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Filed Pursuant to General Instruction II.L. of Form F-10

File No. 333-238905

Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the United States Securities Exchange Commission. This preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base shelf prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state of the United States in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state of the United States.

Subject to completion, dated August 8, 2022

A copy of this preliminary prospectus supplement has been filed with the securities regulatory authority in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario but has not yet become final for the purposes of the sale of securities. Information contained in this preliminary prospectus supplement may not be complete and may have to be amended.

No securities regulatory authority has expressed an opinion about these securities and it is an offence to claim otherwise. This prospectus supplement (“Prospectus Supplement”), together with the accompanying short form base shelf prospectus (“Prospectus”) dated July 28, 2020 to which it relates, as may be amended or supplemented, and each document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, constitutes a public offering of these securities only in those jurisdictions where they may be lawfully offered for sale and therein only by persons permitted to sell such securities. See “Plan of Distribution”.

Information has been incorporated by reference in the Prospectus from documents filed with the securities commissions or similar authorities in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. Copies of the documents incorporated herein by reference may be obtained on request without charge from the Chief Financial Officer of Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. at 2 Bloor Street West, 7th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3E2, Telephone: (416) 648-5555, and are also available electronically under the Corporation’s profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”) at www.sedar.com and the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml. See “Documents Incorporated by Reference”.

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
TO SHORT FORM BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 28, 2020

New Issue

MEDICENNA THERAPEUTICS CORP.

US$
Units

Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. (“Medicenna” or the “Corporation”) is hereby qualifying for distribution (the “Offering”) units (“Units”) of the Corporation at a price of US$ per Unit (the “Offering Price”). The Units will be issued and sold in Canada by Bloom Burton Securities Inc. (the “Canadian Underwriter”) and in the United States by Guggenheim Securities, LLC (the “U.S. Underwriter”, and together with the Canadian Underwriter, the “Underwriters”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) dated as of August , 2022. Guggenheim Securities, LLC is not registered to sell securities in any Canadian jurisdiction and, accordingly, will not, directly or indirectly, solicit offers to purchase, sell or distribute the Units in Canada and will act as the underwriters for the Corporation only in respect of the offer, sale and distribution of the Units in the United States.

Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Corporation (each, a “Unit Share”) and common share purchase warrant of the Corporation (each, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant is exercisable into common share of the Corporation (each, a “Warrant Share”) at an exercise price of US$ per Warrant Share at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the date that is years following the closing of the Offering (the “Expiry Date”), subject to adjustment in certain events. The Warrants will be governed by a warrant indenture to be entered into on the Closing Date (as defined below) between the Corporation and TSX Trust Company as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”). Continental Stock Transfer and Trust will act as warrant co-agent (the “Warrant Co-Agent”). The Unit Shares and Warrants comprising the Units are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this Offering. See “Description of the Offering” for additional information on the Unit Shares and Warrants.

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The Offering is being made concurrently in Canada under the terms of this Prospectus Supplement and in the United States under the terms of the Corporation’s registration statement on Form F 10 (File No. 333-238905) (as amended, the “U.S. Registration Statement”) filed with and declared effective by the SEC under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

An investment in the Units is speculative and bears certain risks. See “Risk Factors” in this Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus.

This Offering is made by a Canadian issuer that is permitted, under a multijurisdictional disclosure system (“MJDS”) adopted by the United States and Canada, to prepare this Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements. Prospective investors should be aware that such requirements are different from those of the United States. The financial statements included or incorporated herein have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”) and audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and are subject to Canadian and United States auditing and auditor independence standards and thus may not be comparable to financial statements of United States companies.

Prospective investors should be aware that the acquisition of the Units described herein and the exercise of the Warrants may have tax consequences both in the United States and in Canada. Such consequences for investors who are resident in, or citizens of, the United States may not be described fully in this Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus. You should read the tax discussion under the headings “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations” in this Prospectus Supplement, and consult your own tax advisor with respect to your own particular circumstances.

The enforcement by investors of civil liabilities under the United States federal securities laws may be affected adversely by the fact that the Corporation exists under the laws of Canada, that the majority of its officers and directors are residents of Canada, that many of the experts named in this Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus are not residents of the United States, and that a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation and said persons are located outside the United States.

THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (“SEC”) NOR HAS THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATOR APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

The common shares of the Corporation (the “Common Shares”) are listed on Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “MDNA” and on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) under the symbol “MDNA”. On August 5, 2022, the closing price of the Common Shares on Nasdaq was US$1.70 per Common Share and on the TSX was Cdn$2.18 per Common Share. The Corporation has applied to list the Unit Shares and the Warrant Shares distributed under this Prospectus Supplement on the Nasdaq and the TSX. Listing will be subject to the Corporation fulfilling all of the requirements of the Nasdaq and the TSX, respectively. The Warrants are transferable but will not be listed for trading on any exchange and as a result, there is no market through which the Warrants may be sold and purchasers may not be able to resell the Warrants purchased under this Prospectus Supplement. This may affect the pricing of the Warrants in the secondary market, the transparency and availability of trading prices, the liquidity of such Warrants and the extent of issuer regulation. See “Plan of Distribution” and “Risk Factors”.

Price US$ per Unit

Price to the
Public(1)

Underwriters’
Fee(2)

Net Proceeds to
Corporation(3)

Per Unit

US$

Total Offering(4)

US$

Notes:

(1)

The Corporation intends to allocate US$ of the Offering Price as consideration for the issue of the Unit Share and US$ of the Offering Price as consideration for the issue of Warrant comprising each Unit.

(2)

The Underwriters will receive a cash commission (the “Underwriters’ Fee”) equal to 6.00% of the gross proceeds of the

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Offering, being US$ . Additionally, we have agreed to reimburse the Underwriters for certain expenses related to the Offering. See “Plan of Distribution”.

(3)

After deducting the Underwriters’ Fee but before deducting expenses of the Offering, estimated to be US$ , which will be paid from the net proceeds of the Offering. See “Use of Proceeds”. Such net proceeds to not include any proceeds received from the exercise of the Warrants.

(4)

The Corporation has granted to the Underwriters an option (the “Over-Allotment Option”), exercisable in whole or in part to purchase up to an additional Units (each, an “Over-Allotment Unit”) (up to 15% of the number of Unit Shares and Warrants sold in the primary offering) at the Offering Price up to and including August 28, 2022, to cover over-allotments, if any, and for market stabilization purposes. If the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full, the total price to the public, the Underwriters’ Fee and net proceeds to the Corporation (prior to the deduction of the expenses of the Offering) will be US$ , US$ and US$ , respectively. This Prospectus Supplement also qualifies the grant of the Over-Allotment Option and the distribution of the Over-Allotment Units under the Over-Allotment Option. Any purchaser who acquires Over-Allotment Units forming part of the over-allocation position of the Underwriters pursuant to the Over-Allotment Option acquires such securities under this Prospectus Supplement, regardless of whether the over-allocation position is ultimately filled through the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option or secondary market purchases. See “Plan of Distribution”.

The following table sets out information relating to the Over-Allotment Option:

Underwriters’ Position

Over-Allotment Option

Number of Securities Available

Units Shares and Warrants

Exercise Period

Exercisable up to and including August 28, 2022

Exercise Price

US$ per Over-Allotment Unit

Unless the context otherwise requires, when used in this Prospectus Supplement, all references to “Units”, “Unit Shares”, “Warrants” and “Warrant Shares” includes the Over-Allotment Units issuable upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option and all references to “Units” assumes the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option and includes all securities issuable thereunder.

A purchaser who acquires Over-Allotment Units issuable upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option forming part of the underwriters’ over-allocation position acquires those securities under this short form prospectus, regardless of whether the over-allocation position is ultimately filled through the exercise of the overallotment option or secondary market purchases.

Closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or about August , 2022, or such other date as the Corporation and the Underwriters may agree (the “Closing Date”). In any event, the Units are to be taken up by the Underwriters, if at all, on or before . See “Plan of Distribution”.

Each of Karen Dawes, John (Jack) Geltosky and John H. Sampson, directors of the Corporation, resides outside of Canada (the “Non-Resident Directors”). The Non-Resident Directors have appointed the following agent for service of process:

Name of the Person or Corporation			Name and Address of Agent
Karen Dawes			Medicenna Therapeutics Corp.
John (Jack) Geltosky			2 Bloor Street West, 7th Floor
John H. Sampson			Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3E2

Purchasers are advised that it may not be possible for investors to enforce judgments obtained in Canada against any person that resides outside of Canada, even if the party has appointed an agent for service of process. See “Risk Factors — Enforcement of Judgments Against Foreign Persons may not be Possible” in the Prospectus.

The Underwriters, as principals, conditionally offer the Units subject to prior sale if, as and when issued by Medicenna and accepted by the Underwriters in accordance with the conditions contained in the Underwriting Agreement referred to under “Plan of Distribution” and subject to the approval of certain legal matters on behalf of Medicenna by McCarthy Tétrault LLP, with respect to Canadian legal matters, and by Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, with respect to U.S. legal matters, and on behalf of the Underwriters by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, with respect to Canadian legal matters, and by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., with respect to U.S. legal matters. Subscriptions will be received subject to rejection or allotment in whole or in part and the right is reserved to close the subscription books at any time without notice.

The Underwriters propose to offer the Units initially at the Offering Price. After the Underwriters have made a reasonable effort to sell all of the Units at the Offering Price, the Offering Price may be decreased and may be further changed from time to time to an amount not greater than the Offering Price, and the compensation realized by the Underwriters in respect of the Units will be decreased by the amount that the aggregate price paid by purchasers for the Units is less than the gross proceeds paid by the Underwriters to the Corporation. See “Plan of Distribution”.

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In connection with the Offering, the Underwriters may effect transactions that stabilize or maintain the price of the Common Shares at levels other than those which otherwise might prevail on the open market. Such transactions, if commenced may be discontinued at any time. See “Plan of Distribution”.

The Unit Shares underlying the Units will be ready for delivery through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (“CDS”), as the case may be, on the Closing Date. It is expected that the Corporation will arrange for the instant deposit of the Unit Shares underlying the Units under the book-based system of registration, to be registered to DTC, CDS or their nominee, as the case may be, and deposited with DTC, CDS or their nominee, as the case may be. It is expected that the Warrants underlying the Units will be issued in certificated form or as direct registration statements (“DRS”). No certificates evidencing the Unit Shares underlying the Units will be issued to purchasers of the Units. Purchasers of the Unit Shares will receive only a customer confirmation from the Underwriters or other registered dealer who is a DTC or CDS participant, as the case may be, and from or through whom a beneficial interest in the Unit Shares is purchased.

The financial information of the Corporation incorporated by reference in the Prospectus Supplement is presented in Canadian dollars. In this Prospectus Supplement, unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, all dollar amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars. All references to “dollar”, “$” or “Cdn$” are to Canadian dollars and United States dollars are indicated by the symbol “US$”. See “Exchange Rate Information”.

The Corporation’s head and registered office is located at 2 Bloor Street West, 7th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3E2 and its telephone number is (416) 648-5555.

Sole Book-Running Manager

	Guggenheim Securities Co-Manager
	Bloom Burton Securities

The date of this Prospectus Supplement is , 2022.

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Preliminary Prospectus Supplement

	IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT					S-1
	FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS					S-1
	DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE					S-4
	DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE U.S. REGISTRATION STATEMENT					S-6
	EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION					S-6
	SUMMARY OF THE OFFERING					S-7
	RISK FACTORS					S-8
	DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS					S-10
	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS					S-12
	USE OF PROCEEDS					S-17
	DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFERING					S-19
	CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION					S-22
	TRADING PRICE AND VOLUME					S-22
	PRIOR SALES					S-23
	CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS					S-24
	ELIGIBILITY FOR INVESTMENT					S-30
	CERTAIN CANADIAN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS					S-30
	PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION					S-35
	WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION					S-40
	LEGAL MATTERS					S-41
	AUDITORS, TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR					S-41
	AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS					S-41
	PURCHASERS’ STATUTORY RIGHTS					S-41

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Base Shelf Prospectus

	GENERAL MATTERS					1
	EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION					1
	FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS					2
	DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE					4
	DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE U.S. REGISTRATION STATEMENT					6
	DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS					7
	CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION					10
	PRIOR SALES					11
	USE OF PROCEEDS					14
	PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION					15
	TRADING PRICE AND VOLUME					17
	DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL					18
	DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS					20
	DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS					21
	DESCRIPTION OF UNITS					22
	RISK FACTORS					23
	CERTAIN CANADIAN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS					26
	CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS					26
	LEGAL MATTERS					31
	AUDITORS					31
	TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR					31
	PURCHASERS’ STATUTORY RIGHTS AND CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS OF WITHDRAWAL AND RESCISSION					31
	ENFORCEABILITY OF JUDGMENTS					32

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IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

This document is in two parts. The first part is this Prospectus Supplement, which describes the specific terms of the Offering and Units and the method of distribution of the Units and also supplements and updates information regarding Medicenna contained and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. The second part is the accompanying Prospectus, which gives more general information, some of which may not apply to the Offering. Both documents contain important information you should consider when making your investment decision. If the description of the Units varies between this Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus, investors should rely on the information in this Prospectus Supplement. This Prospectus Supplement is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus solely for the purpose of the Offering. If information in this Prospectus Supplement is inconsistent with the Prospectus or the information incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, you should rely on this Prospectus Supplement. You should read this Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus, including the information incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, together with the additional information about us to which we refer you in the section of this Prospectus Supplement entitled “Where You Can Find additional Information”.

You should rely only on the information contained in this Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. The Corporation and the Underwriters have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with any different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. The Corporation is offering the Units only in jurisdictions where such offers are permitted by law.

You should assume that the information contained in this Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus is accurate only as of their respective dates, regardless of the time of delivery of this Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus. The Corporation’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

Market data and certain industry forecasts used in this Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus were obtained from market research, publicly available information and industry publications. The Corporation believes that these sources are generally reliable, but the accuracy and completeness of this information is not guaranteed. The Corporation has not independently verified such information, and it does not make any representation as to the accuracy of such information.

In this Prospectus Supplement, “Medicenna”, the “Corporation”, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. and its subsidiaries.

Medicenna has not registered any trademarks, service marks and trade names that it uses in connection with the operation of its business, including its corporate name, logos and domain names and it has not yet registered any trademarks for any commercial trade names for any of its product candidates. Other trademarks, service marks and trade names appearing in this Prospectus Supplement are the property of their respective owners.

This document is part of the U.S. Registration Statement that was declared effective on July 30, 2020. This Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference therein are part of the U.S. Registration Statement. This Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus do not contain all of the information set forth in the U.S. Registration Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC, or the schedules or exhibits that are part of the U.S. Registration Statement. Investors in the United States should refer to the U.S. Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto for further information with respect to Medicenna and the Units.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based on current beliefs, expectations or assumptions regarding the future of the business, future plans and strategies, operational results and other future conditions of the Corporation. These statements

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involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Corporation, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements contained herein other than statements of historical fact regarding the prospects of the Corporation’s industry or its prospects, plans, financial position or business strategy may constitute forward-looking statements and can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking words, such as “plan”, “expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimate”, “forecast”, “contemplate”, “intend”, “anticipate”, or “believe” or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might”, “shall” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements.

By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and risks exist that predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not be achieved. The Corporation cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these statements as a number of important factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from the beliefs, plans, objectives, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Corporation, as applicable, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information and statements include, but are not limited to, the risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Prospectus Supplement.

Forward-looking statements in this Prospectus Supplement include, but are not limited to:

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the lack of product revenue and inability to continue operations and research and development without sufficient funding;

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the Corporation’s requirements for, and our ability to obtain, future funding on favourable terms or at all;

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the Corporation’s history of losses and expectations of future losses;

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the Corporation’s inability to complete development of or the inability to commercialize the Corporation’s product candidates, which are in the early stages of development;

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the expense, length, and uncertainty of clinical drug development programs;

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the inability to achieve publicly announced milestones according to schedule, or at all;

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the risk that competitors may develop and market products that are more effective that the Corporation’s product candidates or that the products developed by competitors may render the Corporation’s product candidates obsolete or uncompetitive;

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the Corporation’s inability to secure a partnership for MDNA55;

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the costs and uncertainty associated with extensive government regulation;

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the obtaining of regulatory approvals, including delays or negative outcomes from the regulatory approval process;

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the potential negative results from clinical trials or studies, or adverse safety events involving the targets of the Corporation’s products, including in the demonstration of efficacy and safety;

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the risk of product liability claims;

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the Corporation’s inability to enroll subjects in clinical trials or complete clinical trials on a timely basis;

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the failure of our product candidates to receive the marketing approval or market acceptance necessary for commercial success;

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the potential for environmental exposure to hazardous or radioactive materials that are used in the Corporation’s discovery and development process;

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the disruption in the availability of key components for ongoing clinical studies that could delay clinical studies, product testing, and regulatory approval of the Corporation’s product candidates

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the Corporation’s reliance on third parties for the planning, conduct and monitoring of preclinical and clinical trials and for the manufacture of drug products;

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the Corporation’s reliance on contract manufacturers over whom the Corporation has limited control;

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the loss of license rights due to breach of license agreements;

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the conditions and restrictions of the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (“CPRIT”) grant;

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the potential uses of proceeds generated under Corporation’s offerings;

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the ability to protect the Corporation’s intellectual property and proprietary technology;

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the ability for the Corporation to obtain patent’s term extensions;

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the potential involvement in intellectual property litigation;

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the risk that third-parties to whom we rely for product development may not adequately protect the Corporation’s trade secrets;

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the risk of product liability claims;

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the limitations surrounding intellectual property rights;

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the volatility in the price of our Common Shares;

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the dilution of investor’s voting power and reductions in earnings per share owing to future issuances of equity or the conversion of securities into Common Shares;

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the fact that future profits will likely be used for the continued growth of the Corporation’s business and not for the payment of dividends;

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the Corporation’s treatment as a passive foreign investment Corporation and potential adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences associated with such treatment;

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the difficulty United States investors may face in bringing actions against the Corporation for violations of U.S. federal or state securities laws and challenges in enforcing the judgments of U.S. courts against the Corporation and its directors and executive officers;

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the Corporation’s status as a foreign private issuer under applicable U.S. securities laws;

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the Corporation could lose its s status as a foreign private issuer;

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the ability of the Corporation’s significant shareholders to assert a material influence over the Corporation’s operations and governance;

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the adverse impact of factors outside our control, such as global health pandemics, natural disasters, geopolitical conflict and macroeconomic challenges;

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the Corporation’s ability to successfully manage its growth;

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the failure of any acquired business, product, service, or alliance to yield expected benefits;

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the Corporation’s dependence upon certain key personnel, the loss of whom could adversely affect our ability to achieve our business objectives;

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changes in government regulations that could impact our business and operations;

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failure to comply with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and other global corruption and anti-bribery laws;

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a failure to comply with healthcare laws;

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foreign currency exchange risks relating to the relative value of the United States dollar;

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the failure of our disclosure controls and procedures to detect all errors or prevent all incidences of fraud;

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the failure to maintain an effective system of internal controls;

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the vulnerability of the computer and information systems of the Corporation, its consultants and contractors, and third-parties on which the Corporation relies, to security breaches or failure;

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the pursuit of opportunities for further research and development or additional business opportunities;

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the Corporation’s expected use of the net proceeds from this Offering.

Although the Corporation has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. The material factors and assumptions used by us to develop such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) enrolling patients in the Phase 1/2 Ability study in a timely manner; (ii) obtaining positive results from pre-clinical studies and clinical trials; (iii) obtaining regulatory approvals; (iv) general business and economic conditions; (v) the availability of financing on reasonable terms; (vi) the Corporation’s ability to attract and retain skilled staff; (vii) market competition; (viii) the products and technology offered by the Corporation’s competitors; (ix) the Corporation’s ability to protect patents and proprietary rights; and (x) the effect of geo-political uncertainty on the Corporation’s business and operations.

The forward-looking information in this Prospectus Supplement does not include a full assessment or reflection of the unprecedented impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to mitigate it and the ongoing and developing indirect global and regional economic impacts. The Corporation continues to experience uncertainty related to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The spread of COVID-19 and global measures to contain it and its variants, have had, and are anticipated to continue to have an impact on the Corporation, however it is challenging to quantify the potential future magnitude of such impact at this time. The Corporation is regularly assessing the situation and remains in contact with its partners, clinical sites and investigators, contract research organizations, contract development and manufacturing organizations and suppliers to assess any impacts and risks. The Corporation believes that ongoing COVID-19 restrictions could impact the planned clinical development timelines of the MDNA11 Phase 1/2 clinical trial including patient recruitment although the Corporation is not aware of any delays at this time.

All forward-looking statements reflect the Corporation’s beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time the assumption was made.

Although the forward-looking statements contained in this Prospectus Supplement are based upon what the Corporation’s management believes to be reasonable assumptions, the Corporation cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements.

Any forward-looking statements represent the Corporation’s estimates only as of the date of this Prospectus Supplement and should not be relied upon as representing the Corporation’s estimates as of any subsequent date. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required by securities laws.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

This Prospectus Supplement is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus solely for the purposes of the Offering.

Information has been incorporated by reference in this Prospectus from documents filed with securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in Canada. Copies of the documents incorporated by reference herein may be obtained on request without charge from the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation at 2 Bloor Street West, 7th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3E2, Telephone: (416) 648-5555.

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and furnishes reports and other information with the SEC. Under MJDS, some reports and other information may be prepared in accordance with the disclosure requirements of Canada, which requirements are different from those of the United States. As a foreign private issuer, the Corporation is exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and the Corporation’s officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, the Corporation may not be required to publish financial statements as promptly as U.S. companies. You may read any document that the Corporation files with or furnish to the SEC at the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

These documents are also available through the internet under the Corporation’s profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com. The following documents, filed with the various securities commissions or similar authorities in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, and filed with, or furnished to, the SEC are specifically incorporated by reference into and form an integral part of the Prospectus Supplement:

the annual information form of the Corporation dated June 21, 2022 for the financial year ended March 31, 2022 (the “AIF”);

the audited financial statements of the Corporation as at, and for the financial years ended March 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 together with the notes thereto and the independent auditor’s report thereon (the “Annual Financial Statements”);

the management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the financial year ended March 31, 2022 (the “Annual MD&A”); and

the management information circular dated August 20, 2021 relating to Medicenna’s annual meeting of shareholders held on September 23, 2021.

Material change reports (other than confidential reports), business acquisition reports, interim financial statements, annual financial statements, annual information forms and all other documents of the type required by National Instrument 44-101 — Short Form Prospectus Distributions to be incorporated by reference in a short form prospectus, filed by the Corporation with a securities commission or similar regulatory authority in Canada after the date of this Prospectus Supplement and before completion or withdrawal of the Offering, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus Supplement.

In addition, to the extent that any document or information incorporated by reference into this Prospectus Supplement is included in any report on Form 6-K, Form 40-F or Form 20-F (or any respective successor form) that is filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Corporation after the date of this Prospectus Supplement, such document or information shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the U.S. Registration Statement of which this Prospectus Supplement forms a part. In addition, the Corporation may incorporate by reference into this Prospectus Supplement or the U.S. Registration Statement of which it forms a part, other information from documents that the Corporation will file with or furnish to the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, if and to the extent expressly provided therein.

Any statement contained in this Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of the Prospectus Supplement to the extent that a statement contained in this Prospectus Supplement or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus Supplement modifies or supersedes that statement. The modifying or superseding statement need not state that it has modified or superseded a prior statement or include any other information set forth in the document or statement that it modifies or supersedes. The making of a modifying or superseding statement shall not be deemed an admission for any purpose that the modified or superseded statement, when made, constituted a misrepresentation, an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus.

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DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE U.S. REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The following documents have been filed with the SEC as part of the U.S. Registration Statement of which this Prospectus Supplement is a part insofar as required by the SEC’s Form F-10:

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the documents listed under “Documents Incorporated by Reference” in this Prospectus Supplement;

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the consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Corporation’s independent auditors;

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the consent of Davidson & Company LLP, the Corporation’s former independent auditors;

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the consent of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, the Corporation’s Canadian counsel;

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the consent of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Canadian counsel to the Underwriters;

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powers of attorney of the Corporation’s directors and officers, as applicable;

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the Underwriting Agreement described in this Prospectus Supplement; and

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the Warrant Indenture described in this Prospectus Supplement.

EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION

The consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference into this Prospectus Supplement and the other documents incorporated by reference into this Prospectus Supplement, and the financial data derived from those consolidated financial statements included in this Prospectus Supplement, are presented in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise specified, and have been prepared in accordance with IFRS.

The following table lists, for each period presented, the high and low exchange rates, the average of the exchange rates during the period indicated, and the exchange rates at the end of the period indicated, for one Canadian dollar, expressed in United States dollars, based on the closing exchange rate published by the Bank of Canada for the applicable periods.

	Year ended March 31,
	2022	2021	2020
High for the period	US$0.8306	US$0.8029	US$0.7710
Low for the period	US$0.7727	US$0.7034	US$0.6898
End of period	US$0.8003	US$0.7952	US$0.7049
Average for the period	US$0.7980	US$0.7575	US$0.7517

On August 5, 2022, the closing exchange rate for one Canadian dollar, expressed in United States dollars, as reported by the Bank of Canada, was Cdn$1.00 = US$0.7732.

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SUMMARY OF THE OFFERING

Issuer:

Medicenna Therapeutics Corp.

Offering:

US$

Price to the Public:

US$ per Unit

Over-allotment Option:

The Underwriters have the Over-Allotment Option, exercisable in whole or in part to purchase up to an additional Over-Allotment Units (up to 15% of the number of Unit Shares and Warrants sold in the primary offering) from us at the Price to the Public up to and including August 28, 2022, to cover over-allotments, if any, and for market stabilization purposes.

Warrants:

Each Warrant is exercisable into Warrant Share at an exercise price of US$ per Warrant Share at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the date that is years following the closing of the Offering, subject to adjustment in certain events.

Use of Proceeds:

The estimated net proceeds to be received by the Corporation from the sale of the Units will be approximately US$ , after deducting the Underwriters’ Fee of US$ and the expenses of the Offering, estimated at US$ (or approximately US$ if the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full).

We intend to use the net proceeds of the Offering primarily to fund the clinical development of MDNA11, the pre-clinical development of a BiSKIT candidate, working capital and for general corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” in this Prospectus Supplement. The amounts actually expended for the purposes described above may vary significantly depending upon a number of factors, including those listed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Prospectus Supplement. See “Use of Proceeds”.

Nasdaq Symbol:

MDNA

TSX Symbol:

MDNA

Risk Factors:

You should carefully read and consider the information set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-8 of this Prospectus Supplement and on page 17 of the Prospectus.

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in the Units is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks set out below, in the Prospectus and the AIF, and the other documents incorporated by reference in this Prospectus Supplement, that summarize the risks that may materially affect the Corporation’s business before making an investment in the Units. If any of these risks occur, the Corporation’s business, results of operations or financial condition could be materially adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of the securities could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. The risks set out in the documents indicated above are not the only risks the Corporation faces. You should also refer to the other information set forth in this Prospectus Supplement as well as those incorporated by reference herein and therein, including financial statements and the related notes. The following are certain risks related to the Offering.

Risks Relating to this Offering

The Corporation will have broad discretion over the use of the net proceeds from the Offering and the Corporation may not use these proceeds in a manner desired by the Corporation’s shareholders.

It is expected that the net proceeds will be used in the manner discussed in “Use of Proceeds”. However, the Corporation’s management will have broad discretion concerning the use of the net proceeds of the Offering as well as the timing of their expenditures, and there can be no assurance as to how the funds will be allocated. The Corporation may reallocate the net proceeds of the Offering other than as described under the heading “Use of Proceeds” if management of the Corporation believes it would be in the Corporation’s best interest to do so and in ways that a purchaser may not consider desirable. Until utilized, the net proceeds of the Offering will be invested by the Corporation in short-term interest bearing investment grade securities. As a result, a purchaser will be relying on the judgment of management of the Corporation for the application of the net proceeds of the Offering. The results and the effectiveness of the application of the net proceeds are uncertain. If the net proceeds are not applied effectively, the Corporation’s business, financial condition and results of operations may suffer, which could adversely affect the price of the Common Shares on the open market.

The market price of the Common Shares has been and is likely to continue to be volatile and an investment in Common Shares may suffer a decline in value.

The market price of the Common Shares may be volatile. The volatility may affect the ability of holders of Common Shares to sell the Common Shares at an advantageous price. Market price fluctuations in the Common Shares may be due to the Corporation’s operating results failing to meet the expectations of securities analysts or investors in any quarter, downward revision in securities analysts’ estimates, governmental regulatory action, adverse change in general market conditions or economic trends, acquisitions, dispositions or other material public announcements by the Corporation or its competitors, along with a variety of additional factors, including, without limitation, those set forth under “Forward-Looking Statements” in this Prospectus Supplement. In addition, the market price for securities in the stock markets, including the Nasdaq and the TSX, recently experienced significant price and trading fluctuations. These fluctuations have resulted in volatility in the market prices of securities that often has been unrelated or disproportionate to changes in operating performance. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of the Common Shares.

Future sales of Common Shares by the Corporation or by its existing shareholders could cause the market price of the Common Shares to fall.

The issuance of Common Shares by the Corporation could result in significant dilution in the equity interest of existing shareholders and adversely affect the market price of the Common Shares. Sales by existing shareholders of a large number of Common Shares in the public market and the issuance of shares issued in connection with strategic alliances, or the perception that such additional sales could occur, could cause the market price of the Common Shares to decline and have an undesirable impact on the Corporation’s ability to raise capital. With any additional sale or issuance of Common Shares, investors will suffer dilution to their voting power and the Corporation may experience dilution in its earnings per Common Share.

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There will be no market for the Warrants.

The Corporation has not applied and does not intend to apply to list the Warrants on any securities exchange. There will be no market through which the Warrants may be sold and purchasers may not be able to resell the Warrants purchased in the Offering. This may affect the pricing of the Warrants in the secondary market, the transparency and availability of trading prices, the liquidity of the Warrants, and the extent of issuer regulation. The Offering Price was determined by arm’s length negotiations between the Corporation and the Underwriters. The allocation of the Offering Price between the Unit Shares and the Warrants comprising the Units has been determined by the Corporation.

Holders of Warrants Have no rights as a shareholder.

Until a holder of Warrants acquires Warrant Shares upon exercise of Warrants, such holder will have no rights with respect to the Warrant Shares underlying such Warrants. Upon exercise of such Warrants, such holder will be entitled to exercise the rights of a common shareholder only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise date.

Purchasers may occur immediate and substantial dilution.

Purchasers who purchase Units as part of the Offering may pay more for the Unit Shares underlying the Units than the amounts paid by existing shareholders or security holders of the Corporation for their Common Shares. As a result, such purchasers may incur immediate and substantial dilution. Convertible securities may be issued in the future by the Corporation at a lower price than the current market value of the Common Shares, consequently, purchasers who purchase Unit Shares under the Offering may incur substantial dilution in the near future.

There is no assurance of a sufficient liquid trading market for the Common Shares in the future.

Shareholders of the Corporation may be unable to sell significant quantities of Common Shares into the public trading markets without a significant reduction in the price of their Common Shares, or at all. There can be no assurance that there will be sufficient liquidity of the Common Shares on the trading market, and that the Corporation will continue to meet the listing requirements of the TSX or Nasdaq or achieve listing on any other public listing exchange.

Preliminary and interim data from our clinical trials that we may announce or publish from time to time may change as patient data are further examined, audited or verified and more patient data become available.

From time to time, we may announce or publish preliminary or interim data from our clinical trials. Preliminary and interim data remain subject to audit and verification procedures that may result in the final data being materially different from the preliminary or interim data. Preliminary and interim results of a clinical trial are not necessarily predictive of final results. There can be no assurance that favorable interim or preliminary data will result in favorable final data. Preliminary and interim data are subject to the risk that one or more of the clinical outcomes may materially change as patient enrollment continues, patient data are further examined and reviewed, more patient data become available, and we prepare and issue our final clinical study report. As a result, preliminary and interim data should be viewed with caution until the final, complete data are available. Material adverse changes in the final data compared to the preliminary or interim data could significantly harm our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

Medicenna is an immunotherapy company developing novel, highly selective versions of interleukin-2 (“IL-2”), interleukin-4 (“IL-4”) and interleukin-13 (“IL-13”) tunable cytokines, called “Superkines”. These Superkines can be developed either on their own as short or long-acting therapeutics or fused with cell killing proteins in order to generate Empowered Superkines that precisely deliver potent payloads to cancer cells without harming adjacent healthy cells. Superkines can also be fused with a large variety of proteins, antibodies and even other Superkines in order to incorporate two synergistic therapeutic activities into one molecule, creating novel BiFunctional SuperKine ImmunoTherapies referred to by Medicenna as BiSKITs™. IL-2, IL-4 and IL-13 have been shown to modulate immune activity in many diseases, each Superkine providing a pipeline in a product opportunity. Medicenna’s mission is to become the leader in the development and commercialization of Superkines, Empowered Superkines and BiSKITs™ for the treatment of a broad range of cancers and other diseases. The Corporation seeks to achieve its goals by drawing on its expertise, and that of world-class collaborators and advisors, in order to develop Revolutionary Medicines using Evolutionary Superkines. Compared to naturally occurring cytokines — that bind to multiple receptors on many cell types — Superkines are engineered with unique selectivity toward specific receptor subtypes and defined target cell subsets in order to precisely activate or inhibit relevant signalling pathways or immune cells in order to improve therapeutic efficacy and safety.

Medicenna has built a diverse platform, each comprised of a pipeline of Superkine candidates in-licensed from Leland Stanford Junior University (“Stanford”). This includes the MDNA109 platform that consist of IL-2 agonists, IL-2 antagonists and partial agonists of IL-2. Additional assets from Stanford also include several super-agonists of IL-4 and IL-13 and dual IL-4/IL-13 antagonists. In addition, Medicenna has also independently developed therapeutic agents based on its Empowered Superkine and BiSKITs™ platforms.

The most advanced of these programs is the MDNA109 platform which is a genetically engineered IL-2 Superkine designed to specifically bind to CD122 (IL-2Rβ) with high affinity which is key for the activation of cancer killing immune cells such as CD8+ T cells, naïve T cells and natural killer (“NK”) cells. To further enhance its selectivity, 2 additional mutations (FEAA) were incorporated in MDNA109 to abolish binding to CD25. Stimulation of CD25 leads to activation of immunosuppressive Tregs, which abrogate the anti-tumor response and causes extreme toxicity (i.e., pulmonary edema, vascular leak syndrome). To improve the pharmacokinetic (“PK”) properties of the highly selective version of MDNA109 (MDNA109FEAA), it was genetically fused to protein scaffolds such as the Fc domain of IgG1 (MDNA19) or human albumin (MDNA11) effectively increasing the size of the Superkine and improving its half-life in order to avoid frequent daily dosing required for Proleukin®. Proleukin® (recombinant human rhIL-2), which selectively stimulates CD25, is approved for the treatment of metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma.

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We believe that, unlike Proleukin®, both MDNA11 and MDNA19, have superior PK properties, lack CD25 binding in order to improve safety and reduce immune suppression, potently stimulate effector T cells, reverse NK cell exhaustion and act with exceptional synergy when combined with checkpoint inhibitors.

Although MDNA19 was initially identified as the Corporation’s lead IL-2 candidate, a pilot nonhuman primate (“NHP”) study comparing MDNA11 with MDNA19 demonstrated that the former had better PK and pharmacodynamic (“PD”) features. Medicenna is therefore advancing the clinical development of MDNA11 as it is a more promising molecule and has been selected as the lead IL-2 Superkine candidate. Medicenna is currently enrolling patients in the Phase 1/2 ABILITY Study (A Beta only IL-2 ImmunoTherapY Study) with MDNA11 (the “ABILITY Study”). MDNA19 remains relevant for Medicenna as it provides unique design features in the development of our BiSKITs™ platform. Our BiSKITs™ platform allows us to develop designer Superkines by fusing them to other proteins, antibodies, cytokines or other Superkines in order to incorporate two distinct but synergistic functions into one molecule: a BiSKIT™.

BiSKITs can target cancers where other immunotherapies have failed to be effective. One example of this is MDNA223, an IL-2 Superkine fused to an antibody (anti-PD1). MDNA223 is a BiSKIT designed to activate cancer killing immune cells via the IL-2 receptor while simultaneously preventing their exhaustion through the validated method of blocking PD-1 signaling. Combining these two functions into a single molecule allows us to hit these important targets on the same immune cells, which is known as a cis-binding approach.

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Data from murine tumor models using a mouse version of MDNA223 (i.e MDNA223m) showed dose-dependent and statistically significant improvements in efficacy compared to administration of the anti-PD-1 antibody and IL-2 super-agonist separately, which demonstrates the advantages of the BiSKIT’s cis-binding approach.

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Complementing our Superkine platform is MDNA55, Medicenna’s Empowered Superkine, for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma (“rGBM”), the most common and uniformly fatal form of brain cancer. MDNA55 is a fusion of a circularly permuted version of IL-4, fused to a potent fragment of the bacterial toxin, Pseudomonas exotoxin (“PE”), and is designed to preferentially target tumor cells that over-express the interleukin 4 receptor (“IL-4R”). MDNA55 has been studied in 5 clinical trials in 132 patients, including 112 patients with rGBM, the results of which support our belief that it has superior efficacy when compared to the current standard of care (“SOC”). MDNA55 has secured Orphan Drug Status from the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) as well as Fast Track Designation from the FDA for the treatment of rGBM and other types of high grade glioma. We continue to pursue a strategic partnership to facilitate MDNA55’s further development and commercialization.

Medicenna anticipates completing the following upcoming milestones related to the MDNA11 ABILITY Study:

Fourth Dose Cohort Initial Anti-Tumor Activity Data — September 2022;

Fifth Dose Cohort Initial Anti-Tumor Activity Data — Q4 2022;

Single Agent Expansion Anti-Tumor Activity Data — Mid 2023;

Combination Study Top-Line Anti-Tumor Activity Data — 2H 2023.

For further information, see “General Development of the Business” and “Narrative Description of the Business” in the AIF.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

On July 27, 2022, the Corporation announced new clinical data on safety, pharmacodynamics and anti-tumor activity from the Phase 1/2 ABILITY Study of MDNA11 which were presented at the Cytokine Based Drug Development Summit.

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The ABILITY Study’s dose escalation cohorts are evaluating MDNA11 monotherapy administered intravenously once every two weeks to patients with advanced solid tumors. The trial’s first two cohorts evaluated MDNA11 doses ≤ 10 µg/kg. The trial’s third cohort was administered a dose of 30 µg/kg. Patients in the fourth and fifth dose escalation cohorts receive two 30 µg/kg “priming” doses of MDNA11 before stepping up to receive fixed doses of 60 and 90 µg/kg, respectively.

Key data from patients enrolled in the trial’s four initial dose escalation cohorts include:

Demographics:

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Patients enrolled in the study to date (N=14) have failed up to four lines of prior systemic therapy.

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11 of 14 patients have relapsed, were not tolerant to or did not respond to at least one prior immunotherapy with a checkpoint inhibitor.

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To date, 10 of the 14 enrolled patients, including two of six patients in Cohort 4, have received at least one post-baseline scan and are evaluable for response to the investigational treatment.

Safety:

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MDNA11 treatment in Cohort 4 (comprised of two step-up doses of 30 µg/kg followed by fixed doses of 60 µg/kg every 2 weeks) was not associated with any dose-limiting toxicities.

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The Safety Review Committee has approved dose escalation for Cohort 5 to the 90 µg/kg dose every 2 weeks following two priming doses at 30 µg/kg.

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Significant increases in eosinophil count from baseline were not observed with MDNA11 treatment. Extremely high eosinophil count is associated with vascular leak syndrome which is a known side effect of high-dose recombinant human IL-2 (Proleukin®).

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Pharmacokinetics:

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The pharmacokinetic data from the first 3 cohorts demonstrated highly similar plots following each of 3 repeat doses which suggests lack of immunogenicity or insignificant levels of anti-drug-antibodies.

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Dose dependent increase in the Cmax and Area Under the Curve were also observed.

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Pharmacodynamics:

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MDNA11 preferentially expanded anti-cancer NK and CD8+ T cells without stimulating proliferation of pro-tumor Treg cells.

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MDNA11 treatment potently activated anti-cancer CD8+ T cells as shown by increases in both CD25+ and ICOS+ CD8+ T cells.

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Unlike IL-2, MDNA11 has not induced increases in ICOS+ Treg cells. ICOS+ Treg cells are highly immunosuppressive and associated with lack of response to high dose IL-2 immunotherapy.

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Anti-tumor Activity:

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Of the ten (10) evaluable patients with at least one on-treatment imaging scan, four (4) patients have achieved tumor control (defined as stable disease, partial response, or complete response as per RECIST 1.1) during the monotherapy dose-escalation portion of the MDNA11 ABILITY Study as follows:

Metastatic Leiomyosarcoma Stage IV (Dose Level 2 @ 10 µg/kg); stable disease

Metastatic Melanoma Grade 4C (initially enrolled at Dose Level 2 @ 10 µg/kg Q2W with subsequent intra-patient dose escalations to Dose Level 3 @30 µg/kg and Dose Level 4 @60 µg/ kg), stable disease

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Metastatic Sarcoma Stage IV (Dose Level 3 @ 30 µg/kg), stable disease

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Stage IV (Dose Level 4 @ 60 µg/kg following 2 divided doses of 30 µg/kg), unconfirmed partial response.

As per RECIST 1.1 guidelines, the patient with PDAC in Dose Level 4 had stable disease at the 12-week scan and a further reduction in tumor size at week 16 (≥ 30% relative to baseline scan) consistent with an unconfirmed partial response. The unconfirmed partial response is preliminary and subject to further review. As per protocol and RECIST 1.1, a second scan at ≥ 28 days after the most recent scan is required to confirm a partial response in this patient. The preliminary data from this scan are subject to change if tumor reduction of at least ≥ 30% relative to baseline scan is not maintained or a new tumor lesion is identified or the patient has clinical progression and is unable to continue the study or is unable to receive a confirmatory scan. As a result, the preliminary data from this scan are subject to change and not predictive of the final results. There can be no assurance that, upon completion of the confirmatory scan, that the patient will have a partial response.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

The estimated net proceeds to be received by us from the sale of the Units will be approximately US$ (approximately $ ), after deducting the Underwriters’ Fee of US$ and the expenses of the Offering, estimated at US$ (or approximately US$ if the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full).

As at June 30, 2022, we had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaling Cdn$19.3 million (approximately US$15.22 million). Our consolidated working capital was Cdn$17.9 million (approximately US$14.12 million) as at June 30, 2022.

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We intend to allocate net proceeds of the Offering, together with our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments on hand, as follows:

Purpose

Estimated Amount

Estimated
Amount giving
effect to the
exercise of the
Over-Allotment
Option

Phase 1/2 MDNA11 Ability Study

US$

Pre-clinical development of a BiSKIT candidate including GMP manufacturing and IND enabling studies

US$

We intend to allocate the remaining net proceeds to administrative expenses, working capital and other general corporate purposes.

Based on our current plans, we believe that the net proceeds from the Offering, together with our existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, will be sufficient to fund our planned operations through calendar year 2023, enabling us to complete enrolment in the MDNA11 Phase 1/2 ABILITY Study and advance a BiSKIT candidate to IND readiness.

We must complete the Phase 1 dose escalation portion of the MDNA11 ABILITY Study in order to initiate the Phase 2 portion of the study, including the monotherapy expansion cohort treating approximately 40 patients and the combination cohort of the study which will treat an additional 40 patients with a combination of MDNA11 and a checkpoint inhibitor. Our current level of cash and cash equivalents are not sufficient to initiate the combination cohort of the study. It is anticipated that the monotherapy dose expansion portion of the study will be completed in 1H 2023, data from the monotherapy portion of the study available mid-2023 and top-line data from the combination arm of the study in 2H2023.

We must be able to successfully optimize a BiSKIT candidate prior to initiating GMP manufacturing and IND enabling studies. We expect to have an optimized BiSKIT candidate available in 1H2023, initiate GMP manufacturing in 1H2023 and IND enabling studies in 2H2023. We expect to have a lead BiSKIT candidate IND ready by the end of 2023.

We had a negative cash flow from operating activities of approximately Cdn$23.6 million during the year ended March 31, 2022. We anticipate that we will continue to have negative cash flow for the foreseeable future and expect to spend the totality of the net proceeds of the Offering to fund such negative cash flow.

The expected use of the net proceeds from the Offering set out above represents our intentions based upon our current plans and business conditions. The amounts and timing of our clinical and preclinical expenditures and the extent of clinical development may vary significantly depending on numerous factors, including the status, results and timing of our clinical trials we may commence in the future, the product approval process with applicable regulatory agencies, any collaborations we may enter into with third parties and any unforeseen cash needs. We could use our capital resources sooner than we currently expect. See “Risk Factors” in the AIF.

Moreover, our estimates of the costs to fund our clinical trials are based on the current planned designs of such clinical trials. If we were to modify the design of any of these trials to, for instance, increase the number of subjects in the trials, our costs to fund such trials could increase. As a result, we cannot predict with any certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds or the amounts that we will actually spend on the uses set forth above. Accordingly, our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds, and investors will be relying on the judgment of our management regarding the application of the net proceeds of the Offering.

Based on our current plans, we will require additional capital or to secure a partnership to advance the development of MDNA11 through Phase 2 and pivotal clinical trials and to advance the selected BiSKIT candidate into clinical development. The Corporation plans to subcontract out its research and development activities. Due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with product development, including risks and uncertainties with respect to successful enrollment and completion of clinical trials, at this time we cannot reasonably estimate the amount of additional funding that will be necessary to complete the

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clinical development of any of our product candidates. Accordingly, we will be required to obtain further funding through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations and licensing arrangements or other sources.

The amounts actually expended for the purposes described above may vary significantly depending upon a number of factors, including those listed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Prospectus Supplement.

DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFERING

The Offering consists of Units (and Units if the Underwriters exercise the Over-Allotment Option in full) at a price of US$ per Unit.

Common Shares

The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares. The holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive notice of and to attend all meetings of the Corporation’s shareholders and to one vote in respect of each Common Share held at the record date for each such meeting. The holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Corporation’s board of directors, dividends in such amounts as shall be determined by the board. The holders of the Common Shares will participate pro rata in any distribution of the assets of the Corporation upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up or other distribution of the assets of the Corporation. Such participation will be subject to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to any of the Corporation’s securities issued and outstanding at such time ranking in priority to the Common Shares upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. Common Shares are issued only as fully paid and are non-assessable.

Warrants

The Warrants will be governed by a warrant indenture (the “Warrant Indenture”) to be entered into on or before the Closing Date between the Corporation and the Warrant Agent. Continental Stock Transfer and Trust will act as Warrant Co-Agent. Each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase Warrant Share from the treasury of the Corporation at the price of US$ per Warrant Share until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Expiry Date, subject to adjustment and in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Warrant Indenture, after which such Warrants will become null and void.

The following summary of certain anticipated provisions of the Warrant Indenture does not purport to be complete and is subject in its entirety to the detailed provisions of the executed Warrant Indenture. Reference is made to the Warrant Indenture for the full text of the attributes of the Warrants, which will be filed on SEDAR under the issuer profile of the Corporation at www.sedar.com and with the SEC at www.sec.gov. A register of holders of Warrants will be maintained at the principal offices of the Warrant Agent in the City of Toronto or at the principal offices of the Warrant Co-Agent in the City of New York or such other place as may be designated in accordance with the Warrant Indenture. The holders of Warrants will not, as such, have any voting right or other right attached to the Warrant Shares until and unless the Warrants are duly exercised as provided for in the Warrant Indenture.

The exercise price for the Warrants will be payable in United States dollars.

The Warrants will not be listed for trading on any stock exchange or market quotation system.

The Warrant Indenture will provide that the number of Warrant Shares which may be acquired by a holder of Warrants upon the exercise thereof will be subject to customary anti dilution provisions governed by the Warrant Indenture, including provisions for the appropriate adjustment of the class, number and price of the securities issuable under the Warrant Indenture upon the occurrence of certain events including:

(a)

the issuance of Common Shares or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Shares to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Shares by way of a stock dividend or other distribution (other than a distribution of Common Shares upon the exercise of any outstanding warrants, options or other convertible securities);

(b)

the subdivision, redivision or change of the Common Shares into a greater number of shares;

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the consolidation, reduction or combination of the Common Shares into a lesser number of shares;

(d)

the issuance to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Shares of rights, options or warrants under which such holders are entitled, during a period expiring not more than 45 days after the record date for such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares, at a price per Common Share to the holder (or at an exchange, exercise or conversion price per share) of less than 95% of the “Current Market Price” (as defined in the Warrant Indenture) of Common Shares on such record date; and

(e)

the issuance or distribution to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Shares of (i) shares other than Common Shares, (ii) rights, options or warrants to acquire Common Shares or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares, (iii) evidences of indebtedness or (iv) cash, securities or any property or other assets.

