduct our clinical trials. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties, comply with regulatory requirements or meet expected deadlines, we may not be able to obtain marketing approval for or commercialize our product candidates and our business could be substantially harmed.
We do not have the ability to independently conduct clinical trials. We rely and will rely on medical institutions, clinical investigators, contract laboratories, and other third parties, such as CROs, to conduct or otherwise support our ongoing clinical trials, including processing of human blood and tumor samples and analysis of biomarkers from the clinical trials. We rely and will rely heavily on these parties for execution of clinical trials for our current and future product candidates and we control only certain aspects of their activities. Nevertheless, we are responsible for ensuring that each of our clinical trials is conducted in accordance with the applicable protocol, legal and regulatory requirements and scientific standards, and our reliance on these third parties including CROs will not relieve us of our regulatory responsibilities. For any violations of laws and regulations during the conduct of our clinical trials, we could be subject to untitled and warning letters or enforcement action that may include civil penalties up to and including criminal prosecution.
We and our clinical investigators and CROs are required to comply with regulations and requirements, including GCP, for conducting, monitoring, recording and reporting the results of clinical trials to ensure that the data and results are scientifically credible and accurate, and that the trial patients are adequately informed of the potential risks of participating in clinical trials
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and their rights are protected. If we or our clinical investigators or CROs fail to comply with applicable GCP, the clinical data generated in our clinical trials may be deemed unreliable and the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may require us to perform additional clinical trials before approving our marketing applications. We cannot assure stockholders that, upon inspection, the FDA will determine that any of our future clinical trials will comply with GCP. In addition, our clinical trials must be conducted with product candidates produced under cGMP regulations. Our failure or the failure of our clinical investigators or CROs to comply with these regulations may require us to repeat clinical trials, which would delay the marketing approval process and could also subject us to enforcement action. We also are required to register certain ongoing clinical trials and provide certain information, including information relating to the trial’s protocol, on a government-sponsored database, ClinicalTrials.gov, within specific time frames. Failure to do so can result in fines, adverse publicity and civil and criminal sanctions.
Although we designed the clinical trials for vopratelimab and JTX-4014 and intend to design the clinical trials for future product candidates, clinical investigators or CROs will conduct all of the clinical trials. As a result, many important aspects of our development programs, including their conduct and timing, will be outside of our direct control. Our reliance on third parties to conduct future clinical trials will also result in less direct control over the management of data developed through clinical trials than would be the case if we were relying entirely upon our own staff. Communicating with outside parties can be challenging, potentially leading to mistakes as well as difficulties in coordinating activities. Outside parties may also face internal challenges that may materially adversely affect the willingness or ability of such parties to conduct our clinical trials and may subject us to unexpected cost increases that are beyond our control. If the clinical investigators or CROs do not perform clinical trials in a satisfactory manner, breach their obligations to us or fail to comply with regulatory requirements, the development, marketing approval and commercialization of our current and future product candidates may be delayed, or our development program may be materially and irreversibly harmed. If we are unable to rely on clinical data collected by our clinical investigators and CROs, we could be required to repeat, extend the duration of, or increase the size of any clinical trials we conduct, and this could significantly delay commercialization and require significantly greater expenditures.
If clinical investigators or CROs do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or obligations or meet expected deadlines, if they need to be replaced or if the quality or accuracy of the clinical data they obtain are compromised due to the failure to adhere to our clinical protocols, regulatory requirements or for other reasons, any clinical trials such clinical investigators or CROs are associated with may be extended, delayed or terminated. For example, in EMERGE, due to a site error, we enrolled additional patients to achieve the number of patients required for our statistical analysis. If our clinical trials are extended, delayed or terminated, we believe that our financial results and the commercial prospects for our current and future product candidates in the subject indication would be harmed, our costs could increase and our ability to generate revenue could be delayed.
Furthermore, if clinical investigators or CROs experience adverse impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, including staffing shortages, travel restrictions, prioritization of healthcare resources toward pandemic efforts, our clinical development efforts and plans for data disclosures may be delayed.
Because we rely on third-party manufacturing and supply partners, including a single supplier for some of our materials, our supply of research and development, preclinical and clinical development materials may become limited or interrupted or may not be of satisfactory quantity or quality.
We rely on third-party contract manufacturers to manufacture our preclinical and clinical trial product supplies. We do not own manufacturing facilities for producing such supplies. There can be no assurance that our preclinical and clinical development product supplies will not be limited, interrupted, or of satisfactory quality or continue to be available at acceptable prices. Our or a third party’s failure to execute on our manufacturing requirements, or to do so on commercially reasonable terms and comply with cGMP could adversely affect our business in a number of ways, including:
an inability to initiate or continue clinical trials of our current or future product candidates under development;
delay in submitting regulatory applications, or receiving marketing approvals, for our current or future product candidates;
loss of cooperation of an existing or future collaborator;
subjecting third-party manufacturing facilities or our manufacturing facilities to additional inspections by regulatory authorities; and
requirements to cease distribution or to recall batches of our current or future product candidates.
In the event that any of our manufacturers fails to comply with applicable regulatory requirements and facility and process validation tests or to perform its obligations to us in relation to quality, timing or otherwise, or if our supply of components or
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other materials becomes limited or interrupted for other reasons, we may be forced to manufacture the materials ourselves, for which we currently do not have the capabilities or resources, or enter into an agreement with another third party, which we may not be able to do on reasonable terms, if at all. In some cases, the technical skills or technology required to manufacture our future product candidates may be unique or proprietary to the original manufacturer, which would increase our reliance on such manufacturer or require us to obtain a license from such manufacturer in order to have another third party manufacture such future product candidates. In particular, any replacement of our manufacturer could require significant effort and expertise because there may be a limited number of qualified replacements. If we are required to change manufacturers for any reason, we will be required to verify that the new manufacturer maintains facilities and procedures that comply with quality standards and with all applicable regulations and guidelines, which could negatively affect our ability to develop product candidates in a timely manner or within budget.
Certain raw materials necessary for the manufacture of our product candidates under our current manufacturing process, such as growth media, resins and filters, are available from a single supplier. We do not have agreements in place that guarantee our supply or the price of these raw materials. Any significant delay in the acquisition or decrease in the availability of these raw materials could considerably delay the manufacture of our current and future product candidates, which could adversely impact the timing of any planned trials or the marketing approval of that product candidate.
If any of our third-party manufacturing and supply partners experience adverse impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, including staffing shortages, production slowdowns or disruptions in delivery systems, the development of diagnostics for our clinical trials or our supply chain may be disrupted. These impacts may limit our ability to conduct our clinical trials, continue our research and development operations, and manufacture our product candidates for our clinical trials.
We expect to continue to rely on third-party manufacturers if we receive marketing approval for any product candidate. If we are unable to obtain or maintain third-party manufacturing for our current and future product candidates, or to do so on commercially reasonable terms, we may not be able to develop and commercialize our current or future product candidates successfully. We do not yet have sufficient information to reliably estimate the cost of the commercial manufacture of any future product candidate.
In addition, in order to conduct clinical trials of our current and future product candidates, we will need to work with third-party manufacturers to manufacture them in large quantities. Our manufacturing partners or our third-party collaborators may be unable to successfully increase the manufacturing capacity of our current and future product candidates in a timely or cost-effective manner, or at all. In addition, quality issues may arise during scale-up activities. If our manufacturing partners or collaborators are unable to successfully scale up the manufacture of our current or future product candidates in sufficient quality and quantity, the development, testing, and clinical trials of that product candidate may be delayed or infeasible, and marketing approval or commercial launch of any resulting product may be delayed or not obtained, which could significantly harm our business.
We expect to develop our current and future product candidates in combination with other drugs. If we are unable to enter into a strategic collaboration for, or if we are unable to purchase on commercially reasonable terms, an approved or investigational cancer drug to use in combination with our product candidates, we may be unable to develop or obtain approval for our current and future product candidates in combination with other drugs.
We intend to develop our current and future product candidates in combination with one or more other cancer drugs. If the FDA or similar regulatory authorities outside of the United States revoke or do not grant approval of any drugs we use in combination with our current or future product candidates, we will not be able to market any products in combination with such drugs.
If safety or efficacy issues arise with any of these drugs, we could experience significant regulatory delays, and the FDA or similar regulatory authorities outside of the United States may require us to redesign or terminate the applicable clinical trials. If the drugs we use are replaced as the standard of care for the indications we choose for our current or future product candidates, the FDA or similar regulatory authorities outside of the United States may require us to conduct additional clinical trials. In addition, if manufacturing or other issues result in a shortage of supply of the drugs with which we determine to combine with our current or future product candidates, we may not be able to complete clinical development of vopratelimab, JTX-4014 or future product candidates on our current timeline or at all.
Even if our current or future product candidates were to receive marketing approval or be commercialized for use in combination with other existing drugs, we would continue to be subject to the risks that the FDA or similar regulatory authorities outside of the United States could revoke approval of such existing drugs or that safety, efficacy, manufacturing or supply issues could arise with such drugs.
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We may form or seek strategic collaborations to evaluate and, if approved, market vopratelimab and JTX-4014 in combination with another approved or investigational cancer drug. If we are unable to enter into a strategic collaboration on commercially reasonable terms or fail to realize the benefits of any such collaboration, we may be required to purchase an approved cancer drug to use in combination with vopratelimab and/or JTX-4014. The failure to enter into a successful collaboration or the expense of purchasing an approved cancer drug may delay our development timelines, increase our costs and jeopardize our ability to develop vopratelimab and JTX-4014.
We are subject to manufacturing risks that could substantially increase our costs and limit the supply of our products.
The process of manufacturing our current or future product candidates is complex, highly regulated and subject to several risks, including:
We do not have the capability internally to manufacture drug products or drug substances for clinical use. We use third-party manufacturers for manufacturing vopratelimab and JTX-4014 for our ongoing and anticipated clinical trials. Any changes in our manufacturing processes as a result of scaling-up may require additional approvals or may delay the development and marketing approval of our current and future product candidates and ultimately affect our success.
The manufacturing facilities in which our current and future product candidates are made could be adversely affected by equipment failures, contamination, vendor error, labor shortages, natural disasters, power failures and numerous other factors.
Any adverse developments affecting manufacturing operations for our current or future product candidates, if any are approved, may result in shipment delays, inventory shortages, lot failures, product withdrawals or recalls, or other interruptions in the supply of our products. We may also have to take inventory write-offs and incur other charges and expenses for products that fail to meet specifications, undertake costly remediation efforts or seek more costly manufacturing alternatives.
Biologics, such as vopratelimab and JTX-4014, that have been produced and are stored for later use may degrade, become contaminated, suffer other quality defects or may not be used within their shelf life, which may cause the affected product candidates to no longer be suitable for their intended use in clinical trials or other development activities. If the defective product candidates cannot be replaced in a timely fashion, we may incur significant delays in our development programs that could adversely affect the value of such product candidates.
We face significant competition and if our competitors develop and market products that are more effective, safer or less expensive than any of our current or future product candidates, our commercial opportunities will be negatively impacted.
The life sciences industry is highly competitive and subject to rapid and significant technological change. We are currently developing therapeutics that will compete with other products and therapies that currently exist or are being developed, such as approved immunotherapy antibodies, the anti-ICOS antibodies of Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline plc, or Kymab Group Ltd. or Xencor, Inc.’s anti-PD-1 and anti-ICOS bispecific antibody. Products we may develop in the future are also likely to face competition from other products and therapies, some of which we may not currently be aware. Technological advances or products developed by our competitors may render our technologies or product candidates obsolete, less competitive or not economical.
We have both domestic and international competitors, including major multinational pharmaceutical companies, established biotechnology companies, specialty pharmaceutical companies, universities and other research institutions and small and other early-stage companies. Many of our competitors have significantly greater financial, manufacturing, marketing, product development, technical and human resources than we do. Large pharmaceutical companies, in particular, have extensive experience in clinical testing, obtaining marketing approvals, establishing clinical trial sites, recruiting patients and in manufacturing pharmaceutical products and may succeed in discovering, developing and commercializing products in our field before we do. Currently, GlaxoSmithKline plc is conducting a Phase 3 trial of its anti-ICOS antibody and, given their resources, they will likely be able to develop their product candidate faster than we are able to develop vopratelimab. We also face competition in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and management personnel, as well as in acquiring technologies complementary to, or necessary for, our programs.
There are a large number of companies developing or marketing treatments for cancer, including many major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. These treatments consist both of small molecule drug products, as well as biologics, as approaches to address cancer. These treatments are often combined with one another in an attempt to maximize the response rate.
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Our commercial opportunity could be reduced or eliminated if our competitors develop and commercialize products that are safer, more effective, have fewer or less severe side effects, are more convenient, have a broader label, are marketed more effectively, are reimbursed or are less expensive than any products that we may develop. Our competitors also may obtain FDA, European Commission or other marketing approval for their products more rapidly than we may obtain approval for ours, which could result in our competitors establishing a strong market position before we are able to enter the market. Even if our current and future product candidates achieve marketing approval, they may be priced at a significant premium over competitive products, resulting in reduced competitiveness. In addition, if any of our current or future product candidates are approved by the FDA, the approval of a biosimilar product to one of our products could have a material impact on our business.
We will depend on Gilead to develop, manufacture and commercialize JTX-1811 and may depend on additional third parties for the development and commercialization of our other product candidate programs. If these programs are not successful, we may not receive significant payments from such third parties or we may not be able to capitalize on the market potential of these product candidates.
In August 2020, we entered into a License Agreement, or the Gilead License Agreement, with Gilead pursuant to which we granted Gilead an exclusive, worldwide license to develop, manufacture and commercialize JTX-1811 at the closing. The Gilead License Agreement provides for potential payments to us from Gilead upon the achievement of specified development, regulatory and sales milestones, and potential royalty-based revenue if JTX-1811 is successfully commercialized. As a result of this license, we will not control the nature, timing or cost of bringing JTX-1811 to market. We cannot provide any assurance with respect to the success of the license, and we may never receive any milestone or royalty payments pursuant to the Gilead License Agreement.
We may form or seek other strategic alliances, joint ventures, or collaborations, or enter into additional licensing arrangements with third parties that we believe will complement or augment our development and commercialization efforts with respect to our current and future product candidates that we may develop.
Collaborations and other strategic transactions, including licensing arrangements, involving our product candidates pose the following risks to us:
Collaborators, including licensors, have significant discretion in determining the efforts and resources that they will apply to these collaborations. For example, after the clearance of an Investigational New Drug application for JTX-1811 by the FDA or an earlier date specified by Gilead, development and commercialization plans and strategies for JTX-1811 will be conducted by Gilead.
Collaborators may not pursue development and commercialization of any of our current or future product candidates or may elect not to continue or renew development or commercialization programs based on clinical trial results, changes in their strategic focus due to the acquisition of competitive products, availability of funding or other external factors such as a business combination that diverts resources or creates competing priorities.
Collaborators may delay clinical trials, provide insufficient funding for a clinical trial program, stop a clinical trial, abandon a product candidate, repeat or conduct new clinical trials or require a new formulation of a product candidate for clinical testing.
Collaborators could independently develop, or develop with third parties, products that compete directly or indirectly with our products or product candidates.
A collaborator with marketing and distribution rights to one or more products may not commit sufficient resources to their marketing and distribution.
Collaborators may in-license, own or co-own intellectual property covering our products that results from our collaborating with them, and in such cases, we would not have the exclusive right to develop, commercialize, enforce, maintain or defend such intellectual property. For example, Gilead has the first right to enforce, maintain or defend our intellectual property rights for JTX-1811 under the Gilead License Agreement.
Collaborators may not properly enforce, maintain or defend our intellectual property rights or may use our proprietary information in a way that gives rise to actual or threatened litigation that could jeopardize or invalidate our intellectual property or proprietary information or expose us to potential litigation, or other intellectual property proceedings.
Disputes may arise between a collaborator and us that cause the delay or termination of the research, development or commercialization of our current and future product candidates, or that result in costly litigation or arbitration that diverts management attention and resources.
Collaborations may be terminated and, if terminated, may result in a need for additional capital to pursue further development or commercialization of the applicable product candidates.
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Collaboration agreements may not lead to development or commercialization of product candidates in the most efficient manner or at all.
Collaboration or licensing agreements may restrict our right to independently pursue new product candidates.
As a result, if we enter into additional collaboration agreements and strategic partnerships or license our intellectual property, products or businesses, we may not be able to realize the benefit of, or generate revenues from, such arrangements.
If we establish one or more licenses or collaborations, all of the risks relating to product development, regulatory approval and commercialization described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q would also apply to the activities of any such future licensees or collaborators.
We may seek to establish additional collaborations, and, if we are not able to establish them on commercially reasonable terms, we may have to alter our development and commercialization plans.
Our drug development programs and the potential commercialization of our product candidates will require substantial additional resources. For some of our product candidates, we may decide to collaborate with additional pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for the development and potential commercialization of those product candidates. Any of these relationships may require us to incur non-recurring and other charges, increase our near and long-term expenditures, issue securities that dilute our existing stockholders, or disrupt our management and business.
We face significant competition in seeking appropriate strategic partners and the negotiation process is time consuming and complex. Whether we reach a definitive agreement for other collaborations will depend, among other things, upon our assessment of the collaborator’s resources and expertise, the terms and conditions of the proposed collaboration and the proposed collaborator’s evaluation of our business. We may not be successful in our efforts to establish a strategic partnership or other alternative arrangements for future product candidates because they may be deemed to be at too early of a stage of development for collaborative effort and third parties may not view them as having the requisite potential to demonstrate safety and efficacy. In addition, there have been a significant number of recent business combinations among large pharmaceutical companies that have resulted in a reduced number of potential future collaborators.
We may also be restricted under existing agreements from entering into future agreements on certain terms with potential collaborators. For example, under the Gilead License Agreement, we have granted worldwide exclusive rights to Gilead for any antibody or other agent that is specifically directed to CCR8, and this exclusivity would limit our ability to enter into future strategic collaborations with other partners.
We may not be able to negotiate collaborations on a timely basis, on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to do so, we may have to curtail the development of the product candidate for which we are seeking to collaborate, reduce or delay its development program, delay or reduce the scope of potential commercialization activities, or increase our expenditures and undertake development or commercialization activities at our own expense. If we elect to increase our expenditures to fund development or commercialization activities on our own, we may need to obtain additional capital, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.
The market opportunities for our current and future products, if and when approved, may be limited to those patients who are ineligible for established therapies or for whom prior therapies have failed, and may be small.
Cancer therapies are sometimes characterized as first-line, second-line, or third-line, and the FDA often approves new therapies initially only for third-line use. When cancer is detected early enough, first-line therapy, usually chemotherapy, hormone therapy, surgery, radiation therapy, and, increasingly, immunotherapies or a combination of these, is sometimes adequate to cure the cancer or prolong life without a cure. Second and third-line therapies are administered to patients when prior therapy is not effective. We expect to initially seek approval of our current and future product candidates as a therapy for patients who have received one or more prior treatments. Subsequently, for those products that prove to be sufficiently beneficial, if any, we would expect to seek approval potentially as a first-line therapy, but there is no guarantee that any of our product candidates, even if approved, would be approved for first-line therapy, and, prior to any such approvals, we may have to conduct additional clinical trials.
Our projections of both the number of people who have the cancers we are targeting, as well as the subset of people with these cancers who have received one or more prior treatments, and who have the potential to benefit from treatment with our current and future product candidates, are based on our beliefs and estimates. These estimates have been derived from a variety of sources, including scientific literature, surveys of clinics, patient foundations, and market research, and may prove to be incorrect. Further, new studies may change the estimated incidence or prevalence of these cancers. The number of patients may turn out to be lower than expected. Additionally, the potentially addressable patient population for our current and future product candidates may be limited or may not be amenable to treatment with any of our products, if and when approved. Even
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if we obtain significant market share for any of our products, if and when approved, because the potential target populations may be small, we may never achieve profitability without obtaining marketing approval for additional indications, including to be used as first- or second-line therapy.
We may develop companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics for our current and future product candidates. If we are unable to successfully develop such companion diagnostics or complementary diagnostics, or experience significant delays in doing so, we may not realize the full commercial potential of our current or future product candidates.
Because we are focused on patient selection and enrichment strategies, in which predictive biomarkers may be used to identify the right patients for our product candidates, we believe that our success may depend, in part, on our ability to develop companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics, which are assays or tests to identify an appropriate patient population for our product candidates. There has been limited success to date industry-wide in developing these types of companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics. To be successful, we need to address a number of scientific, technical and logistical challenges. We have not yet initiated development of companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics, and the process of obtaining or creating such a diagnostic is time consuming and costly. We have little experience in the development of diagnostics and may not be successful in developing appropriate diagnostics to pair with any of our product candidates that receive marketing approval. Companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics are subject to regulation by the FDA and similar regulatory authorities outside the United States as medical devices and require separate regulatory approval or clearance prior to commercialization. Given our limited experience in developing diagnostics, we expect to rely in part or in whole on third parties for their design and manufacture. If we are unable to engage a third party to assist us, or if we, or any third parties that we engage, are unable to successfully develop companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics for our current and future product candidates, or experience delays in doing so:
the development of our current and future product candidates may be adversely affected if we are unable to appropriately select patients for enrollment in our clinical trials;
our current and future product candidates may not receive marketing approval if safe and effective use of a product candidate depends on companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics and such a diagnostic is not commercially available or otherwise approved or cleared by the appropriate regulatory authority; and
we may not realize the full commercial potential of our current and future product candidates that receive marketing approval if, among other reasons, we are unable to appropriately identify, or it takes us longer to identify, patients who are likely to benefit from therapy with our products, if approved.
If any of these events were to occur, our business would be harmed, possibly materially.
If product liability lawsuits are brought against us, we may incur substantial liabilities.
We face an inherent risk of product liability as a result of the clinical testing of our current and future product candidates. For example, we may be sued if our product candidates cause or are perceived to cause injury or are found to be otherwise unsuitable during clinical testing, manufacturing, marketing or sale. Any such product liability claims may include allegations of defects in manufacturing, defects in design, a failure to warn of dangers inherent in the product, negligence, strict liability or a breach of warranties. Claims could also be asserted under state consumer protection acts. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against product liability claims, we may incur substantial liabilities. Even successful defense would require significant financial and management resources. Regardless of the merits or eventual outcome, liability claims may result in:
decreased demand for our product candidates;
injury to our reputation;
withdrawal of clinical trial participants;
initiation of investigations by regulators;
costs to defend the related litigation;
a diversion of management’s time and our resources;
substantial monetary awards to trial participants or patients;
product recalls, withdrawals or labeling, marketing or promotional restrictions;
loss of revenue;
exhaustion of any available insurance and our capital resources;
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the inability to commercialize any product candidate; and
a decline in our share price.
Insurance coverage is increasingly expensive. We may not be able to maintain insurance at a reasonable cost or in an amount adequate to satisfy any liability that may arise, if at all. Our insurance policy contains various exclusions, and we may be subject to a product liability claim for which we have no coverage. We may have to pay any amounts awarded by a court or negotiated in a settlement that exceed our coverage limitations or that are not covered by our insurance, and we may not have, or be able to obtain, sufficient capital to pay such amounts. Even if our agreements with any future corporate collaborators entitle us to indemnification against losses, such indemnification may not be available or adequate should any claim arise.
Adverse events in the field of immuno-oncology could damage public perception of our product candidates and negatively affect our business.
The commercial success of our products will depend in part on public acceptance of the use of cancer immunotherapies. Adverse events in clinical trials of any of our current or future product candidates or other similar products and the resulting publicity, as well as any other adverse events in the field of immuno-oncology that may occur, including in connection with competitor therapies such as approved immunotherapy antibodies, the clinical-stage anti-ICOS antibodies of Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline plc or Kymab Group Ltd. or Xencor, Inc.’s anti-PD-1 and anti-ICOS bispecific antibody, could result in a decrease in demand for vopratelimab, JTX-4014 or other products that we may develop. If public perception is influenced by claims that the use of cancer immunotherapies is unsafe, whether related to our or our competitors’ therapies, our products may not be accepted by the general public or the medical community.
Future adverse events in immuno-oncology or the biopharmaceutical industry could also result in greater governmental regulation, stricter labeling requirements and potential regulatory delays in the testing or approvals of our products. Any increased scrutiny could delay or increase the costs of obtaining marketing approval for our current and future product candidates.
Healthcare legislative reform measures may have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
In the United States, there have been and continue to be a number of legislative initiatives to contain healthcare costs. For example, in March 2010, the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, was passed, which substantially changes the way health care is financed by both governmental and private insurers, and significantly impacts the U.S. pharmaceutical industry.
We expect that additional state and federal healthcare reform measures will be adopted in the future, any of which could limit the amounts that federal and state governments will pay for healthcare products and services, which could result in reduced demand for our product candidates, companion diagnostics or complementary diagnostics, or additional pricing pressures.
For example, with enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, or the Tax Act, which was signed by the President on December 22, 2017, Congress repealed the “individual mandate.” The repeal of this provision, which requires most Americans to carry a minimal level of health insurance, became effective in 2019. In a May 2018 report, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that, the number of uninsured will increase by 6 million in 2028 as compared to 2018, in part due to the elimination of the individual mandate, and that premiums in insurance markets may rise. Further, each chamber of the Congress has put forth multiple bills designed to repeal or repeal and replace portions of the ACA. Although none of these measures has been enacted by Congress to date, Congress may consider other legislation to repeal and replace elements of the ACA.
Further, on December 14, 2018, a U.S. District Court judge in the Northern District of Texas ruled that the individual mandate portion of the ACA is an essential and inseverable feature of the ACA, and therefore because the mandate was repealed as part of the Tax Act, the remaining provisions of the ACA are invalid as well. The Trump administration and CMS have both stated that the ruling will have no immediate effect, and on December 30, 2018 the same judge issued an order staying the judgment pending appeal. The Trump administration has represented to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit considering this judgment that it does not oppose the lower court’s ruling. To that end, on May 1, 2019, the Justice Department filed a brief asking the Court to strike down the entirety of the ACA. Thereafter, on July 10, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in this case. In those arguments, the Trump administration argued in support of upholding the lower court decision. On December 18, 2019, that court affirmed the lower court’s ruling that the individual mandate portion of the ACA is unconstitutional, and it remanded the case to the district court for reconsideration of the severability question and additional analysis of the provisions of the ACA. On January 21, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review this decision on an expedited basis. Litigation and legislation over the ACA are likely to continue, with unpredictable and uncertain results.
The current administration has also taken executive actions to undermine or delay implementation of the ACA. In January 2017, the President signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies with authorities and responsibilities under the ACA to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of any provision of the ACA that would impose a fiscal or
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regulatory burden on states, individuals, healthcare providers, health insurers, or manufacturers of pharmaceuticals or medical devices. In October 2017, the President signed a second Executive Order allowing for the use of association health plans and short-term health insurance, which may provide fewer health benefits than the plans sold through the ACA exchanges. At the same time, the Administration announced that it will discontinue the payment of cost-sharing reduction, or CSR, payments to insurance companies until Congress approves the appropriation of funds for such CSR payments. The loss of the CSR payments is expected to increase premiums on certain policies issued by qualified health plans under the ACA.
Our future relationships with customers and third-party payors in the United States and elsewhere may be subject, directly or indirectly, to applicable anti-kickback, fraud and abuse, false claims, transparency, health information privacy and security and other healthcare laws and regulations, which could expose us to criminal sanctions, civil penalties, contractual damages, reputational harm, administrative burdens and diminished profits and future earnings.
Our future arrangements with third-party payors and customers may expose us to broadly applicable fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations. In addition, we may be subject to transparency laws and patient privacy regulation by the U.S. federal and state governments and by governments in foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct our business. The applicable federal, state and foreign healthcare laws and regulations that may affect our ability to operate include the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, or HITECH, the federal legislation commonly referred to as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, and analogous state and foreign laws and regulations, any of which may constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we sell, market and distribute any products for which we obtain marketing approval.
Because of the breadth of these laws and the narrowness of the statutory exceptions and regulatory safe harbors available under such laws, it is possible that some of our business activities could be subject to challenge under one or more of such laws. The scope and enforcement of each of these laws is also uncertain and any investigation or settlement could be time- and resource-consuming, divert management’s attention, increase our costs or otherwise have an adverse effect on our business.
If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other government regulations that apply to us, we may be subject to various significant penalties, any of which could harm our ability to operate our business and our financial results. In addition, the approval and commercialization of our product candidates outside the United States will also likely subject us to foreign equivalents of the healthcare laws mentioned above, among other foreign laws.
Risks Related to our Financial Position and Need for Additional Capital
We have accumulated significant losses since our inception and anticipate that we will continue to incur substantial net losses in the foreseeable future.
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a limited operating history, and we are in the early stages of our development efforts. Investment in biopharmaceutical product development is highly speculative because it entails substantial upfront capital expenditures and significant risk that any potential product candidate will fail to demonstrate adequate effect or an acceptable safety profile, gain marketing approval and become commercially viable. We have financed our operations primarily through the sale of equity securities and through our license and collaboration arrangements with Celgene and Gilead. Since our inception, most of our resources have been dedicated to the preclinical and clinical development of our product candidates and discovery programs. We have no products approved for commercial sale and have not generated any revenue from product sales to date, and we continue to incur significant research and development and other expenses related to our ongoing operations.
While we recognized net income of $56.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 as a result of revenue recognized under our agreements with Celgene, we incurred a net loss of $79.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, we had an accumulated deficit of $186.5 million. We expect to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future, and we expect these losses to increase as we continue our research and development of, and seek marketing approvals for, our current and future product candidates.
Even if we succeed in receiving marketing approval for and commercialize our product candidates, we will continue to incur substantial research and development and other expenditures to develop and market additional potential products. We may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other unknown factors that may adversely affect our business. The size of our future net losses will depend, in part, on the rate of future growth of our expenses and our ability to generate revenue. Our prior losses and expected future losses have had and will continue to have an adverse effect on our stockholders’ equity and working capital.
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We have never generated any revenue from product sales and our ability to generate revenue from product sales and become profitable depends on our success on a number of factors.
We have no products approved for commercial sale, have not generated any revenue from product sales, and do not anticipate generating any revenue from product sales until some time after we have received marketing approval for the commercial sale of a product candidate, if ever. Our ability to generate revenue and achieve profitability depends significantly on our success in many factors, including:
completing clinical development of vopratelimab and JTX-4014;
completing preclinical development of JTX-8064 and JTX-1811 and clinical development of JTX-8064;
completing research, discovery, preclinical and clinical development of future product candidates;
obtaining marketing approvals for our current and future product candidates for which we complete clinical trials;
developing a sustainable and scalable manufacturing process for our product candidates, including establishing and maintaining commercially viable supply and manufacturing relationships with third parties;
launching and commercializing our product candidates for which we obtain marketing approvals, either directly or with a collaborator or distributor;
obtaining market acceptance of our current and future product candidates as viable treatment options;
addressing any competing technological and market developments;
identifying, assessing, acquiring and developing new product candidates;
negotiating favorable terms in any collaboration, licensing, or other arrangements into which we may enter;
obtaining, maintaining, protecting, and expanding our portfolio of intellectual property rights, including patents, trade secrets and know-how; and
attracting, hiring and retaining qualified personnel.
Even if our product candidates or other future product candidates that we develop are approved for commercial sale, we anticipate incurring significant costs associated with commercializing any approved product candidate. These costs may fluctuate or exceed our expectations and our revenues will depend on many factors that we cannot control or estimate. If we are not able to generate revenue from the sale of any approved products, we may never become profitable.
We will require substantial additional financing to achieve our goals, and a failure to obtain this necessary capital when needed could force us to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development or commercialization efforts.
Our operations have consumed substantial amounts of cash since inception. As of September 30, 2020, our cash, cash equivalents and investments were $105.3 million. We expect to continue to spend substantial amounts to continue the clinical development of vopratelimab and JTX-4014 and preclinical and clinical development of JTX-8064 and future product candidates. If we are able to gain marketing approval for any of our product candidates, we will require significant additional amounts of cash in order to launch and commercialize those product candidates to the extent that such launch and commercialization are not the responsibility of a collaborator or a licensee. In addition, other unanticipated costs may arise. Because the design and outcome of our planned and anticipated clinical trials are highly uncertain, we cannot reasonably estimate the actual amounts necessary to successfully complete the development and commercialization of our current and future product candidates. Our future capital requirements depend on many factors, including:
the scope, progress, results and costs of researching and developing our product candidates, and conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, including the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the timing and progress of our ongoing and planned clinical trials;
the timing of, and the costs involved in, obtaining marketing approvals for our product candidates if clinical trials are successful;
the cost of commercialization activities for our product candidates, that are approved for sale, including marketing, sales and distribution costs;
the cost of manufacturing our product candidates for clinical trials in preparation for marketing approval and in preparation for commercialization;
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our ability to establish and maintain strategic licensing or other arrangements and the financial terms of such agreements;
the costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, expanding, defending and enforcing patent claims, including litigation costs and the outcome of such litigation;
the timing, receipt, and amount of sales of, or royalties on, our future products, if any;
the emergence of competing cancer therapies and other adverse market developments; and
the requirement for and cost of developing companion diagnostics and/or complementary diagnostics.
Until we can generate sufficient product and royalty revenue to finance our cash requirements, which we may never do, we expect to finance our future cash needs through a combination of public or private equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances, licensing arrangements and other marketing or distribution arrangements. Based on our research and development plans, we expect that our existing cash, cash equivalents and investments of $105.3 million as of September 30, 2020, combined with the $85.0 million upfront payment and the $35.0 million of proceeds from the sale of our common stock to Gilead in October 2020, will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into 2023.
If we are unable to obtain adequate financing on favorable terms when needed, we may have to delay, reduce the scope of or suspend one or more of our clinical trials or research and development programs or our commercialization efforts. Further, our ability to raise additional capital may be adversely impacted by potential worsening global economic conditions and disruptions to and volatility in the credit and financial markets in the United States and worldwide resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights to our technologies or our current and future product candidates.
Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product revenues, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of private and public equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of common stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, stockholders’ ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect our stockholders’ rights. Debt financing, if available, would increase our fixed payment obligations and may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends.
If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings when needed, and instead raise additional capital through marketing and distribution agreements or other collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish certain valuable rights to our current and future product candidates, technologies, future revenue streams or discovery programs or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.
Risks Related to Intellectual Property
If we are unable to obtain, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights for our product candidates or if our intellectual property rights are inadequate, our competitive position could be harmed.
Our commercial success will depend in part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent and other intellectual property protection in the United States and other countries with respect to our product candidates. We rely on trade secret, patent, copyright and trademark laws, and confidentiality, licensing and other agreements with employees and third parties, all of which offer only limited protection. We currently, or will in the future, seek to protect our proprietary position by filing and prosecuting patent applications in the United States and abroad related to our current and future product candidates, and any future novel technologies that are important to our business.
The steps we, our licensees or our licensors have taken to protect our proprietary rights may not be adequate to preclude misappropriation of our proprietary information or infringement of our intellectual property rights, both inside and outside of the United States.
If we, our licensees or our licensors are unable to obtain and maintain patent protection for our current and future product candidates, or if the scope of the patent protection obtained is not sufficient, our competitors could develop and commercialize products similar or superior to ours, and our ability to successfully commercialize our current and future product candidates and future technologies may be adversely affected.
Our pending applications cannot be enforced against third parties unless and until a patent issues from such applications and, even after issuance, such patents may be challenged in the courts or patent offices in the United States and abroad. We are
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currently involved in an opposition proceeding in the European Patent Office, and this proceeding may be ongoing for a number of years and may divert employee resources from our business. Additionally, this and other such proceedings may result in the loss of patent protection, the narrowing of claims in such patents or the invalidity or unenforceability of such patents, which could limit our ability to stop others from using or commercializing similar or identical products or limit the duration of the patent protection for our current and future product candidates.
Furthermore, we cannot predict whether any of our future patent applications will result in the issuance of patents that effectively protect our current and future product candidates, or if any of our issued patents or if any of our licensor’s issued patents will effectively prevent others from commercializing competitive products. In some cases, it may be difficult or impossible to detect third-party infringement or misappropriation of our intellectual property rights, even in relation to issued patent claims, and proving any such infringement may be even more difficult. If we are unable to obtain, maintain, and protect our intellectual property our competitive advantage could be harmed, and it could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and the results of operations and prospects.
Patent terms may be inadequate to protect our competitive position on our products for an adequate amount of time, and our current and future product candidates for which we intend to seek approval as biologic products may face competition sooner than anticipated.
Given the amount of time required for the development, testing and regulatory review of new product candidates, patents protecting such candidates might expire before or shortly after such candidates are commercialized. We expect to seek patent term extensions of patent terms in the United States for our issued patents, licensed patents and any patents we own in the future and, if available, in other countries where that may be available when we are prosecuting patents. In the United States, the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 permits a patent term extension of up to five years beyond the normal expiration of the patent, which is limited to the approved indication. However, the applicable authorities, including the FDA and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, in the United States, and any equivalent regulatory authority in other countries, may not agree with our assessment of whether such extensions are available, and may refuse to grant extensions to our patents, or may grant more limited extensions than we request. We may not be granted an extension because of, for example, failure to exercise due diligence during the testing phase or regulatory review process, failure to apply within applicable deadlines, failure to apply prior to expiration of relevant patents or otherwise failing to satisfy applicable requirements. If we are unable to obtain patent term extension or the term of any such extension is less than we request, our competitors may be able to take advantage of our investment in development and clinical trials by referencing our clinical and preclinical data and launch their product earlier than might otherwise be the case, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operation and prospects.
The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, or BPCIA, established legal authority for the FDA to review and approve biosimilar biologics, including the possible designation of a biosimilar as “interchangeable” based on its similarity to an existing brand product. Under the BPCIA, an application for a biosimilar product cannot be approved by the FDA until 12 years after the original branded product was approved under a BLA. The law is complex and is still being interpreted and implemented by the FDA. As a result, its ultimate impact, implementation, and meaning are subject to uncertainty. While it is uncertain when such processes intended to implement BPCIA may be fully adopted by the FDA, any such processes could have a material adverse effect on the future commercial prospects for our biological products.
