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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis is meant to provide material information relevant to an assessment of the financial condition and results of operations of our company, including an evaluation of the amounts and uncertainties of cash flows from operations and from outside sources, so as to allow investors to better view our company from management's perspective. You should read the following discussion and analysis of financial condition and operating results together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, such as those set forth in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in or implied by these forward-looking statements. For convenience of presentation some of the numbers have been rounded in the text below.

Overview

Our Business

We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating and life-threatening diseases through the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies to degrade disease-causing proteins. We use our PROTAC Discovery Engine, proprietary technology platform to engineer proteolysis targeting chimeras, or PROTAC targeted protein degraders, that are designed to harness the body’s own natural protein disposal system to selectively remove disease-causing proteins. We believe that our targeted protein degradation approach is a therapeutic modality that may provide distinct advantages over existing modalities, including traditional small molecule therapies and gene-based medicines. Our small-molecule PROTAC technology has the potential to address a broad range of intracellular disease targets, including those representing up to the 80% of proteins that currently cannot be

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addressed by existing small molecule therapies, commonly referred to as “undruggable” targets. We are using our PROTAC Discovery Engine to build an extensive pipeline of protein degradation product candidates to target diseases in oncology (including immuno-oncology), neuroscience, and other therapeutic areas. Our three lead product candidates are bavdegalutamide, ARV-471, and ARV-766.

Bavdegalutamide

We are developing bavdegalutamide, an investigational orally bioavailable PROTAC protein degrader targeting the androgen receptor protein, or AR, for the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, or mCRPC. We initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of bavdegalutamide designed to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of bavdegalutamide, which also includes measures of anti-tumor activity as secondary endpoints, including reduction in prostate specific antigen, or PSA, a well-recognized biomarker of prostate cancer progression. We received fast track designation for bavdegalutamide for mCRPC in May 2019. We have completed dose escalation in the Phase 1 clinical trial. In the fourth quarter of 2020, we initiated ARDENT, the Phase 2 single agent expansion portion of the bavdegalutamide clinical trial. In the fourth quarter of 2021, we initiated a Phase 1b clinical trial with bavdegalutamide in combination with abiraterone for the treatment of men with mCRPC. In the first half of 2022, we intend to initiate discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, about the potential for an accelerated approval pathway with bavdegalutamide in molecularly defined mCRPC and finalize a partnership for a companion diagnostic. In the second half of 2022, we plan to initiate a pivotal trial for patients with AR T878/H875 tumor mutations. We anticipate that future studies will be planned to explore the potential to treat earlier-line patients with AR-dependent tumors who may benefit from bavdegalutamide therapy.

ARV-471

We are developing ARV-471, an investigational orally bioavailable PROTAC protein degrader targeting the estrogen receptor protein, or ER, for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER positive / HER2 negative breast cancer. We initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of ARV-471 designed to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of ARV-471, which also includes measures of anti-tumor activity as secondary endpoints. In the fourth quarter of 2020, we initiated a Phase 1b cohort expansion of ARV-471 in combination with Ibrance® (palbociclib). We have completed dose escalation in the Phase 1 clinical trial. In the first quarter of 2021, we initiated VERITAC, the Phase 2 single agent expansion cohort of the ARV-471 clinical trial. In July 2021, we entered into a collaboration agreement with Pfizer, pursuant to which we granted Pfizer worldwide coexclusive rights to develop and commercialize ARV-471. In December 2021, we presented data from the dose escalation portion of the Phase 1/2 clinical trial at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. In the second half of 2022, we plan to present data from the VERITAC Phase 2 dose expansion (with patients dosed at 200 and 500 mg) and present safety data from the Phase 1b combination study with palbociclib. Additionally, in 2022, we plan to initiate a Phase 1b clinical trial with ARV-471 in combination with everolimus in patients with metastatic breast cancer, initiate a Phase 1b combination trial with cyclin-dependent kinase, or CDK, inhibitors or other targeted therapies, initiate a Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with early breast cancer in the neoadjuvant setting and initiate Phase 3 clinical trials in patients with metastatic breast cancer as a monotherapy and in combination.