In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the Warrant Indenture and generally including the Corporation’s consolidation or merger with or into another person, the Corporation effects any sale to another person of all or substantially all of its assets, tender offer or exchange offer whereby shareholders who tender shares represent more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Shares and the Corporation accepts such tender for payment, the sale of more than 50% of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Shares, or the Corporation effects any reclassification of the Common Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (each a “fundamental transaction”), the holders of the Warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the Warrants the same kind and amount of securities, cash, other property or any combination thereof that such holders would have entitle to receive had they exercised the Warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction.

The Warrant Indenture will provide that: (i) no adjustment to the exercise price for the Warrants will be required to be made unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least 1% in the exercise price for the Warrants; and (ii) no adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will be required to be made unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least one one-hundredth of a Warrant Share.

The Corporation will covenant in the Warrant Indenture, during the period in which the Warrants are exercisable, to give notice to holders of Warrants of certain stated events, including events that would result in an adjustment to the exercise price for the Warrants or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, a prescribed number of days prior to the record date or effective date, as the case may be, of such event.

In addition, in certain circumstances, in the event of a fundamental transaction as described above, the holder may, subject to certain conditions including the TSX’ prior written approval in certain circumstances, require the Corporation or a successor company to purchase the Warrants from the holder by paying to the holder an amount of cash equal to the Black-Scholes value of the remaining unexercised portion of the Warrant on the date of consummation of such fundamental transaction; provided, however, that, if the fundamental transaction is not within the Corporation’s control, including not approved by the Corporation’s board of directors, the holder will only be entitled to receive from the Corporation or any successor company, as of the date of consummation of such fundamental transaction, the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black-Scholes value of the unexercised portion of the Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the shareholders of the Corporation in connection with the fundamental transaction, whether that consideration is in the form of securities, cash, other property or any combination thereof, or whether the shareholders are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the fundamental transaction.

The Warrant Indenture will provide that, from time to time, the Warrant Agent and the Corporation, without the consent of the holders of Warrants, will be able to amend or supplement the Warrant Indenture for certain purposes, including rectifying any ambiguities, defective provisions, clerical omissions or mistakes, or other errors contained in the Warrant Indenture or in any deed or indenture supplemental or

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ancillary to the Warrant Indenture, provided that, in the opinion of the Warrant Agent, relying on legal counsel, the rights of the holders of Warrants, as a group, are not prejudiced thereby. Subject to the voting rights set forth in the Warrant Indenture, the rights of holders of the Warrants may, in certain circumstances, be modified by way of an extraordinary resolution passed by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 662∕3% of the aggregate number of all the then outstanding Warrants at a meeting duly called and held in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Indenture at which there are present in person or by proxy at least two holders representing at least 20% of the aggregate number of all the then outstanding Warrants.

The Warrant Indenture will include certain beneficial ownership limitations under which Warrants will not be exercisable to the extent that, after giving effect to the issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise of the Warrants, the holder, together with its affiliates and other persons acting as a group with the holder or any of its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such issuance. Such beneficial ownership limitation may be increased or decreased by the holder upon notice to the Corporation, to a maximum of 9.99%. Except as provided in the Warrant Indenture, beneficial ownership will be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent the beneficial ownership limitations apply, the determination of whether a Warrant is exercisable and of which portion of a Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion and at the sole responsibility of the holder, and the submission of an exercise notice in respect of any Warrants shall be deemed to be the holder’s determination of whether the Warrants are exercisable, and neither the Warrant Agent nor the Corporation will have any obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.

Prior to the completion of this Offering, the Corporation will file with securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario (collectively, the “Canadian Qualifying Jurisdictions”) and the SEC an additional prospectus supplement to the Prospectus covering the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants for purposes of applicable U.S. securities laws (such additional prospectus supplement will not be filed in respect of, and will not qualify, any distribution of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in any Canadian Qualifying Jurisdiction under applicable Canadian securities laws). The Corporation will use commercially reasonable best efforts to maintain a registration statement effective until the earlier of the Expiry Date or such time as no Warrants remain outstanding (provided, however, that nothing shall prevent the Corporation’s amalgamation, arrangement, merger or sale, including any take-over bid, and any associated delisting or deregistration or ceasing to be a reporting issuer, provided that, so long as the Warrants are still outstanding and represent a right to acquire securities of the acquiring company, the acquiring company shall assume the Corporation’s obligations under the Warrant Indenture), which could require the additional filing of a new registration statement and/or base shelf prospectus and prospectus supplement if the current Prospectus is no longer usable.

If, at any time prior to the Expiry Date, the Corporation determines that no registration statement filed with the SEC is effective, or that its use is suspended, no holder of Warrants will be permitted to exercise Warrants unless an exemption or exclusion from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws is established to a reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation and the Warrant Agent, and the holders of Warrants will receive a notice of this determination from the Warrant Agent, together with written confirmation that the Warrants may, until the earlier of (a) a registration statement becoming effective or ceasing to be suspended and any prospectus supplement necessary in relation thereto having been filed and (b) the Expiry Date, if the Current Market Price (as defined in the Warrant Indenture) of the Common Shares exceeds the exercise price for the Warrants, also be exercised by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the holder of Warrants will be entitled to receive a number of Common Shares determined on the basis of the excess of the Current Market Price over the exercise price for the Warrants.

The principal offices of the Warrant Agent in the City of Toronto, Ontario or at the principal offices of the Warrant Co-Agent in the City of New York are the location at which Warrants may be surrendered for exercise or transfer.

There is no market through which the Warrants may be sold and purchasers may not be able to resell the Warrants purchased under this Offering. This may affect the pricing of such Warrants in the secondary market, the transparency and availability of trading prices, the liquidity of such Warrants and the extent of issuer regulation. See “Risk Factors”.

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No fractional Warrant Shares will be issuable upon the exercise of any Warrants; instead any fractional Warrant Shares issuable will be rounded up to the nearest whole number or be exercisable only in combination with another Warrant or Warrants that in the aggregate entitle the holder to purchase a whole number of Warrant Shares, and no cash or other consideration in lieu of any interest in or claim to any fraction of a Warrant Share will be paid. Holders of Warrants will not have any voting or pre-emptive rights or any other rights which a holder of Common Shares would have.

CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION

The following summarizes the changes in the Corporation’s consolidated capitalization as at March 31, 2022, the last day of the Corporation’s most recently completed interim period in respect of which financial statements have been filed, and after giving effect to the Offering. The following table should be read in conjunction with the Annual Financial Statements and the Annual MD&A incorporated by reference in this Prospectus Supplement.

Description of Capital	Outstanding as at March 31, 2022	Outstanding as at March 31, 2022 after giving effect to the Offering(1)(2)
Common Shares	Cdn$83.7 million (55,647,479 Common Shares)	Cdn$ ( Common Shares)
Warrants	Cdn$1,768,582 (2,964,542 Warrants)	Cdn$ ( Warrants)

Notes:

(1)

Does not include the exercise of any options and warrants since March 31, 2022. For details of the share issuances in connection with such exercises, please see “Prior Sales” in this Prospectus Supplement.

(2)

Based on the issuance of Common Shares underlying Units pursuant to the Offering for aggregate proceeds of US$ , less the Underwriters’ Fee of US$ and the expenses of the Offering, estimated at US$ . Does not include any Over-Allotment Units issuable upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. If the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full, there would be Common Shares outstanding upon completion of the Offering.

TRADING PRICE AND VOLUME

The Common Shares are listed for trading on the TSX under the symbol “MDNA” and on Nasdaq under the trading symbol “MDNA”. On August 5, 2022, the closing price of the Common Shares on Nasdaq was US$1.70 per Common Share and on the TSX was Cdn$2.18 per Common Share.

The following table shows the high and low trading prices and the aggregate volume of Common Shares traded on the TSX and Nasdaq for the periods indicated:

	TSX								Nasdaq
	High			Low			Volume		High			Low			Volume
Month	(Cdn$)			(Cdn$)			(Shares)		(US$)			(US$)			(Shares)
2021
August		$	3.18		$	2.35		1,256,316		$	4.33		$	3.50		3,023,700
September		$	3.55		$	2.87		863,892		$	4.06		$	3.14		2,907,100
October		$	3.67		$	2.66		1,606,525		$	4.02		$	2.85		3,538,100
November		$	3.15		$	2.26		1,357,916		$	3.07		$	2.01		2,952,500
December		$	2.50		$	1.90		1,134,960		$	2.64		$	1.85		2,228,000

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	TSX								Nasdaq
	High			Low			Volume		High			Low			Volume
Month	(Cdn$)			(Cdn$)			(Shares)		(US$)			(US$)			(Shares)
2022
January		$	2.49		$	1.73		759,690		$	2.07		$	1.40		1,971,500
February		$	2.43		$	1.86		549,879		$	2.00		$	1.40		3,621,300
March		$	2.17		$	1.57		692,080		$	1.69		$	1.20		1,685,900
April		$	1.97		$	1.35		759,000		$	1.59		$	1.07		3,531,700
May		$	1.50		$	1.18		337,000		$	1.24		$	0.91		1,828,600
June		$	1.70		$	0.98		631,800		$	1.33		$	0.76		1,401,500
July		$	2.14		$	1.40		626,900		$	1.64		$	1.10		996,400
August 1 – 5		$	2.26		$	1.96		137,045		$	1.75		$	1.52		258,193

PRIOR SALES

The following tables summarize the Common Shares or securities convertible into, or exercisable to acquire, Common Shares that have been issued by the Corporation during the 12 months prior to the date of this Prospectus Supplement.

Common Shares

During the twelve-month period prior to the date of this Prospectus, the Corporation has issued:

an aggregate of 2,405,256 Common Shares pursuant to an at-the-market distribution agreement with SVB Securities LLC (formerly SVB Leerink LLC) and prospectus supplement dated December 30, 2020, at prices ranging from US$1.10 – US$2.73 per Common Share, with the weighted average price being US$1.59 per Common Share;

an aggregate of 71,744 Common Shares pursuant to broker warrants exercises associated with the October 10, 2019 prospectus offering at a price of Cnd$1.30 per Common Share; and

an aggregate of 84,880 Common Shares pursuant to stock option exercises at prices ranging from Cnd$1.00-$2.88.

Warrants/Compensation Options

None.

Date	Stock Options Exercise Price (Cdn$)			Number of Stock Options Granted
June 24, 2022		$	1.45		1,115,713
March 3, 2022		$	2.03		50,000
February 8, 2022		$	2.43		79,000
September 23, 2021		$	3.14		598,056

Note: Issued pursuant to Medicenna’s Stock Option Plan

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CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a discussion of material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership, exercise, and disposition of the Units, Unit Shares, and Warrants (collectively, the “Securities”) that are applicable to a U.S. Holder, as defined below, that acquires the Securities pursuant to this Prospectus Supplement. The holder of a Unit generally should be treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as the owner of the underlying components of the Unit, namely one Unit Share and one Warrant. As a result, the discussion below with respect to actual holders of Unit Shares and Warrants should also apply to holders of Units (as the deemed owners of the underlying Unit Shares and Warrants that comprise the Units). This discussion is not a complete analysis or listing of all of the possible tax consequences of such transactions and does not address all tax considerations that might be relevant to particular holders in light of their personal circumstances or to persons that are subject to special tax rules. In particular, the information set forth below deals only with U.S. Holders that will hold Securities as capital assets for U.S. federal income tax purposes (generally, property held for investment) and that do not own, directly or through attribution, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of Corporation stock entitled to vote or 10% or more of the total value of shares of all classes of Corporation stock. In addition, this discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences does not address the tax treatment of special classes of U.S. Holders, such as: financial institutions; regulated investment companies; real estate investment trusts; tax-exempt entities; insurance companies; persons holding the Securities as part of a hedging, integrated or conversion transaction, constructive sale or “straddle”; persons who acquired the Securities through the exercise or cancellation of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation for their services; U.S. expatriates; persons subject to the alternative minimum tax; persons that generally mark their securities to market for U.S. federal income tax purposes; dealers or traders in securities or currencies; or holders whose functional currency is not the United States dollar.

This discussion does not address estate and gift tax, any U.S. federal tax other than income tax, or tax consequences under any state, local or foreign laws.

For purposes of this section, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of the Securities that is: (1) an individual citizen of the United States or a resident alien of the United States as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (2) a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; (3) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or (4) a trust (A) if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more U.S. persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (B) that has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

If a partnership or other pass-through entity is a beneficial owner of the Securities, the tax treatment of a partner or other owner will generally depend upon the status of the partner (or other owner) and the activities of the entity. A U.S. Holder that is a partner (or other owner) of a pass-through entity that acquires Securities is urged to consult its own tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Securities.

The following discussion is based upon the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), existing and proposed U.S. Treasury regulations, U.S. judicial decisions and administrative pronouncements, all as in effect as of the date hereof. All of the preceding authorities are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect, so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below. The Corporation has not requested, and will not request, a ruling from the IRS with respect to any of the U.S. federal income tax consequences described below, and as a result there can be no assurance that the IRS will not disagree with or challenge any of the conclusions described herein.

The following discussion is for general information only and is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any holder or prospective holder of Securities and no opinion or representation with respect to the U.S. federal income tax consequences to any such holder or prospective holder is made. Prospective purchasers are urged to consult their own tax advisors as to the particular consequences to them under U.S. federal, state and local, and applicable foreign, tax laws of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of Securities.

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Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit

No statutory, administrative or judicial authority directly addresses the treatment of a Unit or instruments similar to a Unit for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, therefore, that treatment is not entirely clear. The acquisition of a Unit should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as the acquisition of one Unit Share and one Warrant. We intend to treat the acquisition of a Unit in this manner and, by purchasing a Unit, you will agree to adopt such treatment for tax purposes. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, each holder of a Unit must allocate the purchase price paid by such holder for such Unit between the one Unit Share and the one Warrant based on the relative fair market value of each at the time of issuance. Each investor must make his or her own determination of such value based on all the relevant facts and circumstances. The price allocated to the Unit Share and Warrant should be the stockholder’s tax basis in such Unit Share or Warrant, as the case may be. Any disposition of a Unit should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a disposition of the one Unit Share and one Warrant comprising the Unit, and the amount realized on the disposition should be allocated between the one Unit Share and one Warrant based on their respective relative fair market values at the time of disposition (as determined by each such Unit holder based on all relevant facts and circumstances).

The foregoing treatment of the Unit and a holder’s purchase price allocation are not binding on the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or the courts. Because there are no authorities that directly address instruments that are similar to the Units, no assurance can be given that the IRS or the courts will agree with the characterization described above or the discussion below. Accordingly, each prospective investor is urged to consult its own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of an investment in a Unit (including alternative characterizations of a Unit). The balance of this discussion assumes that the characterization of the Units described above is respected for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Exercise, Disposition or Expiration of Warrants

Exercise of Warrants

A U.S. Holder generally should not recognize gain or loss on the exercise of a Warrant and related receipt of a Warrant Share. A U.S. Holder’s initial tax basis in the Warrant Share received on the exercise of a Warrant should be equal to the sum of (a) such U.S. Holder’s tax basis in such Warrant plus (b) the exercise price paid by such U.S. Holder on the exercise of such Warrant. Subject to the discussion under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations” below, a U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Warrant Share received on the exercise of a Warrant should generally begin on the date following the date of exercise of the Warrant, and should not include any period for which the U.S. Holder held the Warrant. The U.S. federal income tax treatment of a cashless exercise of a Warrant is uncertain. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the proper treatment of any cashless exercise of a Warrant and the tax basis in, and the holding period for, the Warrant Share received on such exercise.

Sale or Other Taxable Disposition of Warrants

A U.S. Holder will recognize gain or loss on the sale or other taxable disposition of a Warrant in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between (a) the amount of cash plus the fair market value of any property received and (b) such U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the Warrant sold or otherwise disposed of. Subject to the discussion under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations” below, any such gain or loss generally will be a capital gain or loss which will be long-term capital gain or loss if the Warrant is held for more than one year.

Expiration of Warrants Without Exercise

Upon the lapse or expiration of a warrant, a U.S. Holder will recognize a loss in an amount equal to such U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the Warrant. Any such loss generally will be a capital loss and will be long-term capital loss if the Warrants are held for more than one year. Deductions for capital losses are subject to complex limitations under the Code.

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Certain Adjustments to the Warrants

An adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares that will be issued on the exercise of the Warrants, or an adjustment to the exercise price of the Warrants, may be treated as a constructive distribution to a U.S. Holder of the Warrants if, and to the extent that, such adjustment has the effect of increasing such U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in the “earnings and profits” or assets of the Corporation, depending on the circumstances of such adjustment (for example, if such adjustment is to compensate for a distribution of cash or other property to shareholders of the Corporation). An adjustment made pursuant to a bona fide reasonable adjustment formula that has the effect of preventing dilution of the interest of the holders of the Warrants generally should not be considered to result in a constructive distribution. Each U.S. Holder is urged to consult its own tax advisor regarding the proper treatment of any adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares that will be issued on the exercise of the Warrants or an adjustment to the exercise price of the Warrants.

Ownership and Disposition of Units Shares or Warrant Shares

The following discussion is subject in its entirety to the rules described below under the heading “Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations”.

Distributions

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, the gross amount of any distribution made by the Corporation (without reduction for any Canadian income tax withheld from such distribution) will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax as dividend income to the extent paid out of the Corporation’s current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. Such amount will be includable in gross income by a U.S. Holder as ordinary income on the date that the U.S. Holder actually or constructively receives the distribution in accordance with its regular method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The amount of any distribution made by the Company in property other than cash will be the fair market value of such property on the date of the distribution. Dividends paid by the Corporation will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction allowed to corporations.

Dividends paid to a non-corporate U.S. Holder by a “qualified foreign corporation” may be subject to reduced rates of taxation if certain holding period and other requirements are met. A qualified foreign corporation generally includes a foreign corporation if (i) its common shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States or it is eligible for benefits under a comprehensive U.S. income tax treaty that includes an exchange of information program and which the U.S. Treasury has determined is satisfactory for these purposes and (ii) if such foreign corporation is not a PFIC for either the taxable year in which the dividend is paid or the preceding taxable year. The Unit Shares comprising a Unit are readily tradable on the Nasdaq, an established securities market in the United States, and the Corporation may be eligible for the benefits of the Treaty. Accordingly, subject to the PFIC rules, a non-corporate U.S. Holder may qualify for the reduced rate on dividends so long as the applicable holding period requirements are met. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the reduced tax rate on dividends in light of their particular circumstances.

To the extent that a distribution exceeds the amount of the Corporation’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles, it will be treated first as a tax-free return of capital, causing a reduction in the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Securities held by such U.S. Holder (thereby increasing the amount of gain, or decreasing the amount of loss, to be recognized by such U.S. Holder upon a subsequent disposition of the Securities), with any amount that exceeds the adjusted tax basis being treated as a capital gain recognized on a sale, exchange or other taxable disposition (as discussed below). However, the Corporation may not maintain calculations of its earnings and profits in accordance with U.S. federal income tax principles, and a U.S. Holder should therefore assume that any distribution by the Corporation with respect to the Securities will be treated as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

In general, any Canadian withholding tax imposed on dividend payments in respect of the Warrant Shares or Unit Shares will be treated as a foreign income tax eligible for credit against a U.S. Holder’s U.S.

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federal income tax liability (or, at a U.S. Holder’s election, may, in certain circumstances, be deducted in computing taxable income). Dividends paid on the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares will be treated as foreign-source income, and generally will be treated as “passive category income” for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. The Code applies various complex limitations on the amount of foreign taxes that may be claimed as a credit by U.S. taxpayers. Accordingly, U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.

Sale, Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Securities

A U.S. Holder generally will recognize gain or loss upon the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of the Warrant Shares or Unit Shares in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the amount realized upon the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition and (ii) such U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Warrant Shares or Unit Shares, respectively. Generally, subject to the application of the PFIC rules discussed below, such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if, on the date of the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition, the U.S. Holder has held the Warrant Shares or Unit Shares for more than one year. For individual U.S. Holders, long-term capital gains are subject to taxation at favorable rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code. Gain or loss, if any, realized upon a sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of the Warrant Shares or Unit Shares will be treated as having a United States source for U.S. foreign tax credit limitation purposes. Consequently, a U.S. Holder may not be able to use any foreign tax credits arising from any Canadian tax imposed on the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares unless such credit can be applied (subject to applicable limitations) against tax due on other income treated as derived from foreign sources or unless an applicable treaty provides otherwise.

Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations

Special, generally unfavorable, U.S. federal income tax rules apply to U.S. persons owning stock of a PFIC. A foreign corporation will be considered a PFIC for any taxable year in which, after taking into account the income and assets of the corporation and certain subsidiaries pursuant to applicable “look through” rules, either (1) at least 75% of its gross income is “passive” income (the “income test”) or (2) at least 50% of the average value of its assets is attributable to assets that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income (the “asset test”). For purposes of determining whether a foreign corporation will be considered a PFIC, such foreign corporation will be treated as holding its proportionate share of the assets and receiving directly its proportionate share of the income of any other corporation in which it owns, directly or indirectly, more than 25% (by value) of the stock. PFIC status is fundamentally factual in nature. It generally cannot be determined until the close of the taxable year in question and is determined annually.

Based on the Corporation’s interpretation of the law, the Corporation’s recent financial statements, and taking into account expectations about the Corporation’s income, assets and activities, the Corporation believes that it may have been a PFIC for the taxable year ended March 31, 2022 and expects that it will be a PFIC for the current taxable year. The determination of whether the Corporation is a PFIC for the taxable year ended March 31, 2022 and the current taxable year will depend, in part, on whether the Corporation receives government grants (including certain grants similar to those previously awarded by CPRIT) during the taxable year ended March 31, 2023, and the Corporation’s determination of whether such grants (if received) constitute passive income for PFIC testing purposes. The determination of PFIC status for any year is very fact specific, being based on the types of income the Corporation earns and the types and value of the Corporation’s assets from time to time, all of which are subject to change, as well as, in part, the application of complex U.S. federal income tax rules, which are subject to differing interpretations. As a result, there can be no assurance in this regard, and the IRS may challenge the Corporation’s classification. Accordingly, it is possible that the Corporation may be classified as a PFIC in a past year, in the current taxable year, or in future years. If the Corporation is classified as a PFIC in any year during which a U.S. Holder holds the Securities, the Corporation generally will continue to be treated as a PFIC as to such U.S. Holder in all succeeding years, regardless of whether the Corporation continues to meet the income or asset test discussed above.

If the Corporation were classified as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds the Securities, such U.S. Holder would be subject to increased tax liability (generally including an interest charge)

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upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Securities or upon the receipt of certain distributions treated as “excess distributions,” regardless of whether such income was actually distributed. An excess distribution generally would be the portion of any distributions to a U.S. Holder with respect to the Securities during a single taxable year that are in total greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by such U.S. Holder with respect to the Securities during the three preceding taxable years or, if shorter, during such U.S. Holder’s holding period for such Securities. Generally, a U.S. Holder would be required to allocate any excess distribution or gain from the sale or other disposition of the Securities rateably over its holding period for the Securities. For purposes of the PFIC rules, a U.S. Holder will be deemed to have a holding period relating to the Warrant Shares which includes the period the U.S. Holder held the corresponding Warrants. Such amounts would be taxed as ordinary income at the highest applicable rate in effect for each taxable year of the holding period, and amounts allocated to prior taxable years would be subject to an interest charge at a rate applicable to underpayments of tax. As described below under “Information Reporting and Backup Withholding,” if the Corporation were classified as a PFIC, such U.S. Holders would generally be required to file IRS Form 8261.