We intend to seek market exclusivity for our biological product candidates that is subject to its own BLA for 12 years in the United States, 10 years in Europe and other durations in other markets. However, the term of the patents that cover such product candidates may not extend beyond the applicable market exclusivity awarded by a particular country. For example, in the United States, if all of the patents that cover our particular biologic product expire before the 12-year market exclusivity expires, a third party could submit a marketing application for a biosimilar product four years after approval of our biologic product, and the FDA could immediately review the application and approve the biosimilar product for marketing 12 years after approval of our biologic. Alternatively, a third party could submit a BLA for a similar or identical product any time after approval of our biologic product, and the FDA could immediately review and approve the similar or identical product for marketing and the third party could begin marketing the similar or identical product upon expiry of all of the patents that cover our particular biologic product.
Additionally, there is a risk that this exclusivity could be shortened due to congressional action, potentially creating the opportunity for biosimilar competition sooner than anticipated. The extent to which a biosimilar, once approved, will be substituted for any one of our reference products in a way that is similar to traditional generic substitution for non-biological products is not yet clear, and will depend on a number of marketplace and regulatory factors that are still developing.
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If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our proprietary information and know-how, the value of our technology and products could be adversely affected.
In addition to seeking patent protection, we also rely on other proprietary rights, including protection of trade secrets, know-how and confidential and proprietary information. To maintain the confidentiality of our trade secrets and proprietary information, we enter into confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, collaborators and other third parties who have access to our trade secrets. These agreements require that all confidential information developed by the individual or made known to the individual by us during the course of the individual’s relationship with us be kept confidential and not disclosed to third parties. Our agreements with employees also provide that any inventions conceived by the individual in the course of rendering services to us shall be our exclusive property. However, we may not obtain these agreements in all circumstances, and individuals with whom we have these agreements may not comply with their terms. The assignment of intellectual property rights may not be self-executing, or the assignment agreements may be breached, and we may be forced to bring claims against third parties, or defend claims that they may bring against us, to determine the ownership of what we regard as our intellectual property. In addition, in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of our trade secrets or proprietary information, these agreements, even if obtained, may not provide meaningful protection, particularly for our trade secrets or other confidential information.
Adequate remedies may not exist in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of our confidential information. Enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated a trade secret is difficult, expensive, and time consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, some courts are less willing or unwilling to protect trade secrets. The disclosure of our trade secrets or the independent development of our trade secrets by a competitor or other third party would impair our competitive position and may materially harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Third parties may initiate legal proceedings alleging that we are infringing their intellectual property rights, the outcome of which would be uncertain and could harm our business.
Our commercial success depends on our ability and the ability of our current or future licensees or collaborators to develop, manufacture, market and sell our product candidates, and to use our related proprietary technologies without infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the intellectual property and proprietary rights of third parties. The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are characterized by extensive litigation regarding patents and other intellectual property rights. We may become party to, or threatened with, adversarial proceedings or litigation regarding intellectual property rights with respect to our current and future product candidates. For example, we are aware of third-party patents that may be construed to cover the targets of vopratelimab, JTX-4014, JTX-8064 or JTX-1811. If we are found to infringe a third-party’s intellectual property rights, and we are unsuccessful in demonstrating that such intellectual property rights are invalid or unenforceable, we could be required to obtain a license from such third party to continue developing, manufacturing and commercializing our product candidates. However, we may not be able to obtain any required license on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Even if we were able to obtain a license, it could be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors and other third parties access to the same technologies licensed to us, and it could require us to make substantial licensing and royalty payments. We also could be forced, including by court order, to cease developing, manufacturing, and commercializing our product candidates. In addition, in any such proceeding or litigation, we could be found liable for significant monetary damages, including treble damages and attorneys’ fees, if we are found to have willfully infringed a patent or other intellectual property right. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Furthermore, we are testing vopratelimab and JTX-4014 and expect to test our future product candidates with other products that are covered by patents held by other companies or institutions. In the event that a labeling instruction is required in product packaging recommending that combination, we could be accused of, or held liable for, infringement of the third-party patents covering the product candidate or product recommended for administration with our product candidates. In such a case, we could be required to obtain a license from the other company or institution to use the required or desired package labeling, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.
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If we breach any of our license agreements or collaboration agreements, it could have a material adverse effect on our commercialization efforts for our product candidates.
Our commercial success depends on our ability, and at times, the ability of our licensors and current or future licensees and collaborators to develop, manufacture, market, and sell our product candidates, and use our licensors’ proprietary technologies without infringing the property rights of third parties. For example, we have entered into an exclusive license agreement with Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Memorial Hospital for Cancer and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center related to certain uses of our vopratelimab, and we may enter into additional licenses in the future. These and other licenses may not provide exclusive rights to use such intellectual property and technology in all relevant fields of use and in all territories in which we may wish to develop or commercialize our products in the future. As a result, we may not be able to prevent competitors from developing and commercializing competitive products in territories included in all our licenses.
In addition, we may not have the right to control the preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance, enforcement and defense of patents and patent applications covering the technology that we license to or from third parties. For example, under the Gilead License Agreement, Gilead has the first right to enforce, maintain or defend our intellectual property rights with respect to JTX-1811. In such cases, we cannot be certain that these patents and patent applications will be prepared, filed, prosecuted, maintained, enforced, and defended in a manner consistent with the best interests of our business. If Gilead or any other of our licensors or licensees fail to prosecute, maintain, enforce and defend such patents, or lose rights to those patents or patent applications, the rights we have licensed may be reduced or eliminated and our right to develop and commercialize our product candidates that are the subject of such licensed rights could be adversely affected. Furthermore, our owned and in-licensed patents may be subject to a reservation of rights by one or more third parties.
Certain of our license agreements also require us to meet development thresholds to maintain the license, including establishing a set timeline for developing and commercializing products. If we fail to comply with the obligations under our license agreements, including payment and diligence terms, our licensors may have the right to terminate our agreements. Such an occurrence could materially adversely affect the value of the product candidate being developed under any such agreement. Termination of our license agreements or reduction or elimination of our rights under them may result in our having to negotiate a new or reinstated agreement, which may not be available to us on equally favorable terms, or at all.
If disputes over intellectual property that we have licensed prevent or impair our ability to maintain our current licensing arrangements on commercially acceptable terms, we may be unable to successfully develop and commercialize the affected product candidates, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions, results of operations and prospects.
Further, the resolution of any contract interpretation disagreement that may arise could narrow what we believe to be the scope of our rights to the relevant intellectual property or technology, or increase what we believe to be our financial or other obligations under the relevant agreement, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We may not be successful in obtaining necessary rights to our product candidates we may develop or obtain through acquisitions and in-licenses.
We currently have rights to intellectual property, through licenses from third parties, for certain uses of vopratelimab. Because our current and future product candidates may require the use of proprietary rights held by third parties, the growth of our business likely will depend, in part, on our ability to acquire, in-license or use these proprietary rights. We may be unable to acquire or in-license any compositions, methods of use, processes or other intellectual property rights from third parties that we identify as necessary for our current and future product candidates. The licensing or acquisition of third-party intellectual property rights is a competitive area, and several more established companies may pursue strategies to license or acquire third-party intellectual property rights that we may consider attractive. These established companies may have a competitive advantage over us due to their size, capital resources and greater clinical development and commercialization capabilities.
If we are unable to successfully obtain required third-party intellectual property rights or maintain the existing intellectual property rights we have, we may have to abandon or alter our plans for the development or commercialization of the relevant program or product candidate, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
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We may not be able to protect our intellectual property and proprietary rights throughout the world.
Filing, prosecuting and defending patents on our current and future product candidates throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive, and intellectual property rights in some countries outside the United States can be less extensive than those in the United States.
Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending intellectual property rights in certain foreign jurisdictions. Any efforts to enforce our intellectual property and proprietary rights around the world may be inadequate to obtain a significant commercial advantage from the intellectual property we develop or license.
Moreover, many countries have compulsory licensing laws under which a patent owner may be compelled to grant licenses to third parties. If we or any of our licensors are forced to grant a license to third parties with respect to any patents relevant to our business, our competitive position may be impaired, and our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.
Generic or biosimilar product manufacturers may develop, seek approval for, and launch biosimilar versions or generic versions, respectively, of our products. The FDA has published draft guidance documents on biosimilar product development. For the FDA to approve a biosimilar product as interchangeable with a reference product, the agency must find that the biosimilar product can be expected to produce the same clinical results as the reference product and, for products administered multiple times, the biosimilar and the reference biologic may be switched after one has been previously administered without increasing safety risks or risks of diminished efficacy relative to exclusive use of the reference biologic. If any of our current or future product candidates are approved by the FDA, the approval of a biosimilar product to one of our products could have a material impact on our business. In particular, a biosimilar product could be significantly less costly to bring to market and priced significantly lower than our products, if approved by the FDA.
Obtaining and maintaining patent protection depends on compliance with various procedural, document submission, fee payment and other requirements imposed by governmental patent agencies, and our patent protection could be reduced or eliminated for non-compliance with these requirements.
The USPTO and various foreign governmental patent agencies require compliance with a number of procedural, documentary, fee payments and other similar provisions during the patent application process and to maintain patents after they are issued. In certain circumstances, we rely on our licensing partners to take the necessary action to comply with these requirements with respect to our licensed intellectual property. While an unintentional lapse can be cured by payment of a late fee or by other means in accordance with the applicable rules, there are situations in which noncompliance can result in abandonment or lapse of the patent or patent application, resulting in partial or complete loss of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction. If we fail to obtain and maintain the patents and patent applications covering our products or procedures, we may not be able to stop a competitor from marketing products that are the same as or similar to our current and future product candidates, which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
Changes to the patent law in the United States and other jurisdictions could diminish the value of patents in general, thereby impairing our ability to protect our product candidates.
As is the case with other biopharmaceutical companies, our success is heavily dependent on intellectual property, particularly patents. Obtaining and enforcing patents in the biopharmaceutical industry involves both technological and legal complexity and is therefore costly, time consuming and inherently uncertain. Changes in either the patent laws or interpretation of the patent laws in the United States could increase the uncertainties and costs.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on several patent cases in recent years, either narrowing the scope of patent protection available in certain circumstances or weakening the rights of patent owners in certain situations. Depending on future actions by the U.S. Congress, the U.S. courts, the USPTO and the relevant law-making bodies in other countries, the laws and regulations governing patents could change in unpredictable ways that would weaken our ability to obtain new patents or to enforce our existing patents and patents that we might obtain in the future. Changes in patent law could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of our issued patents, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
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We may become involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce our intellectual property, which could be expensive, time-consuming and unsuccessful and have a material adverse effect on the success of our business.
Competitors may infringe our licensed patents or any patent we own in the future or misappropriate or otherwise violate our intellectual property rights. We may also be required to defend against claims of infringement and our licensed patents and any patents we own in the future may become involved in priority or other intellectual property related disputes. To counter infringement or unauthorized use, litigation may be necessary to enforce or defend our intellectual property rights or to determine the validity and scope of our own intellectual property rights or the proprietary rights of others. Also, third parties may initiate legal proceedings against us or our licensors to assert that we are infringing their intellectual property rights or to challenge the validity or scope of our owned or licensed intellectual property rights. Litigation and other intellectual property related proceedings could result in substantial costs and diversion of management resources, which could harm our business and financial results. Despite our best efforts, we may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing upon or misappropriating our intellectual property. In addition, an adverse result in any litigation or other intellectual property related proceeding could put one or more of our patents at risk of being invalidated, held unenforceable or interpreted narrowly.
Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of our confidential information could be disclosed during this type of litigation. There could also be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments in any such proceedings. If securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it also could have a material adverse effect on the price of shares of our common stock. Any of the foregoing may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We may be subject to claims by third parties asserting that our collaborators, licensors, employees or we have misappropriated their intellectual property, have wrongfully used or disclosed confidential information of third parties or are in breach of non-competition or non-solicitation agreements with our competitors.
Many of our employees, our collaborators’ employees and our licensors’ employees, including our senior management, are currently or previously were employed at universities or other biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies, including our competitors or potential competitors. Some of these employees, including each member of our senior management, executed proprietary rights, non-disclosure and non-competition agreements, or similar agreements, in connection with such previous employment. Although we try to ensure that our employees do not use the proprietary information or know-how of others in their work for us, we may be subject to claims that we or these employees have used or disclosed intellectual property of any such individual’s current or former employer. In addition, we could be subject to claims that we or our employees have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed alleged trade secrets or other confidential information of former employers or competitors, that we caused an employee to breach the terms of his or her non-competition or non-solicitation agreement, or that we or these individuals have, inadvertently or otherwise, used or disclosed the alleged trade secrets or other proprietary information of a former employer or competitor. Litigation may be necessary to defend against such claims. If we fail in defending any such claims, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel or sustain monetary damages. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management. Any of the foregoing may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Issued patents covering our current and future product candidates could be found invalid or unenforceable if challenged in court or before the USPTO or comparable foreign authority.
If we or one of our licensing partners initiate legal proceedings against a third party to enforce a patent covering one of our current or future product candidates, the defendant could counterclaim that the patent covering our product candidate is invalid or unenforceable. The outcome following legal assertions of invalidity and unenforceability is unpredictable. If a third party were to prevail on a legal assertion of invalidity and/or unenforceability, we would lose at least part, and perhaps all, of the patent protection on our current and future product candidates. Such a loss of patent protection could have a material adverse impact on our business.
Risks Related to Employee Matters, Managing our Growth and Other Risks Related to our Business
We are highly dependent on our key personnel, and if we are not successful in attracting, motivating and retaining highly qualified personnel, we may not be able to successfully implement our business strategy.
Our ability to compete in the highly competitive biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries depends upon our ability to attract, motivate and retain highly qualified managerial, scientific and medical personnel. We are highly dependent on our management, particularly our chief executive officer, Richard Murray, and our scientific and medical personnel. The loss of the
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services of any of our executive officers, key employees, and scientific and medical advisors, and our inability to find suitable replacements, could result in delays in product development and harm our business.
Our Cambridge, Massachusetts headquarters is located in a region that is home to many other biopharmaceutical companies and many academic and research institutions. Competition for skilled personnel is intense and the turnover rate can be high, which may limit our ability to hire and retain highly qualified personnel on acceptable terms or at all. We expect that we will need to recruit talent from outside of our region and doing so may be costly and difficult.
To induce valuable employees to remain at our Company, in addition to salary and cash incentives, we have provided equity awards that vest over time. The value to employees of these equity grants that vest over time may be significantly affected by movements in our stock price that are beyond our control and may at any time be insufficient to counteract more lucrative offers from other companies. Although we have employment agreements with our key employees, these employment agreements provide for at-will employment, meaning that such employees could leave our employment at any time, with or without notice. We do not maintain “key man” insurance policies on the lives of all of these individuals or the lives of any of our other employees.
We will need to grow the size of our organization, and we may experience difficulties in managing this growth.
As of September 30, 2020, we had 129 full-time employees, including 98 employees engaged in research and development. As our development and commercialization plans and strategies develop, we expect to need additional managerial, operational, sales, marketing, financial and other personnel. Future growth would impose significant added responsibilities on members of management, including:
identifying, recruiting, integrating, maintaining and motivating additional employees;
managing our internal development efforts effectively, including the clinical and FDA review process for our current and future product candidates, while complying with our contractual obligations to contractors and other third parties; and
improving our operational, financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures.
Our future financial performance and our ability to commercialize our current and future product candidates will depend, in part, on our ability to effectively expand our organization by hiring new employees and expand our groups of consultants and contractors and manage any future growth, and our management may also have to divert a disproportionate amount of its attention away from day-to-day activities in order to devote a substantial amount of time to managing these growth activities.
We currently rely, and for the foreseeable future will continue to rely, in substantial part on certain independent organizations, advisors and consultants to provide certain services, including substantially all aspects of marketing approval, clinical management, and manufacturing. We cannot assure stockholders that we can effectively manage our outsourced activities.
We currently have no marketing and sales organization and have no experience in marketing products. If we are unable to establish marketing and sales capabilities or enter into agreements with third parties to market and sell our product candidates, we may not be able to generate product revenue.
We currently have no sales, marketing, or distribution capabilities and have no experience in marketing products. If any of our product candidates receives appropriate regulatory approval, we intend to develop an in-house marketing organization and sales force, which will require significant capital expenditures, management resources and time. We will have to compete with other pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to recruit, hire, train and retain marketing and sales personnel.
If we are unable or decide not to establish internal sales, marketing and distribution capabilities, we will pursue collaborative arrangements regarding the sales and marketing of our products; however, we cannot assure stockholders that we will be able to establish or maintain such collaborative arrangements, on favorable terms if at all. We cannot assure stockholders that we will be able to develop in-house sales and distribution capabilities or establish or maintain relationships with third-party collaborators to commercialize any current or future product candidates.
Our employees, independent contractors, vendors, principal investigators, CROs and consultants may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, including non-compliance with regulatory standards and requirements and insider trading.
We are exposed to the risk that our employees, independent contractors, vendors, principal investigators, CROs and consultants may engage in fraudulent conduct or other illegal activity. Misconduct by these parties could include intentional, reckless and/or negligent conduct or disclosure of unauthorized activities to us that violate the regulations of the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities, including those laws requiring the reporting of true, complete and accurate information to such authorities; healthcare fraud and abuse laws and regulations in the United States and abroad; anti-corruption and anti-bribery
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laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and various other anti-corruption laws in countries outside of the United States; or laws that require the reporting of financial information or data accurately. In particular, sales, marketing and business arrangements in the healthcare industry are subject to extensive laws and regulations intended to prevent fraud, misconduct, kickbacks, self-dealing and other abusive practices. We have adopted a code of conduct applicable to all of our employees, but it is not always possible to identify and deter misconduct, and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to comply with these laws or regulations. Additionally, we are subject to the risk that a person could allege such fraud or other misconduct, even if none occurred. If any such actions are instituted against us, and we are not successful in defending ourselves or asserting our rights, those actions could result in significant penalties and could have a material adverse effect on our ability to operate our business and our results of operations.
If we fail to comply with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, we could become subject to fines or penalties or incur costs that could have a material adverse effect on the success of our business.
We are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including those governing laboratory procedures and the handling, use, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes. Our operations involve the use of hazardous and flammable materials, including chemicals and biological and radioactive materials. Our operations also produce hazardous waste products. We generally contract with third parties for the disposal of these materials and wastes. We cannot eliminate the risk of contamination or injury from these materials. In the event of contamination or injury resulting from our use of hazardous materials, we could be held liable for any resulting damages, and any liability could exceed our resources. We also could incur significant costs associated with civil or criminal fines and penalties.
Although we maintain workers’ compensation insurance to cover us for costs and expenses we may incur due to injuries to our employees resulting from the use of hazardous materials, this insurance may not provide adequate coverage against potential liabilities. We do not maintain insurance for environmental liability or toxic tort claims that may be asserted against us in connection with our storage or disposal of biological, hazardous or radioactive materials.
If we engage in future acquisitions or strategic partnerships, this may increase our capital requirements, dilute our stockholders, cause us to incur debt or assume contingent liabilities, and subject us to other risks.
We may evaluate various acquisitions and additional strategic partnerships, including licensing or acquiring complementary products, intellectual property rights, technologies, or businesses. Any potential acquisition or strategic partnership may entail numerous risks, including:
increased operating expenses and cash requirements;
the assumption of additional indebtedness or contingent liabilities;
the issuance of our equity securities;
assimilation of operations, intellectual property and products of an acquired company, including difficulties associated with integrating new personnel;
the diversion of our management’s attention from our existing product programs and initiatives in pursuing such a strategic merger or acquisition;
retention of key employees, the loss of key personnel, and uncertainties in our ability to maintain key business relationships;
risks and uncertainties associated with the other party to such a transaction, including the prospects of that party and their existing products or product candidates and marketing approvals; and
our inability to generate revenue from acquired technology and/or products sufficient to meet our objectives in undertaking the acquisition or even to offset the associated acquisition and maintenance costs.
In addition, if we undertake acquisitions, we may issue dilutive securities, assume or incur debt obligations, incur large one-time expenses and acquire intangible assets that could result in significant future amortization expense. Moreover, we may not be able to locate suitable acquisition opportunities and this inability could impair our ability to grow or obtain access to technology or products that may be important to the development of our business.
Our internal information technology systems, or those used by our CROs or other third parties, may fail or suffer security breaches and cyber-attacks, which could compromise our intellectual property or other sensitive information, could result in a material disruption of our business or could subject us to regulatory actions that could result in significant fines.
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We, our CROs and other third parties rely significantly upon information technology systems, and despite the implementation of security measures, our internal information technology systems are vulnerable to damage from computer viruses and unauthorized access. While we have not to our knowledge experienced any such material system failure or security breach to date, if such an event were to occur, it could result in a material disruption of our business operations. We, our CROs, contractors and other third parties rely on information technology networks and systems to process, personal identifying information and payroll data, including operational and financial transactions and records. In particular, we rely on third parties for many aspects of our business, including manufacturing product candidates and conducting clinical trials. The secure maintenance of this information is critical to our business and reputation. We believe that companies have been increasingly subject to a wide variety of security incidents, cyber-attacks and other attempts to gain unauthorized access. These threats can come from a variety of sources, ranging in sophistication from an individual hacker to a state-sponsored attack. Cyber threats may be generic, or they may be custom-crafted against our information systems. Over the past few years, cyber-attacks have become more prevalent and much harder to detect and defend against. Additionally, our increased reliance on personnel working from home could increase our cyber security risk, create data accessibility concerns, and make us more susceptible to communication disruptions, any of which could adversely impact our business operations or delay necessary interactions with regulators, CROs, clinical trial sites or third-party manufacturing and supply partners.
Our network and storage applications and those of CROs and other third parties may be subject to unauthorized access by hackers or breached due to operator error, malfeasance or other system disruptions. It is often difficult to anticipate or immediately detect such incidents and the damage caused by them. These data breaches and any unauthorized access or disclosure of our information or intellectual property could compromise our intellectual property and expose sensitive business information. A security breach, cyber-attack or unauthorized access of our clinical data or other data could damage the integrity of our clinical trials, impact our regulatory filings, cause significant risk to our business, compromise our ability to protect our intellectual property, and subject us to regulatory actions, including under privacy or security rules under federal, state or other international laws protecting confidential information, that could be expensive to defend and could result in significant fines or other penalties. Cyber-attacks could cause us to incur significant remediation costs, disrupt key business operations and divert attention of management and key information technology resources. Our network security and data recovery measures and those of our CROs, licensees, collaborators, contractors and vendors may not be adequate to protect against such security breaches and disruptions.
We, or the third parties upon whom we depend, may be adversely affected by unforeseen or catastrophic events, including the emergence of a pandemic or other natural disasters, and our business continuity and disaster recovery plans may not adequately protect us from a serious disaster.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had adverse effects on our business, including a delay in the initiation of the Phase 2 SELECT trial, and may have further adverse effects, the extent or nature of which we are not able to predict at this time. In addition, other unforeseen or catastrophic events could severely disrupt our operations and have a material adverse effect on our business. If a natural disaster, power outage or other event occurred that damaged critical infrastructure, such as our headquarters or the manufacturing facilities of our third-party contract manufacturers, or that otherwise disrupted operations, it may be difficult or, in certain cases, impossible for us to continue our business for a substantial period of time. The disaster recovery and business continuity plans we have in place may prove inadequate in the event of a serious disaster or similar event. We may incur substantial expenses as a result of the limited nature of our disaster recovery and business continuity plans, which, could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Unstable market and economic conditions may have serious adverse consequences on our business, financial condition and stock price.
Our general business strategy may be adversely affected by any economic downturn, volatile business environment or unpredictable and unstable conditions in global credit and financial markets. We cannot assure stockholders that deterioration of the global credit and financial markets would not negatively impact our stock price, our current portfolio of cash equivalents or investments, or our ability to meet our financing objectives. Foreign currency fluctuations could result in increased operating expenses and other obligations incident to doing business in another country. If the current equity and credit markets deteriorate, it may make any necessary debt or equity financing more difficult, more costly, and more dilutive. Failure to secure any necessary financing in a timely manner and on favorable terms could have a material adverse effect on our growth strategy, financial performance and stock price and could require us to delay or abandon clinical development plans.
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Risks Related to our Common Stock
The price of our common stock may be volatile and fluctuate substantially, which could result in substantial losses for purchasers of our common stock.
Our stock price is likely to be volatile. The stock market in general and the market for biopharmaceutical companies in particular have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. As a result, we may face difficulties raising capital through sales of our common stock or such sales may be on unfavorable terms. The market price for our common stock may be influenced by many factors, including:
the success of competitive products or technologies;
results of our clinical trials or those of our competitors;
regulatory or legal developments in the United States and other countries;
developments or disputes concerning patent applications, issued patents or other proprietary rights;
the recruitment or departure of key personnel;
the level of expenses related to our product candidates or clinical development programs;
the results of our efforts to discover, develop, acquire or in-license additional product candidates or drugs;
actual or anticipated changes in estimates as to financial results, development timelines or recommendations by securities analysts;
variations in our financial results or those of companies that are perceived to be similar to us;
changes in the structure of healthcare payment systems;
market conditions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors;
general economic, industry and market conditions; and
the other factors described in this “Risk Factors” section.
We do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock, so any returns will be limited to the value of our stock.
We currently anticipate that we will retain future earnings for the development, operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. Any return to stockholders will therefore be limited to the appreciation of their stock.
Our executive officers, directors, principal stockholders and their affiliates will continue to exercise control over our Company, which will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and could delay or prevent a change in corporate control.
As of September 30, 2020, our executive officers and directors, combined with our stockholders who owned more than five percent of our outstanding common stock, and their affiliates, beneficially owned approximately 53 percent of our outstanding common stock. As a result, these stockholders, if they act together, could be able to control the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors and any sale, merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. In addition, this concentration of ownership might adversely affect the market price of our common stock by:
delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control;
impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination; or
discouraging a potential acquiror from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control.
Our ability to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes has been limited by “ownership changes” and may be further limited.
Under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the IRC, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change” (generally defined as a greater than 50 percent change (by value) in the ownership of its equity over a three-year period), the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change net operating loss, or NOL, carryforwards and certain other pre-change tax attributes to offset its post-change income may be limited. An IRC Section 382 study, completed in August 2016, identified three previous ownership changes for purposes of IRC Section 382. As a result of these ownership changes, our net operating
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loss and tax credit carryforwards allocable to the periods preceding each such ownership change are subject to limitations under IRC Section 382. We may experience ownership changes in the future as a result subsequent shifts in our stock ownership, some of which are outside our control, which may also be subject to limitations by “ownership changes” in the future, which could result in increased tax liability to us.
There is also a risk that due to regulatory changes, such as suspensions on the use of NOLs, or other unforeseen reasons, our existing NOLs could expire or otherwise become unavailable to offset future income tax liabilities. As described below in “Changes in tax laws or in their implementation or interpretation may adversely affect our business and financial condition,” the Tax Act, as amended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, includes changes to U.S. federal tax rates and the rules governing NOL carryforwards that may significantly impact our ability to utilize our NOLs to offset taxable income in the future. In addition, state NOLs generated in one state cannot be used to offset income generated in another state. For these reasons, even if we attain profitability, we may be unable to use a material portion of our NOLs and other tax attributes.
Changes in tax laws or in their implementation or interpretation may adversely affect our business and financial condition.
Changes in tax law may adversely affect our business or financial condition. On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted the Tax Act, which significantly reformed the IRC. The Tax Act, among other things, contained significant changes to corporate taxation, including a reduction of the corporate tax rate from a top marginal rate of 35% to a flat rate of 21%, the limitation of the tax deduction for net interest expense to 30% of adjusted taxable income (except for certain small businesses), the limitation of the deduction for NOLs arising in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 to 80% of current year taxable income and elimination of net operating loss carrybacks for losses arising in taxable years ending after December 31, 2017 (though any such NOLs may be carried forward indefinitely), the imposition of a one-time taxation of offshore earnings at reduced rates regardless of whether they are repatriated, the elimination of U.S. tax on foreign earnings (subject to certain important exceptions), the allowance of immediate deductions for certain new investments instead of deductions for depreciation expense over time, and the modification or repeal of many business deductions and credits.
As part of Congress’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, or FFCR Act, was enacted on March 18, 2020, and the CARES Act was enacted on March 27, 2020. Both contain numerous tax provisions. In particular, the CARES Act retroactively and temporarily (for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2021) suspends application of the 80%-of-income limitation on the use of NOLs, which was enacted as part of the Tax Act. It also provides that NOLs arising in any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2021 are generally eligible to be carried back up to five years. The CARES Act also temporarily (for taxable years beginning in 2019 or 2020) relaxes the limitation of the tax deductibility for net interest expense by increasing the limitation from 30% to 50% of adjusted taxable income.
Regulatory guidance under the Tax Act, the FFCR Act and the CARES Act is and continues to be forthcoming, and such guidance could ultimately increase or lessen impact of these laws on our business and financial condition. Congress is also considering and may enact further tax law changes in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, some of which could have an impact on our company. In addition, state tax legislation or administrative guidance conforming to or decoupling from particular provisions of the Tax Act, the FFCR Act and the CARES Act could affect our business or financial condition.
We are incurring and will continue to incur significantly increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management is now required to devote substantial time to compliance initiatives.
As a public company, we are incurring and will continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses, particularly after we are no longer an emerging growth company. We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, as well as various requirements imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, rules subsequently adopted by the SEC and Nasdaq to implement provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Stockholder activism, the current political environment and the current high level of government intervention and regulatory reform may lead to substantial new regulations and disclosure obligations, which may lead to additional compliance costs and impact the manner in which we operate our business in ways we cannot currently anticipate.
Our management and other personnel will need to continue to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect these rules and regulations to make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance and we may be required to incur substantial costs to maintain the same or similar coverage. We cannot predict or estimate the amount or timing of additional costs we may incur to respond to these requirements. The impact of these requirements could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or as executive officers.
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We are a “smaller reporting company,” and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to smaller reporting companies may make our common stock less attractive to investors.
We are considered a “smaller reporting company” under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. We are therefore entitled to rely on certain reduced disclosure requirements, such as an exemption from providing selected financial data and executive compensation information. These exemptions and reduced disclosures in our SEC filings due to our status as a smaller reporting company also mean our auditors are not required to review our internal control over financial reporting and may make it harder for investors to analyze our results of operations and financial prospects. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our common stock prices may be more volatile. We will remain a smaller reporting company until our public float exceeds $250 million or our annual revenues exceed $100 million with a public float greater than $700 million.
Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market could cause our stock price to fall.
Certain stockholders hold a substantial number of shares of our common stock. If such stockholders sell, or indicate an intention to sell, substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, the trading price of our common stock could decline.
In addition, shares of common stock that are either subject to outstanding options or reserved for future issuance under our stock incentive plans will become eligible for sale in the public market extent permitted by the provisions of various vesting schedules and Rule 144 and Rule 701 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and, in any event, we have filed a registration statement permitting shares of common stock issued on exercise of options to be freely sold in the public market. If these additional shares of common stock are sold, or if it is perceived that they will be sold, in the public market, the trading price of our common stock could decline.
Certain holders of our common stock are entitled to rights with respect to the registration of their shares under the Securities Act. Registration of these shares under the Securities Act would result in the shares becoming freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act, except for shares held by affiliates. Any sales of securities by these stockholders who have exercised registration rights could have a material adverse effect on the trading price of our common stock.
Our operating results may fluctuate significantly, which makes our future operating results difficult to predict and could cause our operating results to fall below expectations or our guidance.
Our quarterly and annual operating results may fluctuate significantly, which makes it difficult for us to predict our future operating results. From time to time, we may enter into license or collaboration agreements with other companies that include development funding and significant upfront and milestone payments and/or royalties, which may become an important source of our revenue. Accordingly, our revenue may depend on development funding and the achievement of development and clinical milestones under current and any potential future license and collaboration agreements and sales of our products, if approved. These upfront and milestone payments may vary significantly from period to period and any such variance could cause a significant fluctuation in our operating results from one period to the next.
Furthermore, our operating results may fluctuate due to a variety of other factors, many of which are outside of our control and may be difficult to predict, including the following:
the timing and cost of, and level of investment in, research and development activities relating to our current and other future product candidates, which will change from time to time;
our ability to enroll patients in clinical trials and the timing of enrollment;
the cost of manufacturing our current and other future product candidates, which may vary depending on FDA guidelines and requirements, the quantity of production and the terms of our agreements with manufacturers;
expenditures that we will or may incur to acquire or develop additional product candidates and technologies;
the timing and outcomes of clinical trials for our current and future product candidates or competing product candidates;
competition from existing and future products that may compete with our current and future product candidates, and changes in the competitive landscape of our industry, including consolidation among our competitors or partners;
any delays in regulatory review or approval of any of our current or future product candidates;
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the level of demand for our current and future product candidates, if approved, which may fluctuate significantly and be difficult to predict;
our ability to commercialize our current and future product candidates, if approved;
the success of our exclusive license to Gilead and our ability to establish and maintain other collaborations, licensing or other arrangements;
our ability to adequately support future growth;
potential unforeseen business disruptions that increase our costs or expenses;
future accounting pronouncements or changes in our accounting policies;
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including precautions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19; and
the changing and volatile global economic environment.
The cumulative effect of these factors could result in large fluctuations and unpredictability in our quarterly and annual operating results. As a result, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful. Investors should not rely on our past results as an indication of our future performance. If our revenue or operating results fall below the expectations of analysts or investors or below any forecasts we may provide to the market, or if the forecasts we provide to the market are below the expectations of analysts or investors, the price of our common stock could decline substantially. Such a stock price decline could occur even when we have met any previously publicly stated revenue and/or earnings guidance we may provide.
Moreover, securities class action litigation has often been brought against a company following a decline in the market price of its securities. This risk is especially relevant for us as pharmaceutical companies have experienced significant stock price volatility in recent years. If we face such litigation, it could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources.
If securities analysts do not publish research or reports about our business or if they publish negative evaluations of our stock, the price of our stock could decline.
The trading market for our common stock will rely, in part, on the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us or our business. If one or more of the analysts covering our business downgrade their evaluations of our stock, the price of our stock could decline. If one or more of these analysts cease to cover our stock, we could lose visibility in the market for our stock, which, in turn, could cause our stock price to decline.
Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.
Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws may delay or prevent an acquisition of us or a change in our management. These provisions include a classified board of directors, a prohibition on actions by written consent of our stockholders and the ability of our board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval. In addition, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which limits the ability of stockholders owning in excess of 15 percent of our outstanding voting stock to merge or combine with us. Although we believe these provisions collectively provide for an opportunity to obtain greater value for stockholders by requiring potential acquirors to negotiate with our board of directors, they would apply even if an offer rejected by our board were considered beneficial by some stockholders. In addition, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors, which is responsible for appointing the members of our management.
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Our bylaws designate the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees.
Our bylaws, provide that, unless we consent in writing to an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers and employees to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each case subject to the Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to this provision of our bylaws.
This exclusive forum provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which provides for exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts. It could apply, however, to a suit that falls within one or more of the categories enumerated in the exclusive forum provision and asserts claims under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, inasmuch as Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, provided, that with respect to claims under the Securities Act, our stockholders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
This choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and employees even though an action, if successful, might benefit our stockholders. Stockholders who do bring a claim in the Court of Chancery could face additional litigation costs in pursuing any such claim, particularly if they do not reside in or near the State of Delaware. The Court of Chancery may also reach different judgments or results than would other courts, including courts where a stockholder considering an action may be located or would otherwise choose to bring the action, and such judgments or results may be more favorable to us than to our stockholders. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
On October 16, 2020, we sold 5,539,727 shares (the “Shares”) of our common stock to Gilead Sciences, Inc., or Gilead, at a purchase price of $6.318 per share, for aggregate cash consideration of $35.0 million, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement.
The Shares were sold to Gilead pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Item 5. Other Information.
On November 2, 2020, Robert Tepper, M.D. notified the chairman of the board of directors of the Company of his intent to resign as a director, effective November 6, 2020. Dr. Tepper’s decision to resign was not related to any disagreement with the Company.
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
101.INS* Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
101.SCH* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101)
* Filed herewith
+ Furnished herewith
# Portions of this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K
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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 thereunto duly authorized.