ARV-766

We are developing ARV-766, an investigational orally bioavailable PROTAC protein degrader for the treatment of men with mCRPC. In preclinical studies, ARV-766 degraded all tested resistance-driving point mutations of AR, including L702H, a mutation associated with treatment with abiraterone and other AR-pathway therapies, which bavdegalutamide did not degrade in preclinical studies. In 2021, we initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial for ARV-766 designed to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of ARV-766, which also includes measures of anti-tumor activity as secondary endpoints, including reduction in PSA. In the second half of 2022, we plan to present Phase 1 dose escalation data and initiate a Phase 2 expansion trial for the treatment of men with mCRPC.

Bavdegalutamide, ARV-471 and ARV-766 have all demonstrated potent and selective protein degradation in our preclinical studies. We believe favorable clinical trial results in these initial oncology programs would provide validation of our platform as a new therapeutic modality for the potential treatment of diseases caused by dysregulated intracellular proteins regardless of therapeutic area.

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Our Operations

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have experienced disruptions in their operations and in the markets they serve. We have instated some and may take additional precautionary measures intended to help ensure our employees' well-being and minimize business disruption. We temporarily shut down our laboratories in mid-March 2020 and initiated work with biology contract research organizations, or CROs, but have since reopened our laboratories. Our office-based employees are working in a hybrid fashion (partially remote and partially in-person). We considered the impact of COVID-19 on the assumptions and estimates used and determined that there were no material adverse impacts on our results of operations and financial position as of December 31, 2021. The full extent of the future impacts of COVID-19 on our operations remains uncertain. A prolonged outbreak could have a material adverse impact on our financial results and business operations, including the timing and our ability to complete certain clinical trials and other efforts required to advance our preclinical pipeline.

We commenced operations in 2013. Our operations to date have been limited to organizing and staffing our company, business planning, raising capital, conducting discovery and research activities, filing patent applications, identifying potential product candidates, undertaking preclinical studies and clinical trials and establishing arrangements with third parties for the manufacture of initial quantities of our product candidates. To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales and have financed our operations primarily through sales of our equity interests, proceeds from our collaborations, grant funding and debt financing. Through December 31, 2021, we raised approximately $1.3 billion in gross proceeds from the sale of equity instruments and the exercise of stock options, and had received an aggregate of $774.0 million in payments primarily from collaboration partners.

In July 2021, we entered into a collaboration agreement, or the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, with Pfizer Inc., or Pfizer, pursuant to which we granted Pfizer worldwide co-exclusive rights to develop and commercialize products containing our proprietary compound ARV-471, or the Licensed Products. Under the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, we received an upfront, non-refundable payment of $650 million. In addition, we will be eligible to receive up to an additional $1.4 billion in contingent payments based on specific regulatory and sales-based milestones for the Licensed Products. Of the total contingent payments, $400 million in regulatory milestones are related to marketing approvals and $1.0 billion are related to sales-based milestones.

We and Pfizer will share equally (50/50) all development costs, including costs for conducting clinical trials, for the Licensed Products, subject to certain exceptions. Except for certain regions described below, we and Pfizer will also share equally all profits and losses in commercialization and medical affairs activities for the Licensed Products in all other countries, subject to certain exceptions.

We will be the marketing authorization holder in the United States and, subject to marketing approval, book sales in the United States, while Pfizer will hold marketing authorizations outside the United States. We and Pfizer will determine which, if any, regions within the world will be solely commercialized by one party, and in such region the parties will adjust their share of all profits and losses for the Licensed Products based on the role each party will be performing.

In addition, in connection with the execution of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, in July 2021, we and Pfizer entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement, or Pfizer Stock Purchase Agreement, for the sale and issuance of 3,457,815 shares of our common stock, or the Shares, to Pfizer at a price of $101.22 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $350 million, or the Pfizer Equity Transaction, which was consummated in September 2021. We have determined that the fair market value of the Pfizer Equity Transaction totaled $264.6 million and allocated the $85.4 million excess purchase price to the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement. Pursuant to terms of the Pfizer Stock Purchase Agreement, Pfizer has agreed not to sell or transfer the Shares without our prior written approval for a specified time period, subject to specified exceptions.

We are a clinical-stage company. Bavdegalutamide and ARV-471 are each in Phase 1/2 clinical trials, ARV-766 is in a Phase 1 clinical trial, and our other drug discovery activities are at the research and preclinical development stages. Our ability to generate revenue from product sales sufficient to achieve profitability will depend heavily on the successful development and eventual commercialization of one or more of our product candidates. Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses for at least the next several years. Our net losses were $191.0 million, $119.3 million and $70.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $682.9 million.