If the Corporation were classified as a PFIC, certain elections could be available to mitigate the consequences described above. If the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares are regularly traded on a registered national securities exchange or certain other exchanges or markets, then such Unit Shares or Warrant Shares will constitute “marketable stock” for purposes of the PFIC rules. The Corporation expects that the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares but not the Warrants, will constitute “marketable stock” for purposes of the PFIC rules. U.S. Holders that make a “mark-to-market election” with respect to such marketable stock would not be subject to the foregoing PFIC rules. After making such an election, a U.S. Holder generally would include as ordinary income each year during which the election is in effect and during which the Corporation is a PFIC the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares at the end of the taxable year over the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in such Unit Shares or Warrant Shares. These amounts of ordinary income would not be eligible for the favorable tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income or long-term capital gains. A U.S. Holder with a mark-to-market election in effect also would be allowed to take an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of its adjusted tax basis in the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of income that was previously included as a result of the mark-to-market election). A U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares would be adjusted to reflect any income or loss amounts resulting from a mark-to-market election. If made, a mark-to-market election would be effective for the taxable year for which the election was made and for all subsequent taxable years unless the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares ceased to qualify as “marketable stock” for purposes of the PFIC rules or the IRS consented to the revocation of the election. Warrants are not expected to be “marketable stock” and, accordingly, a mark-to-market election is not expected to be available for the Warrants. In the event that the Corporation is classified as a PFIC, U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisor regarding the availability of the mark-to-market election, and whether the election would be advisable in their particular circumstances.

The PFIC tax rules outlined above also would not apply, and different rules would apply, to a U.S. Holder that elected to treat the Corporation as a “qualified electing fund” or “QEF”. An election with respect to Unit Shares or Warrant Shares to treat the Corporation as a QEF will not be available, however, if the Corporation does not provide the information necessary to make such an election. A QEF election may not be made with respect to the Warrants. If the Corporation determines that it is a PFIC for this year or any future taxable year, the Corporation currently expects that it would provide the information necessary for U.S. Holders to make a QEF Election. If a U.S. Holder that exercises Warrants properly makes a QEF Election with respect to the newly acquired Warrant Shares, the QEF Election will apply to the newly acquired Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the adverse tax consequences relating to PFIC status, adjusted to take into account the current income inclusions resulting from the QEF Election, will continue to apply with respect to such newly acquired Warrant Shares (which generally will be deemed to have a holding period for purposes of the PFIC rules that includes the period the U.S. Holder held the Warrants) for the pre-QEF Election period, unless the U.S. Holder makes a purging election under the PFIC rules. Under one type of purging election, the U.S. Holder will be deemed to have sold its Warrant Shares at their fair market value and any gain recognized on such deemed sale will be treated as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of this election, the U.S. Holder will have additional basis (to the extent of any gain recognized on the deemed sale) and, solely for purposes of the PFIC rules, a new holding period in

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the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of the Warrants. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisers as to the application of the rules governing purging elections to their particular circumstances. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisor regarding the manner and consequences of making a QEF election.

Under proposed Treasury Regulations, if a U.S. Holder has an option, warrant, or other right to acquire stock of a PFIC, such option, warrant or right is considered to be PFIC stock also subject to these default rules discussed above. However, a U.S. Holder generally may not make a QEF election or mark-to-market election with respect to warrants. In addition, under proposed Treasury Regulations, if a U.S. Holder holds an option, warrant or other right to acquired stock of a PFIC, the holding period with respect to shares of stock of the PFIC acquired upon exercise of such option, warrant or other right will include the period that the option, warrant or other right was held. Thus, this will impact the availability of a timely QEF election or mark-to-market election with respect to Warrants and any Warrant Shares. Because of the complexity and uncertainty of the treatment of warrants under the PFIC rules, each U.S. Holder should consult his own tax advisor regarding the application of the PFIC rules to the Warrant Shares acquired upon an exercise of Warrants and the availability of, and procedure for making, a qualifying election with respect to Warrant Shares.

As discussed above in “Distributions,” notwithstanding any election made with respect to the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares, if the Corporation is a PFIC in either the taxable year of the distribution or the preceding taxable year, dividends received with respect to the Unit Shares or Warrant Shares will not qualify for reduced rates of taxation.

Receipt of Foreign Currency

The gross amount of any distribution in a currency other than United States dollars will be included by each U.S. Holder in income in a United States dollar amount calculated by reference to the exchange rate in effect on the day such U.S. Holder actually or constructively receives the payment in accordance with its regular method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of whether the payment is in fact converted into United States dollars at that time. If the foreign currency is converted into United States dollars on the date of the payment, the U.S. Holder should not be required to recognize any foreign currency gain or loss with respect to the receipt of foreign currency. If, instead, the foreign currency is converted at a later date, any currency gains or losses resulting from the conversion of the foreign currency will be treated as U.S. source ordinary income or loss for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own U.S. tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of receiving, owning, and disposing of foreign currency.

Additional Tax on Passive Income

U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates or trusts are required to pay an additional 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) the U.S. Holder’s “net investment income” for the relevant taxable year and (2) the excess of the U.S. Holder’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over a certain threshold. A U.S. Holder’s “net investment income” generally includes, among other things, dividends and net gains from disposition of property (other than property held in the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business). Accordingly, dividends on and capital gain from the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of the Securities may be subject to this additional tax. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the additional tax on passive income.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

In general, dividends paid to a U.S. Holder in respect of the Securities and the proceeds received by a U.S. Holder from the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Securities within the United States or through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries will be subject to U.S. information reporting rules, unless a U.S. Holder is a Corporation or other exempt recipient and properly establishes such exemption. Backup withholding may apply to such payments if a U.S. Holder does not establish an exemption from backup withholding and fails to provide a correct taxpayer identification number and make any other required certifications.

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Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or credit against U.S. federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

In addition, U.S. Holders should be aware of reporting requirements with respect to the holding of certain foreign financial assets, including stock of foreign issuers which is not held in an account maintained by certain financial institutions, if the aggregate value of all of such assets exceeds U.S.$50,000. U.S. Holders must attach a complete IRS Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets, with their return for each year in which they hold our Securities. U.S. Holders should also be aware that if the Corporation were a PFIC, they would generally be required to file IRS Form 8261, Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund, during any taxable year in which such U.S. Holder recognizes gain or receives an excess distribution or with respect to which the U.S. Holder has made certain elections. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of the information reporting rules to the Securities and their particular situations.

EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR ABOUT THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO IT OF AN INVESTMENT IN UNITS IN LIGHT OF THE INVESTOR’S OWN CIRCUMSTANCES.

ELIGIBILITY FOR INVESTMENT

In the opinion of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, counsel to the Corporation, and Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, based on the current provisions of the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (“Tax Act”) and provided the Unit Shares and the Warrant Shares, as applicable, are listed on a “designated stock exchange” as defined in the Tax Act (which currently includes the TSX and Nasdaq) at all relevant times, the Unit Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares, if issued on the date hereof, will be qualified investments for purposes of the Tax Act for trusts governed by registered retirement savings plans (“RRSP”), registered retirement income funds (“RRIF”), registered education savings plans (“RESP”), deferred profit sharing plans (“DPSP”), registered disability savings plans (“RDSP”) and tax free savings accounts (“TFSA”) (each as defined in the Tax Act) provided that in the case of the Warrants, at all relevant times, the Corporation is not and deals at arm’s length with each person who is an annuitant, a beneficiary, an employer or a subscriber under or a holder of a RRSP, RRIF, RESP, RDSP, TFSA or DPSP.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holder of the TFSA or RDSP, the annuitant of the RRSP or RRIF, or the subscriber of the RESP, as applicable, will be subject to a penalty tax in respect of the Unit Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares held in the TFSA, RRSP, RRIF, RESP or RDSP, as applicable, if such Unit Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares are “prohibited investments” under the Tax Act for such plan. The Unit Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares generally will not be “prohibited investments” unless the holder of the TFSA or RDSP, the annuitant of the RRSP or RRIF, or the subscriber of the RESP, as the case may be: (i) does not deal at arm’s length with the Corporation for purposes of the Tax Act; or (ii) has a “significant interest” (as defined in the Tax Act) in the Corporation. In addition, the Unit Shares and Warrant Shares generally will not be a prohibited investment if such shares are “excluded property” (as defined in the Tax Act) for trusts governed by a TFSA, RRSP, RRIF, RESP or RDSP.

Holders who intend to hold Unit Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares in a TFSA, RRSP, RRIF, RDSP, DPSP or RESP should consult their own tax advisors.

CERTAIN CANADIAN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

In the opinion of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, counsel to the Corporation, and Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, the following summary describes, as of the date hereof, the principal Canadian federal income tax considerations pursuant to the Tax Act generally applicable to a holder who: (i) acquires, as beneficial owner, Unit Shares and Warrants, pursuant to this Offering , and Warrant Shares upon the exercise of Warrants; (ii) for purposes of the Tax Act and at all relevant times, acquires and holds the Unit Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares as capital property; and (iii) for purposes of the Tax Act and at all relevant times, deals at arm’s length and is not affiliated with the Corporation and the Underwriters (a “Holder”). Generally, Unit Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares will be considered to be

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capital property to a Holder thereof provided that the Holder does not hold or use the Unit Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares in the course of carrying on a business of trading or dealing in securities and such Holder has not acquired them or been deemed to have acquired them in one or more transactions considered to be an adventure or concern in the nature of trade. For purposes of this section, the term “Common Shares” shall also include the Unit Shares and any Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of the Warrants, unless the context otherwise requires.

This summary is not applicable to a Holder: (i) that is a “financial institution” (as defined in the Tax Act for the purposes of the mark-to-market rules); (ii) an interest in which would be a “tax shelter investment” (as defined in the Tax Act); (iii) that is a “specified financial institution” (as defined in the Tax Act); (iv) that has elected to report its “Canadian tax results” (as defined in the Tax Act) in a currency other than Canadian currency; (v) who enters into or has entered into a “synthetic disposition arrangement” or a “derivative forward agreement” (as those terms are defined in the Tax Act) with respect to the Common Shares or Warrants; (vi) that receives dividends on Common Shares under or as part of a “dividend rental arrangement” (as defined in the Tax Act); (vii) that is a corporation resident in Canada (for purposes of the Tax Act) and is, or becomes, or does not deal at arm’s length for purposes of the Tax Act with a corporation resident in Canada that is or becomes, as part of a transaction or event or series of transactions or events that includes the acquisition of Common Shares, controlled by a non-resident person, or if no single non-resident person has or acquires control, by a group of non-resident persons that do not deal with each other at arm’s length (for purposes of the Tax Act) for the purposes of the “foreign affiliate dumping” rules in section 212.3 of the Tax Act. Such investors should consult their own tax advisors with respect to an investment in the Offered Units.

This summary does not address the deductibility of interest by a Holder who has borrowed money or otherwise as incurred debt in connection with the acquisition of Offered Units.

This summary is based upon: (i) the provisions of the Tax Act in force as of the date hereof; (ii) all specific proposals to amend the Tax Act that have been publicly announced by or on behalf of the Minister of Finance (Canada) prior to the date hereof (the “Proposed Amendments”); and (iii) counsel’s understanding of the current published administrative and assessing policies and practices of the Canada Revenue Agency (the “CRA”) published in writing by the CRA prior to the date hereof. This summary assumes the Proposed Amendments will be enacted in the form proposed, however, no assurance can be given that the Proposed Amendments will be enacted in the form proposed, if at all. This summary is not exhaustive of all possible Canadian federal income tax considerations and, except for the Proposed Amendments, does not take into account any changes in the law, whether by legislative, regulatory, administrative governmental or judicial decision or action, nor does it take into account provincial, territorial or foreign tax considerations, which may differ significantly from those discussed herein. This summary also does not take into account any change in the administrative policies or assessing practices of the CRA.

This summary is of a general nature only and is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any particular Holder or prospective Holder of Offered Units, and no representations with respect to the tax consequences to any Holder or prospective Holder are made therein. Consequently, Holders and prospective Holders of Offered Units should consult their own tax advisors for advice with respect to the tax consequences to them of acquiring Offered Units pursuant to this Offering, having regard to their particular circumstances.

Currency Conversion

For purposes of the Tax Act, all amounts relating to the acquisition, holding or disposition of the Offered Units (including dividends, adjusted cost base and proceeds of disposition) must be expressed in Canadian dollars based on the rate as quoted by the Bank of Canada for the applicable day or such other rate of exchange that is acceptable to the CRA.

Allocation of Cost

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Offering Price to each Unit Share and US$ of the Offering Price to each three-quarters of one Warrant. Although the Corporation believes that its allocation is reasonable, it is not binding on the CRA or the Holder. Counsels express no opinion with respect to such allocation.

For purposes of determining the adjusted cost base to a Holder of a Unit Share or Warrant acquired pursuant to this Prospectus, the cost of such newly acquired Unit Share or Warrant will be averaged with the adjusted cost base of all other Common Shares or Warrants, respectively, of the Corporation held at that time by the Holder as capital property.

Exercise of Warrants

The exercise of a Warrant to acquire a Warrant Share will not constitute a disposition of property for the purposes of the Tax Act and, consequently, no gain or loss will be realized by a Holder upon the exercise of the Warrant to acquire a Warrant Share. A Warrant Share acquired by a Holder upon the exercise of a Warrant will have an aggregate cost to the Holder equal to the aggregate of the exercise price paid to acquire such share and the adjusted cost base to the Holder of the Warrant so exercised. The cost of each Warrant Share acquired by a Holder upon the exercise of Warrants will be averaged with the adjusted cost base to the Holder of all other Common Shares held by the Holder at that time as capital property to determine the adjusted cost base of each Warrant Share to the Holder.

The Canadian income tax consequences of a cashless exercise of a Warrant are different than those described above. Holders who acquire a Warrant Share by means of a cashless exercise should consult their own tax advisors in this regard.

Holders Resident in Canada

The following discussion applies to a Holder who, at all relevant times, for purposes of the Tax Act, is or is deemed to be resident in Canada (a “Resident Holder”). Certain Resident Holders who might not otherwise be considered to hold their Common Shares as capital property may, in certain circumstances, be entitled to have their Common Shares, and all other “Canadian securities” (as defined in the Tax Act) owned by such holders, treated as capital property by making the irrevocable election permitted by subsection 39(4) of the Tax Act. Such Resident Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding this election. This election does not apply to Warrants.

Expiry of Warrants

The expiry of an unexercised Warrant generally will result in a capital loss to the Resident Holder equal to the adjusted cost base of the Warrant to the Resident Holder immediately before its expiry. The tax treatment of capital gains and capital losses is discussed in greater detail below under the heading “Taxation of Capital Gains and Capital Losses”.

Taxation of Dividends on Common Shares

Dividends received or deemed to be received on Common Shares held by a Resident Holder will be included in the Resident Holder’s income for the purposes of the Tax Act.

Such dividends received by a Resident Holder that is an individual (other than certain trusts) will be subject to the gross-up and dividend tax credit rules in the Tax Act normally applicable to dividends received from taxable Canadian corporations, including the enhanced gross-up and dividend tax credit in respect of dividends designated by the Corporation as “eligible dividends” in accordance with the provisions of the Tax Act. There may be limitations on the ability of the Corporation to designate dividends as “eligible dividends” and the Corporation has made no commitments in this regard.

Taxable dividends received or deemed to be received by a Resident Holder who is an individual (other than certain trusts) may result in such Resident Holder being liable for minimum tax under the Tax Act. Resident Holders who are individuals should consult their own tax advisors in this regard.

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dividends in computing its taxable income subject to all relevant restrictions under the Tax Act. In certain circumstances, subsection 55(2) of the Tax Act will treat a taxable dividend received or deemed to be received by a Resident Holder that is a corporation as proceeds of disposition or a capital gain. Resident Holders that are corporations should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the application of subsection 55(2) of the Tax Act having regard to their own circumstances.

A Resident Holder that is a “private corporation” or “subject corporation” (as such terms are defined in the Tax Act) may be liable under Part IV of the Tax Act to pay an additional tax (refundable under certain circumstances) on dividends received or deemed to be received on the Common Shares to the extent such dividends are deductible in computing the Resident Holder’s taxable income.

Disposition of Common Shares and Warrants

A disposition or a deemed disposition of a Common Share (other than to the Corporation unless purchased by the Corporation in the open market in the manner in which shares are normally purchased by any member of the public in the open market) or Warrant (other than the exercise of a Warrant to acquire a Warrant Share) by a Resident Holder will generally result in the Resident Holder realizing a capital gain (or a capital loss) equal to the amount by which the proceeds of disposition of the Common Share or Warrant exceed (or are less than) the aggregate of the adjusted cost base to the Resident Holder thereof and any reasonable costs of disposition. Such capital gain (or capital loss) will be subject to the tax treatment described below under “Taxation of Capital Gains and Capital Losses”.

Taxation of Capital Gains and Capital Losses

Generally, one-half of any capital gain (a “taxable capital gain”) realized by a Resident Holder in a taxation year must be included in the Resident Holder’s income for the year, and one-half of any capital loss (an “allowable capital loss”) realized by a Resident Holder in a taxation year must be deducted from taxable capital gains realized by the Resident Holder in that year. Allowable capital losses in excess of taxable capital gains realized in a taxation year generally may be carried back and deducted in any of the three preceding taxation years or carried forward and deducted in any subsequent taxation year against net taxable capital gains realized in such years (but not against other income), to the extent and under the circumstances described in the Tax Act.

The amount of any capital loss realized by a Resident Holder that is a corporation on the disposition or deemed disposition of a Common Share may, in certain circumstances, be reduced by the amount of any dividends received or deemed to be received by it on such Common Share (or on a share for which the Common Share has been substituted) to the extent and under the circumstances described by the Tax Act. Similar rules may apply where a corporation is a member of a partnership or a beneficiary of a trust that owns Common Shares, directly or indirectly, through a partnership or a trust. Resident Holders to whom these rules may be relevant should consult their own tax advisors.

A Resident Holder that is, throughout the relevant taxation year, a “Canadian-controlled private corporation”, as defined in the Tax Act, may be liable to pay an additional tax (refundable under certain circumstances) on its “aggregate investment income”, which is defined in the Tax Act to include taxable capital gains. The Proposed Amendments announced by the Minister of Finance on April 7, 2022 propose to extend this additional tax and refund mechanism in respect of “aggregate investment income” to “substantive CCPCs” as defined in the Proposed Amendments. The complete legislation for such Proposed Amendments has not been released. Resident Holders are advised to consult their own tax advisors.

Capital gains realized by an individual (including certain trusts) may give rise to liability for minimum tax as calculated under the detailed rules set out in the Tax Act. Resident Holders who are individuals should consult their own tax advisors in this regard.

Holders Not Resident in Canada

The following summary applies to a Holder who, at all relevant times, for purposes of the Tax Act: (i) is neither resident nor deemed to be resident in Canada; and (ii) does not, and is not deemed to, use or hold Common Shares or Warrants in the course of carrying on a business in Canada (a “Non-Resident

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Holder”). In addition, this discussion does not apply to a Non-Resident Holder that is an insurer that carries on an insurance business in Canada and elsewhere or “an authorized foreign bank” (as defined in the Tax Act).

Taxation of Dividends on Common Shares

Any dividends paid or credited, or deemed to be paid or credited, on the Common Shares to a Non-Resident Holder will be subject to Canadian withholding tax at the rate of 25% of the gross amount of the dividend unless the rate is reduced under the provisions of an applicable income tax convention between Canada and the Non-Resident Holder’s country of residence. For instance, where the Non-Resident Holder is a resident of the United States that is entitled to full benefits under the Canada-United States Tax Convention (1980) as amended (the “Treaty”), and is the beneficial owner of the dividends, the rate of Canadian withholding tax applicable to dividends is generally reduced to 15% (or 5% in the case of a Non-Resident Holder that is a company entitled to full benefits under the Treaty beneficially owning at least 10% of the Corporation’s voting shares). Non-Resident Holders should consult their own tax advisors in this regard.

Disposition of Common Shares and Warrants

A Non-Resident Holder who disposes of or is deemed to dispose of Common Shares (other than in a disposition to the Corporation that is not a sale in the open market in the manner in which shares would normally be purchased by any member of the public in an open market) or Warrants (other than upon the exercise of a Warrant) will not be subject to tax under the Tax Act in respect of any capital gain realized by such Non-Resident Holder on such disposition or deemed disposition and capital losses arising on such disposition or deemed disposition will not be recognized under the Tax Act unless the Common Shares or Warrants constitute “taxable Canadian property” (as defined in the Tax Act) of the Non-Resident Holder at the time of disposition and the Non-Resident Holder is not entitled to relief under an applicable income tax convention between Canada and the country in which the Non-Resident Holder is resident.

Provided the Common Shares are listed on a “designated stock exchange”, as defined in the Tax Act (which currently includes the TSX and the Nasdaq), at the time of disposition, Common Shares or Warrants (as applicable) generally will not constitute taxable Canadian property of a Non-Resident Holder, unless at any time during the 60 month period that ends at that time, the two following conditions are met concurrently: (i) one or any combination of (a) the Non-Resident Holder; (b) persons with whom the Non-Resident Holder did not deal at arm’s length; or (c) partnerships in which the Non-Resident Holder or a person described in (b) holds a membership interest directly or indirectly through one or more partnerships, owned 25% or more of the issued shares of any class of the capital stock of the Corporation; and (ii) more than 50% of the fair market value of the Common Shares was derived directly or indirectly from one or any combination of: (a) real or immovable property situated in Canada; (b) “Canadian resources properties” (as defined in the Tax Act); (c) “timber resource properties” (as defined in the Tax Act); and (d) options in respect of, or interests in, or for civil law rights in, property described in (a) to (c), whether or not such property exists. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Common Shares and Warrants may otherwise be deemed to be taxable Canadian property to a Non-Resident Holder for purposes of the Tax Act.

In the event that a Common Share or Warrant constitutes taxable Canadian property of a Non-Resident Holder and any capital gain that would be realized on the disposition thereof is not exempt from tax under the Tax Act or pursuant to an applicable income tax convention, the income tax consequences discussed above for Resident Holders under “Disposition of Common Shares and Warrants” and “Taxation of Capital Gains and Capital Losses” will generally apply to the Non-Resident Holder.

A Non-Resident Holder contemplating a disposition of Common Shares or Warrants that may constitute taxable Canadian property should consult a tax advisor prior to such disposition.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Guggenheim Securities, LLC is acting as representative for the underwriters in the Offering. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement among the Corporation and the Underwriters dated , 2022, the Corporation has agreed to sell to the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters has severally (and not jointly, nor jointly and severally) agreed to purchase, as principals, or cause to be purchased, on the Closing Date, the respective number of Units shown opposite its name below, at the Offering Price for aggregate gross proceeds of US$ payable in cash to the Corporation against delivery of the Units, subject to compliance with all necessary legal requirements and the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement. The Offering Price was determined by arm’s length negotiations between the Corporation and the Underwriters, with reference to the prevailing market price of the Common Shares.

Underwriter			Number of Shares
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
Bloom Burton Securities Inc.
Total

The Corporation has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including civil liabilities under the Securities Act, and applicable Canadian securities legislation, or to contribute to payments that the Underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

The obligations of the Underwriters under the Underwriting Agreement may be terminated at their discretion if (i) any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Underwriters will in the immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the Corporation’s securities or securities in general; (ii) trading in the Common Shares shall have been suspended by the SEC, the applicable securities regulatory authorities, the TSX or Nasdaq or trading in securities generally on Nasdaq or on the TSX shall have been suspended or been made subject to material limitations, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on Nasdaq or TSX or by order of the SEC or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) a banking moratorium has been declared by any U.S. state or U.S. or Canadian federal authority or any material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services shall have occurred; or (iv) (A) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or Canada or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or Canada or (B) there shall have been any other calamity or crisis or any change in political, financial or economic conditions if the effect of any such event in (A) or (B), in the judgment of the Underwriters, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering, sale and delivery of the Unit Shares, Warrants Shares, the Over-Allotment Units, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Prospectus Supplement. The Underwriters are, however, obligated to take up and pay for all of the Units pursuant to the Offering if any of the Units are purchased under the Underwriting Agreement. However, the Underwriters are not required to take or pay for the Over-Allotment Units covered by the Over-allotment Option described below.

The Underwriters are offering the Units, subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by them, subject to approval of legal matters by their counsel, including the validity of the Units, and other conditions contained in the Underwriting Agreement, such as the receipt by the Underwriters of officers’ certificates and legal opinions. The Underwriters reserve the right to withdraw, cancel or modify offers to the public and to reject orders in whole or in part.

The Warrants will be issued under the Warrant Indenture to the investors. Each whole Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase Warrant Share at a price of US$ at any time until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Expiry Date. The Warrant Indenture will contain provisions designed to protect the holders of Warrants against dilution upon the happening of certain events. No fractional Common Shares will be issued upon the exercise of any Warrants.

Discounts and Commissions

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the Underwriters’ Fee, equal to 6.00% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Offering. The compensation realized by the Underwriters will be decreased by the amount that the aggregate price paid by the purchasers for the Units is less than the gross proceeds paid by the Underwriters to the Corporation. Any such reduction will not affect the proceeds received by the Corporation.

The Underwriters propose to offer the Units directly to the public at the Offering Price and to certain dealers at that price less a concession not in excess of US$ per Unit. Without affecting the firm obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Units in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters may decrease the Offering Price of the Units which they sell under this Prospectus Supplement after they have made a reasonable effort to sell all such Units at the Offering Price. The sale by the Underwriters of Units at a price of less than the Offering Price will have the effect of reducing the compensation realized by the Underwriters by the amount that the aggregate price paid by the purchasers for Units is less than the gross proceeds paid by the Underwriters for the Units. The Offering Price was determined by arm’s length negotiation between the Corporation and the Underwriters.

The following table shows the per share and total underwriting discount to be paid to the Underwriters in the Offering.

Per Unit

Without
Over-Allotment Option

With
Over-Allotment Option

Public Offering price

US$

Underwriters’ Fee

US$

Proceeds, before expenses, to the Corporation(1)

US$

(1)

Excluding any proceeds the Corporation may receive from the exercise of the Warrants.

The Corporation estimates that its total expenses for the Offering will be approximately US$300,000. Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Corporation has also agreed to reimburse the Underwriters for expenses relating to the Offering in an amount not to exceed US$200,000. In accordance with FINRA Rule 5110, this reimbursed expense is deemed underwriting compensation for the Offering.

The Offering Price for the Units offered in the United States and in Canada is payable in United States dollars only. All of the proceeds of the Offering will be paid to the Corporation by the Underwriters in United States dollars based on the United States dollars Offering Price.

Over-Allotment Option

The Corporation has granted to the Underwriters the Over-Allotment Option, exercisable in whole or in part, to purchase up to Over-Allotment Units at the Offering Price up to and including August 28, 2022, to cover over-allotments, if any, and for market stabilization purposes. Under applicable Canadian securities laws, this Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus also qualify the grant of the Over-Allotment Option and the distribution of the Over-Allotment Units issuable on exercise of the Over-Allotment Option.

No Sales of Similar Securities

The Corporation, its executive officers and directors have agreed not to sell or transfer any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares, for 90 days after the date of this Prospectus Supplement without first obtaining the written consent of Guggenheim Securities, LLC on behalf of the Underwriters. Specifically, the Corporation and these other persons have agreed, with certain limited exceptions, not to directly or indirectly:

•

offer, pledge, sell or contract to sell any Common Shares;

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sell any option or contract to purchase any Common Shares;

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purchase any option or contract to sell any Common Shares;

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grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of any Common Shares;

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otherwise dispose of or transfer any Common Shares;

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request or demand that we file a registration statement related to the Common Shares; or

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enter into any swap or other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequence of ownership of any Common Shares, whether any such swap, agreement or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise.

The lock-up provisions apply to Common Shares and to securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares. They also apply to Common Shares owned now or acquired later by the person executing the lock-up agreement or for which the person executing the lock-up agreement later acquires the power of disposition.

Settlement

The Unit Shares underlying the Units will be ready for delivery through the facilities of the DTC or CDS, as the case may be, on the Closing Date. It is expected that the Corporation will arrange for the instant deposit of the Unit Shares underlying the Units under the book-based system of registration, to be registered to DTC, CDS or their nominee, as the case may be, and deposited with DTC, CDS or their nominee, as the case may be. It is expected that the Warrants underlying the Units will be issued in certificated form or as DRS. No certificates evidencing the Unit Shares underlying the Units will be issued to purchasers of the Units. Purchasers of the Unit Shares will receive only a customer confirmation from the Underwriters or other registered dealer who is a DTC or CDS participant, as the case may be, and from or through whom a beneficial interest in the Unit Shares is purchased.

Listing

The Common Shares of the Corporation are listed for trading on Nasdaq under the symbol “MDNA” and on the TSX under the symbol “MDNA”. An application has been made to list the Unit Shares and Warrant Shares on the TSX and Nasdaq. Listing of the Unit Shares and Warrant Shares will be subject to the Corporation fulfilling the listing requirements of the TSX and Nasdaq. Closing of the Offering is subject to usual closing conditions. There is no market through which the Warrants may be sold and purchasers may not be able to resell the Warrants purchased under this Offering. In addition, the Warrants will not be listed for trading on the TSX, Nasdaq or any other stock exchange following the Closing Date. This may affect the pricing of such Warrants in the secondary market, the transparency and availability of trading prices, the liquidity of such Warrants and the extent of issuer regulation.

Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids

Until the distribution of the Units is completed, SEC rules may limit the Underwriters and selling group members from bidding for and purchasing the Common Shares. However, the representative may engage in transactions that stabilize the price of the Common Shares, such as bids or purchases to peg, fix or maintain that price.

In connection with the Offering, the Underwriters may purchase and sell the Common Shares in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, purchases on the open market to cover positions created by short sales and stabilizing transactions. Short sales involve the sale by the Underwriters of a greater number of Common Shares than they are required to purchase in the Offering. “Covered” short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option described above. The Underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their Over-Allotment Option or purchasing Common Shares in the open market. In determining the source of Common Shares to close out the covered short position, the Underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of Common Shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase Common Shares through the Over-Allotment Option granted to them under the Underwriting Agreement described above. “Naked” short sales are sales in excess of such Over-Allotment Option. The Underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing Common Shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the Underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the Common Shares in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect

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investors who purchase in the Offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of various bids for or purchases of Common Shares made by the Underwriters in the open market prior to the closing of the Offering.

The Underwriters may also impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular Underwriter repays to the Underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the representative has repurchased Common Shares sold by or for the account of such Underwriter in stabilizing or short covering transactions.

Similar to other purchase transactions, the Underwriters’ purchases to cover the syndicate short sales may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our Common Shares or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the Common Shares. As a result, the price of the Common Shares may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market.

Neither the Corporation nor any of the Underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of the Common Shares. In addition, neither the Corporation nor any of the Underwriters make any representation that the representative will engage in these transactions or that these transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

Electronic Distribution

This Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the web site maintained by the Underwriters and the Underwriters may distribute the Prospectus Supplement electronically.

Other Relationships

The Underwriters and certain of their affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. Some of the Underwriters and certain of their affiliates may in the future engage in investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us and our affiliates, for which they may in the future receive customary fees, commissions and expenses.

In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the Underwriters and their affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. The Underwriters and their affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

Sales Inside the United States and Canada

The Offering is being made concurrently in the United States and in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario. The Units will be offered in the United States through certain of the Underwriters, either directly or indirectly, through their respective U.S. broker-dealer affiliates or agents. The Units will be offered in certain provinces of Canada through those Underwriters or their affiliates who are registered to offer the Units for sale in such provinces and such other registered dealers as may be designated by the Underwriters. Subject to applicable law and the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters may offer the Units outside of the United States and Canada.

The Offering is being made in Canada and in the United States pursuant to the MJDS implemented by the securities regulatory authorities in the United States and Canada. The Units will be offered in the United States and Canada by the Underwriters either directly or through their U.S. or Canadian broker-dealer affiliates or agents, as applicable. Subject to applicable law, the Underwriters may offer the Units outside of Canada and the United States.

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Guggenheim Securities, LLC is not registered to sell securities in any Canadian jurisdiction and, accordingly, will not, directly or indirectly, solicit offers to purchase, sell or distribute the Units in Canada and will act as the underwriter for the Corporation only in respect of the offer, sale and distribution of the Units in the United States.

Selling Restrictions

European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive, as defined herein (each, a “Relevant Member State”), with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”), an offer of Units described in this Prospectus Supplement, accompanying Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference therein may not be made to the public in that Relevant Member State except that, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, an offer to the public in that Relevant Member State of any such Units may be made at any time under the following exemptions under the Prospectus Regulation:

(a)

to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;

(b) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Underwriters for any such offer; or

provided that no such offer of Units referred to in (a) to (c) above shall require the Corporation or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the Prospective Regulation.

Each purchaser of Units described in this Prospectus Supplement, accompanying Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference therein located within a Relevant Member State will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that it is a “qualified investor” within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation.

For the purpose of this Prospectus Supplement, accompanying Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference therein, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to any Units in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Units to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Units, as the expression may be varied in the Relevant Member State, and the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

The above selling restriction is in addition to any other selling restrictions set out below.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the United Kingdom

This Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus are only being distributed to, and are only directed at, persons in the United Kingdom that are qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Prospective Regulation that are also (i) “investment professionals” falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”), (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order or (iii) persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as relevant persons). This Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus are directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on in the United Kingdom by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus relates is available only to relevant persons, and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.

Each Underwriter has represented and agreed that:

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Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the common shares in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Corporation; and

•

it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the common shares in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a relevant person should not act or rely on the information included in this document or use it as basis for taking any action. In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity that this document relates to may be made or taken exclusively by relevant persons.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Corporation has filed with the SEC the U.S. Registration Statement relating to, among other securities, the Units. This Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus, both of which constitute a part of the U.S. Registration Statement, do not contain all of the information contained in the U.S. Registration Statement, certain items of which are contained in the exhibits to the U.S. Registration Statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. See “Documents Filed as Part of the U.S. Registration Statement” in this Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus. Statements contained in this Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus about the contents of any contract, agreement or other documents referred to are not necessarily complete, and in each instance you should refer to the exhibits to the U.S. Registration Statement for a more complete description of the matter involved. The U.S. Registration Statement, and the items of information omitted from this Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus but contained in the U.S. Registration Statement, will be available on EDGAR (www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml).

The Corporation is subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act and applicable Canadian securities legislation and, in accordance therewith, files and furnishes annual and quarterly financial information and material change reports, business acquisition reports and other material with the securities commission or similar regulatory authority in certain of the provinces of Canada and with the SEC. Under MJDS adopted by the United States and Canada, documents and other information that the Corporation files with the SEC may be prepared in accordance with the disclosure requirements of Canada, which are different from those of the United States. As a foreign private issuer within the meaning of rules made under the Exchange Act, the Corporation is exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and the Corporation’s officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and shortswing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, the Corporation is not required to publish financial statements as promptly as United States companies.

You may read any document that the Corporation has filed with or furnished to the SEC on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml. You may read and download any public document that the Corporation has filed with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities under the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).

MARKETING MATERIALS

We and the Canadian Underwriter relied on a provision in applicable Canadian securities legislation that allows issuers in certain U.S. cross-border offerings to not have to file marketing materials relating to those road shows on SEDAR or include or incorporate by reference those marketing materials in this Prospectus Supplement in respect of the Offering. To rely on this exemption, we and the Canadian Underwriter must give contractual rights to Canadian investors in the event the marketing materials contain a misrepresentation.

Accordingly, the Canadian Underwriter, in signing the certificate contained in this Prospectus Supplement in respect of the Offering, and wehave agreed that in the event the marketing materials relating to the road shows described above contain a misrepresentation (as defined in securities legislation in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia), a purchaser resident in Ontario, Alberta or British Columbia who was provided with those marketing materials in connection with the road shows and who purchases Units under

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the Prospectus Supplement during the period of distribution shall have, without regard to whether the purchaser relied on the misrepresentation, rights against us and such Canadian Underwriter with respect to the misrepresentation which are equivalent to the rights under the securities legislation of the jurisdiction of Canada where the purchaser is resident, subject to the defenses, limitations and other terms of that legislation, as if the misrepresentation was contained in the Prospectus Supplement in respect of the Offering.

However, this contractual right does not apply (i) to the extent that the contents of the marketing materials relating to the road shows have been modified or superseded by a statement in the Prospectus Supplement in respect of this Offering, and (ii) to any “comparables” as such term is defined in National Instrument 41-101 — General Prospectus Requirements in the marketing materials provided in accordance with applicable securities legislation.

LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters relating to the Offering under this Prospectus Supplement have been passed upon on the Corporation’s behalf by McCarthy Tétrault LLP with respect to certain Canadian legal matters and by Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP with respect to certain U.S. legal matters and on behalf of the Underwriters by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with respect to certain Canadian legal mattes and by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. with respect to certain U.S. legal matters. As of the date hereof, the partners and associates of McCarthy Tétrault LLP and Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, as a group, beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, less than 1% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation or any of its associates or affiliates.

AUDITORS, TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

The auditor of the Corporation is PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), Chartered Professional Accountants, Ontario. PwC has confirmed that it is independent of the Corporation within the meaning of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

The transfer agent and registrar for the Common Shares is TSX Trust Company at its principal offices located in Toronto, Ontario.

AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS

The Non-Resident Directors are directors of the Corporation who reside outside of Canada. The Non-Resident Directors have appointed the Corporation, at its principal place of business, as agent for service of process. Purchasers are advised that it may not be possible for investors to enforce judgments obtained in Canada against any person that resides outside of Canada, even if the party has appointed an agent for service of process.

PURCHASERS’ STATUTORY RIGHTS

Securities legislation in certain of the provinces of Canada provides purchasers with the right to withdraw from an agreement to purchase securities. This right may be exercised within two business days after receipt or deemed receipt of a prospectus, the accompanying prospectus supplement relating to securities purchased by a purchaser and any amendment. In several of the provinces of Canada, the securities legislation further provides a purchaser with remedies for rescission or, in some jurisdictions, revisions of the price or damages if the prospectus, the accompanying prospectus supplement relating to securities purchased by a purchaser or any amendment contains a misrepresentation or is not delivered to the purchaser, provided that the remedies for rescission, revision of the price or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province for the particulars of these rights or consult with a legal adviser. Rights and remedies may also be available to purchasers under U.S law; purchasers may wish to consult with a U.S. lawyer for particulars of these rights.

In an offering of Warrants or Units, investors are cautioned that the statutory right of action for damages for a misrepresentation contained in the prospectus is limited, in certain provincial and territorial securities legislation, to the price at which the Warrants or Units are offered to the public under the prospectus

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offering. This means that, under the securities legislation of certain provinces and territories, if the purchaser pays additional amounts upon conversion, exchange or exercise of the security, those amounts may not be recoverable under the statutory right of action for damages that applies in those provinces or territories. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for the particulars of this right of action for damages or consult with a legal adviser.

ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

The Corporation is incorporated under the laws of Canada. Some of the Corporation’s directors and officers, and the experts named in this Prospectus Supplement, are residents of Canada or otherwise reside outside the United States, and all or a substantial portion of their assets may be, and a substantial portion of the Corporation’s assets are, located outside the United States. The Corporation has appointed an agent for service of process in the United States (as set forth below), but it may be difficult for holders of securities who reside in the United States to effect service within the United States upon those directors, officers and experts who are not residents of the United States. It may also be difficult for holders of securities who reside in the United States to realize in the United States upon judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon our civil liability and the civil liability of our directors, officers and experts under the United States federal securities laws. The Corporation has been advised that a judgment of a U.S. court predicated solely upon civil liability under U.S. federal securities laws or the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state within the United States, would likely be enforceable in Canada if the United States court in which the judgment was obtained has a basis for jurisdiction in the matter that would be recognized by a Canadian court for the same purposes. The Corporation has also been advised, however, that there is substantial doubt whether an action could be brought in Canada in the first instance on the basis of the liability predicated solely upon U.S. federal securities laws.

The Corporation has filed with the SEC, concurrently with our U.S. Registration Statement of which this Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus are a part, an appointment of agent for service of process on Form F-X. Under the Form F-X, we appointed C T Corporation System, 28 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10005, as our agent for service of process in the United States in connection with any investigation or administrative proceeding conducted by the SEC, and any civil suit or action brought against or involving us in a U.S. court arising out of or related to or concerning the offering of securities under this Prospectus Supplement.

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Base Shelf Prospectus

No securities regulatory authority has expressed an opinion about these securities and it is an offence to claim otherwise.

This short form prospectus has been filed under legislation in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario that permits certain information about these securities to be determined after this prospectus has become final and that permits the omission from this prospectus of that information. The legislation requires the delivery to purchasers of a prospectus supplement containing the omitted information within a specified period of time after agreeing to purchase any of these securities.

Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not be offered or sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This short form prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

Information has been incorporated by reference in this short form prospectus from documents filed with the securities commissions or similar authorities in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. Copies of the documents incorporated herein by reference may be obtained on request without charge from the Chief Financial Officer of Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. at 2 Bloor Street West, 7th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3E2, Telephone: (416) 648-5555, and are also available electronically at www.sedar.com.

SHORT FORM BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS

New Issue July 28, 2020

MEDICENNA THERAPEUTICS CORP.

$100,000,000
Common Shares
Preferred Shares
Subscription Receipts
Warrants
Units

Under this short form base shelf prospectus (the “Prospectus”), Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. (the “Corporation” or “Medicenna”) may, from time to time during the 25-month period that this Prospectus, including any amendments, remains valid, offer and issue common shares (the “Common Shares”) or preferred shares (the “Preferred Shares”) of its share capital, subscription receipts (the “Subscription Receipts”), warrants to purchase Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other securities (the “Warrants”) or units comprised of one or more of the other securities described in this Prospectus in any combination (the “Units” and together with the Common Shares, Preferred Shares, Subscription Receipts and Warrants, the “Securities”) in one or more offerings of up to $100,000,000 (or the equivalent in foreign currencies). The Securities may be offered separately or together, in amounts, at prices and on terms based on market conditions at the time of the sale and set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement (a “Prospectus Supplement”). The Corporation may sell the Preferred Shares, the Subscription Receipts and the Warrants in one or more series.

The specific terms of the Securities with respect to a particular offering will be set out in the applicable Prospectus Supplement and may include, where applicable: (i) in the case of Common Shares, the number of Common Shares offered, the offering price and currency (in the event the offering is a fixed price distribution), the manner in which the offering price and currency will be determined (in the event the offering is a non-fixed price distribution) and any other terms specific to the Common Shares being offered; (ii) in the case of Preferred Shares, the series of Preferred Shares, the number of Preferred Shares offered, the offering price and any other specific terms; (iii) in the case of Subscription Receipts, the number of Subscription Receipts offered, the issue price, the terms and procedures for the exchange of the Subscription Receipts and any other specific terms; (iv) in the case of Warrants, the designation, number and terms of the Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other securities purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants, any procedures that will result in the adjustment of these numbers, the exercise price, dates and periods of exercise, the currency in which the Warrants are offered and any other specific terms; and (v) in the case of Units, the number of Units offered, the issue price, the currency, the terms of the Units and of the Securities comprising the Units and any other terms specific to the Units being offered. Where required by statute, regulation or policy, and where Securities are offered in currencies other than Canadian dollars, appropriate disclosure of foreign exchange rates applicable to such Securities will be included in the Prospectus Supplement describing such Securities. The Corporation may also include in a Prospectus Supplement specific terms pertaining to the Securities which are not within the options and parameters set forth in this Prospectus.

All shelf information permitted under applicable securities legislation to be omitted from this Prospectus will be contained in one or more Prospectus Supplements that will be delivered to purchasers together with this Prospectus. Each Prospectus Supplement will be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus for the purposes of applicable securities legislation as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and only for the purposes of the distribution of the Securities to which the Prospectus Supplement pertains. This Prospectus and any applicable Prospectus Supplement should be read carefully before investing in the Securities.

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describe in detail the plan of distribution. If underwriters, dealers and agents are used to sell these Securities, the Corporation will name them and describe their compensation in a Prospectus Supplement.

The outstanding Common Shares are listed and posted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) under the symbol “MDNA”. On July 27, 2020, the last trading day on the TSX prior to the date of this Prospectus, the closing price of the Common Shares on the TSX was $5.06. There is no market through which the Securities, other than the Common Shares, may be sold and purchasers may not be able to resell the Securities purchased under this Prospectus. This may affect the pricing of the Securities in the secondary market, the transparency and availability of trading prices, the liquidity of the Securities and the extent of issuer regulation. See “ Risk Factors”.

The offering of Securities hereunder is made by a Canadian issuer that is permitted, under a multijurisdictional disclosure system (“MJDS”) adopted by the United States and Canada, to prepare this Prospectus in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements. Prospective investors should be aware that such requirements are different from those of the United States. Annual financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2020 included or incorporated herein have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”) and audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and are subject to Canadian and United States auditing and auditor independence standards and thus may not be comparable to financial statements of United States companies.

The enforcement by investors of civil liabilities under the United States federal Securities laws may be affected adversely by the fact that the Corporation is incorporated or organized under the laws of a foreign country, that some or all of its officers and directors may be residents of a foreign country, that some or all of the underwriters or experts named in this Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement may be residents of a foreign country and that all or a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation and said persons may be located outside the United States.

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (“SEC”) NOR HAS THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATOR APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

Investors should be aware that the acquisition, holding or disposition of the Securities described herein may have tax consequences both in the United States and in Canada. Such consequences for investors who are resident in, or citizens of, the United States and Canada may not be described fully herein. You should read the tax discussion contained in the applicable Prospectus Supplement with respect to a particular offering of Securities and consult your own tax advisor with respect to your own particular circumstances.

Securities offered pursuant to this Prospectus and any related Prospectus Supplement will constitute a public offering of such Securities only in those jurisdictions where they may be lawfully offered for sale and therein only by persons permitted to sell such Securities. The Corporation may offer and sell Securities to or through underwriters or dealers, directly to one or more purchasers pursuant to applicable statutory exemptions, or through agents designated from time to time at amounts and prices and other terms determined by the Corporation. The Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular offering of Securities will identify each underwriter, dealer or agent engaged in connection with the offering and sale of Securities and will set forth the plan of distribution for such Securities, including the proceeds to the Corporation and any fees, discounts, concessions or other compensation payable to the underwriters, dealers or agents, and any other material terms of the plan of distribution. See “Plan of Distribution”.

In connection with any underwritten offering of the Securities (unless otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement), the underwriters or agents may over-allot or effect transactions which stabilize or maintain the market price of the Securities offered at a higher level than that which might exist in the open market. Such transactions, if commenced, may be interrupted or discontinued at any time. See “Plan of Distribution”.

Each of Karen Dawes and Andrew Strong (the “Non-Resident Directors”), directors of the Corporation, resides outside of Canada. The Non-Resident Directors have appointed the following agent for service of process:

Name of the Person or Company			Name and Address of Agent
Karen Dawes Andrew Strong			Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. 2 Bloor Street West, 7th Floor Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3E2

Purchasers are advised that it may not be possible for investors to enforce judgements obtained in Canada against any person that resides outside of Canada, even if the party has appointed an agent for service of process. See “Risk Factors — Enforcement of Judgments Against Foreign Persons may not be Possible”.

In this Prospectus, unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, all dollar amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars. All references to “dollar” or “$” are to Canadian dollars and United States dollars are indicated by the symbol “US$”.

The Corporation’s head and registered office is located at 2 Bloor Street West, 7th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3E2 and its telephone number is (416) 648-5555.

Investing in the Securities involves risks, including those that are described in the “ Risk Factors” section of this Prospectus or incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. The Corporation will apply to list the Common Shares distributed under this Prospectus including the Common Shares underlying the Preferred Shares, Subscription Receipts, Warrants and Units, if any. However, unless specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, there is no market through which the Preferred Shares, the Subscription Receipts, the Warrants or the Units may be sold and purchasers may not be able to resell the Preferred Shares, the Subscription Receipts, the Warrants or the Units purchased under this Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplements. This may affect the pricing of the Preferred Shares, the Subscription Receipts, the Warrants and the Units in the secondary market, the transparency and availability of trading prices, the liquidity of the Preferred Shares, the Subscription Receipts, the Warrants and the Units and the extent of issuer regulation. See “ Risk Factors”.

No underwriter, dealer, placement agent, other intermediary or agent has been involved in the preparation of this Prospectus or performed any review of the contents of this Prospectus.