JOUNCE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: November 6, 2020 By: /s/ Kim C. Drapkin
Kim C. Drapkin
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
                                

Exhibit 10.1
CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN OMITTED AND REPLACED WITH “[***]”. SUCH IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE COMPANY IF DISCLOSED.


LICENSE AGREEMENT
by and between
JOUNCE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
and
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
dated as of August 31, 2020




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LICENSE AGREEMENT
This LICENSE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of August 31, 2020 (the “Execution Date”) by and between Jounce Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Jounce”), and Gilead Sciences, Inc. (“Gilead”). Jounce and Gilead are each referred to herein by name or as a “Party” or, collectively, as the “Parties.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Jounce is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapies for the treatment of cancer, including JTX-1811;
WHEREAS, Gilead possesses expertise in the development and commercialization of biologic products;
WHEREAS, Jounce desires to grant, and Gilead desires to accept, a license to research, develop, manufacture and commercialize JTX-1811 and associated Licensed Products (as defined below), in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, simultaneously with entering into this Agreement, the Parties are entering into a stock purchase agreement, pursuant to which Jounce will issue and Gilead will purchase shares of capital stock of Jounce on the terms and conditions set forth therein (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) and a registration rights agreement related to such stock purchase.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements set forth below, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
Article 1

DEFINITIONS
Unless specifically set forth to the contrary herein, the following terms will have the respective meanings set forth below.
1.1    “Accounting Standards” means: United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), consistently applied.
1.2    “Affiliate” means any Person which, directly or indirectly through one (1) or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a Party. For purposes of this Section 1.2 only, the term “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to a Person means: (a) direct or indirect ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting securities or other voting interest of any Person (including attribution from related parties); or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and



policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, as a general partner, as a manager, or otherwise.
1.3    “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.4    “Alliance Management Meeting” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
1.5    “Annual Net Sales” means, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product basis, total Net Sales by Selling Parties in the Territory of such Licensed Product in a particular Calendar Year, calculated in accordance with the Accounting Standards.
1.6    “Antitrust Law” means the HSR Act, the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and any other federal, state, or foreign law, regulation, or decree designed to prohibit, restrict, or regulate actions for the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade.
1.7    “Applicable Law” means all applicable laws, statutes, treaties (including tax treaties), rules, regulations, orders, judgments, or ordinances having the effect of law of any national, multinational, federal, state, provincial, county, city, or other political subdivision, including, to the extent applicable, GCP, GLP, and GMP, as well as all applicable data protection and privacy laws, rules, and regulations, including, to the extent applicable, the United States Department of Health and Human Services privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the EU Data Protection Directive (Council Directive 95/46/EC) and applicable laws implementing the EU Data Protection Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679).
1.8    “[***]” has the meaning set forth in Section [***].
1.9    “Auditor” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.7.2.
1.10    “[***]” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.10.
1.11    “Biosimilar Product” means, with respect to a Licensed Product, a biological product: (a) that contains (i) an identical active ingredient(s) as the Licensed Antibody in such Licensed Product, or (ii) a “highly similar” active ingredient(s) to the Licensed Antibody in such Licensed Product, as the phrase “highly similar” is used in 42 U.S.C. § 262(i)(2), and subject to the factors set forth in FDA’s Guidance for Industry, “Quality Considerations in Demonstrating Biosimilarity to a Reference Protein Product,” (February 2012), at Section VI, or any successor FDA guidance thereto; (b) for which Regulatory Approval is obtained by referencing Regulatory Materials of such Licensed Product; (c) is approved for use in such country (or region) pursuant to a Regulatory Approval process governing approval of interchangeable or biosimilar biologics as described in 42 U.S.C. § 262, or a similar process for Regulatory Approval in any country (or region) outside the United States, or any other similar provision that comes into force, or is the subject of a notice with respect to such Licensed Product under 42 U.S.C. § 262(l)(2) or any other similar provision that comes into force in such country (or region); and (d) is sold in the
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1.12    “[***]” means [***].
1.13    “BLA” means a Biologics License Application filed with the FDA in the United States, as defined in Title 21 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Section 601.2 et seq., or any non-U.S. counterpart of the foregoing.
1.14    “BPCIA” means Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009.
1.15    “Business Day” means any day other than (a) a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in New York City, New York or San Francisco, California are authorized or required to close by Applicable Law, (b) December 26 through December 31, and (c) the seven (7) day period that begins on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday during which period July 4th occurs.
1.16    “Calendar Quarter” means each of the three (3) month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31; provided, that: (a) the first Calendar Quarter of the Term will extend from the Effective Date to the end of the first complete such three (3)-month period thereafter; and (b) the final Calendar Quarter of the Term will end on the last day of the Term.
1.17    “Calendar Year” means the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on December 31 of the calendar year in which the Effective Date falls, and thereafter each successive period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31; provided, that the final Calendar Year of the Term will end on the last day of the Term.
1.18    “CCR8” means human Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 8, a protein having the amino acid sequence:
[***].
1.19    “Change of Control” means, with respect to a Party, the occurrence of any of the following events from and after the Execution Date: (a) any Person or group of Persons becomes the beneficial owner (directly or indirectly) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting shares of such Party; (b) such Party consolidates with or merges into or with another Person pursuant to a transaction in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting shares of the acquiring or resulting entity outstanding immediately after such consolidation or merger is not held by the holders of the outstanding voting shares of Jounce immediately preceding such consolidation or merger; or (c) such Party sells or transfers to another Person all or substantially all of its assets.
1.20    “Clinical Trial” means any human clinical trial of a Licensed Product.
1.21    “Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.1.
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1.23    “Combination Product” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.112.
1.24    “Commercialization” means any and all activities directed to the commercialization of a product, including marketing, detailing, promotion, market research, distributing, order processing, handling returns and recalls, booking sales, customer service, administering, and commercially selling such product, importing, exporting, and transporting such product for commercial sale, and seeking Pricing Approval of a product (if applicable), whether before or after Regulatory Approval has been obtained, as well as all regulatory compliance with respect to the foregoing. For clarity, “Commercialization” does not include: (a) Manufacturing; or (b) any Clinical Trials and other trials commenced after Regulatory Approval. When used as a verb, “Commercialize” means to engage in Commercialization.
1.25    “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to Gilead, the carrying out of Development and Commercialization activities with respect to a Licensed Product using efforts and resources that a biopharmaceutical or biotechnology company of comparable size and resources as Gilead would typically devote to products of similar market potential at a similar stage in Development or product life, in each case considering conditions then prevailing and taking into account issues of [***] and [***], [***] and [***] and [***], [***] and [***], [***] and [***], [***] and [***] of [***], the [***] and [***] and [***] (including [***] and [***]), the [***] and [***] and [***], the [***] and [***] and [***], [***] (including the [***] and [***]), [***], the [***] and [***] (including the [***]), and all other [***], [***], and [***].
1.26    “Competing Infringement” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.1.
1.27    “Competing Product” means any [***] that constitutes, incorporates, comprises, or contains an antibody or other agent that is [***], whether or not as the sole active ingredient, in any form, presentation, or formulation (including [***] and [***]). With respect to Gilead, the term “Competing Product” excludes any [***] that constitutes, incorporates, comprises, or contains any Licensed Antibody.
1.28    “Composition Patent Family” means (a) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. [***], (b) any Jounce Patent that is [***] and (c) any Patents claiming priority from (a) or (b) within the Territory.
1.29    “Confidential Information” means, with respect to a Party, all confidential and proprietary information, including chemical or biological materials, chemical structures, commercialization plans, correspondence, customer lists, data, development plans, formulae, improvements, Inventions, Know-How, processes, regulatory filings, Regulatory Materials, reports, strategies, techniques, or other information, in each case, that are disclosed by or on behalf of such Party or any of its Affiliates to the other Party or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement, regardless of whether any of the foregoing are marked “confidential” or “proprietary” or communicated to the other Party by or on behalf of the disclosing Party in oral, written, visual, graphic, or electronic form. All Jounce IP will be deemed the Confidential Information of Jounce, and the Joint IP will be the Confidential Information of each of the
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Parties, provided that, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, as between the Parties, all data and information generated, gathered, or Controlled by either Party that relates to any Licensed Product shall constitute the Confidential Information of Gilead for purposes of this Agreement.
1.30    “Control,” “Controls,” or “Controlled” means, with respect to any Patent, Know-How, other intellectual property right, or Confidential Information, the ability of a Party or its Affiliates, as applicable (whether through ownership, license, or sublicense (other than a license granted pursuant to this Agreement)) to grant to the other Party the licenses, sublicenses, or other rights as provided herein, or to otherwise disclose such intellectual property right, or Confidential Information to the other Party, without violating the terms of any then-existing agreement with any Third Party at the time such Party or its Affiliates, as applicable, would be required hereunder to grant the other Party such licenses, sublicenses, or other rights as provided herein or to otherwise disclose such intellectual property right, or Confidential Information to the other Party.
1.31    “Cover” means, with reference to a Patent claim, that the making, using, offering to sell, selling, importing, or exporting of a Licensed Product would infringe such Patent claim in the country in which such activity occurs without a license thereto (or ownership thereof).
1.32    “Cure Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.2.1.
1.33    “Damages” means all losses, costs, claims, damages, judgments, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket costs in connection therewith).
1.34    “Default” means: (a) any breach, violation, or default; (b) the existence of circumstances or the occurrence of an event that with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a breach, violation, or default; or (c) the existence of circumstances or the occurrence of an event that, with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would give rise to a right of termination, renegotiation, acceleration, or material change of terms.
1.35    “Development” means: (a) research activities (including drug discovery, identification, or synthesis) with respect to a product; or (b) preclinical and clinical drug development activities and other development activities with respect to a product, including test method development and stability testing, toxicology, formulation, process development, qualification and validation, quality assurance, quality control, Clinical Trials (including the conduct of Clinical Trials and other trials commenced after Regulatory Approval), statistical analysis and report writing, the preparation and submission of INDs and MAAs, regulatory affairs with respect to the foregoing, and all other activities necessary or useful or otherwise requested or required by a Regulatory Authority or as a condition or in support of obtaining or maintaining a Regulatory Approval. For clarity, “Development” does not include Manufacturing. When used as a verb, “Develop” means to engage in Development.
1.36    “Development Budget” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
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1.37    “Development Candidate” means a drug candidate with a defined sequence that has been [***] in accordance with [***].
1.38    “Development Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
1.39    “Development Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
1.40    “Disclosing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1.
1.41    “Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.8.
1.42    “[***]” means, with respect to a [***]: (a) the [***] of such [***] through: (i) [***] by [***] related solely to such [***] to [***]; (ii) [***] to [***] of [***] with respect to such [***], with no further [***] by [***] with respect to [***] of such [***] during [***]; or (iii) [***] of [***] by the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii); or (b) [***] of [***] and [***] with respect to such [***] (subject, if applicable, to applicable [***]). When used as a verb, “[***]” and “[***]” means to cause or have caused a [***].
1.43    “DOJ” means the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice.
1.44    “Dollars” or “$” means the legal tender of the United States.
1.45    “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.1.
1.46    “Electronic Delivery” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.13.
1.47    “EMA” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.130.
1.48    “Encumbrance” means any claim, charge, equitable interest, hypothecation, lien, mortgage, pledge, option, assignment to a Third Party, power of sale, right of pre-emption, right of first refusal, or security interest of any kind.
1.49    “EU” means all countries that are officially recognized as member states of the European Union at the Effective Date.
1.50    “[***]” has the meaning set forth in Section [***].
1.51    “European Region” means (a) the EU and (b) [***] that [***] as defined herein.
1.52    “Execution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.53    “Executive Officers” means: (a) with respect to Jounce, [***] or his/her designee; and (b) with respect to Gilead, [***] or his/her designee.
1.54    “FDA” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.130.
1.55    “Field” means any and all uses or purposes, including the treatment, prophylaxis, palliation, diagnosis, or prevention of any human or animal disease, disorder, or condition.
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1.56    “First Commercial Sale” means, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, the first sale of such Licensed Product in such country for use or consumption by the general public (following receipt of all Regulatory Approvals that are required in order to sell such Licensed Product in such country) and for which a Selling Party has invoiced sales of Licensed Products in the Territory; provided, however, that the following will not constitute a First Commercial Sale: (a) any sale to an Affiliate or Sublicensee, unless such Affiliate or Sublicensee is the end user of such Licensed Product; or (b) any [***] of such Licensed Product [***] with respect to such Licensed Product by or on behalf of a Selling Party, or (c) [***] of such Licensed Product for [***] or [***].
1.57    “[***]” means [***] to the [***] (or [***], as relevant) participating in [***].
1.58    “FTC” means the United States Federal Trade Commission.
1.59    “FTE Rate” means [***] Dollars ($[***].00) per Jounce full-time-employee hour.
1.60    “GAAP” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
1.61    “GCP” means the applicable then-current ethical and scientific quality standards, policies, practices and procedures for designing, conducting, recording, and reporting Clinical Trials as are required by applicable Regulatory Authorities or Applicable Law in the relevant jurisdiction, including in the United States, Good Clinical Practices established through FDA guidances, and, outside the United States, Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice – ICH Harmonized Tripartite Guideline (ICH E6), analogous Applicable Laws, and all additional Regulatory Authority documents or regulations that replace, amend, modify, supplant, or complement any of the foregoing.
1.62    “Generic Version” means, with respect to a Licensed Product, a product (including a “biogeneric,” “follow-on biologic,” “follow-on biological medicine or product,” “follow-on protein product,” “similar biological medicine or product,” or Biosimilar Product) that: (a) within the U.S., is “biosimilar” or “interchangeable,” with respect to such Licensed Product as evaluated by the FDA or otherwise determined by Applicable Law; or (b) outside of the U.S., is determined by the applicable Regulatory Authority or by Applicable Law to be “similar,” “comparable,” “interchangeable,” “bioequivalent,” or “biosimilar” to such Licensed Product.
1.63    “Gilead” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.64    “Gilead Asset” means: (a) any [***]; and (b) any other Licensed Product that constitutes, incorporates, comprises, or contains any [***] or [***] or other [***] to [***], in each case other than [***].
1.65    “Gilead [***]” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.6.2(a).
1.66    “Gilead Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.2.
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1.67    “GLP” means the applicable then-current good laboratory practice standards as are required by applicable Regulatory Authorities or Applicable Law in the relevant jurisdiction, including, in the United States, those promulgated or endorsed by the FDA in U.S. 21 C.F.R. Part 58, and comparable regulatory standards promulgated or endorsed by the EMA or other Regulatory Authority applicable to the relevant jurisdiction, as may be updated from time to time.
1.68    “GMP” means the applicable then-current good manufacturing practice standards for fine chemicals, intermediates, bulk products, or finished pharmaceutical, biological, or diagnostic products, as are required by applicable Regulatory Authorities or Applicable Law in the relevant jurisdiction, including, as applicable: (a) all applicable requirements detailed in the FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practices regulations, U.S. 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211; (b) all applicable requirements detailed in the EMA’s “The Rules Governing Medicinal Products in the European Community, Volume IV, Good Manufacturing Practice for Medicinal Products;” (c) all Applicable Laws promulgated by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the manufacture of the applicable antibody or other molecule, agent, compound, or pharmaceutical, biological, or diagnostic product, as applicable; and (d) all additional Regulatory Authority documents or regulations that replace, amend, modify, supplant, or complement any of the foregoing.
1.69    “Governmental Authority” means any: (a) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government; (b) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any agency, board, body, branch, bureau, commission, council, department, entity, governmental division, instrumentality, office, officer, official, organization, representative, subdivision, unit, and any court or other tribunal); (c) multinational governmental organization or body; or (d) entity or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any executive, legislative, judicial, administrative, regulatory, police, military, or taxing authority or power of any nature.
1.70    “HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a).
1.71    “HSR Clearance” means the expiration or termination of all applicable waiting period(s) under the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Stock Purchase Agreement.
1.72    “HSR Filing” means a filing by each of Jounce and Gilead with the FTC and the DOJ of a Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (as defined in the HSR Act) with respect to the matters set forth in this Agreement, together with all required documentary attachments thereto.
1.73    “ICC Rules” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.8.2.
1.74    “Identified Third Party” means [***], and [***].
1.75    “Identified Third Party [***]” means [***] related to [***] that are [***] by Identified Third Parties.
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1.76    “IND” means an investigational new drug application (including any amendment or supplement thereto) submitted to the FDA pursuant to U.S. 21 C.F.R. Part 312, including any amendments thereto. References herein to IND will include, to the extent applicable, any comparable filing(s) outside the U.S. for the investigation of any product in any other country or group of countries (such as a Clinical Trial Application in the EU).
1.77    “IND Clearance” means, with respect to an IND, the earlier of: (a) receipt by a Party, its Affiliate or a Sublicensee of written confirmation from a Regulatory Authority or other applicable Person that Clinical Trials may proceed under such IND; or (b) expiration of the applicable waiting period after which Clinical Trials may proceed under such IND.
1.78    “IND-Enabling Studies” means studies that are reasonably required to meet the requirements for filing an IND with a Regulatory Authority, which may include some or all of the following: GLP toxicology and safety studies, or studies required for the preparation of the chemistry, manufacturing, and controls portion of such IND, including studies relating to analytical methods and purity analysis, and formulation and manufacturing development studies, and which also includes ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) information, as necessary to obtain the permission of the Regulatory Authority in the relevant jurisdiction to begin human clinical testing.
1.79    “Indemnification Claim Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.3.1.
1.80    “Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.3.1.
1.81    “Indemnitor” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.3.1.
1.82    “Indication” means [***] or [***] within the field of [***] (a) with [***], as determined by [***] (non-limiting examples [***]) or (b) whose [***] (a “[***] Indication”), and in each case (a) or (b), where [***] is (or upon the [***]) the [***]. When applying this definition:
1.82.1    a [***] would include [***], use [***] (a non-limiting example of which is [***]), [***] use and irrespective of [***];
1.82.2    if [***] is for [***] and is based on [***] or restricted to [***] based on such [***], and [***] is [***] Indication for such [***], such [***] Indication;
1.82.3    if [***] is for [***] and is based on [***] or restricted to [***] based on such [***], and [***] is [***] but is [***] or [***] based on such [***], such [***] Indication;
1.82.4    if [***] is for [***] and is based on [***] or restricted to [***] based on such [***], and [***] is [***] based on [***] to select [***], and [***] from [***], such [***] Indications;
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1.82.5    if [***] is for [***] and is based on [***] or restricted to [***] based on such [***], and [***] is for [***] and is based on [***] or [***] based on such [***], [***] Indications; and
1.82.6    if [***] is [***] that is based on [***] or [***] based on such [***], and [***] is for [***] that is [***] or [***] based on such [***], such [***].

1.83     “Initial Development Term” means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the earlier of (a) the date specified by Gilead via written notice to Jounce and (b) the date of IND Clearance of the Lead Product.
1.84    “Insolvency Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.4.
1.85    “Invention” means any process, method, composition of matter, article of manufacture, discovery, or finding that is conceived or reduced to practice.
1.86    “Joint Inventions” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.
1.87    “Joint IP” means Joint Inventions and Joint Patents.
1.88    “Joint Patents” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.
1.89    “Jounce” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.90    “Jounce Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.1.
1.91    “Jounce IP” means the Jounce Patents and the Jounce Know-How.
1.92    “Jounce Know-How” means any Know-How Controlled by Jounce or any of its Affiliates (subject to Section 16.4.3) as of the Execution Date or at any time during the Term which is necessary or useful for the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of any Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory. For clarity, the Jounce Know-How includes any Know-How licensed or furnished to Jounce under the [***] Agreements (the “[***] Manufacturing Know-How”).
1.93    “Jounce-Owned IP” means the Jounce IP that is owned by Jounce, including the Jounce-Owned Patents. For clarity, “Jounce-Owned IP” excludes the [***] Manufacturing IP.
1.94    “Jounce Patents” means any and all Patents Controlled by Jounce or any of its Affiliates (subject to Section 16.4.3) as of the Execution Date or at any time during the Term which are [***] for the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of any Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory. For clarity, Jounce Patents include (a) the Patents set forth on Schedule 1.94(a) (the “Jounce-Owned Patents”) and (b) the Patents non-exclusively licensed to Jounce under the [***] Agreements, solely to the extent the terms of such agreement permit Jounce to grant sublicenses under such Patents and subject to the terms and conditions of such agreements (the “[***] Manufacturing Patents”). Schedule 1.94(b) sets forth the list of [***] Manufacturing Patents provided as an exhibit to the [***] License Agreement as of April 2020.
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1.95    “Know-How” means algorithms, data, information, Inventions, knowledge, methods (including methods of use or administration or dosing), practices, results, software, techniques, technology, and trade secrets, including analytical and quality control data, analytical methods (including applicable reference standards), assays, batch records, chemical structures and formulations, compositions of matter, formulae, manufacturing data, pharmacological, toxicological, and clinical test data and results, processes, reports, research data, research tools, sequences, standard operating procedures, and techniques, in each case, whether patentable or not, and, in each case, tangible manifestations thereof.
1.96    “Lead Product” means the antibody referred to as JTX-1811 with [***] (“JTX-1811”).
1.97    “Licensed Antibody” means (a) the Lead Product, (b) any [***], and (c) any Related Antibody with respect to (a) or (b).
1.98    “Licensed Product” means any product that constitutes, incorporates, comprises, or contains a Licensed Antibody whether or not as the sole active ingredient, in all forms, presentations, and formulations (including manner of delivery and dosage).
1.99    “Licensed Product Marks” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.7.
1.100    “[***] means [***].
1.101    “[***] Agreements” means (a) that certain [***] between [***] and Jounce, dated as of [***] (the “[***] Manufacturing Agreement”) and (b) that certain [***] Agreement among [***] and Jounce, dated as of [***] (the “[***] License Agreement”).
1.102    “[***] Manufacturing IP” means the [***] Manufacturing Patents and other Licensor IP Rights (as defined in the [***] License Agreement).
1.103    “MAA” means a Marketing Authorization Application, BLA, NDA, or similar application, as applicable, and all amendments and supplements thereto, submitted to the FDA, EMA, or any equivalent filing in a country or regulatory jurisdiction other than the U.S. or EU with the applicable Regulatory Authority, to obtain marketing approval for a pharmaceutical, biological, or diagnostic product, in a country or in a group of countries.
1.104    “Major European Country” means [***] or [***].
1.105    “Manufacture” means all activities related to the manufacturing of a product or any component or ingredient thereof, including the production, manufacture, processing, filling, finishing, packaging, labeling, shipping, and holding of product or any intermediate thereof, including process development, process qualification and validation, scale-up, commercial manufacture and analytic development, product characterization, stability testing, quality assurance, and quality control.
1.106    “MHLW” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.130.
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1.107    “Milestone Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.1.
1.108    “Milestone Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.1.
1.109    “NDA” means a New Drug Application submitted to the FDA, or any successor application or procedure, as more fully defined in 21 C.F.R. § 314.50 et. seq.
1.110    “Necessary Gilead IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.5.1(i).
1.111    “[***]” has the meaning set forth in Section [***].
1.112    “Net Sales” means, with respect to a Licensed Product, the total gross amounts invoiced by or on behalf of Gilead, its Affiliates, or its Sublicensees (each, a “Selling Party”) to Third Parties (including distributors, resellers, wholesalers and end users) for sale of such Licensed Product, less the following deductions actually incurred, allowed, paid, accrued, or specifically allocated in its financial statements and calculated in accordance with the Accounting Standards as consistently applied for:
1.112.1     [***], including [***] and [***] or [***], [***] or [***] (including [***] or [***]);
1.112.2     [***] upon [***] or [***] of [***], including [***], regardless of [***];
1.112.3     [***]; provided, that the amount of any [***] and [***] in a [***] shall be [***] for such [***];
1.112.4     [***] included in [***] for [***] and any other [***] relating to the [***] of the Licensed Product;
1.112.5     [***] and any other [***] (including [***] and [***]) [***] in connection with the [***] (but [***] what are commonly known as [***]);
1.112.6     [***] and [***] or [***] (or their [***]), including [***] as a result of [***] (including [***] under [***]), to the extent such [***] are [***] as a [***] or [***], or any [***] or [***], including [***]; and
1.112.7     other [***] or [***] for reasons similar to those listed above in accordance with GAAP.
There will be no double counting in determining the foregoing deductions from gross amounts invoiced to calculate Net Sales hereunder. The calculations set forth in this definition of Net Sales will be determined in accordance with Accounting Standards consistently applied. It is understood and agreed that any accruals of amounts reflected in Net Sales shall be periodically (at least on a Calendar Quarter basis) trued up in a manner consistent with the applicable selling Person’s customary practices and in accordance with GAAP, and Net Sales for the quarter in which such adjustment occurs shall be adjusted to reflect such trued-up amounts.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, [***] of [***], its Affiliates or its Sublicensees (i) at their respective [***] (x) in connection with [***], (y) for [***] or [***], or (z) for [***] or [***], (ii) at [***] for [***], (iii) pursuant to [***], or (iv) for [***] to [***] or [***] or the [***] shall not, in each case, be deemed sales of the Licensed Product for purposes of this definition of “Net Sales.”
Net Sales will be determined on, and only on, the first sale by a Selling Party to a non-Sublicensee Third Party or an Affiliate or a Sublicensee if the Affiliate or Sublicensee is the end user of the relevant Licensed Product. If any Licensed Product is, or is sold as part of, a Combination Product, Net Sales shall be calculated assuming that the gross sale price of each unit is equal to [***]: (i) [***] calculated as above (i.e., calculated as for [***]); and (ii) the [***], where:
[***] is the [***] in such country; and
[***] is the [***] containing such [***] (and [***]), if [***] in such country.
If [***] cannot be determined [***] as described above, then Net Sales shall be calculated as above, but the [***] based on [***] of determining the same that takes into account, [***], [***] and [***] of each [***] or [***] in the Combination Product.
For purposes of this definition, “Combination Product” means any pharmaceutical or biological product that contains two (2) or more active ingredients, including both: (A) a Licensed Antibody; and (B) one (1) or more active pharmaceutical or biological ingredients that are not a Licensed Antibody, either as a fixed dose product, co-formulated product, or co-packaged product, and sold for a single price. Any vehicles, adjuvants and excipients used in conjunction with a Licensed Antibody shall not be treated as active ingredients for the purposes of this definition.
1.113    “Oncology” means the diagnosis, treatment, cure, mitigation or prevention of a disease or medical condition within the field of oncology, including: solid or liquid malignancies.
1.114    “Party” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
1.115    “Patent Extensions” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8.
1.116    “Patents” means: (a) all patents and patent applications in any country or supranational jurisdiction worldwide; and (b) any substitutions, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, renewals, registrations, confirmations, re-examinations, extensions, supplementary protection certificates, and the like of any such patents or patent applications.
1.117    “Patient Sample” means tissue, fluid, or cells collected from a patient, or components of the foregoing.
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1.118    “Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, corporation, firm, trust, association, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or agency, or any other entity not specifically listed herein.
1.119    “Phase 1a Clinical Trial” means a Clinical Trial of a product in combination or as a monotherapy, the principal purpose of which is a preliminary determination of safety, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic parameters in healthy individuals or patients, as described in 21 C.F.R. 312.21(a) (as amended or any replacement thereof), or a similar clinical trial prescribed by the Regulatory Authority in a country other than the United States.
1.120    “Phase 1b Clinical Trial” means, as to a specific pharmaceutical or biological product, the expansion cohort of a Phase 1 Clinical Trial of such product in which subjects with a defined tumor type or hematological malignancy are enrolled and dosed with such product (a) at one of the following: the MTD (maximum tolerated dose), the MAD (maximum administered dose), the OBD (optimal biological dose), or the RP2D (recommended Phase 2 dose) and (b) as a monotherapy or in combination with the SOC (standard of care) for such tumor type or hematological malignancy, or another investigational molecule, the primary purpose of which is to provide (itself or together with other available data) evidence of sufficient safety and clinical activity to enable the decision to proceed to a Phase 2 Clinical Trial. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Phase 1b Clinical Trial” shall exclude [***] is [***] for [***] and [***] based on [***] and in which [***] is [***] than [***] patients.
1.121    “Phase 2 Clinical Trial” means, as to a specific pharmaceutical or biological product, a Clinical Trial of such product, the principal purposes of which are the evaluation of the efficacy of such product for a particular Indication in the target patient population and a determination of the common side-effects and risks associated with the product in the dosage range to be prescribed and to obtain sufficient information about such product’s efficacy in the disease or condition being studied to permit the design and dose of such product in Phase 3 Clinical Trials, as described (i) in the United States, in 21 C.F.R. 312.21(b), (ii) in the European Union, the equivalent of such Clinical Trial for submission to the EMA and (iii) in any other country, the equivalent of such Clinical Trial for submission to the applicable Regulatory Authority in such other country.
1.122    “Phase 3/Registrational Clinical Trial” means (a) a Clinical Trial (which is generally randomized and controlled) of the efficacy and safety of a product that is intended or otherwise acknowledged to satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. 312.21(c) (as amended or any replacement thereof), or a similar clinical trial prescribed by the Regulatory Authority in a country other than the United States, or (b) a Clinical Trial (which is generally randomized and controlled) to (i) establish that a product is safe and efficacious for its intended use and (ii) support Regulatory Approval for such product without the need to conduct additional clinical studies.
1.123    “Pricing Approval means any approval, agreement, determination, or decision establishing prices that can be charged to consumers for a pharmaceutical or biological product or that will be reimbursed by Governmental Authorities for a pharmaceutical or biological
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product, in each case, in a country where Governmental Authorities approve or determine pricing for pharmaceutical or biological products for reimbursement or otherwise.
1.124    “Proactive Defense Proceedings” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.2.
1.125    “Program” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
1.126    “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” means, with respect to a Patent, the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of such Patent, as well as re-examinations, reissues, appeals, and requests for patent term adjustments and patent term extensions with respect to such Patent, together with the initiation or defense of interferences, oppositions, post grant review, inter partes review, derivations, re-examinations, post-grant proceedings, and other similar proceedings (or other defense proceedings with respect to such Patent, but excluding the defense of challenges to such Patent as a counterclaim in an infringement proceeding) with respect to the particular Patent, and any appeals therefrom. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” will not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent.
1.127    “Receiving Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1.
1.128    “Region” means any of the following: [***].
1.129    “Regulatory Approval” means all approvals, licenses, and authorizations of the applicable Regulatory Authority necessary for the marketing and sale of a pharmaceutical, biological, or diagnostic product for a particular Indication in a country or region (including Pricing Approvals where required for First Commercial Sale), and including the approvals by the applicable Regulatory Authority of any expansion or modification of the label for such Indication.
1.130    “Regulatory Authority” means any national or supranational Governmental Authority, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (and any successor entity thereto) (the “FDA”) in the U.S., the European Medicines Agency (and any successor entity thereto) (the “EMA”) in the EU, and the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan, or the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency of Japan (or any successor to either of them), as the case may be (the “MHLW”) in Japan, or any health regulatory authority in any country or region that is a counterpart to the foregoing agencies, in each case, that holds responsibility for development and commercialization of, and the granting of Regulatory Approval for, a pharmaceutical, biological, or diagnostic product in such country or region.
1.131    “Regulatory Materials” means the regulatory registrations, applications, authorizations, and approvals (including [***]), Regulatory Approvals, and other submissions made to or with any Regulatory Authority for research, development (including the conduct of Clinical Trials), manufacture, or commercialization of a pharmaceutical, biological, or diagnostic product in a regulatory jurisdiction, together with all related correspondence to or from any Regulatory Authority and all documents referenced in the complete regulatory chronology for
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each MAA, including all drug master files (if any), INDs, BLAs, and NDAs, and foreign equivalents of any of the foregoing.
1.132    “Related Antibody” means, with respect to an antibody, [***], or [***] (including [***] and [***]).
1.133    “Replacement [***] Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.
1.134    “Restricted Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.6.2(a).
1.135    “Right of Reference” means an authorization that permits an applicable Regulatory Authority to rely on relevant data or other information (by cross-reference, incorporation by reference or otherwise) contained in Regulatory Materials filed by the granting Party with such Regulatory Authority, without the disclosure of such information to the other Party.
1.136    “Royalty Term” means, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, the period of time commencing on the First Commercial Sale of such Licensed Product in such country and expiring upon the later of: (a) the date on which there [***] such Licensed Product in such country; and (b) the [***]-year anniversary of the date of First Commercial Sale of such Licensed Product in such country. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Licensed Product launched by Gilead after First Commercial Sale of the initially-launched Licensed Product (a “Subsequent Product”), the Royalty Term shall expire on a country-by-country basis on the later of (i) the date on which there [***] such Subsequent Product in such country, or (ii) the [***]-year anniversary of the date of First Commercial Sale of such initially-launched Licensed Product in such country.
1.137    “Sales Milestone Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4.1.
1.138    “Sales Milestone Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4.1.
1.139    “Securities Regulators” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3.1(a).
1.140    “[***]” means, with respect to [***], to [***] the [***] relating to such [***] from the [***] with respect to [***] under this Agreement, including ensuring that: (a) [***] involved in performing [***], as applicable, of such [***] or [***] relating to the [***] of [***] or any other [***] or, to the extent relating to [***] of [***], the [***]; and (b) [***] in performing [***] of [***] have [***] or [***] relating to [***]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “[***]” shall not be deemed to require [***] from, or any limitation on [***] of, any [***] who are [***] in [***] of [***] under this Agreement.
1.141    “Selling Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.112.
1.142    “Sequential Milestone Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.2.
1.143    “Specifically Directed” means, with respect to CCR8, the ability of an antibody or other agent to [***] (a) [***] CCR8, and (b) [***] CCR8 [***].
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1.144    “Stock Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
1.145    “Sublicensee” means, with respect to Gilead, a Third Party to whom Gilead has granted a sublicense, either directly or indirectly, under the Jounce IP and Joint IP licensed to Gilead by Jounce in accordance with this Agreement, but excluding Jounce and any of its Affiliates.
1.146    “Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.1.
1.147    “Terminated Licensed Product” means: (a) with respect to the termination of this Agreement with respect to a Licensed Product pursuant to Section 15.2 or Section 15.3, the Licensed Product subject to such termination; (b) with respect to the termination of this Agreement with respect to a Region pursuant to Section 15.2, Section 15.3 or Section 15.4, all Licensed Products in the Region subject to such termination; and (c) with respect to termination of this Agreement in its entirety, all Licensed Products in all countries in the Territory.
1.148    “Territory” means worldwide.
1.149    “Third Party” means any Person other than Jounce or Gilead that is not an Affiliate of Jounce or of Gilead.
1.150    “Third Party Claim” means any and all suits, claims, actions, proceedings, or demands brought by a Third Party.
1.151    “Third Party Infringement” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.5.
1.152    “Transition Lead” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
1.153    “Transition Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
1.154    “Transition Plan” means that certain transition plan to be agreed upon by the Parties which details the activities and timelines for the transition of responsibilities for the Development and Manufacture of Licensed Products to Gilead.
1.155    “United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America and all of its territories and possessions.
1.156    “Valid Claim” means a claim of a Jounce Patent or Joint Patent that: (a) has issued and has not expired (including non-expiry due to any Patent Extensions), lapsed, been cancelled, or abandoned, or been dedicated to the public, disclaimed, or held unenforceable, invalid, unpatentable, revoked, or cancelled by a court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction in an order or decision from which no appeal has been or can be taken (with respect to U.S. Patents, other than by a petition to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari), including through opposition, reexamination, reissue, disclaimer, inter partes review, post grant review, post grant procedures, or similar proceedings; or (b) is in a pending patent application that has not been finally abandoned or finally rejected or expired and which has been pending for no more than [***] from the date of that the prosecuting Party first receives a
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substantive office action for such application for a Patent (excluding restriction requirements, notices to file missing parts, and the like). For clarity, a claim which issues after being pending for more than [***] from [***] as described [***] will be considered a Valid Claim as of the date of issuance.
Article 2