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Our total operating expenses were $242.0 million, $146.7 million, and $94.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. We anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially due to costs associated with our ongoing and anticipated clinical activities for bavdegalutamide, ARV-471, and ARV-766, development activities associated with our other product candidates, research activities in oncology, neurological and other disease areas to expand our pipeline, hiring additional personnel in research, clinical trials, quality and other functional areas, increased expenses incurred with CMOs to supply us with product for our preclinical and clinical studies and CROs for the synthesis of compounds in our pre-clinical development activities, as well as other associated costs including the management of our intellectual property portfolio.

We do not expect to generate revenue from sales of any product for many years, if ever. Accordingly, we will need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we could be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our research or product development programs or any future commercialization efforts, or to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.

Financial Operations Overview

Revenue

To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales and do not expect to generate any revenue from the sale of products in the foreseeable future. Our revenues to date have been generated through research collaboration and license agreements. Revenue is recognized ratably over our expected performance period under each agreement. We expect that any revenue for the next several years will be derived primarily from our current collaboration agreements and any additional collaborations that we may enter into in the future. To date, we have not received any sales-based milestone payments or royalties under any of the collaboration agreements.

Genentech License Agreement

In September 2015, we entered into an Option and License Agreement with Genentech, Inc. and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, collectively referred to as Genentech, focused on PROTAC targeted protein degrader discovery and research for target proteins, or Targets, based on our proprietary platform technology, other than excluded Targets as described below. This collaboration was expanded in November 2017 through an Amended and Restated Option, License and Collaboration Agreement, which we refer to as the Restated Genentech Agreement.

Under the Restated Genentech Agreement, Genentech has the right to designate up to ten Targets for further discovery and research utilizing our PROTAC platform technology. Genentech may designate as a Target any protein to which a PROTAC targeted protein degrader, by design, binds to achieve its mechanism of action, subject to certain exclusions. Genentech also has the right to remove a Target from the collaboration and substitute a different Target that is not an excluded Target at any time prior to us commencing research on such Target or in certain circumstances following commencement of research by us.

At the time we entered into the original agreement with Genentech we received an upfront payment of $11.0 million, and at the time we entered into the Restated Genentech Agreement, we received an additional $34.5 million in upfront and expansion target payments. We are eligible to receive up to an aggregate of $27.5 million in additional expansion target payments if Genentech exercises its options for all remaining Targets. We are also eligible to receive payments aggregating up to $44.0 million per Target upon the achievement of specified development milestones; payments aggregating up to $52.5 million per Target (assuming approval of two indications) subject to the achievement of specified regulatory milestones; and payments aggregating up to $60.0 million per PROTAC targeted protein degrader directed against the applicable Target, subject to the achievement of specified sales milestones. These milestone payments are subject to reduction if we do not have a valid patent claim covering the licensed PROTAC targeted protein degrader at the time the milestone is achieved. We are also eligible to receive, on net sales of licensed PROTAC targeted protein degraders, mid-single digit royalties, which may be subject to reductions.

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Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement

In December 2017, we entered into a Research Collaboration and License Agreement with Pfizer setting forth our collaboration to identify or optimize PROTAC targeted protein degraders that mediate for degradation of Targets using our proprietary platform technology that are identified in the agreement or subsequently selected by Pfizer, subject to certain exclusions. We refer to this agreement as the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement.

Under the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement, Pfizer has designated a number of initial Targets. For each identified Target, we and Pfizer will conduct a separate research program pursuant to a research plan. Pfizer may make substitutions for any of the initial Target candidates, subject to the stage of research for such Target.

In the year ended December 31, 2018, we received an upfront, non-refundable payment and certain additional payments totaling $28.0 million in exchange for use of the technology license and to fund Pfizer-related research as defined within the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement. We are eligible to receive up to an additional $37.5 million in non-refundable option payments if Pfizer exercises its options for all targets under the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement. We are also entitled to receive up to $225.0 million in development milestone payments and up to $550.0 million in sales-based milestone payments for all designated targets under the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement, as well as mid- to high-single digit tiered royalties, which may be subject to reductions, on net sales of PROTAC targeted protein degrader-related products. In 2021 and 2020, we received payments totaling $1.2 million and $4.4 million, respectively, for additional targets and services.