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	GENERAL MATTERS					1
	EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION					1
	FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS					2
	DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE					4
	DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE U.S. REGISTRATION STATEMENT					6
	DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS					7
	CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION					10
	PRIOR SALES					11
	USE OF PROCEEDS					14
	PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION					15
	TRADING PRICE AND VOLUME					17
	DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL					18
	DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS					20
	DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS					21
	DESCRIPTION OF UNITS					22
	RISK FACTORS					23
	CERTAIN CANADIAN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS					26
	CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS					26
	LEGAL MATTERS					31
	AUDITORS					31
	TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR					31
	PURCHASERS’ STATUTORY RIGHTS AND CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS OF WITHDRAWAL AND RESCISSION					31
	ENFORCEABILITY OF JUDGMENTS					32

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GENERAL MATTERS

General Advisory

Prospective investors should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus or in a Prospectus Supplement. The Corporation has not authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. The Corporation is not making an offer of the Offered Shares in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted by law. If anyone provides prospective investors with any different or inconsistent information, prospective investors should not rely on it. Prospective investors should assume that the information contained in this Prospectus or any applicable Prospectus Supplement is accurate only as of the date on the front of those documents and that information contained in any document incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of that document, regardless of the time of delivery of this Prospectus or any applicable Prospectus Supplement or of any sale of the Securities. The Corporation’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

Market and Industry Data

Certain independent third party and industry data contained (or incorporated by reference) in this Prospectus is based upon information from government or other independent industry or scientific publications and reports or based on estimates derived from such publications and reports. Government and industry publications and reports generally indicate that they have obtained their information from sources believed to be reliable, but none of the Corporation, or any of its representatives, have conducted their own independent verification of such information. While the Corporation believes this information to be reliable, third party information is subject to variations and cannot be verified with complete certainty due to limits on the availability and reliability of raw data, the voluntary nature of the data gathering process, and other limitations and uncertainties inherent in any statistical or scientific survey. In addition, this third party information has been prepared as of a specific date and therefore does not contemplate changes in facts and circumstances following such date. None of the Corporation or any of its representatives has independently verified any of the research, findings or data from independent third party sources referred to in this Prospectus or ascertained the underlying assumptions relied upon by such sources. Unless specifically stated, none of the third party information cited in this Prospectus is incorporated by reference herein. All third party information source references are provided for the reader’s convenience only and do not form a part of this Prospectus.

This Prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form F-10 (the “U.S. Registration Statement”) relating to the Securities that the Corporation has or will file with the SEC. Under the U.S. Registration Statement, the Corporation may, from time to time, sell Securities described in this Prospectus in one or more offerings up to an aggregate offering amount of $100,000,000. This Prospectus, which constitutes part of the U.S. Registration Statement, provides you with a general description of the Securities that the Corporation may offer. Each time the Corporation sells Securities under the U.S. Registration Statement, it will provide a Prospectus Supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering of Securities. A Prospectus Supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this Prospectus. Before you invest, you should read both this Prospectus and any applicable Prospectus Supplement together with additional information described under the heading “Documents Incorporated by Reference”. This Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the U.S. Registration Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC, or the schedules or exhibits that are part of the U.S. Registration Statement. Investors in the United States should refer to the U.S. Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto for further information with respect to the Corporation and the Securities.

EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION

The consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and the other documents incorporated by reference into this Prospectus, and the financial data derived from those consolidated financial statements included in this Prospectus, are presented in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise specified, and have been prepared in accordance with IFRS.

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	Year ended March 31,
	2020			2019			2018
High for the period		$	0.7710		$	0.7967		$	0.8245
Low for the period		$	0.6898		$	0.7330		$	0.7276
End of period		$	0.7049		$	0.7491		$	0.7756
Average for the period		$	0.7517		$	0.7625		$	0.7796

On July 27, 2020, the closing exchange rate for one Canadian dollar, expressed in United States dollars, as reported by the Bank of Canada, was Cdn$1.00 = US$0.7475.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained in this Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein may constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws in Canada and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (collectively, “forward-looking statements”). These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Corporation, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements contained herein that are not clearly historical in nature are forward-looking, and the words such as “plan”, “expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimate”, “forecast”, “contemplate”, “intend”, “anticipate”, or “believe” or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might”, “shall” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the Corporation’s:

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requirements for, and the ability to obtain, future funding on favorable terms or at all;

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business strategy;

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expected future loss and accumulated deficit levels;

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projected financial position and estimated cash burn rate;

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expectations about the timing of achieving milestones and the cost of the Corporation’s development programs;

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observations and expectations regarding the effectiveness of MDNA55 and the potential benefits to patients;

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expectations about the Corporation’s products’ safety and efficacy;

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expectations regarding the Corporation’s ability to arrange for the manufacturing of the Corporation’s products and technologies;

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expectations regarding the progress, and the successful and timely completion, of the various stages of the regulatory approval process;

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expectations regarding the filing and approval of various submissions by regulatory agencies regarding the conduct of new clinical trials;

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ability to initiate, progress, and successful and timely completion, of various pre-clinical and manufacturing activities associated with future clinical trials;

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ability to secure strategic partnerships with larger pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies;

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strategy to acquire and develop new products and technologies and to enhance the safety and efficacy of existing products and technologies;

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plans to market, sell and distribute the Corporation’s products and technologies;

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expectations regarding the acceptance of the Corporation’s products and technologies by the market;

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ability to retain and access appropriate staff, management, and expert advisers;

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expectations with respect to existing and future corporate alliances and licensing transactions with third parties, and the receipt and timing of any payments to be made by the Corporation or to the Corporation in respect of such arrangements;

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strategy with respect to the protection of the Corporation’s intellectual property; and

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the potential market for the Securities.

All forward-looking statements reflect the Corporation’s beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time the assumption was made. These forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but rather on management’s expectations regarding future activities, results of operations, performance, future capital and other expenditures (including the amount, nature and sources of funding thereof), competitive advantages, business prospects and opportunities. By its nature, forward-looking information involves numerous assumptions, inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, known and unknown, that contribute to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections or other forward-looking statements will not occur. Factors which could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

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the effect of continuing operating losses on the Corporation’s ability to obtain, on satisfactory terms, or at all, the capital required to maintain the Corporation as a going concern;

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the ability to obtain sufficient and suitable financing to support operations, preclinical development, clinical trials, and commercialization of products;

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the risks associated with the development of novel compounds at early stages of development in the Corporation’s intellectual property portfolio;

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the risks of reliance on third-parties for the planning, conduct and monitoring of clinical trials and for the manufacture of drug product;

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the risks of reliance on third-parties for timely completion of on-going clinical trial activities, conduct of statistical analysis, imaging analysis, preparation of study reports and regulatory submissions;

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the risks associated with the development of the Corporation’s product candidates including the demonstration of efficacy and safety;

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the risks related to clinical trials including potential delays, cost overruns and the failure to demonstrate efficacy and safety;

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the risks of delays and inability to complete clinical trials due to difficulties in securing ethics approvals and enrolling patients;

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the risks associated with the Corporation’s inability to successfully develop companion diagnostics for the Corporation’s development candidates;

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the risks associated with the Corporation’s inability to successfully access drug delivery technology or materials and components required for drug delivery;

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the risks associated with reliance on third parties for proper storage, packaging and shipment of active ingredients or other components required for pre-clinical or clinical trials;

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the risks associated with product loss or degradation or failure of manufacturing batches and not meeting specifications for use in pre-clinical or clinical trials;

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the delays or negative outcomes from the regulatory approval process;

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the Corporation’s ability to successfully compete in the Corporation’s targeted markets;

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the Corporation’s ability to attract and retain key personnel, collaborators and advisors;

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the risks relating to the increase in operating costs from expanding existing programs, acquisition of additional development programs and increased staff;

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the risk of negative results of clinical trials or adverse safety events by the Corporation or others related to the Corporation’s product candidates;

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the potential for product liability claims;

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the Corporation’s ability to achieve the Corporation’s forecasted milestones and timelines on schedule;

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the financial risks related to the fluctuation of foreign currency rates and expenses denominated in foreign currencies;

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the Corporation’s ability to adequately protect proprietary information and technology from competitors;

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risks related to changes in patent laws and their interpretations;

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the Corporation’s ability to remain compliant with the terms of its agreement with the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) and collect any remaining funding;

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the Corporation’s ability to source and maintain licenses from third-party owners; and

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the risk of patent-related litigation and the ability to protect trade secrets,

all as further and more fully described in the “Risk Factors” section of this Prospectus, in the “Risk Factors” section of the AIF (as defined herein) and elsewhere in the Corporation’s Annual MD&A (as defined herein) and elsewhere in the Corporation’s filings with the Canadian securities regulators, as applicable. Although the Corporation has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended.

The forward-looking information in this Prospectus does not include a full assessment or reflection of the unprecedented impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing and developing resulting indirect global and regional economic impacts. The Corporation is currently experiencing uncertainty related to the rapidly developing COVID-19 situation. It is anticipated that the spread of COVID-19 and global measures to contain it, will have an impact on the Corporation, however it is challenging to quantify the potential magnitude of such impact at this time. The Corporation is regularly assessing the situation and remains in contact with its partners, clinical sites and investigators, contract research organizations, contract development and manufacturing organizations and suppliers to assess any impacts and risks. The Corporation believes that ongoing COVID-19 restrictions could impact the planned clinical development timelines of the MDNA109 platform (MDNA11 and MDNA19) as patient recruitment for clinical trials is currently being impacted. However, the initiation of the clinical study is not planned until mid-calendar 2021 and it is not possible to predict the potential impact of patient recruitment at that time.

Although the forward-looking statements contained herein are based upon what the Corporation’s management believes to be reasonable assumptions, the Corporation cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements made in a document incorporated by reference in this Prospectus are made as of the date of the original document and have not been updated except as expressly provided herein. Other than as specifically required by law, the Corporation undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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In addition to the continuous disclosure obligations of the Corporation under the securities laws of certain provinces of Canada, the Corporation is subject to certain of the information requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and in accordance therewith file reports and other information with the SEC. Under MJDS, some reports and other information may be prepared in accordance with the disclosure requirements of Canada, which requirements are different from those of the United States. As a foreign private issuer, the Corporation is exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and the Corporation’s officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, the Corporation may not be required to publish financial statements as promptly as U.S. companies. You may read any document that the Corporation files with or furnish to the SEC at the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval (EDGAR) system from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

These documents are also available through the internet under the Corporation’s profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com. The following documents, filed with the various securities commissions or similar authorities in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, are specifically incorporated by reference into and form an integral part of this Prospectus:

the annual information form of the Corporation dated May 14, 2020 for the financial year ended March 31, 2020 (the “AIF”);

the audited financial statements of the Corporation as at, and for the financial years ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, together with the notes thereto and the independent auditor’s report thereon (the “Annual Financial Statements”);

the management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the financial year ended March 31, 2020 (the “Annual MD&A”);

the management information circular dated August 19, 2019 relating to Medicenna’s annual meeting of shareholders held on September 24, 2019 (the “Circular”); and

the material change report dated April 20, 2020 relating to a public offering of Common Shares (the “2020 Public Offering”).

Material change reports (other than confidential reports), business acquisition reports, interim financial statements, annual financial statements, annual information forms and all other documents of the type required by National Instrument 44-101 — Short Form Prospectus Distributions to be incorporated by reference in a short form prospectus, filed by the Corporation with a securities commission or similar regulatory authority in Canada after the date of this Prospectus and before completion or withdrawal of the Offering, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus.

In addition, to the extent that any document or information incorporated by reference into this Prospectus is included in any report on Form 6-K, Form 40-F or Form 20-F (or any respective successor form) that is filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Corporation after the date of this Prospectus, such document or information shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the U.S. Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. In addition, the Corporation may incorporate by reference into this Prospectus, or the U.S. Registration Statement of which it forms a part, other information from documents that the Corporation will file with or furnish to the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, if and to the extent expressly provided therein.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this Prospectus or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus modifies or supersedes that statement. The modifying or superseding statement need not state that it has modified or superseded a prior statement or include any other information set forth in the document or statement that it modifies or supersedes. The making of a modifying or superseding statement shall not be deemed an admission for any purpose that the modified or superseded statement, when made, constituted a misrepresentation, an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission

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to state a material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE U.S. REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The following documents have been filed with the SEC as part of the U.S. Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part insofar as required by the SEC’s Form F-10:

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the documents listed under “Documents Incorporated by Reference” in this Prospectus;

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the consent of Davidson & Company, the Corporation’s independent auditors;

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the consent of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, the Corporation’s Canadian counsel; and

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powers of attorney of the Corporation’s directors and officers, as applicable.

A copy of the form of warrant indenture for any offering of Warrants, as applicable, under this Prospectus will be filed by post-effective amendment or by incorporation by reference to documents filed or furnished with the SEC under the Exchange Act.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

Medicenna is a clinical stage immuno-oncology company developing novel, highly selective versions of interleukin-2 (“IL-2”), interleukin-4 (“IL-4”) and interleukin-13 (“IL-13”) tunable cytokines, called “Superkines”. These Superkines can be developed either on their own as short- or long-acting therapeutics or fused with cell-killing proteins in order to generate Empowered Cytokines™ (“ECs”) that precisely deliver potent toxins to cancer cells without harming adjacent healthy cells. Medicenna’s mission is to become the leader in the development and commercialization of Superkines for the treatment of a broad range of cancers. The Corporation seeks to achieve its goals by drawing on its expertise, and that of world-class collaborators, in order to develop a unique set of therapeutic Superkines. Compared to naturally occurring cytokines — that bind to multiple receptor types on many cell types — Superkines are engineered with unique specificity toward defined target cell subsets to enable precise activation or inhibition of relevant immune cells in order to improve therapeutic efficacy and safety.

Medicenna has completed a Phase 2b clinical trial of MDNA55, Medicenna’s lead EC, for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma (“rGBM”), the most common and uniformly fatal form of brain cancer. MDNA55 is a fusion of a circularly permuted version of IL-4, fused to a potent fragment of the bacterial toxin, Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE), that is designed to preferentially target tumor cells that over-express the interleukin 4 receptor (“IL-4R”). MDNA55 has now been studied in 5 clinical trials in 132 patients, including 112 patients with rGBM, in which it has shown indications of superior efficacy when compared to the current standard of care. MDNA55 has secured Orphan Drug Status from the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the European Medicines Agency as well as Fast Track Designation from the FDA for the treatment of rGBM and other types of high grade glioma. Medicenna announced on April 30, 2019 that patient enrollment was complete in the Phase 2b clinical trial of MDNA55 after treating 46 patients with rGBM. Medicenna announced preliminary top line data from the study on June 18, 2019 and additional survival data in December 2019, January and May 2020. Medicenna plans to have an End of Phase 2 (“EOP2”) meeting with the FDA in 2020.

Complementing Medicenna’s lead clinical asset (MDNA55), the Corporation has built a deep pipeline of promising pre-clinical Superkine candidates such as IL-2 agonists (MDNA109), IL-2 antagonists (MDNA209), dual IL-4/IL-13 antagonists (MDNA413) and IL-13 Superkine (MDNA132) all in-licensed from Leland Stanford Junior University. The most advanced of these programs is the MDNA109 platform (MDNA19 and MDNA11), which is in pre-clinical development and is the only engineered IL-2 Superkine designed to specifically target CD122 (IL-2Rβ) with high affinity without CD25 dependency. The important candidates from the IL-2 Superkine platform are MDNA11 and MDNA19, which unlike native IL-2 (Proleukin) have superior pharmacokinetic properties, lack CD25 binding in order to improve safety, potently stimulate effector T cells, reverse natural killer (NK) cell anergy and act with exceptional synergy when combined with checkpoint inhibitors.

MDNA19 and MDNA11 originate from the same base molecule engineered from the MDNA109 platform. This base molecule has a very short half-life which requires frequent dosing and therefore would not be viable in a commercial setting. To address this issue, Medicenna fused both Fc (MDNA19) and albumin (MDNA11) to the base molecule with the effect of increasing the molecular weight of the molecule and its half-life. After completing pilot non-human primate studies with both MDNA19 and MDNA11, it became apparent that MDNA11 was the more promising molecule and was therefore selected as the lead IL-2 candidate to advance into clinical development over MDNA19. Medicenna is thus working towards initiating a Phase 1 clinical study for MDNA11 in mid-2021.

Medicenna currently does not have the intention or the resources to advance the clinical development of MDNA19 in parallel with MDNA11 but MDNA19, which was previously identified as the Corporation’s lead IL-2 candidate, remains relevant for Medicenna because it is derived from the same platform as MDNA11 and could also be moved to clinical development in certain circumstances. Accordingly, the net proceeds in the amount of $20,850,000 from the 2020 Offering which were intended to be used for the pre-clinical development, manufacturing and clinical development of MDNA19 have been re-directed to the pre-clinical development, manufacturing and clinical development of MDNA11 in the same proportions and the developmental milestones presented in the short form prospectus of the Corporation dated March 12, 2020 in connection with the 2020 Offering remain unchanged but for the fact that the Corporation has opted to advance the clinical study of MDNA11 instead of MDNA19.

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For further information, see “General Development of the Business” and “Narrative Description of the Business” in the AIF. See also “Risk Factors”.

Recent Developments

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. We continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation, which is rapidly developing. The Corporation operates in a virtual manner and current operations have not been impacted in any material way by the health crisis. However, the pandemic does have an impact on our third party vendors which could result in the interruption of operations and result in development delays including the timing of the End of Phase 2 clinical study meeting for MDNA55 with the US FDA, the ongoing pre-clinical and future clinical activities related to MDNA11. We have required all of our employees to work from home and are asking business partners to engage us by telephone or video conference where possible, eliminating business travel and requiring self-isolation for employees travelling outside of Canada. As the COVID-19 health crisis further develops, we will continue to rely on guidance and recommendations from local health authorities, Health Canada and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update our policies.

On May 29, 2020, Medicenna announced the virtual presentations of data from its completed Phase 2b trial of MDNA55, an IL4-guided toxin, in patients with rGBM, at the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (“ASCO”) Annual Meeting. The oral poster discussion led by Dr. Ian F. Parney, MD, PhD (Mayo Clinic) and a presentation by Dr. John Sampson, MD, PhD (Robert H. and Gloria Wilkins Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine), focused on additional data demonstrating clinical superiority of MDNA55 in patients with rGBM. The study enrolled rGBM patients that had aggressive tumors (de novo GBM, IDH wild-type, not-resectable at recurrence) with limited treatment options and poor survival outcomes median overall survival (“mOS”) of 6-9 months, median progression free survival (“mPFS”) of < 2 months and progression free survival (“PFS”) at twelve months (“PFS-12”) of 0%.

Highlights from the ASCO presentation included:

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Comparison of MDNA55 with an eligibility-matched Synthetic Control Arm (“SCA”) demonstrated an improvement in mOS of 61%. When stratified by IL4R status, IL4R High subjects in the MDNA55 arm demonstrated improved mOS by 155% (Table 1).

Table 1.

Eligibility-Matched Groups	N		mOS		Improvement in mOS		Hazard Ratio (HR)		OS-12
MDNA55 All-comers		44		12.4		61%		0.58		53%
SCA All-comers		81		7.7						25%
MDNA55 IL4R High		21		15.8		155%		0.54		62%
SCA IL4R High		17		6.2						24%

Further refinement of the SCA using propensity-score weighting (Li et al), an unbiased approach to select patients that match the baseline characteristics of MDNA55 treated patients based on 11 key baseline prognostic factors, confirms these results (Table 2).

Table 2.

Propensity-Weighted Groups	N		mOS		Improvement in mOS		HR
MDNA55 All-comers		43		12.4		72%		0.63
SCA All-comers		40.8		7.2
MDNA55 IL4R High		17		13.2		116%		0.52
SCA IL4R High		16.8		6.1

Irrespective of IL4R expression, subjects showed tumor control rate (“TCR”) (tumor shrinkage or stabilization) of 76% based on modified RANO criteria; these subjects demonstrated mPFS of 4.6 months,

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PFS at six months (“PFS-6”) of 40%, PFS-12 of 33%, mOS of 15.0 months and overall survival at twelve months (“OS-12”) of 57%.

Additional updated results (not presented at ASCO) include the following:

Patients with Low IL4R expression (H-Score ≤ 60) had a similar TCR as patients with High IL4R expression (H-Score > 60); TCR of 75% vs. 76%, respectively. However, the majority of the IL4R Low patients (11 of 16) received high doses of MDNA55 (180 — 240 µg; median 180 µg) whereas only 8 of 21 IL4R High patients received the high dose of MDNA55.

The IL4R Low group receiving high dose also showed improved survival (mOS Not Reached, OS-12 of 53%) when compared to the low dose group (mOS = 8 months, OS-12 = 13%).

The Proposed Population (n=32), comprised of all IL4R High (irrespective of dose) as well as IL4R Low patients receiving the high dose, were shown to benefit the most from a single treatment of MDNA55. Median survival and OS-12 in this population was 15.8 months and 62% vs 7.0 months and 18%, respectively, when compared to the eligibility matched SCA. (Table 3).

Table 3.

Eligibility-Matched	N		mOS		Improvement in mOS		HR		OS-12
Proposed Population		32		15.8		126%		0.45		62%
SCA		40		7.0						18%
Propensity-Weighted
Proposed Population		32		15.7		118%		0.52		NA
SCA		33.9		7.2						NA

TCR in the Proposed Population was 81% based on radiologic assessment by mRANO criteria.

These data indicate that MDNA55 has the potential to benefit all rGBM patients treated at the high dose (180 µg) irrespective of IL4R expression. The high dose has already shown an acceptable safety profile in this and earlier clinical trials (MTD = 240 µg).

On May 29, 2020, the Corporation also announced the virtual presentation of data on MDNA11, its lead candidate from the IL-2 Superkine program, at the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting. The poster presentation by Dr. Moutih Rafei, PhD (Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology at the University de Montreal), focused on encouraging data in non-human primates (“NHP”) for MDNA11, a long-acting IL-2 variant engineered to have enhanced affinity to CD122 without interacting with CD25. This engineering allows MDNA11 to specifically expand cancer fighting naïve CD8 T cells as well as NK cells with minimal stimulation of T regulatory cells (Tregs) and eosinophils (associated with vascular leak syndrome). As such, the use of MDNA11 circumvents both immune-suppression and toxicity normally observed with Proleukin. In addition, MDNA11 has several advantages over other long-acting IL-2 variants as it permits enhanced accumulation in the tumor vicinity and can be recycled in vivo thus exhibiting prolonged circulation in the blood stream thereby reducing the frequency of treatment.

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CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION

There have been no material changes in the consolidated capitalization of the Corporation since March 31, 2020, the date of the Corporation’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2020, which have not been disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference herein.

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PRIOR SALES

Common Shares

Date	Price per Common Share			Number of Common Shares Issued
October 4, 2019		$	1.20		25,000(1)
October 17, 2019			N/A(2)		5,307,693
December 19, 2019		$	1.75		130,000(3)
December 23, 2019		$	1.30		15,000(4)
December 23, 2019		$	1.75		17,500(3)
December 23, 2019		$	1.20		75,000(1)
December 24, 2019		$	1.75		79,050(3)
December 24, 2019		$	1.20		7,500(1)
December 30, 2019		$	1.75		18,861(3)
December 31, 2019		$	1.20		14,500(1)
December 31, 2019		$	1.75		222,900(3)
January 2, 2020		$	1.75		32,650(3)
January 2, 2020		$	1.20		80,000(1)
January 2, 2020		$	2.00		35,000(5)
January 3, 2020		$	1.20		102,000(1)
January 3, 2020		$	1.75		3,000(3)
January 6, 2020		$	1.75		22,651(3)
January 9, 2020		$	1.75		1,000(3)
January 10, 2020		$	1.75		1,950(3)
January 14, 2020		$	1.30		5,850(4)
January 15, 2020		$	1.20		15,000(1)
January 16, 2020		$	1.75		8,517(3)
January 17, 2020		$	1.20		1,750(1)
January 17, 2020		$	1.75		3,812(3)
January 20, 2020		$	1.75		2,250(3)
January 21, 2020		$	1.20		2,500(1)
January 21, 2020		$	1.75		1,350(3)
January 22, 2020		$	1.75		1,722(3)
January 23, 2020		$	1.20		5,000(1)
January 23, 2020		$	1.75		4,500(3)

Common Shares

Date	Price per Common Share			Number of Common Shares Issued
January 24, 2020		$	1.30		5,000(4)
January 24, 2020		$	1.20		165,125(1)
January 27, 2020		$	1.75		9,450(3)

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Date	Price per Common Share			Number of Common Shares Issued
January 28, 2020		$	1.75		2,650(3)
January 29, 2020		$	1.20		6,250(1)
January 30, 2020		$	1.20		220(1)
January 30, 2020		$	1.75		2,132(3)
February 3, 2020		$	1.75		32,012(3)
February 11, 2020		$	1.75		42,900(3)
February 12, 2020		$	1.75		9,500(3)
February 13, 2020		$	1.75		1,587(3)
February 14, 2020		$	1.75		2,000(3)
February 19, 2020		$	1.75		5,000(3)
February 19, 2020		$	1.20		5,000(1)
February 21, 2020		$	1.75		8,600(3)
February 25, 2020		$	1.75		15,000(3)
February 26, 2020		$	1.20		25,000(1)
February 26, 2020		$	1.75		5,000(3)
February 27, 2020		$	1.75		5,000(3)
March 2, 2020		$	1.75		3,000(3)
March 3, 2020		$	1.30		110,556(4)
March 17, 2020		$	3.10		11,290,323(6)
March 31, 2020		$	1.30		2,225(4)
April 9, 2020		$	1.30		2,500(4)
April 15, 2020		$	3.10		1,693,548(6)
May 8, 2020		$	1.75		4,500(3)
May 15, 2020		$	1.30		112,759(4)
May 21, 2020		$	3.10		9,675(7)
May 21, 2020		$	1.20		50,000(1)
June 2, 2020		$	1.30		13,750(4)
June 2, 2020		$	3.10		90,000(7)
June 2, 2020		$	1.00		21,423(8)
July 3, 2020		$	1.20		15,000(1)
July 20, 2020		$	1.75		1,950(3)

Notes:

(1)

Issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants originally issued on December 21, 2018.