GOVERNANCE
2.1    Alliance Managers. Promptly after the Effective Date, each Party will appoint an individual to act as alliance manager for such Party, which may be one of the representatives of such Party on the JSC (each, an “Alliance Manager”). The Alliance Managers will be the primary point of contact for the Parties regarding the activities contemplated by this Agreement and will facilitate all such activities hereunder, except as otherwise agreed by the Parties. The Alliance Managers will be responsible for developing and circulating the agenda for each JSC meeting reasonably in advance thereof, will attend all meetings of the JSC, and will be responsible for otherwise assisting the JSC in performing its oversight responsibilities. The name and contact information for each Party’s Alliance Manager, as well as any replacement(s) chosen by such Party, in its sole discretion, from time to time, will be promptly provided to the other Party in accordance with Section 16.2.
2.2    Joint Steering Committee.
2.2.1    Establishment. Within [***] after the Effective Date, the Parties will establish a joint steering committee (the “JSC”) as more fully described in this Section 2.2.1. The JSC will have review, oversight and, until [***], decision-making responsibilities for those activities performed under the Program to the extent expressly and as more specifically provided in Section 2.2.5. Following [***] and until such time as [***], the JSC’s responsibilities shall be limited to oversight of the activities contemplated under the Transition Plan. The JSC and all subcommittees established pursuant to this Article 2 will automatically dissolve upon completion (as determined by Gilead in its sole discretion) of all activities contemplated under the Transition Plan.
2.2.2    Membership. The JSC will be comprised of three (3) representatives (or such other number of representatives as the Parties may mutually agree; provided that the JSC will consist at all times of an equal number of representatives of each Party, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties in writing) from each of Gilead and Jounce. Each representative of a Party will have sufficient seniority and expertise to participate on the JSC as determined in such Party’s reasonable judgment. [***] will designate the chairperson of the JSC. The chairperson will have no additional powers or rights beyond those held by the other JSC representatives. Each Party may replace any or all of its representatives on the JSC at any time upon written notice to the other Party in accordance with Section 16.2. Each Party may invite non-member representatives of such Party and any Third Party to attend meetings of the JSC as observers; provided that, in each instance, (a) the inviting Party must provide prior written notice to the other Party if any non-member representative of such Party will attend any JSC meeting; (b) no Party may invite any Third Party to attend (and no Third Party may attend) any JSC meeting
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without the other Party’s prior written consent; and (c) any such non-member representative or Third Party must be bound by obligations of confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-use consistent with those set forth in Article 12 prior to attending such meeting.
2.2.3    Meetings. The first scheduled meeting of the JSC will be held no later than [***] after establishment of the JSC unless otherwise agreed by the Parties. After the first scheduled meeting of the JSC until [***], the JSC will meet in person, by video conference or telephonically at least once [***], or more or less frequently as the Parties mutually deem appropriate, on such dates and at such places and times as provided herein or as the Parties will agree. Each Party may also call for special meetings of the JSC (in person or by video conference or telephonically) to resolve particular matters requested by such Party upon [***] advance request. Each Party will bear all expenses it incurs in regard to participating in all meetings of the JSC, including all travel and living expenses. Meetings of the JSC are only effective if at least one (1) representative from each Party is present or participating in such meeting.
2.2.4    Minutes. The Parties will alternate responsibility (with [***] having such responsibility first) for preparing and circulating minutes of each meeting of the JSC, setting forth, inter alia, a reasonably detailed overview of the discussions at the meeting, including a list of material actions and decisions made by the JSC, a list of action items made by the JSC and a list of material issues not resolved by the JSC. The responsible Party will prepare and circulate minutes within ten (10) Business Days following the applicable meeting of the JSC, and the other Party will provide any comments within five (5) Business Days following receipt thereof. The minutes will be finalized by the responsible Party within five (5) Business Days following receipt of such comments (or, if no comments are provided, within five (5) Business Days following the close of such comment period), provided that the minutes will be effective only upon approval by both Parties in writing, with any differences in the Parties’ recollections noted in such finalized minutes.
2.2.5    Responsibilities.
(a)    The JSC will have the following responsibilities under this Agreement:
(i)    [***], review and discuss the Development Plan and Jounce’s performance thereunder, including the corresponding Development Budget set forth therein, and review and discuss amendments and updates to the Development Plan;
(ii)    review, discuss, approve, and oversee implementation of the Transition Plan, including clinical planning, regulatory and other activities related to the Lead Product to assure a smooth and successful transition of the program to Gilead and any mutually agreed transition activities by Jounce;
(iii)    review, discuss and resolve any matters referred to the JSC by any subcommittee pursuant to Section 2.4;
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(iv)    facilitate the flow of information between the Parties with respect to activities under this Agreement; and
(v)    such other responsibilities as may be expressly set forth in this Agreement or as otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties from time to time.
(b)    For clarity, after [***], the JSC will not have any decision-making authority with respect to any matters under this Agreement, including any decisions regarding the Development, Manufacture, Commercialization or other exploitation of Licensed Products, and Gilead will retain all rights, powers, and discretion granted to it under this Agreement with respect thereto.
2.3    Decision-Making. During the [***], except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, decisions of the JSC would be made by consensus with each Party having one (1) vote. If the JSC is unable to reach consensus on any issue for which it is responsible, the matter will be decided by Gilead; provided that no decision by Gilead on such matters may: (a) result in an increase in the Development Budget where such increase is more than [***] percent ([***]%), unless Gilead agrees to reimburse Jounce, at [***], for the amount of such Development Budget increase or overrun that exceeds such [***] percent ([***]%) threshold; (b) make any decision that expressly requires Jounce’s approval or agreement or the approval or agreement of both Parties under this Agreement or (c) otherwise conflict with this Agreement. No exercise by Gilead of its decision-making authority can amend or waive compliance with any terms of this Agreement. Jounce must obtain Gilead’s written approval prior to incurring any Development Budget overruns required to be reimbursed by Gilead pursuant to this Section 2.3. Jounce will invoice Gilead for any such Gilead-approved overruns in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and all such undisputed amounts invoiced will be payable within [***] of Gilead’s receipt of invoice therefor.
2.4    Subcommittees of the JSC
. From time to time, the JSC may establish subcommittees, as it deems necessary or advisable to further the purposes of this Agreement, to perform certain duties expressly delegated by the JSC; provided, however, that (a) the JSC will not delegate its decision-making authority and (b) no subcommittee will have any power to amend, modify or waive compliance with this Agreement. All decisions of each subcommittee will be made by unanimous decision, with each Party’s designated subcommittee members having collectively one (1) vote in all decisions. If, with respect to a matter that is subject to a subcommittee’s decision-making authority, the subcommittee cannot reach unanimity, the matter will be referred to the JSC for resolution.
2.5    [***] Alliance Management Meetings. Following the [***], and notwithstanding [***], the Alliance Managers shall arrange for [***] meeting of representatives of the Parties to review and discuss the Development Reports contemplated under Section 3.5 (each, an “Alliance Management Meeting”). Each representative of a Party will have sufficient seniority and expertise to participate in the Alliance Management Meeting as determined in such Party’s reasonable judgment. The Alliance Management Meetings will take place by video conference or telephonically at least [***], or more frequently as the Parties mutually deem appropriate, on
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such dates and at such times as the Parties agree. Either Party may request [***] meetings in order to discuss matters relating to [***], matters relating to [***] pursuant to Section [***], or other items that the Alliance Managers mutually agree require joint discussion. Jounce will circulate questions and discussion topics for the Alliance Management Meeting to the Gilead Alliance Manager alongside any request for an Alliance Management Meeting, and the Alliance Managers will develop and circulate an agreed agenda for each such meeting. Each Party will bear all expenses it incurs in regard to participating in all Alliance Management Meetings.
Article 3

DEVELOPMENT
3.1    General. During the Initial Development Term, except as otherwise directed by the JSC, Jounce will conduct all Development activities related to the Lead Product, including preclinical, IND-enabling, and other required Development activities for the Lead Product (the “Program”) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Development Plan, including any budgets or timelines included in the Development Plan. Jounce will (a) keep the JSC reasonably informed, including between meetings of the JSC, regarding the progress of its activities undertaken pursuant to the Development Plan (including regarding the results arising therefrom); (b) timely notify the JSC regarding any actual or potential obstacles or delays to IND Clearance of the IND for the Lead Product that emerge during the Initial Development Term and any other anticipated changes to the timeline set forth in the Development Plan; and (c) promptly make itself and its representatives available to the JSC for purposes of discussion and mitigation of any such obstacles, delays, or changes. After the end of the Initial Development Term, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Gilead will have the sole right and responsibility to conduct all Development activities for the Lead Product, subject to any mutually agreed role for Jounce as part of the Transition Plan.
3.2    Development Plan. An initial written plan for the Development of the Lead Product during the Initial Development Term is attached hereto as Schedule 3.2 (the “Development Plan”). The Development Plan will include: (a) the roles and responsibilities of the Parties, (b) the proposed budget for the internal and external costs of the Development and Manufacturing activities to be conducted with respect to the Lead Product (the “Development Budget”), (c) a detailed timeline showing all Development and Manufacturing activities; (d) a description of any reports to be furnished to Gilead by Jounce in connection with the activities contemplated under the Development Plan; and (e) key activities and responsibilities, and anticipated timelines, of the Transition Plan. During the Initial Development Term, each Party will have the right to propose modifications or amendments to the Development Plan, provided, however that any modifications or amendments to such Development Plan that are proposed by either Party will be subject to review by the JSC pursuant to Sections 2.2.5 and 2.3.
3.3    Development Diligence. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Gilead, itself or with or through its Affiliates, Sublicensees, or other Third Parties, will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Develop and seek Regulatory Approval for the Lead Product for [***] Oncology Indication [***].
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3.4    Development Costs. Subject to Section 2.3, during the Initial Development Term, Jounce will have sole responsibility for both of its internal and external costs related to the Development of the Lead Product. After the Initial Development Term, and excluding any activities or responsibilities for which Jounce is responsible pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or as set forth in the Development Budget, Gilead will have sole responsibility for all costs related to the Development of the Lead Product.
3.5    Development Reports. Beginning [***] months following the end of the Initial Development Term, Gilead will submit to Jounce, [***] a written report summarizing Gilead’s Development activities with respect to the Licensed Products pursuant to this Agreement (each, a “Development Report”) since the date of Gilead’s delivery of the prior report, and, with respect to the first of such reports, since the Effective Date. Such Development Reports will be substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule 3.5.
3.6    Combination Trials. During the Term, in the event that Jounce requests Gilead for the supply of Licensed Products for [***] combination therapy Clinical Trials, Gilead will [***]. For clarity, it is acknowledged that Gilead may [***] to [***] and [***] on account of [***] for [***] and [***] and [***], or [***], and, in no event will [***] to [***] such agreement [***].
Article 4

REGULATORY
4.1    Regulatory Matters.
4.1.1    Responsibility. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the Initial Development Term, Jounce will be responsible for preparing and submitting to the FDA, and will, itself or with or through its Affiliates or other Third Parties, prepare and submit to the FDA, the IND and all other Regulatory Materials for the Lead Product. Jounce will provide the draft IND and all other Regulatory Materials to be filed or submitted by Jounce with respect to the Program or the Lead Product, including any draft correspondence or communication with Regulatory Authorities, to Gilead for review, comment and approval, and, for the avoidance of doubt, will not file or submit any IND or other Regulatory Materials (or convey any such correspondence or communication to any Regulatory Authority) with respect to the Program or any Licensed Product without prior written approval by Gilead. After the Initial Development Term, Gilead will have the sole right (and will solely control, at its discretion), itself or with or through its Affiliates, Sublicensees, or other Third Parties, to: (a) prepare and submit to applicable Regulatory Authorities all Regulatory Materials for the Licensed Products; and (b) obtain and maintain all Regulatory Approvals for the Licensed Products, subject to Gilead’s diligence obligations set forth in Sections 3.3 and 5.2. As between the Parties, after the Initial Development Term, all such activities will be at Gilead’s sole cost and expense (excluding any activities or responsibilities for which Jounce is responsible pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or as set forth in the Development Budget).
4.1.2    Communications with Regulatory Authorities
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. For clarity and without limiting Section 4.1.1, after the Initial Development Term, Gilead will have the exclusive right to correspond or communicate with Regulatory Authorities regarding the Licensed Products. After the Initial Development Term, unless required by Applicable Law, Jounce, its Affiliates, and its permitted subcontractors will not correspond or communicate with Regulatory Authorities regarding any Licensed Product without first obtaining Gilead’s prior written consent. If Jounce, any of its Affiliates, or any of its permitted subcontractors receives any correspondence or other communication from a Regulatory Authority regarding a Licensed Product after the Initial Development Term, Jounce will promptly provide Gilead with access to or copies of all such material written or electronic correspondence promptly after its receipt.
4.2    Regulatory Materials. Effective as of the end of the Initial Development Term, all Regulatory Materials (including the IND) related to any Licensed Product will be owned by and held in the name of Gilead or its designee. Unless directed otherwise by Gilead in writing, Jounce will assign and transfer, or cause to be assigned and transferred to the extent not owned by Jounce, to Gilead (or its designee), any and all such Regulatory Materials held or generated by or on behalf of Jounce or its Affiliates related to the Licensed Products in accordance with the Transition Plan including providing true, accurate, and complete hard and electronic copies thereof to Gilead or its designee.
4.3    Right of Reference; Access to Data. Without limiting Jounce’s obligations pursuant to Section 4.2, prior to the time at which the Regulatory Materials related to Licensed Products are transferred and assigned to Gilead or its designee, or in the event of inability to transfer and assign any such Regulatory Materials to Gilead or its designee, as required by Section 4.2, but without limiting any other rights or remedies available to Gilead, Gilead and its designees will have, and Jounce (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates) hereby grants to Gilead and its designees, access and a right of reference (without any further action required on the part of Jounce or its Affiliates, whose authorization to file this consent with any Regulatory Authority is hereby granted) to all such Regulatory Materials and all data contained or referenced in any such Regulatory Materials for Gilead and its designees to exercise its rights and satisfy its obligations under this Agreement. In all cases, Gilead and its designees will have access to all data contained or referenced in any such Regulatory Materials, and Jounce will ensure that Gilead and its designees are afforded such access. Jounce shall execute and deliver all documents reasonably requested by Gilead in order to effectuate the terms of and otherwise carry out the intent of this Section 4.3.
Article 5

COMMERCIALIZATION
5.1    General. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Gilead will have the sole right (and will solely control, at its discretion), itself or with or through its Affiliates, Sublicensees, or other Third Parties, to Commercialize the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory.
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5.2    Diligence. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Gilead will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Commercialize the Lead Product for [***] Oncology Indication in [***]. All such Commercialization will be at Gilead’s sole cost and expense.
5.3    Commercialization Updates. Beginning [***] prior to the anticipated First Commercial Sale of the first Licensed Product under this Agreement and for [***] following [***] or, [***], Gilead will submit to Jounce a [***] update regarding [***].
Article 6

MANUFACTURING
6.1    General. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement as between the Parties: (a) during the Initial Development Term, subject to Section 2.3, Jounce will be responsible for Manufacturing costs and (b) following the Initial Development Term, Gilead will have the sole right (and will solely control, at its discretion), itself or with or through its Affiliates, Sublicensees, or other Third Parties, to Manufacture or have Manufactured the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory at Gilead’s sole cost and expense.
6.2    Manufacturing Technology Transfer. At Gilead’s election by written notice to Jounce, Jounce will (a) transfer to Gilead or its designees, in an orderly manner, copies in English of all data, information, and other Know-How Controlled by Jounce or its Affiliates and (b) use commercially reasonable efforts to transfer or facilitate the orderly transfer to Gilead or its designees copies in English of all data, information and other Know-How Controlled by any Third Party contract manufacturer or other contractor of Jounce or its Affiliates, in each case in order to enable Gilead and its designees to Manufacture the Licensed Products, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the [***] Manufacturing Agreement, including Section 9.6 thereof. The [***] pursuant to [***] of the [***] Manufacturing Agreement will be [***].
6.3    Assignment of [***] Agreements. Upon Gilead’s request, Jounce will: (a) assign to Gilead or its designee either or both (as designated by Gilead) of the [***] Agreements, if Jounce is permitted to make such assignment under the terms of the relevant [***] Agreement(s); or (b) reasonably assist Gilead or its Affiliate in entering into new agreements directly with the counterparties to either or both [***] Agreements to cover the subject matter related to the Licensed Products, as applicable (each, a “Replacement [***] Agreement”). If a [***] Agreement is assigned to Gilead (or its Affiliate or designee), or if Gilead (or its Affiliate) enters into a Replacement License Agreement, then effective as of such assignment or execution of the relevant Replacement [***] Agreement, as applicable, Gilead shall no longer have any obligations to Jounce with respect to the relevant [***] Agreement (except for any rights or obligations accruing prior to such effective date) or the Replacement [***] Agreement, and any provisions of this Agreement that are subject to conflicting or overriding terms set forth in the relevant [***] Agreement shall no longer be deemed to be subject to such terms. Further, if the [***] License Agreement is assigned to Gilead (or its Affiliate or designee), or Gilead (or its Affiliate) enters into a Replacement License Agreement to cover licensing matters relating to the Licensed Products, then effective as of such assignment or execution of the relevant Replacement [***] Agreement, as applicable, the Jounce IP shall no longer include the [***]
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Manufacturing Patents or the [***] Manufacturing Know-How, and Schedules 9.2 and 10.1 will automatically be deemed removed from this Agreement.
Article 7

TRANSITION
7.1    Transition Plan. Within [***] days of the Effective Date, the Parties will agree upon a Transition Plan, based on the high-level summary set forth in the Development Plan, to enable Gilead and its designees to Develop, Manufacture, and Commercialize the Licensed Products, which Transition Plan shall, at a minimum, provide for the orderly transfer to Gilead or its designee(s) of the materials and functions set forth on Schedule 7.1 to this Agreement in accordance with the timelines and procedures set forth therein. Jounce will complete the activities assigned to, or otherwise contemplated to be completed by, Jounce under the Transition Plan within [***] days following the end of the Initial Development Term (the period commencing on the date upon which Gilead provides written notice to Jounce initiating the Transition Plan and concluding at the end of such [***] day period, the “Transition Period”). Until such time as Gilead provides written notice to Jounce initiating the Transition Plan, each Party will have the right to propose modifications or amendments to the Transition Plan, provided, however that (a) any modifications or amendments to such Transition Plan that are proposed by either Party will be subject to review by the JSC pursuant to Sections 2.2.5 and 2.3, and (b) any material modifications or amendments to the activities assigned to, or otherwise contemplated to be completed by, Jounce under the Transition Plan will require Jounce’s mutual agreement.
7.2    Transition Leads. Each Party shall appoint a representative having a general understanding of the issues related to the transition of the Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization of the Licensed Products to Gilead, and any other activities contemplated under the Transition Plan, to act as its transition manager under this Agreement (each, a “Transition Lead”), which Transition Lead shall be specified in the Transition Plan. The Transition Leads will be primarily responsible for facilitating the flow of information and otherwise promoting communication, coordination, and collaboration between the Parties hereunder with respect to the activities contemplated under the Transition Plan and will (a) keep the JSC reasonably informed, including between meetings of the JSC, regarding the progress of the activities undertaken pursuant to the Transition Plan; (b) timely notify the JSC regarding any actual or potential obstacles to the orderly and timely completion of the activities contemplated under the Transition Plan and any anticipated delays or other changes to the timeline set forth in the Development Plan; and (c) promptly make themselves available to the JSC for purposes of discussion and mitigation of any such obstacles, delays or changes.
7.3    Ongoing Jounce Assistance.
7.3.1    During the Term, in addition to Jounce’s transition activities under the Transition Plan, Jounce shall [***] with and provide [***] to Gilead or its designee, through documentation, consultation, and face-to-face meetings, in connection with the exercise of the licenses and rights granted to Gilead, its Affiliates and Sublicensees under this Agreement,
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including as useful or necessary to enable Gilead or its designee(s), to proceed with Manufacturing and Commercialization of the Licensed Products and to obtain all appropriate Regulatory Approvals for the Licensed Products in an efficient and timely manner. In furtherance of the foregoing, if requested by Gilead, Jounce shall provide Gilead and its designees with [***] (and [***]) [***] Development, regulatory, or Manufacturing matters related to the Licensed Products, including [***] (and [***]) with [***] in [***] the Manufacture of the Lead Product, to assist in transferring data, information, and other Know-How to Gilead or its designee.
7.3.2    Jounce will carry out its obligations under the Transition Plan and under Section 7.3.1 during the Transition Period at its own cost and expense. To the extent that Gilead requests assistance pursuant to Section 7.3.1 after the Transition Period, Gilead will be responsible for reimbursing Jounce, [***] for the cost of such assistance, provided that Jounce must obtain Gilead’s written approval prior to incurring any such reimbursable costs.
7.3.3    Jounce will invoice Gilead for all costs that are reimbursable by Gilead pursuant to this Section 7.3 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and all such undisputed amounts invoiced will be payable within [***] days of Gilead’s receipt of invoice therefor.
Article 8

FINANCIAL TERMS
8.1    Upfront Payment. No later than five (5) Business Days after the Effective Date, Gilead will pay to Jounce a one (1)-time, non-creditable, non-refundable payment of Eighty-Five Million Dollars ($85,000,000) in immediately available funds by wire transfer, in accordance with wire instructions to be provided in writing by Jounce to Gilead on or prior to the Effective Date.
8.2    Stock Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of a separate Stock Purchase Agreement entered into by the Parties concurrently herewith, Gilead will purchase from Jounce Thirty-Five Million Dollars ($35,000,000) of common stock of Jounce.
8.3    Milestones.
8.3.1    Milestones. Subject to the terms of this Section 8.3 and Section 8.6, following the achievement by a Selling Party under this Agreement of each milestone event described in the table below in this Section 8.3.1 (each, a “Milestone Event”) with respect to the [***] Licensed Product to achieve such Milestone Event under this Agreement, Gilead will pay the applicable amounts set forth below associated with the applicable Milestone Event in accordance with Section 8.3.3 (each, a “Milestone Payment”):
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Milestone Event Milestone Payment
(a)    [***] [***] Dollars
($[***])
(b)    [***] [***] Dollars
($[***])
(c)    [***] [***] Dollars
($[***])
(d)    [***] [***] Dollars
($[***])
(e)    [***] [***] Dollars
($[***])
(f)    [***] [***] Dollars
($[***])
(g)    [***] [***] Dollars
($[***])
(h)    [***] [***] Dollars
($[***])
(i)    [***] [***] Dollars
($[***])

Each Milestone Payment will be payable [***] as set forth in the table above, [***] which achieve the applicable Milestone Event (i.e., [***] Milestone Payments may be made pursuant to this Section 8.3.1), and no Milestone Payment will be due hereunder for [***] of any such Milestone Event. For the avoidance of doubt, the maximum amount payable by Gilead pursuant to this Section 8.3.1 is Five Hundred Ten Million Dollars ($510,000,000), assuming that [***] in this Section 8.3.1 [***].
If a [***] (as evidenced by a written agreement with or written statement from [***] or an analogous written agreement or written statement by [***]), the [***] will be deemed achieved and payable on [***].
8.3.2    Skipped Milestone Event. If a Sequential Milestone Event (as defined below) is skipped (i.e., a later Sequential Milestone Event is achieved prior to the achievement of an earlier Sequential Milestone Event), then the skipped Sequential Milestone Event will be deemed to have been achieved upon the achievement of the subsequent Sequential Milestone Event, and Gilead will pay the Milestone Payment for such skipped Sequential Milestone Event at the same time it makes the payment for the subsequently achieved Sequential Milestone Event. For purposes of this Section 8.3.2, [***] shall constitute “Sequential Milestone Events” solely with respect to [***] shall constitute “Sequential Milestone Events” solely with respect to one another in [***]. For the avoidance of doubt, if [***] as the [***] for purposes of [***] whichever [***] for which [***], will be the relevant [***] for purposes of the applicable Milestone Event(s) set forth in Section 8.3.1 and [***] will [***] a subsequent Sequential Milestone Event.
8.3.3    Invoice and Payment of Milestone Payments. Gilead will notify Jounce that a Selling Party has achieved a Milestone Event within [***] days following such achievement. Following Jounce’s receipt of such notice, Jounce will invoice Gilead for the applicable Milestone Payment, and Gilead will pay such Milestone Payment within [***] days after receipt of such invoice.
8.4    Sales Milestones.
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8.4.1    Sales Milestones. Subject to the terms of this Section 8.4 and Section 8.6, following the achievement by Selling Parties under this Agreement of each milestone event described in the table below in this Section 8.4.1 (each, a “Sales Milestone Event”), Gilead will pay the applicable amounts set forth below associated with the applicable Sales Milestone Event in accordance with Section 8.4.2 (each, a “Sales Milestone Payment”):
Sales Milestone Event Sales Milestone Payment
(a)    Annual Net Sales for a Licensed Product in a Calendar Year equal or exceed [***] Dollars ($[***]) $[***]
(b)    Annual Net Sales for a Licensed Product in a Calendar Year equal or exceed [***] Dollars ($[***]) $[***]
(c)    Annual Net Sales for a Licensed Product in a Calendar Year equal or exceed [***] Dollars ($[***]) $[***]

Each Sales Milestone Payment will be payable [***] Licensed Product to achieve the corresponding milestone event as set forth in the table above, [***] the applicable [***] (i.e., [***] Sales Milestone Payments may be made pursuant to this Section 8.4.1), and no Sales Milestone Payment will be due hereunder [***]. For the avoidance of doubt, the maximum amount payable by Gilead pursuant to this Section 8.4.1 is One Hundred Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($175,000,000), assuming that [***] in this Section 8.4.1 [***].
8.4.2    Invoice and Payment of Sales Milestone Payments. Gilead will notify Jounce that Selling Parties have achieved a Sales Milestone Event within [***] days after the end of the Calendar Quarter during which such achievement occurred. Following Jounce’s receipt of such notice, Jounce will invoice Gilead for the applicable Sales Milestone Payment, and Gilead will pay such Sales Milestone Payment within [***] days after receipt of such invoice.
8.5    Royalties.
8.5.1    Royalty Rates. Subject to the terms of this Section 8.5 and Section 8.6, Gilead will pay Jounce royalties on Annual Net Sales of Licensed Products, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis during the applicable Royalty Term, equal to the following portions of Annual Net Sales of the applicable Licensed Product multiplied by the applicable royalty rate set forth below for such portion of Annual Net Sales during the applicable Royalty Term for each such Licensed Product, which royalties will be paid in accordance with Section 8.5.4. The royalties (and royalty tiers) will be calculated separately on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product basis.
Annual Net Sales in the Territory for a given Licensed Product in a given Calendar Year Royalty Rate
(a)    Portion of Annual Net Sales of a given Licensed Product in the Territory in any given Calendar Year that is less than or equal to [***] Dollars ($[***]) [***] Percent
([***]%)
(b)    Portion of Annual Net Sales of a given Licensed Product in the Territory in any given Calendar Year that is greater than [***] Dollars ($[***]) and less than or equal to [***] Dollars ($[***]) [***] Percent
([***]%)
(c)    Portion of Annual Net Sales of a given Licensed Product in the Territory in any given Calendar Year that is greater than [***] Dollars ($[***]) [***] Percent
([***]%)

The applicable royalty rate set forth in the tables above will apply only to that portion of the Annual Net Sales of a given Licensed Product during a given Calendar Year that falls within the indicated range. If no royalty is payable on a given unit of Licensed Product (e.g., following the Royalty Term for such Licensed Product in a given country), then the Net Sales of such unit
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of Licensed Product will not be included for purposes of determining the royalties or royalty tiers, Net Sales of a given Licensed Product will not be combined with Net Sales of any other Licensed Product for purposes of determining the foregoing royalties or royalty tiers.
8.5.2    Royalty Term. Gilead’s royalty obligations to Jounce under Section 8.5.1 will apply, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, only during the applicable Royalty Term for such Licensed Product in such country. Following the expiration of the applicable Royalty Term for a given Licensed Product in a given country: (a) no further royalties will be payable with respect to sales of such Licensed Product in such country; and (b) Section 15.1.2(a) will apply with respect to such Licensed Product in such country.
8.5.3    Royalty Adjustments.
(a)    Royalty Reductions. Subject to Section 8.5.3(e), the royalties payable with respect to Annual Net Sales will be reduced, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, to [***] percent ([***]%) of the royalties otherwise payable pursuant to Section 8.5.1, as may be adjusted by Section 8.5.3(b), Section 8.5.3(c) or Section 8.5.3(d), during any portion of the applicable Royalty Term in which (i) there is not at least one (1) Valid Claim that Covers the sale of such Licensed Product in such country or (ii) [***] in such country.
(b)    Offset for Third Party Payments. If a Selling Party obtains a right or license under any Patent, Know-How, or other intellectual property right of a Third Party after the Effective Date, where the Development, Manufacturing, or Commercialization of any Licensed Product by or on behalf of a Selling Party would result in a payment to such Third Party, then, subject to Section 8.5.3(e), Gilead may deduct from the royalty payments that would otherwise have been due under Section 8.5.1 and the milestone payments that would otherwise have been due under Section 8.4.1 with respect to Annual Net Sales in a particular Calendar Quarter, an amount equal to [***] percent ([***]%) of the amount of any payments (including [***]) paid or accrued by a Selling Party to such Third Party for such right or license or the exercise thereof during such Calendar Quarter.
(c)    Offsets for Certain [***] Costs. In addition to the deductions permitted under Section 8.5.3(b), Gilead may deduct from the milestone payments that would otherwise have been due under Section 8.3.1, the milestone payments that would otherwise have been due under Section 8.4.1, and the royalty payments that would otherwise have been due under Section 8.5.1 with respect to Annual Net Sales in a particular Calendar Quarter, an amount equal to [***] percent ([***]%) of the amount of [***] and, as applicable, other [***] actually incurred by or on behalf of Gilead [***], in each case excluding any such costs and expenses previously recovered by Gilead pursuant to Section 10.6.
(d)    Offset for [***]. Subject to Section [***], if Gilead takes assignment of any [***] (each [***] so [***], an “[***]”) or enters into a [***] as contemplated under Section [***], Gilead may deduct from the milestone payments that would otherwise have been due under Section 8.3.1, the milestone payments that would otherwise have been due under Section 8.4.1 and the royalty payments that would otherwise have been due under Section 8.5.1 with
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respect to Annual Net Sales in a particular Calendar Quarter, an amount equal to the payments [***] to the relevant [***] or [***] counterparty or counterparties, as applicable, under the relevant [***] or [***] during such Calendar Quarter; provided that under no circumstance may Gilead deduct an amount under this Section 8.5.3(d) that exceeds [***] with respect to any payments paid or accrued under the relevant [***] or [***].
(e)    Royalty Floor. Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.6, in no event will the royalty reductions or royalty offset rights described in Section 8.5.3(a), Section 8.5.3(b), or Section 8.5.3(c), alone or together, reduce the royalties payable by Gilead for a given Calendar Quarter to less than [***] percent ([***]%) of the amounts payable by Gilead for a given Calendar Quarter pursuant to Section 8.5.1 (without the application of Section 8.5.3(a), Section 8.5.3(b) and Section 8.5.3(c)). Subject to the previous sentence, Gilead may [***] any such royalty reductions or offset rights, which [***] a Calendar Quarter [***] such Calendar Quarter, [***] to such royalties [***] and [***] on a Calendar Quarterly basis thereafter.
8.5.4    Payment of Royalties. Gilead will: (a) within [***] days following the end of each Calendar Quarter in which a royalty payment pursuant to Section 8.5.1 accrues, provide to Jounce a report specifying, for such Calendar Quarter: (i) the number of Licensed Products sold that are subject to such royalty; (ii) the Net Sales that are subject to such royalty; (iii) the applicable royalty rate under Section 8.5.1; (iv) the royalty calculation and royalties payable in Dollars; and (v) any reduction(s) to the royalty applied by Gilead pursuant to Section 8.5.3; and (b) make the royalty payments owed to Jounce under this Agreement in accordance with such royalty report in arrears, within [***] days from the end of the Calendar Quarter in which such payment accrues.
8.6    Additional Payment Terms.
8.6.1    Currency. All payments hereunder will be made in Dollars by wire transfer to a bank designated in writing by Jounce no later than [***] days prior to the date by which the applicable payment must be made. Conversion of sales recorded in local currencies to Dollars will be performed in a manner consistent with Accounting Standards and Gilead’s normal practices used to prepare its audited financial statements for internal and external reporting purposes.
8.6.2    Taxes; Withholding.
(a)    Generally. Each Party will pay any and all income taxes, fees, duties, levies or similar amounts imposed on its share of income arising directly or indirectly under this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.6.2.
(b)    Tax Withholding. To the extent that a Party (the “Payor”) is required by Applicable Law to deduct and withhold taxes on any payment to the other Party (the “Payee”), the Payor shall pay the amounts of such taxes to the proper Governmental Authority in a timely manner and promptly transmit to the Payee an official tax certificate or other evidence of such payment sufficient to enable the Payee to claim such payment of taxes. The Payor shall have the right to deduct any such tax, levy, or charge actually paid from payment due to the Payee. For
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the avoidance of doubt, the Payor’s remittance of such withheld taxes, together with payment to the Payee of the remaining payment, will constitute the Payor’s full satisfaction of payments due under this Article 8.
(c)    Transfer Taxes. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties in writing, the amounts payable under this Agreement are exclusive of all applicable sales or use, goods and services, value added, consumption or other similar fees or taxes (“Transfer Taxes”). Where such amounts are subject to Transfer Taxes, the Payee shall promptly furnish the Payor with valid tax invoices pursuant to Applicable Law and remit the amounts of such taxes to the proper Governmental Authority in a timely manner. The Payor shall settle all undisputed amounts, including any applicable Transfer Taxes, in accordance with Section 8.6.1.
(d)    Tax Cooperation. The Parties agree to cooperate with one another and use reasonable efforts to avoid or reduce tax withholding, Transfer Taxes, or similar obligations in respect of the payments made by a Party under this Agreement, as permitted by Applicable Law.
8.6.3    Late Payments. If Jounce does not receive payment of any sum due to it on or before the due date therefor, simple interest will thereafter accrue on the sum due to Jounce from the due date until the date of payment at a per-annum rate of the then-current one-month USD-LIBOR as quoted on Bloomberg (or if it no longer exists, similarly authoritative source) plus [***] percent ([***]%), or the maximum rate allowable by Applicable Law, whichever is less.
8.7    Records; Audit Rights.
8.7.1    Records. Gilead will keep, and will cause each Selling Party to keep, [***] books and records in accordance with its Accounting Standards in relation to this Agreement, including, with respect to Selling Parties, in relation to Net Sales, royalties, Milestone Payments, and Sales Milestone Payments. Gilead will keep, and will cause each Selling Party to keep, such books and records for at least [***] years following the Calendar Year to which they pertain or for such longer period of time as required under any Applicable Law.
8.7.2    Audit Rights. Subject to the other terms of this Section 8.7.2, during the Term and for a period of [***] years thereafter, at the request of Jounce, which will not be made more frequently than [***] per Calendar Year [***], upon at least [***] days’ prior written notice from Jounce, and at the expense of Jounce, Gilead will permit an independent, nationally-recognized certified public accountant selected by Jounce and reasonably acceptable to Gilead (each, an “Auditor”) to inspect, during regular business hours, the relevant records required to be maintained by Gilead under Section 8.7.1; provided, that such audit right will not apply to records beyond [***] years from the Calendar Quarter of the audit request and all periods are subject to audit only once. Prior to its inspection, the Auditor will enter into a confidentiality agreement with both Parties having obligations of confidentiality and non-use no less restrictive than those set forth in Article 12 and limiting the disclosure and use of such information by the Auditor to authorized representatives of the Parties and the purposes germane to Section 8.7.1. The Auditor will report to Jounce only whether the particular amount being audited was accurate and, if not, the amount of and reason for any discrepancy, and the Auditor will not report any
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other information to Jounce. Jounce will treat the results of any Auditor’s review of Gilead’s records as Confidential Information of Gilead subject to the terms of Article 12. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Jounce may disclose such conclusions of the Auditor to the [***] Agreement counterparties, to the extent required under the relevant [***] Agreement, provided that such conclusions shall be subject to a binding confidentiality agreement acceptable to Gilead. In the event such audit leads to the discovery of a discrepancy to Jounce’s detriment, Gilead will, within [***] days after receipt of such report from the Auditor, pay any undisputed amount of the discrepancy. Jounce will pay the full cost of the audit unless the underpayment of amounts due by Gilead is greater than [***] percent ([***]%) of the amount due for the entire period being examined, in which case Gilead will pay the reasonable cost charged by the Auditor for such review. Any undisputed overpayments by Gilead revealed by an examination will be paid by Jounce within [***] days of Jounce’s receipt of the applicable report. This Section 8.7.2 will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement for a period of [***] years.
8.8    [***] Agreements.
8.8.1    Gilead will be solely responsible for any annual payments or incremental fees payable to [***] by Jounce under the [***] Agreements, to the extent such payments or fees accrue solely as a result of a decision made by Gilead to carry out Manufacturing activities with respect to the Licensed Products itself or via a Third Party other than [***].
8.8.2    For the sake of clarity, in the event that one or both [***] Agreements are assigned to Gilead or Gilead enters into a Replacement [***] Agreement pursuant to Section 6.3, the amount of any annual payments or incremental fees for which Gilead would otherwise have been responsible under Section 8.8.1 may not be included by Gilead in any deductions made under Section 8.5.3(d).
Article 9

LICENSES; EXCLUSIVITY
9.1    License to Gilead. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, specifically including Section 9.2 with respect to the [***] Manufacturing IP, Jounce hereby grants to Gilead an exclusive, transferrable (solely pursuant to Section 16.4), and sublicenseable (solely in accordance with Sections 9.2 and 9.3), through multiple tiers, license, under the Jounce IP and Jounce’s interest in Joint IP, to Develop, Manufacture, and Commercialize the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory.
9.2    Manufacturing IP License. Notwithstanding Section 9.1, Gilead acknowledges that certain intellectual property has been licensed to Jounce pursuant to the [***] License Agreement. Pursuant to the [***] License Agreement, Jounce is entitled to grant sublicenses to the [***] Manufacturing IP and to transfer the [***] to Gilead, subject to the following certain restrictions and obligations: (a) manufacture within the Approved Territory (as defined in Schedule 9.2) and (b) the limitations set forth on Schedule 9.2. To the extent that any Jounce IP licensed to Gilead pursuant to Section 9.1 is non-exclusively licensed to Jounce under the [***] License Agreement, the rights granted by Jounce to Gilead pursuant to Section 9.1 under such
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non-exclusively licensed Jounce IP shall be exclusive solely as between Gilead and Jounce but shall otherwise be non-exclusive.
9.2.1    Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Jounce will grant to Gilead a “Commercial Sublicense” (as defined in Schedule 9.2) and “Manufacturing Sublicense” (as defined in Schedule 9.2) to Develop, Manufacture, and Commercialize the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory.
9.2.2    To the extent that any Jounce IP licensed to Gilead pursuant to Section 9.1 is licensed to Jounce under the [***] License Agreement, Gilead hereby covenants that it shall:
(a)    comply with the requirements of the [***] License Agreement set forth [***];
(b)    assign, and hereby does assign, to Jounce, or its designated Affiliate(s), such of its right, title and interest in any Improvements (as defined in Schedule 9.2) as are necessary for Jounce to comply with its obligations under Section 8.1 of the [***] License Agreement; and
(c)    not grant any further sublicenses to Third Parties under Gilead’s sublicense of the rights that are granted to Jounce in the [***] License Agreement without the prior written consent of Jounce, which shall be subject to Jounce receiving the prior written consent of [***].
9.3    Sublicensing and Subcontracting. Without limiting the requirements of Section 9.2, [***] will provide [***] of any [***] (other than [***] to [***]) of its [***] under [***]. [***] will provide [***] no later than [***] days [***] (which [***] may be [***] that is [***]). Gilead will cause any Sublicensee to comply with all applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement. Gilead may subcontract to Affiliates or Third Parties the performance of tasks and obligations related to Gilead’s Development, Manufacture (subject to Section 9.2) and Commercialization of the Licensed Products under this Agreement as Gilead deems appropriate, which subcontract may include a sublicense of rights necessary for the performance of the subcontract as reasonably required; provided, that Gilead will remain responsible for the performance of this Agreement and will cause any such subcontractor to comply with all applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement. At Gilead’s written request, if permitted under the terms of the [***] License Agreement, Jounce will sublicense its manufacturing rights under the [***] License Agreement to one or more Third Parties designated by Gilead.
9.4    Rights Retained by the Parties. Each Party retains all rights under Patents, Know-How, or other intellectual property rights Controlled by such Party which are not expressly granted to the other Party pursuant to this Agreement.
9.5    No Implied Licenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, under no circumstances will a Party or any of its Affiliates, as a result of this Agreement, obtain any ownership interest, license, or other right in or to any Patents, Know-How, or other intellectual property rights of the other Party, including tangible or intangible items owned,
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controlled, or developed by the other Party, or provided by the other Party to the receiving Party at any time, in each case, pursuant to this Agreement.
9.6    Exclusivity.
9.6.1    Restrictions on Jounce. [***], Jounce will not, and will cause its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly alone or with any Third Party, (a) except to the extent required in order for Jounce to perform its obligations under the Development Plan, [***]; (b) [***] or [***] to [***] to [***] or [***]; or (c) [***] or [***] or [***] to [***]; provided that if Jounce is [***], Jounce will be [***] any [***] for purposes of [***], and, if such [***] has, [***], the continued [***] of such [***] by [***] will not be a breach of this Section 9.6.1 provided that [***] (including any [***] or any [***] of Gilead or any of its Affiliates) is used in connection with such [***] and [***] work on [***] prior to the [***] of [***].
9.6.2    Restrictions on Gilead.
(a)    During the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending [***] years thereafter (the “Restricted Period”), in the event that Gilead or an Affiliate [***] (i.e., that is [***]) (a “Gilead [***]”) in addition to, or instead of the Licensed Antibody, within [***] Business Days of achievement of [***] Gilead will provide written notice thereof to Jounce, then, from and after such notice, such [***] for the purposes of [***] and [***].
(b)    If, during the Restricted Period, Gilead or an Affiliate [***] (through [***]) from [***], Gilead shall: (i) [***]; provided that, within [***] of such [***], Gilead must elect by written notice to Jounce one of alternatives (ii) – (iv); (ii) agree that such [***] from and after such notice for the purposes of [***] and [***]; (iii) [***] such [***], within [***] months after such [***], and [***] any continued [***] of such [***] during such [***] month period from activities under this Agreement; or (iv) [***] pursuant to [***]. After the Restricted Period, during the Term, if Gilead or an Affiliate [***], Gilead will provide written notice to Jounce within [***] days of such [***], and, within [***] days after such written notice, Gilead will provide an update to Jounce regarding [***] or [***].
Article 10

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
10.1    [***] Agreements. As applicable to any Jounce Patents that are licensed to Jounce pursuant to any of the [***] Agreements, the provisions of this Article 10 shall be subject to the terms and conditions of such [***] Agreements set forth [***].
10.2    Ownership. Subject to Section 10.1, ownership of all Inventions arising from the Parties’ activities under this Agreement, including any Patents covering such Inventions, will be determined by inventorship. All such Inventions conceived or reduced to practice jointly by the Parties will be jointly owned (all such Inventions, “Joint Inventions” and all Patents that claim such Joint Inventions, “Joint Patents”). All determinations of inventorship under this Agreement will be made in accordance with U.S. patent law.
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10.3    Prosecution and Maintenance.
10.3.1    Subject to Section 10.1 and Section 10.3.2 below, as between the Parties, Gilead will have the first right, but not the obligation, for the Prosecution and Maintenance of the Jounce-Owned Patents and Joint Patents at its own cost and expense. Jounce will fully cooperate with Gilead in connection with the Prosecution and Maintenance of the Jounce-Owned Patents, including by providing access to relevant persons and executing all documentation reasonably requested by Gilead and at Gilead’s election, to transfer the Patent Prosecution and Maintenance files to Gilead or a law firm of Gilead’s choice. Gilead will keep Jounce reasonably informed of the status of the Jounce-Owned Patents. If Gilead decides to allow a Jounce-Owned Patent or Joint Patent to lapse or become abandoned without having first filed a substitute, then it will notify Jounce of, and consult with Jounce with respect to, such decision or intention at least [***] days prior to the date upon which such Patent will lapse or become abandoned, and Jounce will thereupon have the right (but not the obligation) to assume the Prosecution and Maintenance thereof at Jounce’s expense with counsel of its choice.
10.3.2    Absent a claim of Third Party Infringement under Section 10.5, Gilead will have the first right, but not obligation, to undertake proceedings to proactively invalidate Third Party Patents (e.g., through oppositions, post grant review, inter partes review, derivations, re-examinations, post-grant proceedings, and other similar proceedings) that Gilead at its sole discretion deems a risk to the commercialization of the Licensed Products (“Proactive Defense Proceedings”). Gilead will [***] of such Proactive Defense Proceedings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties agree and acknowledge that prior to the Effective Date, [***] (the “[***]”), and Jounce and Gilead will [***] with respect to this [***].
10.4    Enforcement.
10.4.1    Each Party will promptly notify the other Party if it becomes aware of infringement or Patent challenge by a Third Party of any Jounce Patent or any Joint Patent in the Territory, including any declaratory judgment, opposition, post grant review, inter partes review, or similar action alleging the invalidity, unenforceability, unpatentability, or non-infringement with respect to such Jounce Patent, including under the BPCIA or the United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-48) or their successor provisions, any regulatory filing based on Section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 262), or Article 10(4) of the Directive 2001/83/EC, or any other similar regulation promulgated by the FDA, EMA, MHLW, or by other applicable similar Governmental Authority or other actual or potential infringement or Patent challenge by a generic or biosimilar or potential generic or biosimilar competitor (including any Biosimilar Product) to a Licensed Product anywhere in the Territory (collectively, “Competing Infringement”).
10.4.2    As between the Parties, Gilead will have the first right, but not the obligation, to bring and control any legal action or take such other actions as it deems appropriate (including responding to Third Party notice letters and controlling settlements), which may include the granting of licenses and authorizing the launch of Biosimilar Product(s) in connection with any Competing Infringement of any Jounce-Owned Patent as it reasonably determines appropriate, at its cost and expense. If Gilead does not (a) take any such action or (b) notify
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Jounce in writing of its intent to allow the applicable Competing Infringement without intervention within a period of [***] days after delivering or receiving, as applicable, notice of such Competing Infringement in accordance with Section 10.4.1, then Jounce will have the right, but not the obligation, to bring and control any such legal action or other actions; provided that: (x) if Applicable Law prevents such actions within such period, then such period will be extended to the date that is [***] days after Applicable Law does not prevent such action; and (y) if a delay in bringing such action would limit or compromise the remedies available for such Competing Infringement, then such [***] day period will be shortened to permit Jounce at least [***] days to initiate such action. At the request and expense of the enforcing Party, the non-enforcing Party will provide reasonable assistance in connection with the enforcing Party’s legal or other actions in connection with any such Competing Infringement, including by executing reasonably appropriate documents, cooperating in discovery, and joining as a party to the action if required.
10.5    Defense. Each Party will promptly notify the other Party of any claim alleging that the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of any Licensed Product in the Territory infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any Patents, Know-How, or other intellectual property rights of any Third Party (“Third Party Infringement”). In any such instance, the Parties will as soon as practicable thereafter discuss in good faith the best response to such notice of Third Party Infringement. Subject to Section 10.1, as between the Parties, Gilead will have the sole and exclusive right, but not the obligation, to defend, and take other actions (including to settle) with respect to, any such claim of Third Party Infringement, at Gilead’s sole discretion, cost, and expense. Subject to [***] under [***], any [***]. Jounce will have the right to be represented in any such action by counsel of its own choice at Jounce’s sole cost and expense.
10.6    Recovery. Subject to Section 10.1, any recovery received as a result of any action under Section 10.3 or Section 10.4 will be allocated in the following order: (a) to reimburse the enforcing Party for the reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and professional fees) that it incurred in connection with such action, to the extent not previously reimbursed (to the extent not previously offset pursuant to Section 8.5.3(c)); (b) to reimburse the non-enforcing Party, where it joins a legal action as provided under Section 10.3 or Section 10.4 (as applicable), for the reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and professional fees) that it incurred in connection with such action, to the extent not previously reimbursed (to the extent not previously offset pursuant to Section 8.5.3(c)); and (c) with respect to the remainder of the recovery, if [***] is the enforcing party, such amount will be [***] for purposes of this Agreement, and if [***] is the enforcing party, such amount will be [***] and [***].
10.7    Trademarks. Subject to Section 10.1, as between the Parties, Gilead will have the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to brand the Licensed Products using trademarks and trade names it determines appropriate in its sole discretion for the Licensed Products, which may vary within the Territory (the “Licensed Product Marks”). Gilead will own all rights in the Licensed Product Marks and will register and maintain the Licensed Product Marks to the extent it determines reasonably necessary.
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10.8    Patent Extensions. As between the Parties, Gilead will have the sole right to obtain patent term restoration (including under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act), supplemental protection certificates or their equivalents, and patent term extensions (collectively, “Patent Extensions”) with respect to the Jounce-Owned Patents or Joint Patents, where applicable, at Gilead’s sole discretion, cost, and expense. Jounce will provide all reasonable assistance requested by Gilead, including permitting Gilead to proceed with applications for such Patent Extensions in the name of Jounce, if deemed appropriate by Gilead, and executing documents and providing any relevant information and assistance to Gilead.
10.9    Purple Book Listings. As between the Parties, Gilead (or its designee) will have the sole right to list, with the applicable Regulatory Authorities in the Territory, all applicable Patents (including any Jounce-Owned Patents and/or Joint Patents) for any Licensed Product, including all so-called “Purple Book” listings required under the U.S. Public Health Service Act, and all similar listings in any other relevant countries. For the avoidance of doubt, Gilead will retain final decision-making authority with respect to the listing of all applicable Patents for any Licensed Product, regardless of which Party owns such Patent, and Jounce will reasonably assist Gilead in connection therewith.
Article 11
ANTITRUST LAW COMPLIANCE; EFFECTIVENESS
11.1    Filings. Each of Jounce and Gilead will, no later than ten (10) Business Days after the Execution Date, file with the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the DOJ HSR Filings with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Parties will cooperate with one another to the extent necessary in the preparation of such HSR Filings. [***] will be responsible for [***] percent ([***]%) of the filing fees associated with such HSR Filings.
11.2    Information Exchange. Each Party will, in connection with the HSR Filings or any inquiry or investigation conducted under Antitrust Law by the FTC, the DOJ, or any other Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement: (a) reasonably cooperate with the other Party in connection with any communication, filing, submission, investigation, or other inquiry (including any proceeding initiated by a private party); (b) keep the other Party or its counsel reasonably informed of any communication received by such Party from, or given by such Party to, the FTC, the DOJ, or any other Governmental Authority (including any communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private party), in each case, regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c) consult with the other Party in advance of any meeting or conference with the FTC, the DOJ, or any other Governmental Authority (or, in connection with any proceeding by a private party, with such private party), and to the extent permitted by the applicable Governmental Authority (or such private party), give the other Party or their counsel the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences, at the other Party’s cost and expense; and (d) permit the other Party or its counsel to review in advance any submission, filing, or communication (and documents submitted therewith) intended to be given by it to the FTC, the DOJ, or any other Governmental Authority (or, in connection with any proceeding by a private party, to such private party). Jounce and
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Gilead, as each deems advisable and necessary, may reasonably designate any competitively sensitive material to be provided to the other under this Section 11.2 as “Antitrust Outside Counsel Only Material.” Such materials and the information contained therein will be given only to the outside antitrust counsel of the recipient and will not be disclosed by such outside counsel to employees, officers, or directors of the recipient Party unless express permission is obtained in advance from the source of the materials or the applicable Party’s legal counsel.
11.3    Closing.
11.3.1    Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will take place remotely via the electronic exchange of documents and signatures as soon as practical, but no later than on the third (3rd) Business Day following the date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 11.3.2 have been satisfied or waived by the applicable Party (other than Section 11.3.2(b), which can only be satisfied or waived at the closing), or at such other time and place as Jounce and Gilead may agree upon in writing (the “Closing Date”).
11.3.2    Conditions to Effectiveness. The obligation of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction by each Party of the following conditions, any or all of which may be waived in whole or in part by the other Party in its sole discretion, subject to Applicable Law: (a) HSR Clearance; and (b) the representations and warranties made by such Party in Sections 13.1 and 13.2 (each, with respect to Jounce) and Section 13.1 (each, with respect to Gilead) will be true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date, and, with respect to Jounce as such Party, Jounce will have performed and complied in all material respects with the covenants set forth in Section 13.3.2.
Article 12

CONFIDENTIALITY
12.1    Nondisclosure. Each Party agrees that a Party (the “Receiving Party”) which receives the Confidential Information of the other Party (the “Disclosing Party”) pursuant to this Agreement will: (a) maintain in confidence such Confidential Information using not less than the efforts that such Receiving Party uses to maintain in confidence its own proprietary information of similar kind and value, but in no event less than a reasonable degree of efforts; (b) not disclose such Confidential Information to any Third Party without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party, except for disclosures expressly permitted pursuant to this Article 12; and (c) not use such Confidential Information for any purpose except those permitted under this Agreement, including, in the case of Gilead, the exercise of the rights and licenses granted to Gilead hereunder. The obligations of confidentiality, non-disclosure, and non-use under this Section 12.1 will be in full force and effect from the Execution Date until [***] years following the Term. The Receiving Party will return all copies of or destroy the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party disclosed or transferred to it by the other Party pursuant to this Agreement, within [***] days after the expiration or termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that a Party may retain: (i) Confidential Information of the other Party to exercise rights and licenses which expressly survive such termination or expiration pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) one (1) copy of all other Confidential Information in archives
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solely for the purpose of establishing the contents thereof; and (iii) the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information contained in the Receiving Party’s electronic back-up files that are created in the normal course of business pursuant to the Receiving Party’s standard protocol for preserving its electronic records.
12.2    Exceptions.
12.2.1    General. Section 12.1 will not apply with respect to any portion of the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to the extent that such Confidential Information:
(a)    was known to the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates, as evidenced by written records, without any obligation to keep it confidential or any restriction on its use, prior to disclosure by the Disclosing Party;
(b)    is subsequently disclosed to the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates by a Third Party lawfully in possession thereof and without any obligation to keep it confidential or any restriction on its use;
(c)    is published by a Third Party or otherwise becomes publicly available or enters the public domain, either before or after it is disclosed to the Receiving Party, without any breach by the Receiving Party of its obligations hereunder; or
(d)    is independently developed by or for the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates, as evidenced by written records, without reference to or reliance upon the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.
Any combination of features or disclosures will not be deemed to fall within the foregoing exclusions merely because individual features are published or available to the general public or in the rightful possession of the Receiving Party unless the combination itself and principle of operation are published or available to the general public or in the rightful possession of the Receiving Party.
12.3    Authorized Disclosure.
12.3.1    Disclosure. Notwithstanding Section 12.1, the Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information belonging to the Disclosing Party in the following instances:
(a)    to comply with Applicable Law (including the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange in any jurisdiction in the Territory) (collectively, the “Securities Regulators”) or with judicial process (including prosecution or defense of litigation), solely to the extent that, in the reasonable opinion of the Receiving Party’s counsel, such disclosure is necessary for such compliance or for such judicial process (including prosecution or defense of litigation) and provided that if a Party submits this Agreement to, or files this Agreement with, any Securities Regulator or other Person pursuant to this Section 12.3.1(a), such Party agrees to (i) provide copies of the disclosure to the other Party
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reasonably in advance of such filing or other disclosure; (ii) promptly notify the other Party in writing of such requirement and any respective timing constraints; (iii) give the other Party reasonable time under the circumstances from the date of provision of copies of such disclosure to comment upon and request confidential treatment for such disclosure; and (iv) use good-faith efforts to incorporate any comments (including comments requesting removal of sensitive business and financial information that is not required to be disclosed by Applicable Law) provided by the other Party in accordance with this Section 12.3.1(a);
(b)    disclosure to governmental or other regulatory agencies in order to obtain Patents, to obtain or maintain approval to conduct Clinical Trials, or to market the Licensed Products under this Agreement, in each case, in accordance with this Agreement; provided, that reasonable steps are taken to ensure confidential treatment of such Confidential Information to the extent available;
(c)    disclosure to: (i) any of its officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, or Affiliates; (ii) in the case of Gilead, any actual or potential collaborators, licensees, or Sublicensees; (iii) in the case of either Party, to such Party’s permitted subcontractors for the purpose of such subcontractors performing obligations of such Party under this Agreement; and (iv) in the case of either Party, to such Party’s actual or potential acquirers; provided, that, prior to any such disclosure, each such disclosee is bound by reasonable and customary written obligations of confidentiality, non-disclosure, and non-use, including, in the case of disclosure to Third Parties, obligations that are consistent with the obligations set forth in this Article 12; provided, however, that, in each of the above situations described in this Section 12.3.1(c), the Receiving Party will remain responsible for any failure by any Person who receives Confidential Information from such Receiving Party pursuant to this Section 12.3.1(c) to treat such Confidential Information as required under this Article 12;
(d)    disclosure to any actual or potential acquirer, or prospective investment bankers, investors, lenders or other financial partners, provided that such disclosure will solely be in the form of [***] reports and the redacted version of this Agreement, which version has been agreed upon by the Parties in good faith, including any such redacted version that has been agreed upon for actual or potential filing to the SEC; it being understood and agreed that only after negotiations with any such Third Party have progressed so that such Party reasonably and in good faith believes that consummation of the proposed transaction with such Third Party is [***], only then may such Party provide an unredacted version of this Agreement, to such Third Party and in any event such Third Party shall be contractually bound by confidentiality restrictions consistent with the obligations set forth in this Article 12; and
(e)    disclosure to its advisors (including attorneys and accountants) in connection with activities under this Agreement; provided, that, prior to any such disclosure, each such disclosee is bound by written obligations of confidentiality, non-disclosure, and non-use consistent with the obligations set forth in this Article 12 (provided, however, that in the case of legal advisors, such confidentiality obligations need not be documented in writing), to maintain the confidentiality thereof and not to use such Confidential Information except as expressly permitted by this Agreement; provided, however, that, in each of the above situations
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in this Section 12.3.1(e), the Receiving Party will remain responsible for any failure by any Person who receives Confidential Information from such Receiving Party pursuant to this Section 12.3.1(e) to treat such Confidential Information as required under this Article 12.
12.3.2    Terms of Disclosure. If and whenever any Confidential Information is disclosed in accordance with this Section 12.3, such disclosure will not cause any such information to cease to be Confidential Information, except to the extent that such disclosure results in a public disclosure of such information other than by breach of this Agreement.
12.4    Terms of this Agreement. The Parties agree that this Agreement and the terms hereof will be deemed to be Confidential Information of both Jounce and Gilead, and each Party agrees not to disclose this Agreement or any terms hereof without obtaining the prior written consent of the other Party; provided, that each Party may disclose this Agreement or any terms hereof in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.3.
12.5    Publicity.
12.5.1    Press Releases. Jounce will not, and will cause its Affiliates not to, issue any scientific publication (including publications in journals, posters, presentations at conferences, and abstracts submitted in advance of conferences) related to activities under this Agreement, without first obtaining Gilead’s prior written consent; provided, that Jounce will be authorized to make any disclosure, without first obtaining Gilead’s prior written consent, that is required by Applicable Law (including the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934), the rules of any Securities Regulator, or by judicial process, to the extent permitted pursuant to, and subject to and in accordance with, Section 12.3, as applicable. The contents of any publication that has been reviewed and approved by Gilead may be re-released by Jounce without first obtaining Gilead’s prior written consent in accordance with this Section 12.5.1.
12.5.2    Publications. The Parties will issue a joint press release substantially in the form attached as Schedule 12.5.2 announcing the execution of this Agreement. In addition, Gilead will have the right, without first obtaining Jounce consent, to (a) issue press releases and other public statements as it deems reasonably appropriate in connection with the research, development, manufacture, Commercialization, or other exploitation of Licensed Antibodies or Licensed Products under this Agreement and (b) publish or have published information regarding research, Development, Manufacturing, Commercialization and other exploitation conducted with respect to the Licensed Antibodies or Licensed Products, including the results of any such clinical trials, or any activities conducted under this Agreement; provided that Gilead shall not publish any manuscript, abstract, specification, text or any other material that includes Licensor Confidential Information (as defined in Schedule 9.2) except in accordance with the requirements set forth on Schedule 9.2 with respect to such publications.
12.5.3    Public Statements. Subject to Section 12.5.1, and without limiting any other disclosure rights Jounce has in accordance with this Article 12, Jounce will have the right, without first obtaining Gilead’s consent, to disclose in connection with investor meetings, on its website or in non-confidential materials, any information relating to the Licensed Products that
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was previously publicly disclosed in any securities filings, press releases, posters or other publications of (a) Gilead or its Affiliates or (b) Jounce or its Affiliates, to the extent done prior to or in accordance with this Agreement.
12.6    Use of Names. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, neither Party (or any of its respective Affiliates) will use the name, trademark, trade name, or logo of the other Party or any of its Affiliates, or its or their respective employees, in any publicity, promotion, news release, or other public disclosure relating to this Agreement or its subject matter, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the other Party; provided, that such consent will not be required to the extent use thereof may be required by Applicable Law, including the rules of any securities exchange or market on which a Party’s or its Affiliate’s securities are listed or traded; and provided, further, that each Party hereby consents to the use of its name, trademark, trade name and logo on the other Party’s website and corporate presentations, solely (a) in a list of such other Party’s collaborators and (b) otherwise in conjunction with general information regarding the transactions contemplated under this Agreement that may be published or disclosed (as applicable) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and provided that, in all cases, each Party shall comply with all reasonable trademark usage guidelines provided by the other Party in its use of the other Party’s name, logos, or marks and, upon the consenting Party’s request, enter into a trademark license agreement acceptable to the consenting Party.
12.7    Clinical Trials Registry. For clarity, Gilead, its Affiliates, and its and their designees will have the right to publish registry information and summaries of data and results from any Clinical Trials conducted in connection with activities under this Agreement, on its clinical trials registry or on a government-sponsored database such as www.clinicaltrials.gov, without first obtaining the prior consent of Jounce. The Parties will reasonably cooperate if required or reasonably requested by Gilead in order to facilitate any such publication by Gilead, any of its Affiliates, and any of its or their designees.
Article 13

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS
13.1    Representations and Warranties of Each Party. Each Party hereby represents and warrants to the other Party, as of the Execution Date and the Effective Date, that:
(a)    such Party is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Applicable Law of the jurisdiction of its formation and has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the provisions hereof;
(b)    such Party has taken all necessary corporate action on its part to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder;
(c)    this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Party and constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement of the rights and remedies created hereby is subject to: (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other similar laws of
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general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; or (ii) laws governing specific performance, injunctive relief, and other equitable remedies;
(d)    the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by such Party does not breach or conflict with any agreement or any provision thereof, or any instrument or understanding, oral or written, to which such Party (or any of its Affiliates) is a party or by which such Party (or any of its Affiliates) is bound, nor violate any Applicable Law of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Party (or any of its Affiliates);
(e)    no government authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of or filing or registration with any court or Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, under any Applicable Law currently in effect, is or will be necessary for, or in connection with, the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or for the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement, except: (i) as may be required to conduct Clinical Trials or to seek or obtain Regulatory Approvals or applicable Regulatory Materials; or (ii) as set forth in Article 11; and
(f)    it has obtained all necessary authorizations, consents, and approvals of any Third Party that is required to be obtained by it for, or in connection with, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or for the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement, except: (i) as may be required to conduct Clinical Trials or to seek or obtain Regulatory Approvals or applicable Regulatory Materials; or (ii) as set forth in Article 11.
13.2    Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Jounce. Jounce hereby represents and warrants to Gilead, as of the Execution Date and again as of the Effective Date, that:
(a)    Schedule 1.94 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Jounce Patents and identifies for each listed item (i) whether such Jounce Patent is owned or licensed by Jounce and (ii) in the case of licensed Jounce Patents, the [***] Agreement pursuant to which it is licensed to Jounce;
(b)    To Jounce’s knowledge, the rights granted to Gilead with respect to the Jounce IP pursuant to this Agreement constitute all of the intellectual property rights that are necessary for the Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization of the Lead Product as contemplated hereunder;
(c)    Except for the [***] Manufacturing Patents and the [***] Manufacturing Know-How, Jounce (i) is the sole and exclusive owner of all of the Jounce IP, free from Encumbrances; (ii) has not granted to any Third Party any rights under the Jounce IP (except for non-exclusive licenses granted to Third Parties solely for purposes of performing services on behalf of, and for the benefit of, Jounce), and (iii) is listed in the records of the appropriate Governmental Authority as the sole and exclusive owner of record for each registration, grant, and application with respect to the Jounce IP;
(d)    Jounce has not granted any Third Party any rights under any Jounce IP that would conflict with or limit the scope of the rights or licenses granted to Gilead hereunder. Jounce has the full and legal rights and authority to grant to Gilead and its Affiliates all of the
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licenses under the Jounce IP that it purports to grant hereunder, and to disclose the Jounce Know-How that is included in the Jounce IP to Gilead as contemplated under this Agreement, in each case free from Encumbrances (except for the rights retained by [***] pursuant to the [***] Agreements) or any other restrictions not expressly set forth in this Agreement;
(e)    [***], Jounce has not [***] that any [***] or [***], or [***];
(f)    all inventors of the Jounce-Owned Patents are accurately identified in the relevant patents, applications and related filings and submissions in accordance with Applicable Law, and all inventors identified in such records are former or current employees or contractors of Jounce who have, in each case, assigned all of their respective right, title, and interest in the applicable Jounce-Owned Patent to Jounce. All official fees, maintenance fees and annuities for the Jounce-Owned Patents have been paid and all administrative procedures with patent offices have been completed for the Jounce-Owned Patents such that the Jounce-Owned Patents are subsisting and in good standing. Jounce has Prosecuted and Maintained all Jounce-Owned Patents in good faith and has complied with the USPTO duty of disclosure respecting the Prosecution and Maintenance thereof, and, to Jounce’s knowledge, all issued patents included in the Jounce Patents are valid and enforceable without any claims, challenges, oppositions, interference, or other similar proceedings pending or threatened;
(g)    neither Jounce nor any of its Affiliates has made a claim against a Third Party alleging that a Third Party is violating or has violated, is infringing or has infringed, or is misappropriating or has misappropriated any Jounce IP, and, [***];
(h)    all Jounce employees, officers, and consultants who have been or are presently involved in the development of the Jounce IP have executed agreements effectively assigning to Jounce, or have existing obligations under Applicable Law requiring assignment to Jounce of, all inventions made during the course of and as the result of their association with Jounce, free from Encumbrances, and obligating each such individual to maintain as confidential Jounce’s Confidential Information as well as all confidential information of other parties (including the Confidential Information of Gilead and its Affiliates) that such individual may receive.
(i)    (i) neither Jounce nor any of its Affiliates has employed, or otherwise used in any capacity, the services of any Person suspended, proposed for debarment, or debarred under 21 U.S.C. § 335a, or any foreign equivalent thereof, with respect to the Licensed Products; (ii) no Person who has been debarred under 21 U.S.C. § 335a shall be employed or engaged by Jounce in the performance of any activities hereunder; and (iii) to Jounce’s knowledge, no Person on any of the FDA clinical investigator enforcement lists (including the (A) Disqualified/Totally Restricted List, (B) Restricted List, and (C) Adequate Assurances List) shall participate in the performance of any activities hereunder;
(j)    Jounce has not entered into a government funding relationship that would result in rights to any Jounce IP residing in the U.S. Government, National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Drug Abuse, or other agency, and the licenses granted hereunder are not
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subject to overriding obligations to the U.S. Government as set forth in Public Law 96517 (35 U.S.C. 200204), or any similar obligations under the laws of any other country;
(k)    other than the [***] Agreements, (i) neither Jounce nor its Affiliates have entered into any agreement under which Jounce or its Affiliates: (1) has obtained a license or sublicense of rights from a Third Party to any Jounce IP; or (2) has granted a license, sublicense, option, or right to a Third Party that will remain in effect after the Effective Date, in each case ((i) and (ii)), to Develop, Manufacture, or Commercialize any Licensed Product, and (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements to which Jounce or any of its Affiliates is a party relating to the Jounce IP, and Jounce has not otherwise granted to any Third Party any rights or made any covenants to any Third Party, that would materially limit the rights granted to Gilead under this Agreement or that would restrict or result in a restriction on Gilead’s ability to Develop, Manufacture, Commercialize, or otherwise exploit the Licensed Antibodies or Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory, as contemplated under this Agreement;
(l)    Jounce has provided to Gilead true, correct, and complete copies of each [***] Agreement. Each such [***] Agreement is in full force and effect, and there has been [***] of or under any such [***] Agreement. Jounce has not waived any of its rights under any such [***] Agreement.
(m)    Jounce has maintained intellectual property protection guidelines within its organization and, to Jounce’s knowledge, there has not been any unauthorized disclosure of intellectual property rights, including any Know-How included in the Jounce-Owned IP, to any Third Party; and
(n)    Jounce has responded in good faith to all of Gilead’s written requests for materials and information in connection with Gilead’s due diligence efforts with respect to this Agreement, and to Jounce’s knowledge there has been no failure to disclose to Gilead any fact or circumstance known to Jounce and relating to any of the Jounce IP that would be reasonably expected to be material to Gilead in connection with this Agreement.
13.3    Covenants.
13.3.1    Mutual Covenant. Each Party hereby covenants to the other Party that such Party and its Affiliates will perform its activities pursuant to this Agreement in compliance (and will ensure compliance by any of its subcontractors) with all Applicable Law, including, to the extent applicable, GCP, GLP, and GMP.
13.3.2    Additional Jounce Covenants. Jounce hereby covenants to Gilead that:
(a)    Except as otherwise expressly permitted under this Agreement, Jounce will not, and will cause its Affiliates not to assign, transfer, license or grant to any Third Party, or agree to assign, transfer, license or grant to any Third Party, any rights to the Jounce IP, Joint IP or any Licensed Product if such license or grant could adversely affect in any respect any of the rights or licenses granted to Gilead hereunder.
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(b)    Neither Jounce nor any of its Affiliates shall (i) terminate or modify any [***] Agreement, or exercise, waive, release, or assign any rights or claims thereunder, without first obtaining Gilead’s prior written consent in each case; (ii) breach, or otherwise Default under, any [***] Agreement; or (iii) commit any act (or failure to act), in each case (i)-(iii) that would result in a loss of rights, or otherwise adversely affect the rights, of Gilead, its Affiliates, or its Sublicensees hereunder or would permit [***], as applicable, to exercise their respective termination rights under the [***] Agreements. Without limiting the foregoing, if Jounce receives notice of an alleged Default by Jounce or its Affiliates under any [***] Agreement, where termination of such [***] Agreement could be sought by the counterparty or result from such Default, then Jounce will promptly, but in any event within [***] Business Days following receipt of notice thereof, provide written notice thereof to Gilead and to the extent permitted under the terms of such [***] Agreement, grant Gilead the right (but not the obligation) to: (x) cure such alleged breach or Default; and (y) offset any costs or expenses incurred in connection therewith against any payments due or that may become due under this Agreement.
(c)    If, at any time after execution of this Agreement, Jounce becomes aware that it, any of its Affiliates, or any employee, agent, or subcontractor of Jounce or any of its Affiliates or permitted subcontractors who participated or is participating in the performance of any activities hereunder is or becomes debarred under 21 U.S.C. § 335a, it shall provide written notice of such fact to Gilead within [***] Business Days of its discovery thereof.
(d)    All employees, officers, and consultants of Jounce or any of its Affiliates who are involved in the activities contemplated under this Agreement have executed or will execute agreements effectively assigning to Jounce, or have existing obligations under Applicable Laws requiring assignment to Jounce of, all inventions made during the course of and as the result of their association with Jounce, free from Encumbrances, and obligating each such individual to maintain as confidential Jounce’s Confidential Information as well as all confidential information of other parties (including the Confidential Information of Gilead and its Affiliates and Sublicensees) that such individual may receive, to the extent required to support Jounce’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
(e)    Jounce shall maintain sufficient security systems and intellectual property protection guidelines within its organization equivalent to industry standards and qualified to avoid any unauthorized disclosure of intellectual property rights, including Know-How, to any Third Party, as more specifically agreed with Gilead hereunder.
13.4    Disclaimer. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR EXTENDS ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (AND EACH PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES NOT EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT), INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY PATENTS OR KNOW-HOW, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, PERFORMANCE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY PATENT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT.
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Article 14

INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE
14.1    Indemnification by Gilead. Gilead will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Jounce, its Affiliates, and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Jounce Indemnitees”) from and against any and all Damages to the extent arising out of or relating to, directly or indirectly, any Third Party Claim based upon:
(a)    the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of any Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory by Gilead, its Affiliates, or its Sublicensees;
(b)    the negligence or willful misconduct of Gilead or its Affiliates or its or their respective directors, officers, employees, consultants, subcontractors, or agents, in connection with Gilead’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement; or
(c)    any breach by Gilead of any of its representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, or obligations under this Agreement;
provided, however, that, in each case ((a)-(c)), such indemnity will not apply to the extent Jounce has an indemnification obligation pursuant to Sections 14.2(a) or 14.2(c) for such Damages.
14.2    Indemnification by Jounce. Jounce will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Gilead, its Affiliates, and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Gilead Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Damages to the extent arising out of or relating to, directly or indirectly, any Third Party Claim based upon:
(a)    the research, Development or Manufacture of JTX-1811 or any Licensed Product by Jounce, its Affiliates, or its subcontractors during the Initial Development Term;
(b)    the negligence or willful misconduct of Jounce or its Affiliates or its or their respective directors, officers, employees, consultants, subcontractors or agents, in connection with Jounce’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement; or
(c)    any breach by Jounce of any of its representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, or obligations under this Agreement;
provided, however, that, in each case ((a)-(c)), such indemnity will not apply to the extent Gilead has an indemnification obligation pursuant to Sections 14.1(b) or 14.1(c) for such Damages.
14.3    Procedure.
14.3.1    If a Party is seeking indemnification under Section 14.1 or Section 14.2, as applicable (the “Indemnitee”), it will inform the other Party (the “Indemnitor”) of the claim giving rise to the obligation to indemnify pursuant to Section 14.1 or Section 14.2, as applicable,
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as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving notice of the claim (an “Indemnification Claim Notice”); provided, that any delay or failure to provide such notice will not constitute a waiver or release of, or otherwise limit, the Indemnitee’s rights to indemnification under Section 14.1 or Section 14.2, as applicable, except to the extent that such delay or failure materially prejudices the Indemnitor’s ability to defend against the relevant claims.
14.3.2    The Indemnitor will have the right and obligation within [***] days after receipt of the Indemnification Claim Notice, to assume the defense of any such claim for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification pursuant to Section 14.1 or Section 14.2, as applicable. The Indemnitee will cooperate with the Indemnitor and the Indemnitor’s insurer as the Indemnitor may reasonably request, and at the Indemnitor’s cost and expense. The Indemnitee will have the right to participate, at its own expense and with counsel of its choice, in the defense of any claim or suit that has been assumed by the Indemnitor.
14.3.3    The Indemnitor will not settle any claim to which it is subject pursuant to Section 14.1 or Section 14.2 above, as applicable, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed; provided, however, that the Indemnitor will not be required to obtain such consent if the settlement: (a) involves only the payment of money and will not result in the Indemnitee (or other Jounce Indemnitees or Gilead Indemnitees, as applicable) becoming subject to injunctive or other similar type of relief; (b) does not require an admission by the Indemnitee (or other Jounce Indemnitees or Gilead Indemnitees, as applicable); and (c) does not adversely affect the rights or licenses granted to the Indemnitee (or its Affiliate) under this Agreement. The Indemnitee will not settle or compromise any such claim without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Indemnitor.
14.3.4    If the Parties cannot agree as to the application of Section 14.1 or Section 14.2, as applicable, to any claim, pending the resolution of the dispute pursuant to Section 16.8, the Parties may conduct separate defenses of such claims, with each Party retaining the right to claim indemnification from the other Party in accordance with Section 14.1 or Section 14.2, as applicable, upon resolution of the underlying claim. In each case, the Indemnitee will reasonably cooperate with the Indemnitor and will make available to the Indemnitor all pertinent information under the control of the Indemnitee, which information will be subject to Article 12.
14.4    Insurance. During the Term and for a period of [***] years thereafter, each Party will maintain, at its cost, a program of insurance (or self-insurance, in the case of Gilead) against liability and other risks associated with its activities and obligations under this Agreement (including with respect to its Clinical Trials), and its indemnification obligations hereunder, in such amounts, subject to such deductibles and on such terms as are customary for such Party for the activities to be conducted by it under this Agreement including:
(a)    [***] insurance, including [***], on [***] form, with limits of liability not less than $[***] and $[***]. [***] requirements may be satisfied by [***] coverage, and

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(b)    [***] insurance [***] and [***] insurance [***], and [***]. Where permitted by law, such policies shall contain a waiver of [***].
Evidence of the foregoing insurance will be provided to each Party on request. Each Party will provide the other Party a notice of insurance policy cancellation in accordance with the provisions of the applicable insurance policy maintained pursuant to this Section 14.4 All insurance maintained pursuant to this Section 14.4 will be underwritten by companies with an AM best rating of at least [***]. The Jounce policy(ies) shall name Gilead, its officers, directors, employees and volunteers, as Additional Insured. [***]. Such insurance will not be construed to create a limit on either Party’s liability with respect to its indemnification obligations under this Article 14, or otherwise.
14.5    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. NEITHER JOUNCE NOR GILEAD, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, WILL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR LOST REVENUES), WHETHER LIABILITY IS ASSERTED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY), INDEMNITY, CONTRIBUTION, OR OTHERWISE, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THAT PARTY OR ANY REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF, OR OTHERWISE MIGHT HAVE ANTICIPATED THE POSSIBILITY OF, ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 14.5 IS INTENDED TO OR SHALL LIMIT OR RESTRICT: (A) THE [***] RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS OF ANY PARTY UNDER SECTIONS [***] OR [***], IN CONNECTION WITH [***]; (B) THE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY FOR BREACH OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER [***] AND [***]; OR (C) DAMAGES AVAILABLE FOR A PARTY’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE, INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT, OR FRAUD.
Article 15

TERM AND TERMINATION
15.1    Term; Expiration.
15.1.1    Term. Except for the terms and conditions of Article 11, Article 12, and Article 13 (all of which will become effective on the Execution Date), this Agreement will become effective on the Closing Date (the “Effective Date”); provided, that this Agreement will terminate immediately, upon written notice by a Party to the other Party, in the event that the Effective Date has not occurred on or prior to [***]. Unless earlier terminated in accordance with this Article 15, this Agreement will remain in effect until it expires as follows (the “Term”):
(a)    on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, this Agreement will expire on the date of the expiration of the Royalty Term with respect to such Licensed Product in such country; and
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(b)    this Agreement will expire in its entirety upon the expiration of all applicable Royalty Terms under this Agreement with respect to the Licensed Products in all countries in the Territory.
15.1.2    Effect of Expiration. Upon the expiration of the Term pursuant to Section 15.1.1, the following terms will apply:
(a)    Licenses after Licensed Product Expiration. Upon the expiration of the Term with respect to a given Licensed Product in a given country pursuant to Section 15.1.1(a), the licenses set forth in Section 9.1 with respect to the Licensed Product in such country will become fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable, and royalty-free.
(b)    Licenses after Expiration of Agreement. Upon the expiration of the Term with respect to this Agreement in its entirety pursuant to Section 15.1.1(b), the licenses set forth in Section 9.1 with respect to all Licensed Products in all countries in the Territory will become fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable, and royalty-free.
15.2    Termination for Material Breach.
15.2.1    Material Breach. This Agreement may be terminated in its entirety or on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product or Region-by-Region basis by a Party for the material breach by the other Party of this Agreement; provided, that the breaching Party has not cured such breach within [***] days in the case of a breach due to failure to make any payments due to the other Party hereunder, and, for all other breaches, [***] days, in each case after the date of written notice to the breaching Party of such breach (the “Cure Period”), which notice will describe such breach in reasonable detail and will state the non-breaching Party’s intention to terminate this Agreement (in its entirety or on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product or Region-by-Region basis). Any such termination of this Agreement will become effective at the end of the Cure Period, unless the breaching Party has cured such breach prior to the expiration of such Cure Period, or, if such breach is not susceptible to cure within the Cure Period, then such Cure Period will be extended for an additional [***] days provided that the breaching Party continues to use commercially reasonable efforts to cure such material breach during such extension period.
15.2.2    Disagreement as to Material Breach. Notwithstanding Section 15.2.1, if the Parties disagree in good faith as to whether there has been a material breach of this Agreement, then: (a) the Party that disputes whether there has been a material breach may contest the allegation by referring such matter, within [***] days following its receipt of notice of alleged material breach, for resolution in accordance with Section 16.8.1; (b) the relevant Cure Period with respect to such alleged material breach will be tolled from the date on which the Party that disputes whether there has been a material breach notifies the other Party of such Dispute until the resolution of such Dispute in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement; (c) subject to Section 16.8, during the pendency of such Dispute, all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement will remain in effect and the Parties will continue to perform all of their respective obligations hereunder; and (d) if it is ultimately determined that the breaching Party committed such material breach, then the breaching Party will have the right to cure such
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material breach, after such determination, within the Cure Period (as may be extended in accordance with Section 15.2.1), which will commence as of the date of such determination.
15.3    Termination at Will. Gilead may terminate this Agreement at will, and in its sole discretion, in its entirety or on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product or Region-by-Region basis, at any time upon [***] days’ prior written notice to Jounce.
15.4    Termination for Bankruptcy.
15.4.1    If either Party makes a general assignment for the benefit of, or an arrangement or composition generally with, its creditors, appoints or suffers appointment of an examiner or of a receiver or trustee over all or substantially all of its property, passes a resolution for its winding up, or files a petition under any bankruptcy or insolvency act or law or has any such petition filed against it which is not dismissed, discharged, bonded, or stayed within [***] days after the filing thereof (each, an “Insolvency Event”), the other Party may terminate this Agreement in its entirety, effective immediately upon written notice to such Party.
15.4.2    For purposes of Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”) and any similar laws in any country other than the U.S., all rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to any Section of this Agreement are rights to “intellectual property” (as defined in Section 101(35A) of the Code). The Parties agree that the licensee of such rights under this Agreement will retain and may fully exercise all of its protections, rights, and elections under the Code and any similar laws in any country other than the U.S. Each Party hereby acknowledges that: (a) copies of research data, (b) laboratory samples, (c) product samples, (d) formulas, (e) laboratory notes and notebooks, (f) data and results related to Clinical Trials, (g) regulatory filings and Regulatory Approvals, (h) rights of reference in respect of regulatory filings and Regulatory Approvals, (i) pre-clinical research data and results, and (j) marketing, advertising, and promotional materials, in each case ((a) through (j)), that relate to such intellectual property, constitute “embodiments” of such intellectual property pursuant to Section 365(n) of the Code, and that the licensee will be entitled to a complete duplicate of (or complete access to, as appropriate) any such intellectual property and all embodiments of such intellectual property, and the same, if not already in its possession, will be promptly delivered to it upon its written request therefor and election under Section 365(n)(1)(B) of the Code to retain the licenses granted by Jounce to Gilead hereunder in the event of Jounce’s rejection of this Agreement, unless Jounce elects to continue to perform all of its obligations under this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 15.4.2 are without prejudice to any rights the non-subject Party may have arising under the Code, laws of other jurisdictions governing insolvency and bankruptcy, or other Applicable Law. The Parties agree that they intend the following rights to extend to the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, including for purposes of the Code and any similar laws in any country other than the U.S.: (x) the right of access to any intellectual property (including all embodiments thereof) of Jounce, or any Third Party with whom Jounce contracts in accordance with this Agreement to perform an obligation of Jounce under this Agreement which is necessary or useful for the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of any Licensed Product; (y) the right to contract directly with any Third Party described in (x) to complete the contracted
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work, and (z) the right to cure any Default under any such agreement with a Third Party and set off the costs thereof against amounts payable to such licensor under this Agreement.
15.5    Effects of Termination.
15.5.1    Termination by Gilead for Convenience or by Jounce for Material Breach or Bankruptcy. Upon termination of this Agreement with respect to a Terminated Licensed Product: (a) by Gilead, in accordance with Section 15.3; or (b) by Jounce, in accordance with Section 15.2 or Section 15.4:
(a)    the licenses granted by Jounce to Gilead pursuant to Section 9.1 and 9.2 with respect to the Terminated Licensed Product will terminate, and Gilead will not have any rights hereunder to use or exercise any rights under the Jounce IP with respect to such Terminated Licensed Product; provided that, in the event such Terminated Licensed Product is a [***], and Gilead’s payment obligations under Article 8 with respect to [***]; provided further, that the provisions of Section 8.5.3(a) will not apply to such payment obligations;
(b)    Gilead will be released from its Development, Manufacturing, and Commercialization obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Terminated Licensed Product, including with respect to Section 3.3;
(c)    If requested by Jounce, Gilead will promptly transfer and assign to Jounce [***] (but not [***]) [***] (other than [***]), in exchange for a mutually agreed upon payment to Gilead;
(d)    Gilead will as soon as reasonably practicable transfer and assign (to the extent permitted) to Jounce any [***] Agreements that have been assigned to Gilead and all [***] owned and Controlled by Gilead or any of its Affiliates, in each case, to the extent [***] the Terminated Licensed Product (other than a Gilead Asset) and [***] for Developing, Manufacturing, or Commercializing such Terminated Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory; provided, that: (i) Gilead may retain a copy of such items for its records; and (ii) within [***] days after Jounce’s receipt of an invoice therefor, Jounce will reimburse Gilead for Gilead’s and its Affiliates’ costs incurred in connection with such transfers and assignment.
(e)    If requested by Jounce, Gilead will grant to Jounce [***] under [***] (or [***]) pursuant to [***] and [***], [***] to the [***] (i) relates to [***] (ii) [***] by [***], in each case [***];
(f)    Jounce will have the option, exercisable within [***] days following the effective date of such termination, to obtain Gilead’s inventory of such Terminated Licensed Product (other than a Gilead Asset) at a price equal to [***] percent ([***]%) of Gilead’s costs for such inventory of the Terminated Licensed Product. In the event Jounce exercises such right to purchase such inventory, Gilead will grant, and hereby does grant, a royalty-free license to any trademarks, names, and logos of Gilead contained therein for a period of [***] months from the date of Jounce’s exercise solely to permit the orderly sale of such inventory;
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(g)    all data and information generated, gathered, or Controlled by Jounce during the Term that relates to the Terminated Licensed Product(s) (other than a Gilead Asset) shall constitute the Confidential Information of Jounce for purposes of each Party’s continuing obligations under Article 12;
(h)    the provisions of Article 10 (other than Section 10.1) will be terminated with respect to the Terminated Licensed Product; and
(i)    If requested by Jounce, Gilead and Jounce will [***] (the “[***]”) under any Patents and Know-How Controlled by Gilead or its Affiliates as of the effective date of such termination, in each case that relate to the Parties’ activities under this Agreement and that are actually used in the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization (if currently under Development or Commercialization) of the [***] (other than [***]) in the [***] Development or Commercialization pursuant to this Agreement as of the effective date of termination, excluding the [***] Manufacturing Patents and the [***] Manufacturing Know-How (collectively, the “Necessary Gilead IP”) solely to Develop, Manufacture, and Commercialize the Terminated Licensed Product(s) (other than a Gilead Asset) within all or a portion of the Territory.
(i)    In order to [***], Jounce shall provide written notice of [***] on or prior to the effective date of such termination. In the event that the Parties [***] with respect to [***] within [***] days following receipt by Gilead from Jounce of such notice, then, unless [***] by the [***] (the [***] together with any [***], the “[***]”), the terms of the [***] shall be determined in accordance with Section [***], provided that (A) the scope of the [***] shall be limited to determining the [***], which terms shall be consistent with this Section 15.5.1(i) and this Agreement; (B) within [***] days after [***] pursuant to Section [***], each Party shall provide [***] (including a [***]) for the [***]; and (C) in [***] regarding [***], the [***] shall [***] under the circumstances (or, if [***] day period, the [***]), provided that the [***] or [***].
(ii)    [***], during the [***] and until the [***] pursuant to Section [***] (but [***]), [***] under the [***] to [***] (other than [***]) in [***] in which [***] with respect to [***].
15.5.2    Termination by Gilead for Material Breach or Bankruptcy. Upon termination of this Agreement with respect to a Terminated Licensed Product by Gilead in accordance with Section 15.2 or Section 15.4:
(a)    the licenses granted by Jounce to Gilead pursuant to Section 9.1 and 9.2 with respect to the Terminated Licensed Product will terminate, and Gilead will not have any rights hereunder to use or exercise any rights under the Jounce IP with respect to such Terminated Licensed Product, provided that, in the event such Terminated Licensed Product is a Gilead Competing Product, Gilead will retain the rights to Develop and Commercialize the Gilead Competing Product, and Gilead’s payment obligations under Article 8 with respect to such Gilead Competing Product shall continue for the balance of what would have been the applicable Royalty Term;
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(b)    Gilead will be released from its Development, Manufacturing, and Commercialization obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Terminated Licensed Product, including with respect to Section 3.3;
(c)    Gilead will as soon as reasonably practicable transfer and assign (to the extent permitted) to Jounce all [***] Agreements that have been assigned to Gilead as contemplated under this Agreement, and all [***] owned and Controlled by Gilead or any of its Affiliates, in each case, to the extent [***] the Terminated Licensed Product (other than a Gilead Asset) and [***] for Developing, Manufacturing, or Commercializing such Terminated Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory; provided, that: (i) Gilead may retain a copy of such items for its records; and (ii) within [***] days after Jounce’s receipt of an invoice therefor, Jounce will reimburse Gilead for Gilead’s and its Affiliates’ costs incurred in connection with such transfers and assignment.
(d)    If requested by Jounce, Gilead will grant to Jounce [***] under [***] (or [***]) pursuant to [***] and [***], [***] to [***] (i) relates to [***] (ii) [***], in each case [***];
(e)    Gilead will have the option, exercisable within [***] days following the effective date of such termination, to sell Gilead’s inventory of such Terminated Licensed Product (other than a Gilead Asset) to Jounce at a price equal to [***] percent ([***]%) of Gilead’s costs for such inventory of the Terminated Licensed Product. In the event Gilead exercises such right to sell such inventory, Gilead will grant, and hereby does grant, a royalty-free license to any trademarks, names, and logos of Gilead contained therein for a period of [***] months from the date of Jounce’s exercise solely to permit the orderly sale of such inventory; and
(f)    the provisions of Article 10 (other than Section 10.1) will be terminated with respect to the Terminated Licensed Product.
15.6    Certain Additional Remedies of Gilead in Lieu of Termination. In the event that: (a) Gilead notifies Jounce in writing of a material breach of this Agreement by Jounce; and (b) Gilead would have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 15.2 (including because Jounce is unable to cure such breach within the Cure Period), then, [***], [***] may [***] to have [***] by providing [***]; provided, that if [***], then from and after [***], [***] and [***] pursuant to [***] will be [***] until [***] has [***] and [***] as [***] to [***] from [***] and [***] of [***].
15.7    Surviving Provisions.
15.7.1    Accrued Rights; Remedies. The expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason will be without prejudice to any rights that will have accrued to the benefit of any Party prior to such expiration or termination, and any and all damages or remedies (whether at law or in equity) arising from any breach hereunder, each of which will survive expiration or termination of this Agreement. Such expiration or termination will not relieve any Party from obligations which are expressly indicated to survive expiration or termination of this
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Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, the termination provisions of this Article 15 are in addition to any other relief and remedies available to either Party under this Agreement, at law, or in equity.
15.7.2    Survival. Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.7.1, the rights and obligations of the Parties set forth in the following Sections and Articles of this Agreement will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement, in addition to those other terms and conditions that are expressly stated to survive termination or expiration of this Agreement: Article 1 (to the extent the definitions are used in other surviving provisions), Article 8 (to the extent applicable with respect to amounts due prior to termination or expiration), Article 9 (solely to the extent the terms thereof are contemplated to survive per this Article 15), Article 10 (solely as applicable to any perpetual license rights granted to Gilead pursuant to this Agreement, except that Section 10.2 shall survive any expiration or termination hereof), Article 12, Article 14, Article 16, Sections 7.3.2 and 7.3.3 (in each case, to the extent applicable with respect to the amounts due prior to termination or expiration), 13.3.2(a) (solely to the extent applicable to any rights of Gilead contemplated to survive per Section 15.1 or 15.5), 13.4, 15.1, 15.5, and this Section 15.7.
Article 16

MISCELLANEOUS
16.1    Severability. If one (1) or more of the terms or provisions of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, invalid, or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction, such holding will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the void, invalid, or unenforceable term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction, and such term or provision will be considered severed from this Agreement solely for such situation and solely in such jurisdiction, unless the void, invalid, or unenforceable term or provision is of such essential importance to this Agreement that it is to be reasonably assumed that the Parties would not have entered into this Agreement without the void, invalid, or unenforceable term or provision. If the final judgment of such court declares that any term or provision hereof is void, invalid, or unenforceable, the Parties agree to: (a) reduce the scope, duration, area, or applicability of the term or provision or to delete specific words or phrases to the minimum extent necessary to cause such term or provision as so reduced or amended to be enforceable; and (b) make a good-faith effort to replace any void, invalid, or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision such that the objectives contemplated by the Parties when entering this Agreement may be realized.
16.2    Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given by this Agreement will be in writing and in English and will be: (a) delivered by hand or by overnight courier with tracking capabilities; or (b) mailed postage prepaid by first class, registered, or certified mail, in each case, addressed as set forth below unless changed by notice so given:
If to Gilead:
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Gilead Sciences, Inc.
333 Lakeside Drive
Foster City, CA 94404
Attention:    Alliance Management

With copies to:
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
333 Lakeside Drive
Foster City, CA 94404
Attention:    General Counsel

If to Jounce:

Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
780 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
Attention:    Chief Executive Officer
With copies to:
Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
780 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
Attention:    Chief Legal Officer
Any such notice will be deemed given on the date received, except any notice received after 5:00 p.m. (in the time zone of the receiving Party) on a Business Day or received on a non-Business Day will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. A Party may add, delete, or change the person or address to which notices should be sent at any time upon written notice delivered to the other Parties in accordance with this Section 16.2.
16.3    Force Majeure. A Party will not be liable for delay or failure in the performance of any of its obligations hereunder to the extent such delay or failure is due to a cause beyond the reasonable control of such Party, including acts of God, fires, earthquakes, acts of war, terrorism, or civil unrest, or hurricane or other inclement weather; provided, that the affected Party: (a) promptly notifies the other Party; and (b) will use its commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such causes of non-performance and to mitigate the effect of such occurrence, and will continue performance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement whenever such causes are removed. When such circumstances arise, the Parties will negotiate in good faith any
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modifications of the terms of this Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate in order to arrive at an equitable solution.
16.4    Assignment.
16.4.1    Generally. Except as expressly permitted herein, this Agreement may not be assigned or transferred by any Party, nor may any Party assign or transfer any rights or obligations created by this Agreement, except as expressly permitted hereunder without first obtaining the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and the remaining provisions of this Section 16.4.1, either Party may assign or transfer this Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder in whole or in part, to: (a) one (1) or more of its Affiliates (provided, that the assigning Party will remain fully and unconditionally liable and responsible to the non-assigning Party hereto for the performance and observance of all such duties and obligations by such Affiliate); or (b) its successor in interest in connection with its merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or that portion of its business pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement.
16.4.2    All Other Assignments Null and Void. The terms of this Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the successors, heirs, administrators, and permitted assigns of the applicable Party. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 16.4 will be null and void ab initio.
16.4.3    Change of Control. Whether or not this Agreement is assigned pursuant to Section 16.4, the Parties agree as follows: (a) the rights to information, materials, Patents, Know-How or other intellectual property rights: (i) controlled by a Third Party permitted assignee of a Party or any of its Affiliates that were controlled by such assignee or any of its Affiliates (and not such Party) immediately prior to such assignment (other than as a result of a license or other grant of rights, covenant or assignment by such Party or its Affiliates to, or for the benefit of, such Third Party); or (ii) controlled by any successor-in-interest of a Party as a result of a Change of Control or any Person that becomes an Affiliate of a Party through any Change of Control of such Party, that were controlled by such successor or Person (and not such Party) immediately prior to such Change of Control (other than as a result of a license or other grant of rights, covenant or assignment by such Party or its other Affiliates to, or for the benefit of, such Person), in each case ((i) and (ii)), will be [***] under this Agreement.
16.5    Waivers and Modifications. The failure of any Party to insist on the performance of any obligation hereunder will not be deemed to be a waiver of such obligation. Waiver of any breach of any provision hereof will not be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or any other provision on such occasion or any succeeding occasion. No waiver, modification, release, or amendment of any obligation under or provision of this Agreement will be valid or effective unless in writing and signed by the Parties.
16.6    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EXCEPT AS LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED
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IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY, AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
16.7    Choice of Law. This Agreement will be governed by, enforced, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to any rules of conflict of laws and excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods.
16.8    Dispute Resolution. The Parties agree that the procedures set forth in this Section 16.8 will be the exclusive mechanism for resolving any dispute (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise), controversy, or claim between the Parties arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, any Party’s rights or obligations under this Agreement, breach of this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (each, a “Dispute”).
16.8.1    Escalation to Executive Officers. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 16.8, in the event of any Dispute relating to this Agreement, the Parties shall first refer the Dispute to the Executive Officers for discussion and resolution.  If the Executive Officers are unable to resolve such Dispute within [***] Business Days of the Dispute being referred to them by either Party in writing, then the Dispute shall be resolved as provided in Section 16.8.2 or Section 16.8.3, as applicable.
16.8.2    Binding Arbitration. Any unresolved Disputes between the Parties arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration. Whenever a Party decides to institute arbitration proceedings, it shall give written notice to that effect to the other Party.  Arbitration shall be held in New York, New York, according to the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC Rules”) in effect at the Effective Date, except as they may be modified herein or by mutual agreement of the Parties. All arbitration proceedings shall be conducted by three (3) arbitrators unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties. The claimant and the respondent shall each nominate an arbitrator in accordance with the ICC Rules, and the third arbitrator, who shall be the president of the arbitral tribunal, shall be appointed by the two (2) Party-appointed arbitrators in consultation with the Parties. The Parties undertake to maintain confidentiality as to the existence of the arbitration proceedings and as to all submissions, correspondence, and evidence relating to the arbitration proceedings. This Section 16.8.2 shall survive the termination of the arbitral proceedings. Decisions of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding on the Parties. Judgment on the award so rendered may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The costs of the arbitration shall
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be shared by the Parties during the course of such arbitration, as assessed by the International Chamber of Commerce, and shall be borne as determined by the arbitrator(s).
16.8.3    Equitable Relief. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16.8.1, either Party may, without waiving any remedy under this Agreement, seek from any court having jurisdiction any equitable relief, including any injunctive or provisional relief and specific performance to protect the rights or property of that Party. Such remedies will not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for a breach of this Agreement but will be in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity. In addition, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16.8.1, either Party may bring an action in any court having jurisdiction to enforce an award rendered pursuant to Section 16.8.1.
16.8.4    Pending Disputes. Until final resolution of the Dispute through judicial determination: (a) this Agreement will remain in full force and effect; and (b) the time periods for cure as to any termination will be tolled. The Parties further agree that any payments made pursuant to this Agreement pending resolution of the Dispute will be refunded if a court determines that such payments are not due.
16.9    Relationship of the Parties. Jounce and Gilead are independent contractors under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein is intended or is to be construed so as to constitute either Party as a partner, agent, or joint venturer of the other Party. No Party will incur any debts or make any commitments for the other Party, except to the extent, if at all, specifically provided therein. Neither Jounce nor Gilead, respectively, will have any express or implied right or authority to assume or create any obligations on behalf of or in the name of Jounce and Gilead, respectively, or to bind Jounce and Gilead, respectively, to any contract, agreement, or undertaking with any Third Party.
16.10    Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, each Party will bear its own costs and expenses (including investment banking and legal fees and expenses) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
16.11    Third Party Beneficiaries. There are no express or implied Third Party beneficiaries hereunder. The provisions of this Agreement are for the exclusive benefit of the Parties, and no other Person or entity will have any right or claim against any Party by reason of these provisions or be entitled to enforce any of these provisions against any Party, except for the indemnification rights of the Jounce Indemnitees pursuant to Sections 14.1 and 14.3 and the Gilead Indemnitees pursuant to Sections 14.2 and 14.3.
16.12    Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the attached Schedules) contain the entire agreement by the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior express or implied agreements, understandings, and representations, either oral or written, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way, including any and all term sheets relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and exchanged between the Parties prior to the Effective Date.
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16.13    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts with the same effect as if both Parties had signed the same document. All such counterparts will be deemed an original, will be construed together, and will constitute one (1) and the same instrument. Any such counterpart, to the extent delivered by means of facsimile by .pdf, .tif, .gif, .jpeg, or similar attachment to electronic mail (any such delivery, an “Electronic Delivery”) will be treated in all manners and respects as an original executed counterpart and will be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. No Party hereto will raise the use of Electronic Delivery to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of Electronic Delivery as a defense to the formation of a contract, and each Party forever waives any such defense, except to the extent that such defense relates to lack of authenticity.
16.14    Equitable Relief; Cumulative Remedies. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Parties will be entitled to seek equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance, as a remedy for any breach of this Agreement. Such remedies will not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for a breach of this Agreement but will be in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity. The Parties further agree not to raise as a defense or objection to the request or granting of such relief that any breach of this Agreement is or would be compensable by an award of money damages. No remedy referred to in this Agreement is intended to be exclusive, but each will be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy referred to in this Agreement or otherwise available under Applicable Law.
16.15    Interpretation.
16.15.1    Generally. This Agreement has been diligently reviewed by and negotiated by and between the Parties, and in such negotiations each of the Parties has been represented by competent (in-house or external) counsel, and the final agreement contained herein, including the language whereby it has been expressed, represents the joint efforts of the Parties and their counsel. Accordingly, in interpreting this Agreement or any provision hereof, no presumption will apply against any Party as being responsible for the wording or drafting of this Agreement or any such provision, and ambiguities, if any, in this Agreement will not be construed against any Party, irrespective of which Party may be deemed to have authored the ambiguous provision.
16.15.2    Definitions; Interpretation.
(a)    The definitions of the terms herein will apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined and, where a word or phrase is defined herein, each of its other grammatical forms will have a corresponding meaning.
(b)    Whenever the context may require, any pronoun will include the corresponding masculine, feminine, and neuter forms.
(c)    The word “shall” will be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “will.”
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(d)    The words “including,” “includes,” “include,” “for example,” and “e.g.,” and words of similar import, will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
(e)    The word “or” will be interpreted to mean “and/or,” unless the context requires otherwise.
(f)    The words “hereof,” “herein,” and “herewith,” and words of similar import, will, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
(g)    Unless the context requires otherwise or otherwise specifically provided: (i) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Schedules will be construed to refer to Articles, Sections, Schedules of this Agreement; and (ii) reference in any Section to any subclauses are references to such subclauses of such Section.
16.15.3    Subsequent Events. Unless the context requires otherwise: (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, or other document herein will be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements, or modifications set forth herein); (b) any reference to any Applicable Law herein will be construed as referring to such Applicable Law as from time to time enacted, repealed, or amended; and (c) subject to Section 16.4, any reference herein to any Person will be construed to include the Person’s successors and assigns.
16.15.4    Headings. Headings, captions, and the table of contents are for convenience only and will not be used in the interpretation or construction of this Agreement.
16.15.5    Prior Drafts. No prior draft of this Agreement will be used in the interpretation or construction of this Agreement.
16.15.6    Independent Significance. Although the same or similar subject matter may be addressed in different provisions of this Agreement, the Parties intend that, except as reasonably apparent on the face of the Agreement or as expressly provided in this Agreement, each such provision will be read separately, be given independent significance, and not be construed as limiting any other provision of this Agreement (whether or not more general or more specific in scope, substance, or content).
16.16    Further Assurances. Each Party will execute, acknowledge, and deliver such further instruments, and do all such other ministerial, administrative, or similar acts, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the expressly stated purposes and the clear intent of this Agreement.
16.17    Extension to Affiliates. Subject to Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1 and 16.4, Gilead will have the right to extend the rights, licenses, immunities, and obligations granted in this Agreement to one (1) or more of its Affiliates. All applicable terms and provisions of this Agreement will apply to any such Affiliate to which this Agreement has been extended to the
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same extent as such terms and provisions apply to Gilead. Gilead will remain fully liable for any acts or omissions of such Affiliates.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties have caused this License Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the Execution Date.
JOUNCE THERAPEUTICS, INC. GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
By:    /s/ Richard Murray    
By:    /s/ Andrew Dickinson    
Name:    Richard Murray    
Name:        Andrew Dickinson    
Title:    CEO    
Title:        Chief Financial Officer



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Schedules
Schedule 1.10 [***]
Schedule 1.94 Patents
Schedule 1.96 Lead Product
Schedule 3.2 Development Plan
Schedule 3.5 Form of Development Report
Schedule 7.1 Transition Plan
Schedule 8.5.3(d) [***]
Schedule 9.2 Certain Required Sublicense Provisions
Schedule 10.1 [***] Agreement [***] Provisions
Schedule 12.5.2 Joint Press Release
Schedule 13.2(e) [***]


Exhibit 10.2
CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN OMITTED AND REPLACED WITH “[***]”. SUCH IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE COMPANY IF DISCLOSED.

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 31, 2020 (the “Execution Date”), is entered into by and between Gilead Sciences, Inc. (the “Investor”), a Delaware corporation, and Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor desires to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, certain shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”); and
WHEREAS, in partial consideration for the Investor’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, the Company and the Investor (each, a “Party,” and together, the “Parties”) are entering into the License Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement (each as defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the following mutual promises and obligations, and for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Investor and the Company agree as follows:
1.    Definitions.
1.1    Certain Defined Terms. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings specified therefor below:
“Acquisition Transaction” shall mean any merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, reorganization or similar transaction or series of related transactions involving the Company or any subsidiary of the Company whereby the holders of voting capital stock of the Company immediately prior to any such transaction hold less than 50% of the voting capital stock of the Company or the surviving corporation (or its parent company) immediately after the consummation of any such transaction.
“Affiliate” shall mean any Person which, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a Party. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to a Person means: (a) direct or indirect ownership of 50% or more of the voting securities or other voting interest of any Person (including attribution from related parties); or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, as a general partner, as a manager, or otherwise.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.


