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EX-99.2 - EX-99.2 - Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. | d76696dex992.htm |
EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. | d76696dex991.htm |
EX-4.1 - EX-4.1 - Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. | d76696dex41.htm |
EX-1.1 - EX-1.1 - Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. | d76696dex11.htm |
8-K - 8-K - Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. | d76696d8k.htm |
Exhibit 5.1
12670 High Bluff Drive San Diego, California 92130 Tel: +1.858.523.5400 Fax: +1.858.523.5450 www.lw.com
FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES | ||||
November 19, 2020 |
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Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc.
12230 El Camino Real, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92130
Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-222268); 8,346,774 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the proposed issuance of up to 8,346,774 shares (including up to 1,088,709 shares issuable upon exercise of the underwriters option to purchase additional shares) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the Shares). The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on December 22, 2017 (Registration No. 333-222268) (the Registration Statement), a base prospectus dated January 5, 2018 included in the Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective (the Base Prospectus), a preliminary prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2020 filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (together with the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus) and a prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2020 filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (together with the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus). The Shares are being sold pursuant to an amended and restated underwriting agreement dated November 17, 2020 by and between H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC and the Company (the Underwriting Agreement). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.
November 19, 2020
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As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.
Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers, and have been issued by the Company against payment therefor (not less than par value) in the circumstances contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the issue and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the DGCL.
We bring your attention to the fact that Latham & Watkins LLP attorneys rendering services in connection with the offering and investment funds affiliated with the firm own certain securities of the Company.
This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Companys Form 8-K dated November 19, 2020 and to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus under the heading Legal Matters. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP |