XOMA Royalty Enters into Agreement to Acquire LAVA Therapeutics for Between $1.16 and $1.24 Per Share in Cash, Plus a Contingent Value Right

EMERYVILLE, Calif. and UTRECHT, The Netherlands and PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XOMA Royalty Corporation (“XOMA Royalty”) (NASDAQ: XOMA) and LAVA Therapeutics N.V. (“LAVA”) (NASDAQ: LVTX) announced today they have entered a definitive share purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement” and the transactions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the “Transactions”) whereby XOMA Royalty will acquire LAVA for (i) between $1.16 and $1.24 per share in cash, consisting of (A) USD $1.16 (the “Base Price Per Share”) in cash per share (the “LAVA common stock”), plus (B) an additional amount of cash of up to $0.08 per Share (such amount as finally determined in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the “Additional Price Per Share,” and together with the Base Price Per Share, the “Cash Amount”), plus (ii) a non-transferable contingent value right (“CVR”) per share representing the right to receive 75% of the net proceeds related to LAVA’s two partnered assets and 75% of any net proceeds from any out license or sale of LAVA’s unpartnered programs.

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