“Business Day” shall mean a day on which banking institutions in New York City, New York, are open for business, excluding any Saturday or Sunday.
“Change of Control” means, with respect to the Company, the occurrence of any of the following events from and after the Execution Date: (a) any Person or group of Persons becomes the beneficial owner (directly or indirectly) of more than 50% of the voting shares of the Company; (b) the Company consolidates with or merges into or with another Person pursuant to a transaction in which more than 50% of the voting shares of the acquiring or resulting entity outstanding immediately after such consolidation or merger is not held by the holders of the outstanding voting shares of the Company immediately preceding such consolidation or merger; or (c) the Company sells or transfers to another Person all or substantially all of its assets.
“Control” means, with respect to any Patent, Know-How, other intellectual property right, the ability of a Party or its Affiliates, as applicable (whether through ownership, license, or sublicense (other than a license granted pursuant to the License Agreement)) to grant to the other Party the licenses, sublicenses, or other rights as provided herein, or to otherwise disclose such intellectual property right, without violating the terms of any then-existing agreement with any Third Party at the time such Party or its Affiliates, as applicable, would be required hereunder to grant the other Party such licenses, sublicenses, or other rights as provided herein or to otherwise disclose such intellectual property right.
“Cross Receipt” shall mean an executed document signed by each of the Company and the Investor, in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
“Governmental Authority” means (a) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government; (b) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any agency, board, body, branch, bureau, commission, council, department, entity, governmental division, instrumentality, office, officer, official, organization, representative, subdivision, unit, and any court or other tribunal); (c) multinational governmental organization or body; or (d) entity or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any executive, legislative, judicial, administrative, regulatory, police, military, or taxing authority or power of any nature.
“HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“HSR Clearance” means the expiration or termination of all applicable waiting period(s) under the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the License Agreement.
“Invention” means any process, method, composition of matter, article of manufacture, discovery, or finding that is conceived or reduced to practice.
“Know-How” means algorithms, data, information, Inventions, knowledge, methods (including methods of use or administration or dosing), practices, results, software, techniques,
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technology, and trade secrets, including analytical and quality control data, analytical methods (including applicable reference standards), assays, batch records, chemical structures and formulations, compositions of matter, formulae, manufacturing data, pharmacological, toxicological, and clinical test data and results, processes, reports, research data, research tools, sequences, standard operating procedures, and techniques, in each case, whether patentable or not, and, in each case, tangible manifestations thereof.
“Law” means all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, injunctions and/or ordinances of any Governmental Authority.
“License Agreement” shall mean the License Agreement between the Company and the Investor, dated as of the date hereof.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, occurrence, condition or change that has had a material adverse effect on (a) the assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition or business of the Company and its subsidiary taken as a whole, (b) the legality or enforceability of any of the Transaction Agreements or (c) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Agreements, provided, in no event, shall a change in the market price of the Common Stock alone constitute a “Material Adverse Effect,” provided that the underlying cause of such change in stock price may be considered in determining whether there was a “Material Adverse Effect”; and provided, further, that the effects of conditions or events that are generally applicable to the capital, financial, banking or currency markets and the biotechnology industry shall not, standing alone, constitute a “Material Adverse Effect,” solely to the extent that such change does not have a material and disproportionate adverse impact on the Company, taken as a whole, as compared to other industry participants.
“Patents” means (a) all patents and patent applications in any country or supranational jurisdiction worldwide; and (b) any substitutions, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, renewals, registrations, confirmations, re-examinations, extensions, supplementary protection certificates, and the like of any such patents or patent applications.
“Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, firm, corporation, trust, association, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or agency, or any other entity not specifically listed herein, as well as any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a Person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
“Registration Rights Agreement” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Investor.
“Third Party” shall mean any Person, other than the Investor, the Company or any Affiliate of the Investor or the Company.
“Transaction” means the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company, and the purchase of the Shares by the Investor, in accordance with the terms hereof.
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“Transaction Agreements” shall mean this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and the License Agreement.
1.2    Additional Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined in Section 1.1, the following terms shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the sections indicated below:
Defined Term Section
Agreement Preamble
Aggregate Purchase Price 2
Closing 3.1
Common Stock Recitals
Company Preamble
Company Equity Plan 8.3
Company Intellectual Property 4.14(a)
Company SEC Documents 4.11(a)
Disqualification Event 4.23
Effective Date 8.5(c)
Electronic Delivery 9.9
Exchange Act 4.11(a)
Execution Date Preamble
FD&C 4.10
FDA 4.15
Investor Preamble
Investor Questionnaire 5.7
IRA 4.2(c)
Issuer Covered Person 4.23
Lock-Up Period 8.1(a)
Lock-Up Securities 8.1(a)
Money Laundering Laws 4.22
Party Recitals
Permits 4.10
Reference Date 4.2(a)
Rule 144 5.9
SEC 4.7
Securities Act 4.2(c)
Shares 2
Standstill Parties 8.2
Standstill Term 8.2
Transfer Agent 3.2(b)
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2.    Purchase and Sale of Common Stock. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing (as defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, free and clear of all liens, other than any liens arising as a result of any action by the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, Five Million Five Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Seven (5,539,727) shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) at a price per share of $6.318 (which the Parties agree represents a price per share equal to the daily volume-weighted average per share intraday price of the Common Stock on Nasdaq over the 30 trading day period ending on and including August 28, 2020 plus 30%) for a total purchase price of $34,999,995.19 (the “Aggregate Purchase Price”).
3.    Closing and Deliveries.
3.1    Closing Date. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 6, the completion of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the “Closing”) shall occur remotely via exchange of documents and signatures on the Closing Date (as defined in the License Agreement), or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may agree upon in writing.
3.2    Deliveries. On the Closing Date:
(a)         the Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company (i) the Aggregate Purchase Price for the Shares, via wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions delivered to the Investor by the Company prior to the Closing Date and (ii) the duly executed Cross Receipt, License Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement and Investor Questionnaire; and
(b)    the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Investor (i) the Shares, registered in the name of the Investor (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions) via a book-entry record through the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) on a “delivery versus payment” basis; (ii) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Investor from the Transfer Agent that the Shares have been so delivered; (iii) the certificate required under Section 6.1(c) of this Agreement, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer; (iv) the certificate required under Section 6.1(d) of this Agreement, executed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary; (v) the legal opinion required under Section 6.1(e) of this Agreement; and (vi) the duly executed Cross Receipt, License Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement.
4.    Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants the following as of the date hereof (except for the representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be made as of such date).
4.1    Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.
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(a)        The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets, to carry on its business as now conducted, and as proposed to be conducted as described in the Company SEC Documents (as defined below), to enter into the Transaction Agreements, to issue and sell the Shares, and to perform its obligations under and to carry out the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
(b)    The Company is qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by the Company or the nature of the business conducted by the Company makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.2    Capitalization and Voting Rights.
(a)         The authorized capital of the Company as of the date hereof consists of: (i) 160,000,000 shares of Common Stock of which 34,214,618 shares were issued and outstanding as of August 27, 2020 (the “Reference Date”), and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, none of which are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any capital stock since the Reference Date other than shares duly issued pursuant to outstanding awards of stock options, restricted stock units, and other awards approved pursuant to Company equity incentive plans described in the Company SEC Documents.
(b)    The Company’s disclosure of its issued and outstanding capital stock in its most recent Company SEC Document containing such disclosure was accurate in all material respects as of the date indicated in such Company SEC Document. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; none of such shares were issued in violation of any preemptive rights; and such shares were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable state and federal securities law and any rights of Third Parties. No Person is entitled to preemptive or similar statutory or contractual rights with respect to the issuance by the Company of any securities of the Company, including, without limitation, the Shares. Except for stock options, restricted stock units, and other awards approved pursuant to Company equity incentive plans described in the Company SEC Documents, there are no outstanding warrants, options, awards, convertible securities or other rights, agreements or arrangements of any character under which the Company is or may be obligated to issue any equity securities of any kind, except as contemplated by this Agreement. There are no voting agreements, buy-sell agreements, option or right of first purchase agreements or other agreements of any kind among the Company and any of the securityholders of the Company relating to the securities of the Company held by them.
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(c)         Other than under the Registration Rights Agreement and the Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2015, as amended (the “IRA”), by and among the Company and the other investors party thereto, there are no agreements, arrangements or understandings under which the Company or its subsidiary is obligated to register the sale of any of its or their securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
(d)    The Company does not have outstanding shareholder purchase rights or “poison pill” or any similar arrangement in effect. There are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Shares.
4.3    Subsidiaries. The Company’s sole subsidiary is set forth on Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the Company owns 100% of the outstanding equity of such subsidiary. The Company’s subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own or lease its properties. The Company’s subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or their ownership or leasing of property makes such qualification or leasing necessary unless the failure to so qualify has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.4    Authorization.
(a)         All requisite corporate action on the part of the Company, its directors and stockholders required by applicable Law for the authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Agreements and the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder, including the authorization, issuance and delivery of the Shares, has been taken.
(b)    This Agreement and other Transaction Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and upon the due execution and delivery of the same by the Investor, this Agreement and other Transaction Agreements will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws of general application relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) rules of Law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and limitations of public policy, and (iii) to the extent the indemnification provisions in the Registration Rights Agreement are limited by applicable federal or state securities Laws).
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4.5    No Defaults. Neither the Company nor its subsidiary is in default under or in violation of (a) the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or the subsidiary’s organizational documents, (b) any provision of applicable Law or any ruling, writ, injunction, order, Permit, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or (c) any agreement, arrangement or instrument, whether written or oral, by which the Company, its subsidiary or any of the Company’s or subsidiary’s assets are bound, except, in the case of clauses (b) and (c), as would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. There exists no condition, event or act, which after notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default or violation by the Company under any of the foregoing, except, in the case of clauses (b) and (c), as would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6    No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements, and compliance with the provisions hereof and thereof by the Company do not and shall not: (a) violate any material provision of applicable Law or any ruling, writ, injunction, order, permit, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority, (b) constitute a breach of, or default under (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default under) or conflict with, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, any material agreement, arrangement or instrument, whether written or oral, by which the Company, its subsidiary or any of the assets of the Company or its subsidiary are bound, (c) result in any encumbrance upon any of the Shares, other than restrictions on resale pursuant to securities Laws or restrictions contained in the Transaction Agreements, or (d) violate or conflict with any of the provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or the subsidiary’s organizational documents, except, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), as would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7    No Governmental Authority or Third Party Consents. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 5 hereof, no consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Authority or Third Party is required to be obtained or made by the Company or its subsidiary in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of any of the Transaction Agreements, or with the authorization, issue and sale by the Company of the Shares, except (i) such filings as may be required to be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and with any state blue sky or securities regulatory authority, which filings shall be made in a timely manner in accordance with all applicable Laws, (ii) a waiver of registration rights pursuant to the IRA, and (iii) as required pursuant to the HSR Act.
4.8    Valid Issuance of Shares. When issued, sold and delivered at the Closing in accordance with the terms hereof for the Aggregate Purchase Price, the Shares shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free from any liens, encumbrances or restrictions on transfer (including preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights), except restrictions imposed by the Transaction Agreements and under federal or state securities Laws.
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4.9    Litigation. Except as set forth in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof, there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending (of which the Company or its subsidiary have received notice or otherwise have knowledge) or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, against the Company or its subsidiary or which the Company or its subsidiary intend to initiate which has had or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.10    Licenses and Other Rights; Compliance with Laws. The Company and its subsidiary (as applicable) have all material franchises, permits, licenses, approvals, exemptions, regulatory authorizations and other rights and privileges (“Permits”) and has made all filings, applications and registrations with, Governmental Authorities that are required in order to permit them to own their properties and to conduct their business as presently conducted and are in compliance in all material respects thereunder. Neither the Company nor its subsidiary have taken any action that would materially interfere with the Company’s or its subsidiary’s ability to renew all such Permit(s). Neither the Company nor its subsidiary have received any notice of proceedings relating to the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any Permit. The Company and its subsidiary are and have been in compliance with all applicable Laws applicable to their business, properties and assets, and to the products and services sold by them, including the Social Security Act, the rules and regulations and policies of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Food Drug & Cosmetic Act (“FD&C”) and all public health and safety provisions of applicable Law, in each case, except where the failure to be in compliance does not and would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.11    Company SEC Documents; Financial Statements; Nasdaq Stock Market.
(a)         The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company has timely filed all required reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated therein), and any required amendments to any of the foregoing, with the SEC (the “Company SEC Documents”). As of their respective filing dates, each of the Company SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Documents.
(b)    The financial statements of the Company in the Company SEC Documents comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended. Except (i) as set forth in the Company’s most recent financial
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statements included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020, or (ii) for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, subsequent to the date of the most recent balance sheet contained in the Company SEC Documents, the Company has no material liabilities, whether absolute or accrued, contingent or otherwise.
(c)         As of the date hereof, the Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market. The Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Global Select Market and has no knowledge of any facts that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock from the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act. As of the date hereof, the Company has not received any notification that, and has no knowledge that, the SEC or The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC is contemplating terminating such listing or registration.
4.12    Offering. Subject to the accuracy of the Investor’s representations set forth in Sections 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.9 and 5.10 hereof, the offer, sale and issuance of the Shares to be issued in conformity with the terms of this Agreement constitute transactions which are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from all applicable state registration or qualification requirements. None of the Company, its subsidiary or any Person acting on behalf of the Company or its subsidiary will take any action that would cause the loss of such exemption.
4.13    No Integration. The Company has not, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which is or will be integrated with the Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
4.14    Intellectual Property.
(a)         The Company solely and exclusively owns, free and clear of all encumbrances and liens, or holds valid and enforceable licenses (pursuant to a written license agreement) to use and exploit, all Inventions, Patents, Know-How, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, technology, Internet domain names, and other intellectual property that are used or held for use in, or necessary for the conduct of, the business of the Company as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted (collectively, the “Company Intellectual Property”). No Third Party owns or otherwise holds rights in any Company Intellectual Property that is owned or purported to be owned by the Company. The Company is [***] pursuant to which any [***], and [***].
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(b)     Since January 1, 2018 and except as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents, the Company [***] or [***] or, [***]: (i) [***] of, or that has [***] or (2) [***] or [***] or [***] or [***]; (ii) [***] the Company’s [***]; or (iii) [***] (except in [***]), [***] or [***] of any Company Intellectual Property.
(c)         (i) All Company Intellectual Property that is registered, filed or issued under the authority of, with or by any Governmental Authority (or other registrar with respect to domain names and the like) was prosecuted in good faith, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, all issued Patents and registered trademarks included in the Company Intellectual Property are valid and enforceable, and (iii) there is no Third Party Patent that contains claims for which an Interference Proceeding (as defined in 35 U.S.C. § 135) has been commenced against any Patent owned or purported to be owned by, or licensed to, the Company.
(d)    [***] which would reasonably be expected to [***] of the Company to consummate or perform the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreements, or which would [***] thereof. Neither the Company nor its subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any material Company Intellectual Property has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within three years from the date of this Agreement.
4.15    Governmental and Regulatory Matters. To the Company’s knowledge, no employee or agent of the Company or its subsidiary has made an untrue statement of a material fact to any Governmental Authority with respect to any antibody or product of the Company or its subsidiary in any submission to such Governmental Authority or otherwise, or failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to any Governmental Authority with respect to such antibody or product. Neither the Company nor its subsidiary has received any written notices or correspondence or other communications from, Governmental Authorities alleging or asserting material non-compliance with any applicable Law. None of the Company, its subsidiary nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees is currently, or has been: (i) disqualified, debarred or voluntarily excluded by the United States Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) or any other Governmental Authority for any purpose, or received notice of action or threat of action with respect to debarment under the provisions of 21 U.S.C. §§335a, 335b, or 335c, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7, 45 C.F.R. Part 76 or any equivalent provisions in any other jurisdiction; (ii) subject to any other enforcement action involving the FDA or similar Governmental Authority in any other jurisdiction, including any suspension, consent decree, notice of criminal investigation, indictment, sentencing memorandum, plea agreement, court order or target or no-target letter, and none of the foregoing are pending, asserted or threatened against same; (iii) charged with or convicted for conduct relating to the development or approval, or otherwise relating to the regulation, of any drug product under the Generic Drug Enforcement Act of 1992, the FD&C Act or any other applicable Law; (iv) convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which such Person could be excluded from participating in the federal health care programs under Section 1128 of the Social Security Act or any similar applicable Law, or
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otherwise made ineligible to participate in U.S. federal or state health care programs, or any other relevant or analogous applicable Law in any applicable jurisdictions; or (v) violated or caused a violation of any federal or state health care fraud and abuse or false claims statute or regulation, including, without limitation, the Medicare/Medicaid Anti-kickback provisions of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(b), and the relevant regulations in 42 C.F.R. Part 1001, or any other relevant or analogous applicable Law in any applicable jurisdictions.
4.16    Clinical Studies. The [***] described in the Company SEC Documents were, and, [***] pursuant to, where applicable, [***] to those [***]; the descriptions of such [***], contained in the Company SEC Documents are accurate and complete in all material respects; the Company [***]; and the Company has not received any written notice or correspondence from the FDA or any foreign, state or local Governmental Authority exercising comparable authority or [***].
4.17    Tax Matters. Since January 1, 2018, the Company and its subsidiary have timely prepared and filed all material tax returns required to have been filed by them with all appropriate Governmental Authorities and timely paid all taxes shown thereon, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been created in the financial statements of the Company, if such reserves are determined to be necessary or advisable by the Company. Since January 1, 2018, the charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of taxes for all fiscal periods have been and are adequate, and there are no unpaid assessments against the Company or its subsidiary nor any basis for the assessment of any additional taxes, penalties or interest for any fiscal period or audits by any federal, state or local taxing authority, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All taxes and other assessments and levies that the Company or its subsidiary is required to withhold or to collect for payment have been duly withheld and collected and paid to the proper Governmental Authority or Third Party when due, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no tax liens or claims pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or its of its subsidiary or any of their assets or properties, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.18    Brokers’ or Finders’ Fees. No broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission from the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
4.19    Internal Controls; Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company has implemented the “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) required in order for the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company to engage in the review and evaluation process mandated by the Exchange Act, and is in compliance with such disclosure controls and procedures in all material respects. The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; and (b) transactions are
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recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as found in the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The Company has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date hereof, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (x) any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting and (y) any allegation of fraud that involves management of the Company or any other employees of the Company who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures. Each of the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer of the Company (or each former Principal Executive Officer of the Company and each former Principal Financial Officer of the Company, as applicable) has made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company with the SEC.
4.20    Investment Company. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements will not be, an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4.21    Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws. None of the Company, its subsidiary, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or other authorized person acting on behalf of the Company or its subsidiary has (a) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (b) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (c) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any Person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of the law, or (d) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
4.22    Money Laundering. Since January 1, 2018, the operations of the Company and its subsidiary have been and are in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or its subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.
4.23    No Bad Actors. None of the Company, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, or any beneficial owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, (each, an “Issuer Covered Person”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a
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Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event.
4.24    Material Adverse Change. Since June 30, 2020, no event or series of events has or have occurred that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
5.    Representations and Warranties of the Investor. The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:
5.1    Organization; Good Standing. The Investor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Investor has or will have all requisite power and authority to enter into the Transaction Agreements, to purchase the Shares and to perform its obligations under and to carry out the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
5.2    Authorization. All requisite action on the part of the Investor and its directors and stockholders, required by applicable Law for the authorization, execution and delivery by the Investor of the Transaction Agreements and the performance of all of its obligations thereunder, including the subscription for and purchase of the Shares, has been taken. This Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Investor and upon the due execution and delivery thereof by the Company, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with their respective terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws of general application relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights and (b) rules of Law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and limitations of public policy).
5.3    No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements and compliance with the provisions hereof and thereof by the Investor do not and shall not: (a) violate any provision of applicable Law or any ruling, writ, injunction, order, permit, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority, (b) constitute a breach of, or default under (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default under) or conflict with, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, any agreement, arrangement or instrument, whether written or oral, by which the Investor or any of its assets, are bound, or (c) violate or conflict with any of the provisions of the Investor’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, except, in the case of clauses (a) or (b), as would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Investor to consummate the Transaction and perform its obligations under the Transaction Agreements.
5.4    No Governmental Authority or Third Party Consents. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of any Governmental Authority or Third Party is required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of any of
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the Transaction Agreements or with the subscription for and purchase of the Shares, except as required pursuant to the HSR Act.
5.5    Purchase Entirely for Own Account. The Shares shall be acquired for investment for the Investor’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and the Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation or otherwise distributing the Shares, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws. The Investor does not have and will not have as of the Closing any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to a Person any of the Shares.
5.6    Disclosure of Information. The Investor has had the opportunity to review the Company SEC Documents and has received all the information from the Company and its management that the Investor considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to purchase the Shares hereunder. The Investor further represents that it has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the Company, its financial condition, results of operations and prospects and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment.
5.7    Investment Experience and Accredited Investor Status. The Investor is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act). The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Shares to be purchased hereunder. The Investor has executed and delivered to the Company a questionnaire in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the “Investor Questionnaire”), which the Investor represents and warrants is true, correct and complete in all material respects.
5.8    Acquiring Person. As of the date hereof, neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates beneficially owns or has the right to acquire (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act without regard for the number of days in which a Person has the right to acquire such beneficial ownership), any securities of the Company.
5.9    Restricted Securities. The Investor understands that the Shares, when issued, shall be “restricted securities” under the federal securities Laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such Laws the Shares may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. The Investor represents that it is familiar with Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as presently in effect (“Rule 144”).
5.10    Legends. The Investor understands that the Shares in book entry form shall be subject to the following legends:
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(a)         “THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (II) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144, OR (III) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED”
(b)    “THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN A STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE HOLDER AND THE COMPANY, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.”
5.11    Brokers’ or Finders’ Fees. No broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission from the Investor in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
6.    Conditions to Closing.
6.1    Conditions to the Investor’s Obligations. The Investor’s obligation to purchase the Shares at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment as of the Closing of the following conditions (unless waived in writing by the Investor):
(a)         The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date.
(b)    All covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.
(c)        The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 6.1(a) and 6.1(b).
(d)    The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions
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adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and the issuance of the Shares, and certifying the current versions of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company.
(e)        The Investor shall have received an opinion from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Investor.
(f)         The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to the Investor the License Agreement.
(g)    The Company shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement.
(h)    The Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Investor all items listed in Section 3.2(b).
6.2    Conditions to the Company’s Obligations. The Company’s obligation to issue and sell the Shares at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment as of the Closing of the following conditions (unless waived in writing by the Company):
(a)         The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 5 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date.
(b)    All covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Investor on or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.
(c)         The Investor shall have paid in full the Aggregate Purchase Price to the Company.
(d)    The Investor shall have duly executed and delivered to the Company the License Agreement.
(e)         The Investor shall have duly executed and delivered to the Company the Registration Rights Agreement and the Investor Questionnaire.
(f)         The Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company all items listed in Section 3.2(a).
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6.3    Mutual Conditions to Closing. The obligations of the Investor and the Company to consummate the Closing are subject to the fulfillment as of the date hereof of the following conditions:
(a)         There shall be no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by a Governmental Authority pending or currently threatened in writing against the Company or the Investor that questions the validity of any of the Transaction Agreements, the right of the Company or the Investor to enter into any Transaction Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or which, if determined adversely, would impose substantial monetary damages on the Company or the Investor as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction Agreement.
(b)    (i) No provision of any applicable Law and no judgment, injunction (preliminary or permanent), order or decree that prohibits, makes illegal or enjoins the consummation of the Transaction shall be in effect; and (ii) the Common Stock shall be eligible for listing on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.
(c)         HSR Clearance shall have occurred.
7.    Termination. This Agreement (other than Sections 8.4 to 8.7 and Section 9) shall automatically terminate upon the termination of the License Agreement by the Investor in accordance with Section 15.2, 15.3, or 15.4 thereunder, provided that if this Agreement is terminated prior to termination of the restrictions set forth in Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 (other than as a result of the Investor’s termination of the License Agreement pursuant to Section 15.2 or 15.4 thereof), Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 shall survive until the restrictions set forth therein terminate.
8.    Additional Covenants and Agreements.
8.1    Lock-Up Agreement.
(a)         During the eighteen (18) month period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the first anniversary thereof (the “Lock-Up Period”), without the prior approval of the Company, the Investor shall not and shall cause its Affiliates not to, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any of the Shares (together with (a) any shares of Common Stock issued in respect thereof as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, share exchange, merger, consolidation or similar recapitalization and (b) any shares of Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the exercise of any warrant, right or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange or in replacement of, the Shares) (the “Lock-Up Securities”), including, without limitation, any “short sale” or similar arrangement, or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership
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of the Shares, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Investor or its Affiliates from transferring Lock-Up Securities to an Affiliate of the Investor if such transferee Affiliate agrees in writing to be bound by the restrictions set forth in this Section 8.1, Section 8.2 and Section 8.3. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, this Section 8.1 shall not prohibit or restrict any disposition of Lock-Up Securities by the Investor in connection with (i) a bona fide tender offer by a Third Party which is not opposed by the Company’s Board of Directors (but only after the Company’s filing of a Schedule 14D-9, or any amendment thereto, with the SEC disclosing the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to such tender offer), (ii) an issuer tender offer by the Company or (iii) the Company’s public announcement of a definitive agreement to consummate an Acquisition Transaction. All restrictions pursuant to this Section 8.1(a) shall terminate upon a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
(b)    Until the end of the Lock-up Period, the Investor agrees that in connection with any registration of the Company’s securities involving an underwritten public offering that, upon the request of the Company or the underwriters managing any underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities, the Investor will deliver its written agreement not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any Shares without the prior written consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be, for such period of time not exceeding 90 days within the Lock-Up Period as the Company or the underwriters may specify. The provisions of this Section 8.1(b) shall be applicable to the Investor only if all of the Company’s (i) executive officers, (ii) directors and (iii) stockholders that beneficially own a greater percentage of the Company’s voting securities than the Investor are subject to the same restrictions.
8.2    Standstill. During the period from the date of this Agreement until the expiration of the Lock-Up Period (the “Standstill Term”), neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Standstill Parties”) shall (and the Investor shall cause its Affiliates not to), except as expressly approved or invited in writing by the Company:
(a)         directly or indirectly, acquire beneficial ownership (as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock (excluding any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the Transaction Agreements), or make a tender, exchange or other offer to acquire shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock;
(b)    directly or indirectly, seek to have called any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, propose or nominate for election to the Company’s Board of Directors any person whose nomination has not been approved by a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors or cause to be voted in favor of such person proposed or nominated by the Investor for election to the Company’s Board of Directors any shares of Common Stock;
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(c)         directly or indirectly, knowingly encourage or support a tender, exchange or other offer or proposal by any Third Party with respect to shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock; provided, however, that from and after the filing of a Schedule 14D-9 (or successor form of Tender Offer Solicitation/Recommendation Statement under Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act) by the Company recommending that stockholders accept any such offer or proposal, Investor shall not be prohibited from taking any of the actions otherwise prohibited by this Section 8.2(c) only for so long as the Company maintains and does not withdraw such recommendation;
(d)    directly or indirectly, solicit proxies or consents or become a participant in a solicitation (as such terms are defined in Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act) in opposition to the recommendation of a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to any matter, or seek to advise or influence any Person, with respect to voting of any shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that the Standstill Parties may solicit proxies or consents and may become a participant in a solicitation in connection with any proposal that would adversely affect the Investor’s rights under the Transaction Agreements [***] (it being agreed that the foregoing proviso shall not relate to proposals for the nomination and/or election of directors and Company Equity Plans (as defined below));
(e)         deposit any shares of Common Stock in a voting trust or subject any shares of Common Stock to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such shares of Common Stock;
(f)         propose (i) any merger, consolidation, business combination, tender or exchange offer, purchase of the Company’s assets or businesses, or any Change of Control transaction involving the Company or (ii) any recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation or other extraordinary transaction with respect to the Company;
(g)    act in concert with any Third Party to take any action in clauses (a) through (f) above, or form, join or in any way participate in a “partnership, limited partnership, syndicate, or other group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act;
(h)    enter into discussions, negotiations, arrangements or agreements with any Person relating to the foregoing actions referred to in (a) through (f) above; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 8.2 shall prohibit the Investor or its Affiliates from acquiring a company or business that owns shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock provided that any such securities of the Company so acquired will be subject to the provisions of this Section 8.2; or
(i)    request or propose to the Company’s Board of Directors (or any committee thereof), any member(s) thereof or any officer of the Company that the Company
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amend, waive, or consider the amendment or waiver of, any provisions set forth in this Section 8.2 (including this clause (i));
provided, however, that (A) nothing contained in this Section 8.2 shall prohibit the Investor from making proposals to the Company’s Chairman or Chief Executive Officer on a confidential, nonpublic basis for a proposed transaction between the Parties of the type described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (f) or a proposal for a waiver or amendment of the type described in clause (i) above, in either such case so long as the Investor reasonably believes in good faith that neither it nor the Company would reasonably be expected to be required by applicable Law or stock exchange requirement to disclose publicly any such proposal and (B) nothing in the foregoing clause (b) shall prohibit the Investor from proposing to the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (and not pursuant to the advance notice provisions set forth in the Company’s bylaws), on a confidential, non-public basis, potential director candidates for consideration by the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which candidates the Investor believes would be in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders, so long as the Investor reasonably believes in good faith, after consultation with its outside counsel, that neither it nor the Company would reasonably be expected to be required by applicable Law or stock exchange requirement to disclose publicly any such proposal. Neither (x) transfers or resales of the Shares by the Investor to any other person in compliance with Section 8.5 or (y) the mere voting of the Shares subject to Section 8.3 will be deemed to be a breach of the Investor’s standstill obligations under this Section 8.2.
(j)         Section 8.2 shall terminate and have no further force or effect, upon the earliest to occur of:
(i)    provided that none of the Standstill Parties has violated Section 8.2, the public announcement by the Company or any Third Party of any definitive agreement between the Company and such Third Party and/or any of its Affiliates providing for a Change of Control;
(ii)    a Third Party commences a tender offer seeking to acquire beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock and the Board of Directors of the Company has publicly supported the proposal or recommended that the stockholders tender their Common Stock in such tender offer;
(iii)    (x) a bona fide tender offer by a Third Party which is not opposed by the Company’s Board of Directors (but only after the Company’s filing of a Schedule 14D-9, or any amendment thereto, with the SEC disclosing the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to such tender offer), or (y) an issuer tender offer by the Company; provided that Section 8.2 shall be reinstated and apply in full force according to its terms if any event set forth in this clause (iii), which resulted in the termination of Section 8.2 is not completed or if such announced transaction is abandoned and no similar transaction has been announced and not abandoned; or
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(iv)    the expiration of the Standstill Term;
provided, however, that if Section 8.2 terminates due to (x) clause (i) above and such definitive agreement is abandoned and no other definitive agreement providing for a Change in Control has been announced and not abandoned or terminated within ninety days thereafter or (y) clause (ii) above and the tender offer is withdrawn or abandoned or the Board of Directors of the Company withdraws its recommendation in favor of such tender offer prior to the completion of the tender offer, the restrictions contained in Section 8.2 shall again be applicable until otherwise terminated pursuant to this Section 8.2(j).
8.3    Voting. Until the end of the Lock-Up Period, Investor shall vote, or cause to be voted, all shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by Investor, in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors on any matters presented to the Company’s stockholders with respect to any stock option, stock incentive, employee stock purchase or similar equity plan, or any amendment thereto (any such plan, a “Company Equity Plan”), whether or not for the purpose of establishing such a Company Equity Plan or increasing the number of shares of Common Stock that may be awarded or sold thereunder.
8.4    Assistance and Cooperation. Each of the Parties shall, unless prohibited by Law, consult each other prior to any communication with any Governmental Authority related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, involve each other Party in any communication with any Governmental Authority related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and promptly advise each other Party hereto upon receiving any communication from any Governmental Authority related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party will promptly notify the other of the receipt and content of any inquiries or requests for additional information made by any Governmental Authority in connection therewith and keep the other apprised on a prompt basis of the status of any such inquiry or request. Each Party shall promptly inform the other Party of any oral communication with, and provide copies of written communications with, any Governmental Authority regarding any such filings or any such transaction. Except as prohibited by Law, no Party shall independently participate in any meeting or conference call with any Governmental Authority in respect of any such filings, investigation, or other inquiry without giving the other Party prior notice of the meeting and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority, the opportunity to attend and/or participate.
8.5    Rule 144; Legend Removal.
(a)         With a view to making available to the Investor the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC that may permit the sale of the Shares to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) make and keep current public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144; (ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and (iii) furnish the Investor forthwith upon request, so long as the Investor continues to own any Shares, (x) a written statement by the
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Company as to its compliance with the current public information requirements of Rule 144, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and (iii) such other reports and documents as may be reasonably requested in availing the Investor of any rule or regulation of the SEC permitting the sale of any such securities without registration.
(b)    In connection with any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of the Shares by the Investor pursuant to Rule 144 or pursuant to any other exemption under the Securities Act such that the purchaser acquires freely tradable shares and upon compliance by the Investor with the requirements of this Agreement, if requested by the Investor, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to remove any restrictive legends related to the book entry account holding such Shares and make a new, unlegended entry for such book entry Shares sold or disposed of without restrictive legends within two Business Days of any such request therefor from the Investor, provided that the Company has timely received from the Investor customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company in connection therewith.
(c)     Subject to receipt from the Investor by the Company and the Transfer Agent of customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Transfer Agent in connection therewith, upon the earliest of such time as the Shares (i) have been sold or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) have been sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) are eligible for resale under Rule 144(b)(1) or any successor provision (such earliest date, the “Effective Date”), the Company shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.5(c) and within two Business Days of any request therefor from the Investor accompanied by such customary and reasonably acceptable documentation referred to above, (A) deliver to the Transfer Agent irrevocable instructions that the Transfer Agent shall make a new, unlegended entry for such book entry Shares, and (B) cause its counsel to deliver to the Transfer Agent one or more opinions to the effect that the removal of such legends in such circumstances may be effected under the Securities Act if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall direct the Transfer Agent to remove the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 5.10(b) applicable to the Shares that are no longer subject to the lock-up restrictions set forth in Section 8.1 upon the written request of the Investor, within five Business Days of the Company’s receipt of such request, at any time after expiration of the Lock-Up Period.
(d)     The Investor agrees with the Company (i) that the Investor will sell any Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, (ii) that if Shares are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein and (iii) that if, after the Effective Date of the registration statement covering the resale of the Shares, such registration statement is not then effective and the Company has provided notice to the Investor to that effect, the
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Investor will sell Shares only in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
8.6    Book Entry Statement. The Company hereby agrees to deliver to the Investor a book entry statement from the Company’s transfer agent showing the Shares registered in the name of the Investor within two Business Days after the Closing.
8.7     Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 1.2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Shares to be issued to the Investor hereunder for purposes of the rules and regulations of any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock of the Company is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question, such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
8.8    SEC Filings. The Company will timely make all filings with the SEC that are required by the Company in connection with its entrance into this Agreement and the offer and sale of the Shares.
9.    Miscellaneous.
9.1    Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof. Each Party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the courts of the State of New York located in New York, NY, and (b) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, for the purposes of any action arising out of this Agreement. Each Party agrees to commence any such action either in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or if such action may not be brought in such court for jurisdictional reasons, in the courts of the State of New York located in New York, NY. Each Party further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by the U.S. registered mail to such Party’s respective address set forth in Section 9.3 shall be effective service of process for any Action in New York with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 9.1. Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action arising out of this Agreement in (i) the courts of the State of New York located in New York, NY, and (ii) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and hereby and thereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
9.2    Waiver of Jury Trial. EXCEPT AS LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED IN
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CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY, AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY
9.3    Notices. All notices, instructions and other communications hereunder or in connection herewith shall be in writing, and shall be (a) delivered by hand or by overnight courier with tracking capabilities; or (b) mailed postage prepaid by first class, registered, or certified mail, in each case, addressed as set forth below unless changed by notice so given. This Section 9.3 is not intended to govern the day-to-day business communications necessary between the Parties in performing their obligations under the terms of this Agreement, for which electronic mail shall suffice.
If to the Company:
Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
        780 Memorial Drive
        Cambridge, MA 02139
        Attention: Chief Executive Officer

    With a copy (which shall not constitute notice to):

Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
        780 Memorial Drive
        Cambridge, MA 02139
        Attention: Chief Legal Officer
    
If to the Investor:
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
        333 Lakeside Drive
        Foster City, CA 94404
Attention: Alliance Management

    With copies (which shall not constitute notice to):
        
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
        333 Lakeside Drive
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        Foster City, CA 94404
        Attention: General Counsel

Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
        Attention: G. Allen Hicks

Any such notice will be deemed given on the date received, except any notice received after 5:00 p.m. (in the time zone of the receiving Party) on a Business Day or received on a non-Business Day will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. Either Party may change its address by giving notice to the other Party in the manner provided above.
9.4    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, and other Transaction Agreements contain the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede any prior express or implied agreements, understandings, and representations, either oral or written, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way, including any and all term sheets relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and exchanged between the Parties prior to the Execution Date.
9.5    Amendments. No provision in this Agreement shall be supplemented, deleted or amended except in a writing executed by an authorized representative of each of the Investor and the Company.
9.6    Headings; Nouns and Pronouns; Section References. Headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered in construing this Agreement. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of names and pronouns shall include the plural and vice-versa. References in this Agreement to a section or subsection shall be deemed to refer to a section or subsection of this Agreement unless otherwise expressly stated.
9.7    Severability. If one or more of the terms or provisions of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, invalid, or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction, such holding will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the void, invalid, or unenforceable term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction, and such term or provision will be considered severed from this Agreement solely for such situation and solely in such jurisdiction, unless the void, invalid, or unenforceable term or provision is of such essential importance to this Agreement that it is to be reasonably assumed that the Parties would not have entered into this Agreement without the void, invalid, or unenforceable term or provision. If the final judgment of such court declares that any term or provision hereof is void, invalid, or unenforceable, the Parties agree to: (a) reduce the scope, duration, area, or applicability of the term or provision or to delete specific words or phrases to the minimum extent necessary to cause such term or provision as so reduced or amended to be enforceable; and (b) make a good-faith effort to
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replace any void, invalid, or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision such that the objectives contemplated by the Parties when entering this Agreement may be realized.
9.8    Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by a Party hereto without the prior written consent of the other Party, provided, however, that the Investor may assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder in whole or in part to an Affiliate or to a Third Party acquiring [***] of its Shares in a transaction complying with applicable securities laws without the prior written consent of the Company, provided such assignee agrees in writing to be bound by the provisions hereof that apply to Investor. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar business combination transaction in which the Common Stock is converted into the equity securities of another Person, from and after the effective time of such transaction, such Person shall, by virtue of such transaction, be deemed to have assumed the obligations of the Company hereunder, the term “Company” shall be deemed to refer to such Person and the term “Shares” shall be deemed to refer to the securities received by the Investor in connection with such transaction. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the Parties hereto or their respective permitted successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
9.9    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts with the same effect as if both Parties had signed the same document. All such counterparts will be deemed an original, will be construed together, and will constitute one and the same instrument. Any such counterpart, to the extent delivered by means of facsimile by .pdf, .tif, .gif, .jpeg, or similar attachment to electronic mail (any such delivery, an “Electronic Delivery”) will be treated in all manners and respects as an original executed counterpart and will be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. No Party hereto will raise the use of Electronic Delivery to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of Electronic Delivery as a defense to the formation of a contract, and each Party forever waives any such defense, except to the extent that such defense relates to lack of authenticity.
9.10    Third Party Beneficiaries. There are no express or implied Third Party beneficiaries hereunder. The provisions of this Agreement are for the exclusive benefit of the Parties, and no other Person or entity will have any right or claim against any Party by reason of these provisions or be entitled to enforce any of these provisions against any Party.
9.11    No Presumption Against Drafter. Each of the Parties has jointly participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event there arises any ambiguity or question or intent or interpretation with respect to this Agreement, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by all of the Parties and no presumptions or burdens of proof shall arise favoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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9.12    Survival of Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Investor contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing for twelve months, except for the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5(a), 4.6(b)-(d), 4.8, 4.12, 4.13, 5.1, 5.2, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.9 and 5.10, which shall survive the Closing.
9.13    Waiver. The failure of any Party to insist on the performance of any obligation hereunder will not be deemed to be a waiver of such obligation. Waiver of any breach of any provision hereof will not be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or any other provision on such occasion or any succeeding occasion. No waiver, modification, release, or amendment of any obligation under or provision of this Agreement will be valid or effective unless in writing and signed by the Parties.
9.14    Remedies. The rights, powers and remedies of the Parties under this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any other right, power or remedy which such Parties may have under any other agreement or Law. No single or partial assertion or exercise of any right, power or remedy of a Party hereunder shall preclude any other or further assertion or exercise thereof.
9.15    Expenses. Each Party shall pay its own fees and expenses in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Agreements.
9.16    Public Announcement. The Parties agree that the provisions of Section 12.5 of the License Agreement shall be applicable to the Parties with respect to any public disclosures regarding the proposed transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the License Agreement or regarding the Parties hereto or their Affiliates (it being understood that the provisions of Section 12.5 of the License Agreement shall be read to apply to disclosures of information relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby).
(Signature Page Follows)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed and delivered this Stock Purchase Agreement as of the date first above written.