(2)

Common Shares forming part of units issued at a price of $1.30 per unit pursuant to a public offering of units (the “2019 Public Offering”).

(3)

Issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants originally issued pursuant to the 2019 Public Offering.

(4)

Issued pursuant to the exercise of broker warrants originally issued pursuant to the 2019 Public Offering.

(5)

Issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants originally issued pursuant to private placements completed in 2016.

(6)

Issued pursuant to the 2020 Public Offering.

(7)

Issued pursuant to the exercise of broker warrants originally issued pursuant to the 2020 Public Offering.

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(8)

Issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options granted under the 2017 Stock Option Plan.

Warrants/Compensation Options

Date	Exercise Price			Number of Warrants/Compensation Options Issued
October 17, 2019		$	1.75		2,653,846(9)
March 17, 2020		$	3.10		790,323(10)
April 15, 2020		$	3.10		118,547(10)

Notes:

(9)

Warrants entitling the holders thereof to purchase Common Shares at a price of $1.75 per Common Share until October 17, 2022 forming part of units issued at a price of $1.30 per unit pursuant to the 2019 Public Offering.

(10)

Compensation options entitling the holders thereof to purchase Common Shares at a price of $3.10 per Common Share until March 17, 2022.

Date			Stock Options(11) Exercise Price ($)						Number of Stock Options Granted
November 8, 2019				$	1.30						1,030,000

Note:

(11)

Granted pursuant to the Corporation’s stock option plan.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

The aggregate proceeds of distributions of Securities under this Prospectus shall not exceed $100,000,000. Unless otherwise indicated in a Prospectus Supplement, the net proceeds that the Corporation receives from the sale of the Securities offered by this Prospectus will be used potentially to (i) ongoing research and development activities, (ii) working capital and general corporate purposes, which may include advancing the development of MDNA55 or MDNA11 and (iii) investment in other development programs. Specific information about the use of net proceeds will be set out in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.

While the Corporation intends to use the net proceeds that it receives from the sale of the Securities offered by this Prospectus as outlined above or in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the timing and actual use of the net proceeds may vary depending on operating and capital needs, the progress and outcome of the Corporation’s non-clinical activities, clinical trials and research and development programs and business and operations circumstances. There may be circumstances where, on the basis of results obtained or for other sound business reasons, a re-allocation of funds may be necessary or prudent. Accordingly, management of the Corporation will have broad discretion in the application of the proceeds of an offering of Securities. The actual amount the Corporation spends in connection with each intended use of proceeds may vary significantly from the amounts specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement and will depend on a number of factors, including those referred to under “Risk Factors” in the AIF and any other factors set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.

The Corporation has not allocated any portion of the net proceeds for any particular use as of the date of this Prospectus, nor has it entered into any negotiations regarding any potential future transaction or signed any letter of intent or initiated due diligence on any such future transaction. The net proceeds may be invested temporarily until they are used for their stated purpose.

Negative Cash Flows from Operating Activities

The Corporation has not generated any revenue from product sales to date and it is possible that it will never have sufficient product sales revenue to achieve profitability and positive cash flow. Management expects that the Corporation will continue to incur losses for at least the next three years as it pursues further development of MDNA55 for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma and MDNA11 for solid tumors. To become profitable, the Corporation must successfully develop, manufacture, market and sell MDNA55 or MDNA11 or, alternatively, license either product to a pharmaceutical partner who could do so on behalf of Medicenna and pay certain milestone and royalty payments to Medicenna. Based on the highly competitive market, it is possible that the Corporation will never achieve significant product sales revenue. If funding is insufficient at any time in the future, the Corporation may not be able to develop or commercialize its products, take advantage of business opportunities or respond to competitive pressures. It is expected that some of the proceeds from the Offering will be used to fund anticipated negative cash flow from operating activities. See “Risk Factors — Negative Operating Cashflow”.

As of June 30, 2020, the working capital balance of the Corporation was approximately $39,260,860 with a monthly cash burn rate of approximately $826,000 during the quarter ended June 30, 2020.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

The Corporation may sell the Securities offered by this Prospectus to or through underwriters or dealers, and also may sell those Securities to one or more other purchasers directly or through agents, including sales pursuant to ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker-dealer solicits purchasers, or if indicated in a Prospectus Supplement, pursuant to delayed delivery contracts, by remarketing firms or by other means. Underwriters may sell Securities to or through dealers. Each Prospectus Supplement will set forth the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents and any fees or compensation payable to them in connection with the offering and sale of a particular series or issue of Securities, the public offering price or prices of the Securities and the proceeds from the sale of the Securities.

The Securities may be sold, from time to time, in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices which may be changed or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices, including sales in transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market distributions” as defined in National Instrument 44-102 — Shelf Distributions, including sales made directly on the TSX or other existing trading markets for the Securities. The prices at which the Securities may be offered may vary as between purchasers and during the period of distribution. If, in connection with the offering of Securities at a fixed price or prices, the underwriters have made a bona fide effort to sell all of the Securities at the initial offering price fixed in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the public offering price may be decreased and thereafter further changed, from time to time, to an amount not greater than the initial public offering price fixed in such Prospectus Supplement, in which case the compensation realized by the underwriters will be decreased by the amount that the aggregate price paid by purchasers for the Securities is less than the gross proceeds paid by the underwriters to Medicenna.

The Prospectus Supplement for any of the Securities being offered will set forth the terms of the offering of those Securities, including the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents, the offering price of the Securities (in the event the offering is a fixed price distribution), the currency or currencies in which the Securities will be offered, the manner in which the offering price will be determined (in the event the offering is a non-fixed price distribution), the proceeds to the Corporation from that sale if determinable, any underwriting fees or discounts and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation, any public offering price, and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers or agents. Only underwriters named in the relevant Prospectus Supplement are deemed to be underwriters in connection with the Securities offered by that Prospectus Supplement.

If underwriters purchase Securities as principal, the Securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase those Securities will be subject to certain conditions precedent, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the Securities offered by the Prospectus Supplement if any of such Securities are purchased. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time. The Securities may also be sold directly by the Corporation at prices and upon terms agreed to by the purchaser and the Corporation or through agents designated by the Corporation from time to time. Any agent involved in the offering and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Prospectus will be named, and any commissions payable by the Corporation to that agent will be set forth, in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, any agent would be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

Underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of the Securities may be entitled under agreements to be entered into with the Corporation to indemnification by the Corporation against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Canadian securities legislation, or to contribution with respect to payments which such underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make in respect thereof. Such underwriters, dealers and agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for the Corporation in the ordinary course of business. Except as set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, in connection with any offering of Securities, other than an “at-the-market distribution”, the underwriters, dealers or agents, as the case may be, may over-allot or

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effect transactions intended to stabilize or maintain the market price of the Securities offered at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. Such transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

Any offering of Preferred Shares, Subscription Receipts, Warrants or Units will be a new issue of securities with no established trading market. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplements, the Preferred Shares, Subscription Receipts, Warrants or Units will not be listed on any securities or stock exchange or on any automated dealer quotation system. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplements, there is no market through which the Preferred Shares, Subscription Receipts, Warrants or Units may be sold and purchasers may not be able to resell Preferred Shares, Subscription Receipts, Warrants or Units purchased under this Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement. This may affect the pricing of the Preferred Shares, Subscription Receipts, Warrants or Units in the secondary market, the transparency and availability of trading prices, the liquidity of the Securities, and the extent of issuer regulation. Certain dealers may make a market in the Preferred Shares, Subscription Receipts, Warrants or Units.

The place, time of delivery, and other terms of the offered Securities will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.

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TRADING PRICE AND VOLUME

The Common Shares are listed for trading in Canada on the TSX under the symbol “MDNA”. The following table shows the high and low trading prices and the aggregate volume of Common Shares traded on the TSX for each of the last 12 months (as reported by the TSX).

Month	High			Low			Volume
	2019
July		$	1.61		$	1.02		936,043
August		$	1.43		$	1.06		308,067
September		$	1.88		$	0.94		799,169
October		$	1.48		$	1.10		785,221
November		$	2.05		$	1.27		2,702,400
December		$	3.87		$	1.30		3,524,777
	2020
January		$	3.78		$	2.41		3,596,527
February		$	4.86		$	2.77		2,365,899
March		$	4.12		$	2.15		5,105,194
April		$	3.88		$	3.14		1,341,227
May		$	7.24		$	3.06		2,703,200
June		$	7.25		$	4.75		1,813,710
July 1 – 27		$	6.49		$	4.89		974,444

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DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL

Authorized Capital

The authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of Preferred Shares.

Common Shares

The holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive notice of and to attend all meetings of the Corporation’s shareholders and to one vote in respect of each Common Share held at the record date for each such meeting. The holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Corporation’s board of directors, dividends in such amounts as shall be determined by the board. The holders of the Common Shares will participate pro rata in any distribution of the assets of the Corporation upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up or other distribution of the assets of the Corporation. Such participation will be subject to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to any of the Corporation’s securities issued and outstanding at such time ranking in priority to the Common Shares upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation. Common Shares are issued only as fully paid and are non-assessable.

The Securities offered pursuant to this Prospectus may include Common Shares issuable upon conversion or exchange of any Preferred Shares of any series or upon conversion of any Subscription Receipts or upon exercise of any Warrants.

Preferred Shares

The Preferred Shares of the Corporation are issuable from time to time in one or more series as determined by the board of directors of the Corporation. The board of directors of the Corporation may determine, before issuance, the number of Preferred Shares which is to comprise each series and the designation, rights, privileges and conditions attaching to each series of Preferred Shares including with regards to any voting rights, the rate or amount of dividends, or the method of calculating dividends, the dates of payment thereof, the terms and conditions of redemption, purchase and conversion, if any, and any sinking fund or other provisions.

The Preferred Shares of each series shall, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets or return of capital in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other return of capital or distribution of the assets of the Corporation amongst its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, be entitled to preference over the voting and non-voting Common Shares and over any other shares of the Corporation ranking by their terms junior to the Preferred Shares of that series. The Preferred Shares of any series may also be given such other preferences, not inconsistent with the articles of the Corporation, over the Common Shares and any other such Preferred Shares as may be determined by the board of directors of the Corporation.

If any cumulative dividends or amounts payable on the return of capital in respect of a series of Preferred Shares are not paid in full, all series of Preferred Shares shall participate rateably in respect of accumulated dividends and return of capital.

The description of general terms and provisions of Preferred Shares described in any Prospectus Supplement will include, where applicable:

•

the number of Preferred Shares offered;

•

the designation of the series;

•

the price at which the Preferred Shares will be offered;

•

the currency or currencies in which the Preferred Shares will be offered;

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the annual dividend rate, if any, and whether the dividend rate is fixed or variable, the date from which dividends will accrue, and the dividend payment dates;

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the price and the terms and conditions for redemption, if any, including redemption at the Corporation’s option or at the option of the holder, including the time period for redemption, and payment of any accumulated dividends;

•

the terms and conditions, if any, for conversion or exchange for shares of any other class of the Corporation or any other series of Preferred Shares, or any other securities or assets, including the price or the rate of conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjustment;

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the voting rights, if any;

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the material United States and Canadian federal tax consequences of owning the Preferred Shares; and

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any other material terms, conditions and rights (or limitations on such rights) of the Preferred Shares.

Dividend Policy

The Corporation has not declared or paid any dividends since incorporation. The directors of the Corporation anticipate that the Corporation will retain all future earnings and other cash resources for the future operation and development of its business, and accordingly, do not intend to declare or pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Payment of any future dividends will be at the discretion of the board of the directors after taking into account many factors including the Corporation’s operating results, financial condition and current and anticipated cash assets.

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DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS

The following description of the terms of Subscription Receipts sets forth certain general terms and provisions of Subscription Receipts in respect of which a Prospectus Supplement may be filed. The particular terms and provisions of Subscription Receipts offered by any Prospectus Supplement, and the extent to which the general terms and provisions described below may apply thereto, will be described in the Prospectus Supplement filed in respect of such Subscription Receipts.

Subscription Receipts may be offered separately or in combination with one or more other Securities. The Subscription Receipts will be issued under a subscription receipt agreement. A copy of the subscription receipt agreement will be filed by the Corporation with the applicable securities commission or similar regulatory authorities after it has been entered into by the Corporation and will be available electronically at www.sedar.com. Pursuant to the subscription receipt agreement, original purchasers of Subscription Receipts will have a contractual right of rescission against the Corporation, following the issuance of the underlying Common Shares or other securities to such purchasers upon the surrender or deemed surrender of the Subscription Receipts, to receive the amount paid for the Subscription Receipts in the event that this Prospectus and any amendment thereto contains a misrepresentation or is not delivered to such purchaser, provided such remedy for rescission is exercised within 180 days from the closing date of the offering of Subscription Receipts.

The description of general terms and provisions of Subscription Receipts described in any Prospectus Supplement will include, where applicable:

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the number of Subscription Receipts offered;

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the price at which the Subscription Receipts will be offered;

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if other than Canadian dollars, the currency or currency unit in which the Subscription Receipts are denominated;

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the procedures for the exchange of the Subscription Receipts into Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other Securities;

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the number of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other Securities that may be obtained upon exchange of each Subscription Receipt;

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the designation and terms of any other Securities with which the Subscription Receipts will be offered, if any, and the number of Subscription Receipts that will be offered with each Security;

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the terms applicable to the gross proceeds from the sale of the Subscription Receipts plus any interest earned thereon;

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the material United States and Canadian federal tax consequences of owning the Subscription Receipts; and

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any other material terms, conditions and rights (or limitations on such rights) of the Subscription Receipts.

The Corporation reserves the right to set forth in a Prospectus Supplement specific terms of the Subscription Receipts that are not within the options and parameters set forth in this Prospectus. In addition, to the extent that any particular terms of the Subscription Receipts described in a Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms described in this Prospectus, the description of such terms set forth in this Prospectus shall be deemed to have been superseded by the description of such differing terms set forth in such Prospectus Supplement with respect to such Subscription Receipts.

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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

The Corporation may issue Warrants for the purchase of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other Securities. Warrants may be offered separately or together with other Securities offered by this Prospectus, as the case may be. Unless the applicable Prospectus Supplement otherwise indicates, each series of Warrants will be issued under a separate warrant indenture to be entered into between the Corporation and one or more banks or trust companies acting as warrant agent. The applicable Prospectus Supplement will include details of the warrant agreements covering the Warrants being offered. The warrant agent will act solely as the Corporation’s agent and will not assume a relationship of agency with any holders of warrant certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants.

The following sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Warrants offered under this Prospectus. The specific terms of the Warrants, and the extent to which the general terms described in this section apply to those Warrants, will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The terms of any Warrants offered under a Prospectus Supplement may differ from the terms described below.

The particular terms of each issue of Warrants will be described in the related Prospectus Supplement. This description will include some or all of the following:

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the designation and aggregate number of Warrants;

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the price at which the Warrants will be offered;

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the currency or currencies in which the Warrants will be offered;

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the date on which the right to exercise the Warrants will commence and the date on which the right will expire;

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the number of the designation and terms of the Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other Securities that may be purchased upon exercise of each Warrant and the price at which and currency or currencies in which the Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other Securities may be purchased upon exercise of each Warrant;

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the designation and terms of any Securities with which the Warrants will be offered, if any, and the number of the Warrants that will be offered with each security;

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the date or dates, if any, on or after which the Warrants and the related Securities will be transferable separately;

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if applicable, whether the Warrants will be subject to redemption or call and, if so, the terms of such redemption or call provisions;

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material United States and Canadian federal tax consequences of owning the Warrants; and

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any other material terms or conditions of the Warrants.

Each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other Securities, as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement at the exercise price that the Corporation describes therein. Unless the Corporation otherwise specifies in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, holders of the Warrants may exercise the Warrants at any time up to the specified time on the expiration date that it sets forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised Warrants will become void.

The warrant indenture, if any, and the warrant certificate will specify that upon the subdivision, consolidation, reclassification or other material change of the underlying Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other Securities or any other reorganization, amalgamation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, the Warrants will thereafter evidence the right of the holder to receive the Securities, property or cash deliverable in exchange for or on the conversion of or in respect of the Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other Securities to which the holder of similar securities of the Corporation would have been entitled immediately after such event. Similarly, any distribution to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other Securities of rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness or assets will result in an adjustment in the number of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or other Securities, as the case may be, to be issued to holders of Warrants.

Prior to the exercise of any Warrants, holders of the Warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the underlying securities of the Corporation, including the right to receive payments of dividends, if any, on the underlying securities of the Corporation, or to exercise any applicable right to vote.

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DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

The Corporation may issue Units comprised of one or more of the other Securities that may be offered under this Prospectus, in any combination. The following information, together with the additional information the Corporation may include in any applicable Prospectus Supplements, summarizes the material terms and provisions of any such the Units that it may offer under this Prospectus. While the information below will apply generally to any Units that the Corporation may offer under this Prospectus, the Corporation will describe the particular terms of any series of Units in detail in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The terms of any Units offered under a Prospectus Supplement may differ from the general terms described below.

The Corporation may file the form of unit agreement, if any, between the Corporation and a unit agent that describes the terms and conditions of the series of Units the Corporation is offering, and any supplemental agreements, concurrently with the filing of the applicable Prospectus Supplement under which such series of Units are offered. This summary is subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the unit agreement, if any, and any supplemental agreements applicable to a particular series of Units. Medicenna urges you to read the applicable Prospectus Supplements related to the particular series of Units that it sells under this Prospectus, as well as the complete unit agreement, if any, and any supplemental agreements that contain the terms of the Units.

The Corporation may issue Units comprising one or more of Common Shares, Preferred Shares, Subscription Receipts or Warrants in any combination. Each Unit will be issued so that the holder of the Unit is also the holder of each Security included in the Unit. Thus, the holder of a Unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included Security. The unit agreement, under which a Unit may be issued, if any, may provide that the Securities included in the Unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date. The Corporation will describe in the applicable Prospectus Supplement the terms of the series of Units.

The provisions described in this section, as well as those described under “Description of Share Capital”, “Description of Subscription Receipts” and “Description of Warrants” will apply to each Unit and to any Common Share, Preferred Share, Subscription Receipt or Warrant included in each Unit, respectively.

The Corporation may issue Units in such amounts and in numerous distinct series as it determines.

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in the Securities is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks set out below and under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 23 of the AIF, and the other documents incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, that summarize the risks that may materially affect the Corporation’s business before making an investment in the Securities. If any of these risks occur, the Corporation’s business, results of operations or financial condition could be materially adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of the securities could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. The risks set out in the documents indicated above are not the only risks the Corporation faces. You should also refer to the other information set forth in this Prospectus as well as those incorporated by reference herein and therein, including financial statements and the related notes. The following are certain risks related to the Offering.

Negative Operating Cashflow

The Corporation has a history of losses, and there is no assurance that any of its contemplated products will generate sustainable earnings, be profitable or provide a return on investment in the future. The Corporation has not paid dividends in the past. Its directors will determine the future dividend policy of the Corporation if the Corporation generates earnings in the future, based on operational circumstances at that time. The Corporation had negative cash flow from operating activities for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 and this negative cash flow is expected to continue. The Corporation may also be required to raise additional funds through the issuance of equity. There can be no assurance that additional capital or other types of financing will be available when needed or that these financings will be on terms favourable to the Corporation. See “Use of Proceeds”.

The Common Shares are Subject to Market Price Volatility

The market price of the Common Shares may be adversely affected by a variety of factors relating to the Corporation’s business, including fluctuations in the Corporation’s operating and financial results, the results of any public announcements made by the Corporation and the Corporation’s failure to meet analysts’ expectations. In addition, from time to time, the stock market experiences significant price and volume volatility that may affect the market price of the Common Shares for reasons unrelated to the Corporation’s performance. Additionally, the value of the Common Shares is subject to market value fluctuations based upon factors which influence the Corporation’s operations, such as legislative or regulatory developments, competition, technological change and the performance of equity markets and changes in interest rates.

Additional Issuance of Common Shares May Result in Dilution

The Corporation’s articles allow it to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the board of directors of the Corporation, in many cases, without the approval of the Corporation’s shareholders. The Corporation may issue additional Common Shares in subsequent offerings (including through the sale of securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares) and on the exercise of stock options or other securities exercisable for Common Shares. The Corporation may also issue Common Shares to finance future acquisitions. The Corporation cannot predict the size of future issuances of Common Shares or the effect that future issuances and sales of Common Shares will have on the market price of the Common Shares. Issuances of a substantial number of additional Common Shares, or the perception that such issuances could occur, may adversely affect prevailing market prices for the Common Shares. With any additional issuance of Common Shares, investors will suffer dilution to their voting power and the Corporation may experience dilution in its earnings per share.

The Corporation’s Operations Could Be Adversely Affected by Events Outside of its Control, such as Natural Disasters, Wars or Health Epidemics

The Corporation may be impacted by business interruptions resulting from pandemics and public health emergencies, including those related to COVID-19 coronavirus, geopolitical actions, including war and terrorism or natural disasters including earthquakes, typhoons, floods and fires. An outbreak of infectious disease, a pandemic or a similar public health threat, such as the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus

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known as COVID-19, or a fear of any of the foregoing, could adversely impact the Corporation by causing operating, manufacturing supply chain, clinical trial and project development delays and disruptions, labour shortages, travel and shipping disruption and shutdowns (including as a result of government regulation and prevention measures) The Corporation may incur expenses or delays relating to such events outside of its control, which could have a material adverse impact on its business, ability to achieve stated milestones, operating results and financial condition. It is anticipated that the spread of COVID-19 and global measures to contain it, will have an impact on the Corporation, however it is challenging to quantify the potential magnitude of such impact at this time. The Corporation believes that the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions could impact the planned clinical development timelines of its programs, including the timing of the End of Phase 2 clinical study meeting for MDNA55 with the US FDA and the ongoing pre-clinical and future clinical activities related to the MDNA109 platform (MDNA19 and MDNA11).

Enforcement of Judgments Against Foreign Persons may not be Possible

Canadian investors should be aware that each of the Non-Resident Directors resides outside of Canada; as a result, it may not be possible for purchasers of the Offered Shares to effect service of process within Canada upon the Non-Resident Directors. All or a substantial portion of the assets of each of the Non-Resident Directors are likely to be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible to satisfy a judgment against the Non-Resident Directors in Canada or to enforce a judgment obtained in Canadian courts against the Non-Resident Directors outside of Canada.

United States Investors may not be able to Obtain Enforcement of Civil Liabilities Against the Corporation

The enforcement by investors of civil liabilities under the United States federal or state securities laws may be affected adversely by the fact that the Corporation is governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act, that the majority of the Corporation officers and directors are residents of Canada, and that all, or a substantial portion of their assets and a substantial portion of the Corporation’s assets, are located outside the United States. It may not be possible for investors to effect service of process within the United States on certain of its directors and officers or enforce judgments obtained in the United States courts against the Corporation or certain of the Corporation’s directors and officers based upon the civil liability provisions of United States federal securities laws or the securities laws of any state of the United States.

