Syncona Limited Portfolio Company Extends Tender Offer To Acquire Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation Until 5:00 p.m. ET Nov. 30

Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation ("AGTC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:AGTC), announced today that a portfolio company of Syncona Limited (LON: SYNC) ("Syncona") has extended the expiration of its previously announced tender offer to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of AGTC common stock for $0.34 per share in cash at closing, plus up to an additional $0.73 per share payable pursuant to contingent value rights (CVRs) upon the achievement of specified milestones.

The tender offer has been extended until 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 30, 2022. The tender offer was previously scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 28, 2022. All other terms and conditions of the tender offer remain unchanged during the extension period. The tender offer is being extended in order to allow additional time for shareholders to tender their shares and for shares tendered by notice of guaranteed delivery to be received.