JOUNCE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

By:    /s/ Richard Murray    
Name:    Richard Murray
Title:    CEO


GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.

By:    /s/ Andrew Dickinson    
Name:    Andrew D. Dickinson
Title:    Executive Vice President and Chief
    Financial Officer


[Signature Page to Stock Purchase Agreement]


EXHIBIT A 
FORM OF CROSS RECEIPT
 
CROSS RECEIPT
 
Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. hereby acknowledges receipt from Gilead Sciences, Inc. on [             ], [             ] of $34,999,995.19, representing the purchase price for 5,539,727 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Jounce Therapeutics, Inc., pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2020, by and between Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.


JOUNCE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

By:
Name:    
Title:    
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc. hereby acknowledges receipt from Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. on [             ], [             ]  of 5,539,727 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Jounce Therapeutics, Inc., delivered pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2020, by and between Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
 
 
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.

By:
Name:    
Title:    

A-1
Exhibit 10.3
CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN OMITTED AND REPLACED WITH “[***]”. SUCH IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE COMPANY IF DISCLOSED.

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 31, 2020, is by and between Jounce Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Gilead Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Investor”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Investor (as such agreement may be amended from time to time, the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), the Investor agreed to purchase from the Company, and the Company agreed to issue to the Investor, an aggregate of Five Million Five Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Seven (5,539,727) shares of Common Stock upon the terms and conditions therein; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Investor (each, a “Party,” and together, the “Parties”) wish to define certain registration rights granted to the Investor on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals and the mutual premises, covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.    Definitions. In addition to capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings when used in this Agreement:
Affiliate” means any Person which, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a Party. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to a Person means: (i) direct or indirect ownership of 50% or more of the voting securities or other voting interest of any Person (including attribution from related parties); or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, as a general partner, as a manager, or otherwise.
Agreement” as defined in the Preamble.
Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
Business Day” as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement.
Closing” as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement.
Closing Date” as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement.
Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor agency performing comparable functions.
Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
Company” as defined in the Preamble.
Demand Registrations” as defined in Section 2.3(a).



Demand Registration Statements” as defined in Section 2.3(a).
Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
Governmental Authority” means (i) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government; (ii) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any agency, board, body, branch, bureau, commission, council, department, entity, governmental division, instrumentality, office, officer, official, organization, representative, subdivision, unit, and any court or other tribunal); (iii) multinational governmental organization or body; or (iv) entity or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any executive, legislative, judicial, administrative, regulatory, police, military, or taxing authority or power of any nature.
Indemnified Party” as defined in Section 8.3.
Indemnifying Party” as defined in Section 8.3.
Lock-Up Period” as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement.
Long-Form Demand Registration” as defined in Section 2.1(b).
Long-Form Demand Registration Statement” as defined in Section 2.1(a).
Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, firm, corporation, trust, association, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or agency, or any other entity not specifically listed herein, as well as any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a Person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Piggyback Registration” as defined in Section 3.1.
Piggyback Registration Statement” as defined in Section 3.1.
Public Offering” means any offering by the Company of its equity securities to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or any comparable statement under any comparable federal statute then in effect (other than any registration statement on Form S-8 or Form S-4 or any successor forms thereto).
Registrable Securities” means all shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, and any securities into which such Common Stock may be converted or exchanged pursuant to any merger, consolidation, sale of all or any part of the Company’s assets, corporate conversion or other extraordinary transaction of the Company and any equity securities of the Company then outstanding that were issued or issuable as a dividend, stock split or other distribution with respect to or in replacement of such shares of Common Stock. As to any Registrable Securities, such securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when: (i) a registration statement covering such Registrable Securities has been declared effective and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement; (ii) such Registrable Securities shall have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act; (iii) such Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in effect) without limitation thereunder on volume or manner of sale and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c)(1), as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and reasonably acceptable to the applicable transfer agent and the holders of such securities; (iv) such Registrable Securities cease to be outstanding, or (v) such Registrable Securities have been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of the securities.
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Registration Expenses” as defined in Section 6.1.
Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission as a replacement thereto.
Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
Shelf Demand Registration” as defined in Section 2.3(a).
Shelf Registration Statement” as defined in Section 2.3(a).
Short-Form Demand Registration” as defined in Section 2.2.
Short-Form Demand Registration Statement” as defined in Section 2.2.
Stockholder” means the Investor or any transferee to whom the Investor has transferred Registrable Securities in accordance with the Stock Purchase Agreement and to whom registration rights are assigned in accordance with Section 12.2, in each case that is a holder of Registrable Securities.
Stock Purchase Agreement” as defined in the Recitals.
Underwritten Offering” means an offering registered under the Securities Act in which securities of the Company are sold to one or more underwriters on a firm-commitment basis for reoffering to the public, and the plan of distribution contemplates a customary “road show” (including an “electronic road show”) or other substantial marketing effort by the Company and the underwriters.
2.    Demand Registration Rights.
2.1    Long-Form Registration.
(a)    At any time within the three (3) year period following the expiration of the Lock-up Period, the Stockholder shall be entitled to request registration under the Securities Act of the resale of all or part of the Stockholder’s Registrable Securities that are no longer subject to the lock-up restrictions under Section 8.1 of the Stock Purchase Agreement on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement (a “Long-Form Demand Registration Statement”); provided, however, that with respect to any request under this Section 2.1(a): (i) the Company shall not otherwise be eligible at the time of the request to file a registration statement on Form S-3 or any similar short form registration statement for the resale of Registrable Securities, and (ii) so long as the market value of all remaining Registrable Securities at the time of the request exceeds $10,000,000 based on the market price of the Common Stock, such request shall cover at least $10,000,000 worth of the Registrable Securities.
(b)    Upon receipt of any written request pursuant to this Section 2.1, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the Long-Form Demand Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable, but in no event more than [***], after receiving the request and (ii) effect the registration under the Securities Act. A registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.1 is referred to herein as a “Long-Form Demand Registration.”
2.2    Short-Form Registration. In addition to the Long-Form Demand Registration right provided pursuant to Section 2.1 above, at any time within the three (3) year period following the expiration of the Lock-up Period, when the Company is eligible to use Form S-3, the Stockholder shall be entitled to request, and the
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Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause, registration under the Securities Act of the resale of all or part of its Registrable Securities that are no longer subject to the lock-up restrictions under Section 8.1 of the Stock Purchase Agreement with respect to such Lock-Up Period on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration statement (a “Short-Form Demand Registration Statement”); provided, however, that with respect to any request under this Section 2.2, so long as the market value of all remaining Registrable Securities at the time of the request exceeds $3,000,000 based on the market price of the Common Stock, such request shall cover at least $3,000,000 worth of the Registrable Securities. Upon receipt of a written request for a Short-Form Demand Registration, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the Short-Form Demand Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable, but in no event more than 30 days, after receiving the request and (ii) effect the registration under the Securities Act. A registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.2 is referred to herein as a “Short-Form Demand Registration.”
2.3    Shelf Registration.
(a)    At any time after the Company is eligible to use Form S-3 or similar short-form registration statement and within the three (3) year period following the expiration of the Lock-up Period, the Stockholder shall be entitled to request that the Company file a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (provided that in the event the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined by Securities Act Rule 405 at the time of the filing of such registration, such registration will be an automatic shelf registration statement), to register the resale of all or part of the Stockholder’s Registrable Securities that are no longer subject to the lock-up restrictions under Section 8.1 of the Stock Purchase Agreement with respect to such Lock-Up Period, pursuant to Securities Act Rule 415 (including the prospectus, amendments and supplements to the shelf registration statement or prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in such shelf registration statement) (the “Shelf Registration Statement” and, together with the Long-Form Demand Registration Statement and the Short-Form Demand Registration Statement, the “Demand Registration Statements”). A registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.3(a), including a shelf takedown from a Shelf Registration Statement, is referred to herein as a “Shelf Demand Registration” (and, together with the Long-Form Demand Registration and the Short-Form Demand Registration, the “Demand Registrations”).
(b)    The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to (i) be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable, but in no event more than [***], after receiving the Shelf Demand Registration request and (ii) become or be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable after such filing, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective, from the date such Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective until the earlier to occur of (x) the first date as of which all of the shares of Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold or (y) three (3) years after the date of effectiveness.
(c)    All Stockholders shall be limited to an aggregate total of [***] Demand Registrations; provided (i) such Stockholders shall be limited to one (1) Long-Form Demand Registration, (ii) the number of shelf takedowns that are not Underwritten Offerings shall not be limited, and (iii) subject to Section 2.7, each Demand Registration shall be an Underwritten Offering if the Stockholder so advises the Company as a part of its request to file a Demand Registration Statement.
2.4    Payment of Expenses for Demand Registrations. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses (as defined in Section 6.1 below) for the Demand Registrations permitted under Section 2.1, Section 2.2 and Section 2.3. Other than as provided by Section 2.4 and Section 6.1, a registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the registration statement has become effective and, with respect to an underwritten shelf takedown, the prospectus supplement for such offer has been filed with the Commission; provided, however that if the Stockholder fails to reimburse the Company for reasonable and documented Registration Expenses with respect
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to a withdrawn Demand Registration in accordance with Section 6.1, the Stockholder shall forfeit such withdrawn Demand Registration.
2.5    Priority. In the case of an Underwritten Offering, if the managing underwriters with respect to a Demand Registration advise the Company in writing that, in their opinion, the inclusion of the number of Registrable Securities and other securities to be included in such underwritten offering creates a substantial risk that the price per share will be reduced, the number of securities that in the opinion of such underwriters can be sold without creating such risks shall be allocated to the Stockholder on a pari passu basis with (i) each “Holder” (each, an “IRA Holder”) as such term is defined under the Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of Aril 17, 2015, by and among the Company and other investors party thereto (the “Investors’ Rights Agreement”), if such Investors’ Rights Agreement is in force and effect at such time and (ii) each other holder of other securities having registration rights, on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by the Stockholder hereunder, the total number of “Registrable Securities” (as defined in the Investors’ Rights Agreement) (the “IRA Registrable Securities”) held by such IRA Holder, and the total number of other securities held by such other holders having registration rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 count as a Demand Registration for purposes of Section 2.3(c) unless (i) all Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Demand Registration by the Stockholder are, in fact, registered in such registration if the offering is not underwritten, or (ii) at least fifty percent (50%) of all Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Demand Registration by the Stockholder are, in fact, registered in such registration if the offering is underwritten.
2.6    Restrictions.
(a)    The Company will not be obligated to effect any Demand Registration within one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of (i) a previous Demand Registration Statement; or (ii) a previous Piggyback Registration Statement under which the Stockholder requesting the Demand Registration had piggyback rights pursuant to Section 3.1 below wherein the Stockholder was permitted to register and sold at least 50% of the Registrable Securities included in such Piggyback Registration Statement.
(b)    The Company may postpone the filing of a Demand Registration Statement for a reasonable “blackout period” not in excess of [***] days (and the time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly), if (i) the Board determines that such registration or offering could materially interfere with a bona fide business, financing or business combination transaction of the Company or is reasonably likely to require premature disclosure of material non-public information, which premature disclosure could materially and adversely affect the Company, (ii) such registration would require the Company to recast its historical financial statements or prepare pro forma financial statements, acquired business financial statements or other information, with which requirement the Company is reasonably unable to comply, or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
(c)    Such blackout period will end upon the earlier to occur of, (i) in the case of a bona fide business, financing or business combination transaction, or rendering the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, a date not later than [***] days from the date such deferral commenced, (ii) in the case of disclosure of non-public information, the earlier to occur of (x) the filing by the Company of its next succeeding Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, or (y) the date upon which such information is otherwise disclosed, (iii) in the case of the recasting of historical financial statements, the date upon which such financial statements are filed by the Company with the Commission; provided, however, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file such statements as promptly as practicable, and (iv) in the case of preparation of pro forma or acquired business financial statements, a date not later than seventy-five (75) days after the date of such acquisition. In no event shall there be more than [***] blackout period during any rolling period of three hundred sixty-five (365) days.
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2.7    Selection of Underwriters. In connection with any underwritten Demand Registration, the Stockholder shall have the right to (i) determine the plan of distribution and (ii) select the investment banker or bankers and managers to administer the offering, including the lead managing underwriter; provided that the selection of such investment banker or bankers and managers shall be subject to the approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
2.8    Additional Rights. The Company represents that, upon the Closing, it will have no obligation to any Person (other than the Stockholder) to register any of its securities (except as provided under the Investors’ Rights Agreement), and agrees that it shall not enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would allow such holder or prospective holder to include such securities in any registration unless, under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may (i) in the case of a demand registration, only include such securities in such demand registration on a pari passu basis with the Stockholder and (ii) in the case of a piggyback registration (either primary or secondary), only include such securities in such piggyback registration on a pari passu basis with the Stockholder.
3.    Piggyback Registrations.
3.1    Right to Piggyback. For a period of three (3) years following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, whenever the Company proposes to register the issuance or sale of any of its Common Stock under the Securities Act for its own account or otherwise, and the registration form to be used may be used for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities (each, a “Piggyback Registration”) (except for the registrations on Form S-8 or Form S-4 or any successor form thereto) (a “Piggyback Registration Statement”), the Company will give written notice, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the proposed filing of such registration statement, to the Stockholder of its intention to effect such a registration and will use reasonable best efforts to include in such registration all Registrable Securities that are no longer subject to the lock-up restrictions under Section 8.1 of the Stock Purchase Agreement (in accordance with the priorities set forth in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 below) with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion, which request shall specify the number of such Registrable Securities desired to be registered and be delivered within fifteen (15) days after the delivery of the Company’s notice. The Company may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration Statement at any time in its sole discretion.
3.2    Priority on Primary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten primary offering on behalf of the Company and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in the registration creates a substantial risk that the price per share of the primary securities will be reduced or that the amount of the primary securities intended to be included on behalf of the Company will be reduced, then the managing underwriter and the Company may exclude securities (including Registrable Securities) from the registration and the underwriting, and the number of securities that may be included in such registration and underwriting shall include: (i) first, any securities that the Company proposes to sell, and (ii) second, pari passu among the Stockholder, the IRA Holders (if the Investors’ Rights Agreement is in force and effect at such time), and other securities, if any, requested to be included in such registration by the holders thereof, on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by the Stockholder hereunder, the total number of IRA Registrable Securities held by such IRA Holders (if the Investors’ Rights Agreement is in force and effect at such time), and the total number of any other securities held by other holders having registration rights.
3.3    Priority on Secondary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten secondary offering on behalf of holders of the Company’s securities and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in the registration creates a substantial risk that the price per share of securities offered thereby will be reduced, the Company will include in such registration IRA Registrable Securities requested to be included therein by the IRA Holders (if the Investors’ Rights Agreement is in force and effect at such time), the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein by
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the Stockholder and any other securities, if any, requested to be included in such registration by other holders having registration rights on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by the Stockholder hereunder, the total number of IRA Registrable Securities held by such IRA Holder (if the Investors’ Rights Agreement is in force and effect at such time), and the total number of other securities held by other holders having registration rights.
3.4    Selection of Underwriters. In connection with any underwritten Piggyback Registration initiated by the Company, the Company shall have the right to (i) determine the plan of distribution and (ii) select the investment banker or bankers and managers to administer the offering, including the lead managing underwriter.
3.5    Payment of Expenses for Piggyback Registrations. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses (as defined in Section 6.1 below) for the Piggyback Registrations under this Section 3.
4.    Additional Agreements.
4.1    Holders’ Agreements. To the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, the Stockholder agrees that upon request of the Company or the underwriters managing any Underwritten Offering of the Company’s securities, it will (i) not offer, sell, contract to sell, loan, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of, hedge or transfer any of the economic interest in (or offer, agree or commit to do any of the foregoing) any shares of Common Stock, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired by such holder, owned directly (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which such holder has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the Commission (other than those included by such holder in the offering in question, if any) without the prior written consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be, for up to fourteen (14) days prior to, and during the ninety (90) day period following, the effective date of the registration statement for such Underwritten Offering, and (ii) enter into and be bound by such form of agreement with respect to the foregoing as the Company or such managing underwriter may reasonably request; provided that each executive officer and director of the Company also agrees to substantially similar restrictions.
4.2    Company’s Agreements. The Company agrees not to effect any public sale or public distribution of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the ninety (90) day period following the effective date of a Demand Registration Statement registering an Underwritten Offering (except as part of any such underwritten registration or pursuant to registrations on Form S-8 or Form S-4 or any successor forms thereto), unless the underwriters managing the Public Offering otherwise agree.
4.3    No Conflicts. The Company represents and warrants that as of the date hereof it has obtained all necessary consents, approvals, and/or authorizations from the IRA Holders under the Investors’ Rights Agreement required to be obtained by the Company in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the rights granted hereby.
4.4    Suspension of Resales.
(a)    The Company shall be entitled to suspend the use of the prospectus forming any part of a Demand Registration Statement or Piggyback Registration Statement for a reasonable “blackout period” not in excess of ninety (90) days (provided the time periods with respect to the effectiveness of such registration statement shall be tolled correspondingly) if (i) the Board determines that such registration or offering could materially interfere with a bona fide business, financing or business combination transaction of the Company or is reasonably likely to require premature disclosure of material non-public information, which premature disclosure could materially and adversely affect the Company, (ii) an offering or sale pursuant to such prospectus would
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require the Company to recast its historical financial statements or prepare pro forma financial statements, acquired business financial statements or other information, with which requirement the Company is reasonably unable to comply, or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
(b)    The blackout period will end upon the earlier to occur of (i) in the case of a bona fide business, financing or business combination transaction, or rendering the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, a date not later than ninety (90) days from the date such deferral commenced, (ii) in the case of disclosure of non-public information, the earlier to occur of (x) the filing by the Company of its next succeeding Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, or (y) the date upon which such information is otherwise disclosed, (iii) in the case of the recasting of historical financial statements, the date upon which such financial statements are filed by the Company with the Commission, provided however, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file such statements as promptly as practicable and (iv) in the case of preparation of pro forma or acquired business financial statements, a date not later than seventy-five (75) days after the date of such acquisition. In no event shall there be more than one (1) blackout periods during any rolling period of three hundred sixty-five (365) days.
(c)    Upon its receipt of a written certification from the Company notifying the Stockholder of such suspension, the Stockholder will immediately discontinue the sale of any Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement or otherwise until the Stockholder has received copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus or until such the Stockholder is advised in writing that the use of the prospectus forming a part of such registration statement may be resumed and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
5.    Registration Procedures.
5.1    Company Obligations. Whenever the Company is required to file a registration statement under this Agreement or to use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of Registrable Securities, or whenever the Stockholder has requested that the resale of any Registrable Securities be registered in accordance with this Agreement, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable:
(a)    prepare and, as soon as practicable after the end of the period within which requests for registration may be given to the Company, file with the Commission a registration statement with respect to the resale of such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective (provided that within a reasonable time under the circumstances before filing a registration statement or prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will furnish copies of all such documents proposed to be filed to one counsel designated by the Stockholder covered by such registration statement, provide such counsel reasonable time under the circumstances to comment on any information pertaining to the holders of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement contained therein, and use good-faith efforts to incorporate any comments provided by such counsel);
(b)    except as otherwise provided in this Agreement (including Section 2.3(b) hereof), prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus(es) used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective for a period of not less than the earlier of (i) with respect to a Long Form Demand Registration Statement, one hundred eighty (180) days, and with respect to a Short Form Demand Registration Statement, two (2) years, and (ii) the date that all of the securities covered by the registration statement have been sold, and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement;
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(c)    in connection with any filing of any registration statement or prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, cause such document (i) to comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (ii) to not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(d)    promptly furnish to the Stockholder and underwriter of Registrable Securities, without charge, such number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus(es) included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and summary prospectus) and such other documents as the Stockholder or underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by the Stockholder;
(e)    use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Stockholder or underwriter reasonably request, keep each such registration or qualification effective during the period the associated registration statement is required to be kept effective, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Stockholder or underwriter to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities (provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subparagraph, (ii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) subject itself or any of its Affiliates to taxation in any such jurisdiction in which it is not subject to taxation);
(f)    promptly notify the Stockholder and underwriter of such Registrable Securities and confirm in writing, when a registration statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto become effective;
(g)    promptly notify the Stockholder and underwriter of such Registrable Securities, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the occurrence of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and, subject to Section 4.3, prepare and deliver a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(h)    use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which the same or similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or if no such securities are then listed, on a national securities exchange selected by the Company;
(i)    provide a transfer agent, registrar and CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such registration statement;
(j)    enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements in customary form) and take all such other customary actions as the holders of the securities being sold or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(k)    use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Stockholder and the underwriter or managing underwriter, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the governing documents thereof) and
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registered in such names as the Stockholder or the underwriter or managing underwriter, if any, may reasonably request at least three (3) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities;
(l)    subject to confidentiality agreements in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, make available for inspection, at such place and in such manner as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, by the Stockholder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Stockholder or underwriter, financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company reasonably requested by such Stockholder, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by such Stockholder, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement; provided, however, that any records, information or documents that are furnished by the Company and that are non-public shall be used only in connection with such registration;
(m)    advise the Stockholder and underwriter of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;
(n)    make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering at least twelve (12) months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(o)    cooperate and assist in any filing required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA);
(p)    obtain for delivery to any underwriter of Registrable Securities an opinion or opinions of counsel for the Company in customary form;
(q)    at the request of the Stockholder in connection with an Underwritten Offering, furnish on the date or dates provided for in the underwriting agreement a letter or letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company addressed to the underwriters and the Stockholder, covering such matters as such accountants, underwriters and Stockholder may reasonably agree upon, in which letter(s) such accountants shall state, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and that in their opinion the financial statements and other financial data of the Company included in the registration statement, the prospectus(es), or any amendment or supplement thereto, comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act; and
(r)    with respect to underwritten Demand Registrations, make senior executives of the Company reasonably available to assist the underwriters with respect to, and participate in, the so-called “road show” in connection with the marketing efforts for, and the distribution and sale of, Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration statement; provided such road shows are reasonably requested by the managing underwriter and are customary for underwritten offerings that are comparable to such underwritten Demand Registration in size and the type of securities offered.
6.    Registration Expenses.
6.1    The Company’s Expenses. Other than as provided by Section 2.4, the Company will pay all reasonable expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including: all
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registration and filing fees; fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws; fees and expenses associated with listing the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange or market; fees and expenses incurred in connection with FINRA and rating agencies; costs and expenses related to analyst and investor presentations and “roadshows”; printing expenses; messenger and delivery expenses; and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; fees and disbursements of the Company’s registered public accounting firm (including with respect to “comfort letters”); all reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Stockholder in connection with the registration; reasonable fees and disbursements of all other Persons retained by the Company; and any other fees and disbursements customarily paid by issuers of securities (all such expenses being herein called “Registration Expenses”); provided, however, that, as between the Company and the Stockholder, underwriting discounts, commissions, transfer taxes and underwriter fees and disbursements (in connection with an underwritten Demand Registration) relating to the Registrable Securities will be borne by the Stockholder. In addition, the Company will pay its internal expenses (including, but not limited to, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit or quarterly review, the expense of any liability insurance obtained by the Company and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be registered on each securities exchange. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a request for Demand Registration for which the Company is obligated to pay all Registration Expenses pursuant to Section 2.4 and this Section 6.1 is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Stockholder, the Stockholder shall forfeit such Demand Registration unless the Stockholder pays (or reimburses the Company) for all reasonable and documented Registration Expenses with respect to such withdrawn Demand Registration; provided that if, at the time of such withdrawal, the Stockholder shall have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company from that known to the Stockholder at the time of its request and has withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness after learning of such information, then the Stockholder shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall not forfeit their right to such Demand Registration.
6.2    The Stockholder’s Expenses. To the extent that any expenses incident to any registration are not required to be paid by the Company, the Stockholder will pay all such expenses which are clearly and solely attributable to the registration of the Registrable Securities so included in such registration.
7.    Obligations of the Stockholder.
(a)    The Stockholder shall furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities, and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall notify the Stockholder of the information the Company requires from the Stockholder. The Stockholder shall provide such information to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement.
(b)    The Stockholder, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement hereunder.
(c)    The Stockholder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of either (i) the commencement of a postponement or delay under Section 2.6 or (ii) the occurrence of an event pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof, the Stockholder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities, until the Stockholder is advised by the Company that such dispositions may resume.
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(d)    The Stockholder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement.
8.    Indemnification.
8.1    By the Company. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Stockholder and, as applicable, each of its members, directors, managers, stockholders, partners, officers and employees, and each Person who controls such holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act), against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) or actions or proceedings in respect thereof (whether or not such indemnified Person is party thereto) arising out of or based upon (a) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto (including, in each case, all documents incorporated therein by reference), (b) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (c) any violation or alleged violation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any federal, state, foreign or common law rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries and relating to action or inaction in connection with any such registration, disclosure document or related document or report, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by the Stockholder expressly for use therein or by the Stockholder’s failure to deliver a copy of the prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto after the Company has furnished the Stockholder with a sufficient number of copies of the same. In connection with an Underwritten Offering, the Company will indemnify such underwriters, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Stockholder. The payments required by this Section 8.1 will be made promptly during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or expenses incurred.
8.2    By Stockholder. In connection with any registration statement in which the Stockholder is participating, the Stockholder will furnish to the Company in writing such information relating to such holder as requested by the Company and is reasonably necessary for use in connection with any such registration statement, prospectus or prospectus supplement and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, will indemnify the Company, its subsidiaries, and, as applicable, each of their directors, employees and officers and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto (including, in each case, all documents incorporated therein by reference), or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in or omitted from any information furnished in writing by such holder for the acknowledged purpose of inclusion in such registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus; provided, however, the liability of the Stockholder will be in proportion to and limited to the net amount that it received from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement, unless such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense resulted from Stockholder’s fraudulent conduct or willful misconduct.
8.3    Procedure. Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 8 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give written notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has received written notice of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that the counsel for the Indemnifying Party who is to conduct the defense of such claim or litigation is reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such Indemnified Party’s expense; provided,
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however, that the Indemnifying Party shall bear the expense of such defense of the Indemnified Party if (i) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such expenses, (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim or to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, or (iii) in the reasonable judgment of the Indemnified Party, based upon the written advice of such Indemnified Party’s counsel, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential conflicts of interest; provided, however, that in no event shall the Indemnifying Party be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (excluding one local counsel per jurisdiction as necessary) for all Indemnified Parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same event, allegations or circumstances. The Indemnified Party shall not make any settlement without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 8 except and only to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially prejudice the Indemnifying Party in the defense of any such claim or any such litigation. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the prior written consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement (x) that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party or (y) that includes an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party, or requires forms of relief other than the payment of monetary damages by the Indemnifying Party.
8.4    Survival. The indemnification (and contribution provisions in Section 9 below) provided for under this Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such Indemnified Party and will survive the transfer of securities.
9.    Contribution.
9.1    Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 from the Indemnifying Party is unavailable to or unenforceable by the Indemnified Party in respect to any costs, fines, penalties, losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such costs, fines, penalties, losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and Indemnified Parties, on the other hand, in connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Parties, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the costs, fines, penalties, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. Notwithstanding this Section 9, an indemnifying Stockholder shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which (i) the total price at which the Registrable Securities sold by the Stockholder exceeds (ii) the amount of any damages which such indemnifying holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of the untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission giving rise to such payments, unless such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense in respect of which contribution is required resulted from such holder’s fraudulent conduct.
9.2    Equitable Considerations; Etc. The Company and the Stockholder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately
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preceding paragraph. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
10.    Compliance With Rule 144 And Rule 144a. For so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take such measures and timely file such information, documents and reports as shall be required by the Commission as a condition to the availability of Rule 144 or Rule 144A (or any successor provisions) under the Securities Act.
11.    Participation In Underwritten Registrations. No Person may participate in any registration hereunder which is underwritten unless such Person (i) agrees to sell its securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by such Person or Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, custody agreements, lock-up agreements, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
12.    Miscellaneous.
12.1    Amendments and Waivers. Any amendment, modification, supplement or restatement of this Agreement must be effected by written agreement of the Company and the Stockholder. No waiver by any party of any default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.
12.2    Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each party, including subsequent holders of Registrable Securities acquired in accordance with the Stock Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that (i) the Company may not assign this Agreement (in whole or in part) without the prior written consent of the Stockholder, and (ii) any transferee of the Investor shall execute and deliver to the Company a counterpart to this Agreement whereby it agrees to be bound by the terms of the Agreement as a Stockholder. Any assignment entered into without the requisite prior written consent shall be null and void.
12.3    Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not constitute a part of and shall not be utilized in interpreting this Agreement.
12.4    Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted to be given by this Agreement will be in writing and in English and will be: (a) delivered by hand or by overnight courier with tracking capabilities; or (b) mailed postage prepaid by first class, registered, or certified mail, in each case, addressed as set forth below unless changed by notice so given. This Section 12.4 is not intended to govern the day-to-day business communications necessary between the parties in performing their obligations under the terms of this Agreement, for which electronic mail shall suffice.
If to the Company:
Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
780 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
with a copy to:
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Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
        780 Memorial Drive
        Cambridge, MA 02139
        Attention: Chief Legal Officer
If to the Investor:
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
        333 Lakeside Drive
        Foster City, CA 94404
Attention: Alliance Management
with copies to:
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
        333 Lakeside Drive
        Foster City, CA 94404
        Attention: General Counsel


Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Attention: G. Allen Hicks
Any such notice will be deemed given on the date received, except any notice received after 5:00 p.m. (in the time zone of the receiving Party) on a Business Day or received on a non-Business Day will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. A Party may add, delete, or change the person or address to which notices should be sent at any time upon written notice delivered to the other Parties in accordance with this Section 12.4.
12.5    Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a)    This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof. Each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the courts of the State of New York located in New York, NY, and (b) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, for the purposes of any action arising out of this Agreement. Each party agrees to commence any such action either in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or if such action may not be brought in such court for jurisdictional reasons, in the courts of the State of New York located in New York, NY. Each party further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by the U.S. registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth in Section 12.4 shall be effective service of process for any Action in New York with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 12.5(a). Each party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action arising out of this Agreement in (i) the courts of the State of New York located in New York, NY, and (ii) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and hereby and thereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(b)    EXCEPT AS LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT,
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PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY, AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
12.6    Remedies. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that in the event of any breach of this Agreement by any of them, the non-breaching party would be irreparably harmed and could not be made whole by monetary damages. Each party accordingly agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and that the parties, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of this Agreement.
12.7    Further Assurances. Each of the parties hereto will, without additional consideration, execute and deliver such further instruments and take such other action as may be reasonably requested by any other party hereto in order to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
12.8    No Presumption Against Drafter. Each of the parties hereto has jointly participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event there arises any ambiguity or question or intent or interpretation with respect to this Agreement, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by all of the parties hereto and no presumptions or burdens of proof shall arise favoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
12.9    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement (or any portion thereof) or the application of any such provision (or any portion thereof) to any Person or circumstance shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect by a Governmental Authority, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof (or the remaining portion thereof) or the application of such provision to any other persons or circumstances. Upon such determination that any provision of this Agreement (or any portion thereof) or the application of any such provision (or any portion thereof) to any Person or circumstance is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties hereto as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible.
12.10    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other agreements referred to herein, constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and shall supersede all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
12.11    Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic image scan shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
12.12    No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Section 8 and Section 9, nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, other than the parties hereto, their successors and permitted assigns, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
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12.13    Aggregation. All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement and such Affiliated persons may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.
Signature pages follow.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.
                    JOUNCE THERAPEUTICS, INC.


                    By: /s/ Richard Murray    
                    Name:     Richard Murray
                    Title:     CEO



                    GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.


                    By: /s/ Andrew Dickinson        
                    Name:     Andrew D. Dickinson
                    Title:     Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Richard Murray, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
    a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
    b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
    c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
    d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
    a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
    b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 6, 2020 By: /s/ Richard Murray
Richard Murray, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)


Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Kim C. Drapkin, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
    a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
    b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
    c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
    d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
    a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
    b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 6, 2020 By: /s/ Kim C. Drapkin
Kim C. Drapkin
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


Exhibit 32.1
 
CERTIFICATIONS OF CEO AND CFO PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended September 30, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the Company hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of her or his knowledge:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: November 6, 2020 By: /s/ Richard Murray
Richard Murray, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: November 6, 2020 By: /s/ Kim C. Drapkin
Kim C. Drapkin
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)