There is some doubt as to whether a judgment of a United States court based solely upon the civil liability provisions of United States federal or state securities laws would be enforceable in Canada against the Corporation or its directors and officers. There is also doubt as to whether an original action could be brought in Canada against the Corporation or its directors and officers to enforce liabilities based solely upon United States federal or state securities laws.

If the Corporation is Treated as a Passive Foreign Investment Company, U.S. Holders may be Subject to Adverse U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

Under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Corporation will be classified as a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) in respect of any taxable year in which either (i) 75% or more of the Corporation’s gross income consists of certain types of “passive income” or (ii) 50% or more of the average quarterly value of the Corporation’s assets is attributable to “passive assets” (assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income). For purposes of these tests, passive income includes dividends, interest, gains from the sale or exchange of investment property and certain rents and royalties. In addition, for purposes of the above calculations, if the Corporation directly or indirectly owns at least 25% by value of the shares of another corporation, the Corporation will be treated as if it held its proportionate share of the assets and received directly its proportionate share of the income of such other corporation. PFIC status is a factual determination that needs to be made annually after the close of each taxable year, on the basis of the composition of the Corporation’s income, the relative value of the Corporation’s active and passive assets, and the Corporation’s market capitalization. For this purpose, the Corporation’s PFIC status depends in part on the application of complex rules, which may be subject to differing interpretations, relating to the classification of the Corporation’s income and assets. Based on the Corporation’s interpretation of the law, its recent financial statements, and taking into account expectations

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about its income, assets and activities, the Corporation believes that it was a PFIC for the taxable year ended March 31, 2020, and expects that it will be a PFIC for the current taxable year.

If the Corporation is a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder (as defined below under “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”) holds the Common Shares, the Corporation will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such U.S. Holder in all succeeding years during which the U.S. Holder owns the Common Shares, regardless of whether the Corporation continues to meet the PFIC test described above, unless the U.S. Holder makes a specified election once the Corporation ceases to be a PFIC. If the Corporation is classified as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds the Common Shares, the U.S. Holder may be subject to adverse tax consequences regardless of whether the Corporation continues to qualify as a PFIC, including ineligibility for any preferred tax rates on capital gains or on actual or deemed dividends, interest charges on certain taxes treated as deferred, and additional reporting requirements. In certain circumstances, a U.S. Holder may alleviate some of the adverse tax consequences attributable to PFIC status by making either a “qualified electing fund” (“QEF”) election or a mark-to-market election (if the Common Shares constitute “marketable” securities under the Code).

For further discussion of the PFIC rules and the adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences in the event the Corporation is classified as a PFIC, see the section of this prospectus entitled “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

As a Foreign Private Issuer, the Corporation is Subject to Different U.S. Securities Laws and Rules than a Domestic U.S. Issuer, which may Limit the Information Publicly Available to its U.S. Shareholders

The Corporation is a foreign private issuer under applicable U.S. federal securities laws and, therefore, is not required to comply with all of the periodic disclosure and current reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and related rules and regulations. As a result, the Corporation does not file the same reports that a U.S. domestic issuer would file with the SEC, although it will be required to file with or furnish to the SEC the continuous disclosure documents that the Corporation is required to file in Canada under Canadian securities laws. In addition, the Corporation’s officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and “short swing” profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Therefore, the Corporation’s shareholders may not know on as timely a basis when its officers, directors and principal shareholders purchase or sell securities of the Corporation as the reporting periods under the corresponding Canadian insider reporting requirements are longer. In addition, as a foreign private issuer, the Corporation is exempt from the proxy rules under the Exchange Act.

The Corporation may Lose its Foreign Private Issuer Status in the Future, which could Result in Significant Additional Costs and Expenses to the Corporation

In order to maintain its current status as a foreign private issuer, a majority of the Corporation’s Common Shares must be either directly or indirectly owned of record by non-residents of the United States unless the Corporation also satisfies one of the additional requirements necessary to preserve this status. The Corporation may in the future lose its foreign private issuer status if a majority of the Common Shares are owned of record in the United States and the Corporation fails to meet the additional requirements necessary to avoid loss of foreign private issuer status. The regulatory and compliance costs to the Corporation under U.S. federal securities laws as a U.S. domestic issuer may be significantly more than the costs the Corporation incurs as a Canadian foreign private issuer eligible to use MJDS. If the Corporation is not a foreign private issuer, it would not be eligible to use the MJDS or other foreign issuer forms and would be required to file periodic and current reports and registration statements on U.S. domestic issuer forms with the SEC, which are more detailed and extensive than the forms available to a foreign private issuer.

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CERTAIN CANADIAN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The applicable Prospectus Supplement may describe certain Canadian federal income tax consequences to an investor who is a resident of Canada or who is a non-resident of Canada of acquiring, owning or disposing of any Securities offered thereunder, including to the extent applicable, whether any dividends or interest relating to the Securities will be subject to Canadian non-resident withholding tax.

CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

Subject to the limitations and qualifications stated herein, this discussion sets forth material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the acquisition, ownership and disposition by U.S. Holders (as hereinafter defined) of the Common Shares. The discussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations thereunder, published rulings and court decisions, and the Canada-United States Income Tax Convention (1980) as amended (the “Treaty”) all as currently in effect and all subject to change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect. This summary applies only to U.S. Holders. This discussion of a U.S. Holder’s tax consequences addresses only those persons that acquire Common Shares in this offering and that hold those Common Shares as capital assets (generally, property held for investment). In addition, it does not describe all of the tax consequences that may be relevant in light of a U.S. Holder’s particular circumstances, including state and local tax consequences, estate and gift tax consequences, alternative minimum tax consequences, and tax consequences applicable to U.S. Holders subject to special rules, such as:

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banks, insurance companies, and certain other financial institutions;

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U.S. expatriates and certain former citizens or long-term residents of the United States;

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dealers or traders in securities who use a mark-to-market method of tax accounting;

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persons holding Common Shares as part of a hedging transaction, “straddle,” wash sale, conversion transaction or integrated transaction or persons entering into a constructive sale with respect to Common Shares;

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persons whose “functional currency” for U.S. federal income tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar;

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brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies;

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tax-exempt entities or government organizations;

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S corporations, partnerships, or other entities or arrangements classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

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regulated investment companies or real estate investment trusts;

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persons who acquired the Common Shares pursuant to the exercise of any employee stock option or otherwise as compensation;

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persons required to accelerate the recognition of any item of gross income with respect to the Common Shares as a result of such income being recognized on an applicable financial statement;

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persons holding the Common Shares in connection with a trade or business, permanent establishment, or fixed base outside the United States; and

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persons who own (directly or through attribution) 10% or more (by vote or value) of the outstanding Common Shares.

If an entity that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds Common Shares, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partnerships holding Common Shares and partners in such partnerships are encouraged to consult their tax advisers as to the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences of holding and disposing of Common Shares.

A “U.S. Holder” is a holder who, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is a beneficial owner of Common Shares and is:

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An individual who is a citizen or individual resident of United States;

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a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state therein or the District of Columbia;

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an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

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a trust if (1) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) the trust has a valid election in effect to be treated as a U.S. person under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations.

PERSONS CONSIDERING AN INVESTMENT IN COMMON SHARES SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS AS TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES APPLICABLE TO THEM RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF THE COMMON SHARES, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY OF U.S. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAX LAWS.

Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules

If the Corporation is classified as a PFIC in any taxable year, a U.S. Holder will be subject to special rules generally intended to reduce or eliminate any benefits from the deferral of U.S. federal income tax that a U.S. Holder could derive from investing in a non-U.S. company that does not distribute all of its earnings on a current basis.

A non-U.S. corporation will be classified as a PFIC for any taxable year in which, after applying certain look-through rules, either:

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at least 75% of its gross income is passive income (such as interest income); or

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at least 50% of its gross assets (determined on the basis of a quarterly average) is attributable to assets that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income.

The Corporation will be treated as owning its proportionate share of the assets and earning its proportionate share of the income of any other corporation, the equity of which it owns, directly or indirectly, 25% or more (by value).

If the Corporation is classified as a PFIC in any year with respect to which a U.S. Holder owns the Common Shares, the Corporation will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such U.S. Holder in all succeeding years during which the U.S. Holder owns the Common Shares, regardless of whether the Corporation continues to meet the tests described above unless (i) the Corporation ceases to be a PFIC and the U.S. Holder has made a “deemed sale” election under the PFIC rules, or (ii) the U.S. Holder makes a Qualified Electing Fund Election (“QEF Election”) with respect to all taxable years during such U.S. Holders holding period in which the Corporation is a PFIC. If the “deemed sale” election is made, a U.S. Holder will be deemed to have sold the Common Shares the U.S. Holder holds at their fair market value and any gain from such deemed sale would be subject to the rules described below. After the deemed sale election, so long as the Corporation does not become a PFIC in a subsequent taxable year, the U.S. Holder’s Common Shares with respect to which such election was made will not be treated as shares in a PFIC and the U.S. Holder will not be subject to the rules described below with respect to any “excess distribution” the U.S.

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Holder receives from us or any gain from an actual sale or other disposition of the Common Shares. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors as to the possibility and consequences of making a deemed sale election if the Corporation ceases to be a PFIC and such election becomes available.

For each taxable year the Corporation is treated as a PFIC with respect to U.S. Holders, U.S. Holders will be subject to special tax rules with respect to any “excess distribution” such U.S. Holder receives and any gain such U.S. Holder recognizes from a sale or other disposition (including, under certain circumstances, a pledge) of Common Shares, unless (i) such U.S. Holder makes a QEF Election or (ii) the Common Shares constitute “marketable” securities, and such U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-market election as discussed below. Absent the making of a QEF Election or a mark-to-market election, distributions a U.S. Holder receives in a taxable year that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions a U.S. Holder received during the shorter of the three preceding taxable years or the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Common Shares will be treated as an excess distribution. Under these special tax rules:

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the excess distribution or gain will be allocated ratably over a U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Common Shares;

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the amount allocated to the current taxable year, and any taxable year prior to the first taxable year in which the Corporation became a PFIC, will be treated as ordinary income; and

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the amount allocated to each other year will be subject to the highest tax rate in effect for that year and the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the resulting tax attributable to each such year.

The tax liability for amounts allocated to years prior to the year of disposition or “excess distribution” cannot be offset by any net operating losses for such years, and gains (but not losses) realized on the sale of the Common Shares cannot be treated as capital, even if a U.S. Holder holds the Common Shares as capital assets.

In addition, if the Corporation is a PFIC, a U.S. Holder will generally be subject to similar rules with respect to distributions the Corporation receives from, and the Corporation’s dispositions of the stock of, any of the Corporation’s direct or indirect subsidiaries that also are PFICs, as if such distributions were indirectly received by, and/or dispositions were indirectly carried out by, such U.S. Holder. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of the PFIC rules to the Corporation’s subsidiaries.

If a U.S. Holder makes an effective QEF Election, the U.S. Holder will be required to include in gross income each year, whether or not the Corporation makes distributions, as capital gains, such U.S. Holder’s pro rata share of the Corporation’s net capital gains and, as ordinary income, such U.S. Holder’s pro rata share of the Corporation’s earnings in excess of the Corporation’s net capital gains. If the Corporation determines that it is a PFIC for this year or any future taxable year, the Corporation currently expects that it would provide the information necessary for U.S. Holders to make a QEF Election.

U.S. Holders also can avoid the interest charge on excess distributions or gain relating to the Common Shares by making a mark-to-market election with respect to the Common Shares, provided that the Common Shares are “marketable.” Common Shares will be marketable if they are “regularly traded” on certain U.S. stock exchanges or on a foreign stock exchange that meets certain conditions. For these purposes, the Common Shares will be considered regularly traded during any calendar year during which they are traded, other than in de minimis quantities, on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter. Any trades that have as their principal purpose meeting this requirement will be disregarded. The Common Shares are listed on the TSX, which is a qualified exchange for these purposes. Consequently, if the Common Shares remain listed on the TSX and are regularly traded, and you are a holder of Common Shares, the Corporation expects the mark-to-market election would be available to U.S. Holders if the Corporation is a PFIC. Each U.S. Holder should consult its tax advisor as to the whether a mark-to-market election is available or advisable with respect to the Common Shares.

A U.S. Holder that makes a mark-to-market election must include in ordinary income for each year an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Common Shares at the close of the taxable year over the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Common Shares. An electing holder may also claim an ordinary loss deduction for the excess, if any, of the U.S. Holder’s adjusted basis in the Common Shares

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over the fair market value of the Common Shares at the close of the taxable year, but this deduction is allowable only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains for prior years. Gains from an actual sale or other disposition of the Common Shares will be treated as ordinary income, and any losses incurred on a sale or other disposition of the shares will be treated as an ordinary loss to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains for prior years. Once made, the election cannot be revoked without the consent of the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), unless the Common Shares cease to be marketable.

However, a mark-to-market election generally cannot be made for equity interests in any lower-tier PFICs that we own, unless shares of such lower-tier PFIC are themselves “marketable.” As a result, even if a U.S. Holder validly makes a mark-to-market election with respect to the Common Shares, the U.S. Holder may continue to be subject to the PFIC rules (described above) with respect to its indirect interest in any of the Corporation’s investments that are treated as an equity interest in a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors to determine whether any of these elections would be available and if so, what the consequences of the alternative treatments would be in their particular circumstances.

Unless otherwise provided by the United States Treasury Department (the “U.S. Treasury”), each U.S. shareholder of a PFIC is required to file an annual report containing such information as the U.S. Treasury may require. A U.S. Holder’s failure to file the annual report will cause the statute of limitations for such U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax return to remain open with regard to the items required to be included in such report until three years after the U.S. Holder files the annual report, and, unless such failure is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, the statute of limitations for the U.S. Holder’s entire U.S. federal income tax return will remain open during such period. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the requirements of filing such information returns under these rules.

WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE IMPACT OF THE CORPORATION’S PFIC STATUS ON YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE COMMON SHARES AS WELL AS THE APPLICATION OF THE PFIC RULES TO YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE COMMON SHARES.

Cash Dividends and Other Distributions

Subject to the discussion under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules” above, to the extent there are any distributions made with respect to the Common Shares, a U.S. Holder generally will be required to include in its gross income distributions received with respect to its Common Shares (including the amount of Canadian taxes withheld, if any) as dividend income, but only to the extent that the distribution is paid out of the Corporation’s current or accumulated earnings and profits (computed using U.S. federal income tax principles), with the excess treated first as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of the holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Common Shares and, thereafter, as capital gain recognized on a sale or exchange on the day actually or constructively received by the holder (as described below under “Sale or Disposition of Common Shares”). There can be no assurance that the Corporation will maintain calculations of the Corporation’s earnings and profits in accordance with U.S. federal income tax accounting principles. U.S. Holders should therefore assume that any distribution with respect to the Common Shares will constitute ordinary dividend income. Dividends paid on the Common Shares will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction allowed to U.S. corporations.

Dividends paid to a non-corporate U.S. Holder by a “qualified foreign corporation” may be subject to reduced rates of taxation if certain holding period and other requirements are met. A qualified foreign corporation generally includes a foreign corporation if (i) its Common Shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States or it is eligible for benefits under a comprehensive U.S. income tax treaty that includes an exchange of information program and which the U.S. Treasury has determined is satisfactory for these purposes and (ii) if such foreign corporation is not a PFIC (as discussed above) for either the taxable year in which the dividend is paid or the preceding taxable year. While the Common Shares are not expected to be readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States, the Corporation may be eligible for the benefits of the Treaty. Accordingly, subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, a non-corporate U.S. Holder may qualify for the reduced rate on dividends so long as the applicable holding period requirements are met. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the reduced tax rate on dividends in light of their particular circumstances.

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Distributions paid in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be included in a U.S. Holder’s gross income in a U.S. dollar amount based on the spot exchange rate in effect on the date of actual or constructive receipt, whether or not the payment is converted into U.S. dollars at that time. The U.S. Holder will have a tax basis in such currency equal to such U.S. dollar amount, and any gain or loss recognized upon a subsequent sale or conversion of the foreign currency for a different U.S. dollar amount will generally be U.S. source ordinary income or loss.

If the dividend is converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, a U.S. Holder generally should generally not be required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss in respect of the dividend income.

If a U.S. Holder is subject to Canadian withholding taxes (at the rate applicable to such U.S. Holder) with respect to dividends paid on the Common Shares, such U.S. Holder may be entitled to receive either a deduction or a foreign tax credit for such Canadian taxes paid. Complex limitations apply to the foreign tax credit. Dividends paid by us generally will constitute “foreign source” income and generally will be categorized as “passive category income.” Because the foreign tax credit rules are complex, each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the foreign tax credit rules.

Sale or Disposition of Common Shares

A U.S. Holder generally will recognize gain or loss on the taxable sale or exchange of the Common Shares in an amount equal to the difference between the U.S. dollar amount realized on such sale or exchange (determined in the case of the Common Shares sold or exchanged for currencies other than U.S. dollars by reference to the spot exchange rate in effect on the date of the sale or exchange or, if the Common Shares sold or exchanged are traded on an established securities market and the U.S. Holder is a cash basis taxpayer or an electing accrual basis taxpayer, which election must be applied consistently from year to year and cannot be changed without the consent of the IRS, the spot exchange rate in effect on the settlement date) and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Common Shares determined in U.S. dollars. The initial tax basis of the Common Shares to a U.S. Holder will be the U.S. Holder’s U.S. dollar purchase price for the Common Shares (determined by reference to the spot exchange rate in effect on the date of the purchase, or if the Common Shares purchased are traded on an established securities market and the U.S. Holder is a cash basis taxpayer or an electing accrual basis taxpayer, which election must be applied consistently from year to year and cannot be changed without the consent of the IRS, the spot exchange rate in effect on the settlement date). An accrual basis U.S. Holder that does not make the special election will recognize exchange gain or loss to the extent attributable to the difference between the exchange rates on the sale date and the settlement date, and such exchange gain or loss generally will constitute ordinary income or loss.

Subject to the discussion under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules” above, such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term gain or loss if the Common Shares have been held for more than one year. Under current law, long-term capital gains of non-corporate U.S. Holders generally are eligible for reduced rates of taxation. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. Capital gain or loss, if any, recognized by a U.S. Holder generally will be treated as U.S. source income or loss for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. U.S. Holders are encouraged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the U.S. foreign tax credit in their particular circumstances.

Medicare Contribution Tax

Certain U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates or certain trusts must pay a 3.8% tax, or “Medicare contribution tax”, on their “net investment income.” Net investment income generally includes, among other things, dividend income and net gains from the disposition of stock. A U.S. Holder that is an individual, estate or trust should consult its tax advisor regarding the applicability of the Medicare contribution tax to its income and gains in respect of its investment in the Common Shares.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

Payments of dividends and sales proceeds that are made within the United States or through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries generally are subject to information reporting, and may be subject to backup withholding, unless (i) the U.S. Holder is a corporation or other exempt recipient or (ii) in the case of

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backup withholding, the U.S. Holder provides a correct taxpayer identification number and certifies that it is not subject to backup withholding on a duly executed IRS Form W-9 or otherwise establishes an exemption.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a U.S. Holder will be allowed as a credit against the U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle the U.S. Holder to a refund, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Certain Reporting Requirements

U.S. Holders paying more than $100,000 for the Common Shares generally may be required to file IRS Form 926 reporting the payment of the offer price for the Common Shares to us. Substantial penalties may be imposed upon a U.S. Holder that fails to comply. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor as to the possible obligation to file IRS Form 926.

Information with Respect to Foreign Financial Assets

Certain U.S. Holders who are individuals (and, under regulations, certain entities) may be required to report information relating to the Common Shares, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for Common Shares held in accounts maintained by certain U.S. financial institutions), by filing IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets) with their federal income tax return. Such U.S. Holders who fail to timely furnish the required information may be subject to a penalty. Additionally, if a U.S. Holder does not file the required information, the statute of limitations with respect to tax returns of the U.S. Holder to which the information relates may not close until three years after such information is filed. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisers regarding their reporting obligations with respect to their ownership and disposition of the Common Shares.

LEGAL MATTERS

Unless otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement, certain legal matters relating to the offering of Securities under this Prospectus will be passed upon by McCarthy Tétrault LLP. In addition, certain legal matters in connection with any offering of Securities under this Prospectus will be passed upon for any underwriters, dealers or agents by counsel to be designated at the time of the offering by such underwriters, dealers or agents.

As of the date hereof, the partners and associates of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, as a group, beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, less than 1% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation or any of its associates or affiliates.

Any offering of securities pursuant to this Prospectus, including by way of at-the-market offerings, will be conducted in accordance with applicable securities legislation, and, if applicable, will be subject to regulatory approval or exemptive relief.

AUDITORS

The Corporation’s financial statements as at March 31, 2020 incorporated by reference in this Prospectus have been audited by Davidson & Company LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report incorporated by reference in this Prospectus. Davidson & Company LLP is independent with respect to the Corporation within the meaning of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

The transfer agent and registrar for the Common Shares is TSX Trust Company at its principal offices in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PURCHASERS’ STATUTORY RIGHTS AND
CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS OF WITHDRAWAL AND RESCISSION

Securities legislation in certain of the provinces of Canada provides purchasers with the right to withdraw from an agreement to purchase Securities. This right may be exercised within two business days

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after receipt or deemed receipt of a Prospectus, the accompanying Prospectus Supplements and any amendment. In several of the provinces of Canada, the securities legislation further provides a purchaser with remedies for rescission or, in some jurisdictions, revisions of the price or damages if the Prospectus, the accompanying Prospectus Supplements or any amendment contains a misrepresentation or is not delivered to the purchaser, provided that the remedies for rescission, revision of the price or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province for the particulars of these rights or consult with a legal adviser.

In an offering of Preferred Shares, Subscription Receipts, Warrants and Units (collectively, “Convertible Securities”), investors are cautioned that the statutory right of action for damages for a misrepresentation contained in the Prospectus and the accompanying Prospectus Supplements is limited, in certain provincial securities legislation, to the price at which such security is offered to the public under the Prospectus offering. This means that, under the securities legislation of certain provinces, if the purchaser pays additional amounts upon conversion, exchange or exercise of the security, those amounts may not be recoverable under the statutory right of action for damages that applies in those provinces. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province for the particulars of this right of action for damages or consult with a legal advisor. By virtue of their purchase of Convertible Securities, original purchasers will have a contractual right of rescission against the Corporation in respect of the conversion, exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities. The contractual right of rescission will entitle such original purchasers to receive the amount paid upon conversion, exchange or exercise, upon surrender of the securities issued to such purchaser upon conversion of such Convertible Securities, in the event that this Prospectus, as supplemented by an applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to such Convertible Securities, as amended, contains a misrepresentation, provided that the right or rescission will be consistent with the statutory right of rescission described under section 130 of the Securities Act (Ontario), and is in addition to any other right or remedy available to original purchasers under section 130 of the Securities Act (Ontario) or otherwise to law. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the province in which the purchaser resides for the particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.

ENFORCEABILITY OF JUDGMENTS

The Corporation is incorporated under, and governed by, the laws of Canada. Many of its officers and directors and experts named in this Prospectus are resident outside of the United States, and a majority of their assets, and the assets of the Corporation, are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for U.S. investors to effect service of process within the United States upon those directors, officers or experts who are not residents of the United States, or to realize in the United States upon judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon civil liability of such directors, officers or experts under U.S. federal securities laws.

The Corporation has filed with the SEC, concurrently with the filing of its U.S. Registration Statement on Form F-10 of which this Prospectus forms a part, an appointment of agent for service of process and undertaking on Form F-X. Under the Form F-X, the Corporation appointed C T Corporation System as its agent for service of process in the United States in connection with any investigation or administrative proceeding conducted by the SEC, and any civil suit or action brought against or involving the Corporation in a U.S. court arising out of or related to or concerning the offering of Securities under the U.S. Registration Statement. However, it may not be possible for investors to enforce outside the United States judgments against the Corporation obtained in the United States in any such actions, including actions predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the United States federal and state securities laws.

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Units

MEDICENNA THERAPEUTICS CORP.

Prospectus Supplement

, 2022

Sole Book-Running Manager

Guggenheim Securities, LLC

Co-Manager

Bloom Burton Securities