Bayer Collaboration Agreement

In June 2019, we entered into a Collaboration and License Agreement, or the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, with Bayer AG, or, together with its controlled affiliates, Bayer, setting forth our collaboration to identify or optimize PROTAC targeted protein degraders that mediate for degradation of Targets, using our proprietary platform technology, that are selected by Bayer, subject to certain exclusions and limitations. The Bayer Collaboration Agreement became effective in July 2019.

Under the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, we and Bayer conduct a research program pursuant to separate research plans mutually agreed to by us and Bayer and tailored to each Target selected by Bayer. Bayer may make substitutions for any such initial Target candidates, subject to certain conditions and based on the stage of research for such Target. During the term of the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, we are not permitted, either directly or indirectly, to design, identify, discover or develop any small molecule pharmacologically-active agent whose primary mechanism of action is, by design, directed to the inhibition or degradation of any Target selected or reserved by Bayer, or grant any license, covenant not to sue or other right to any third party in the field of human disease under the licensed intellectual property for the conduct of such activities.

Under the terms of the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, we received an aggregate upfront non-refundable payment of $17.5 million, plus an additional $1.5 million in research funding payments. Bayer is committed to fund an additional $10.5 million in research funding payments through 2022, of which $3.0 million was received in each of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, subject to potential increases if our costs for research activities exceed the research funding payments allocated to a Target and certain conditions are met. We are also eligible to receive up to $197.5 million in development milestone payments and up to $490.0 million in sales-based milestone payments for all designated Targets. In addition, we are eligible to receive, on net sales of PROTAC targeted protein degrader-related products, mid-single digit to low-double digit tiered royalties, which may be subject to reductions.

Pfizer ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement

In July 2021, we entered into the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement with Pfizer, pursuant to which we granted Pfizer worldwide co-exclusive rights to develop and commercialize the Licensed Products.

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Under the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, we received an upfront, non-refundable payment of $650 million. In addition, we are eligible to receive up to an additional $1.4 billion in contingent payments based on specified regulatory and sales-based milestones for the Licensed Products. Of the total contingent payments, $400 million in regulatory milestones are related to marketing approvals and $1.0 billion are related to sales-based milestones.

We and Pfizer will share equally (50/50) all development costs (including costs for conducting any clinical trials) for the Licensed Products, subject to certain exceptions. Except for certain regions described below, we will also share equally (50/50) all profits and losses in commercialization and medical affairs activities for the Licensed Products in all other countries, subject to certain exceptions.

We will be the marketing authorization holder and, subject to marketing approval, book sales in the United States, while Pfizer will hold marketing authorizations outside the United States. We will determine with Pfizer which, if any, regions within the world will be solely commercialized by one party, and in such region the parties will adjust their share of all profits and losses for the Licensed Products based on the role each party will be performing.

Unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms, the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement will expire on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis when such Licensed Products are no longer commercialized or developed for commercialization in such country. Pfizer may terminate the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement for convenience in its entirety or on a region-by-region basis subject to certain notice periods. Either party may terminate the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement for the other party’s uncured material breach or insolvency. Subject to applicable terms of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, including certain payments to Pfizer upon termination for our uncured material breach, effective upon termination of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, we are entitled to retain specified licenses to be able to continue to exploit the Licensed Products.

Subject to specified exceptions, we and Pfizer have each agreed not to directly or indirectly research, develop, or commercialize any competing products outside of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement anywhere in the world during the term of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses since inception have consisted solely of research and development costs and general and administrative costs.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses consist primarily of costs incurred for our research activities, including our discovery efforts, and the development of our product candidates, and include:

•salaries, benefits and other related costs, including stock-based compensation expense, for personnel engaged in research and development functions;

•expenses incurred under agreements with third parties, including contract research organizations and other third parties that conduct research and preclinical activities on our behalf as well as third parties that manufacture our product candidates for use in our preclinical studies and clinical trials;

•costs of outside consultants, including their fees, stock-based compensation and related travel expenses;

•the costs of laboratory supplies and developing preclinical studies and clinical trial materials;

•facility-related expenses, which include direct depreciation costs of equipment and allocated expenses for rent and maintenance of facilities and other operating costs; and

•third-party licensing fees.

We expense research and development costs as incurred.

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We typically use our employee and infrastructure resources across our development programs, and as such, do not track all of our internal research and development expenses on a program-by-program basis. The following table summarizes our research and development expenses for our AR program, which includes bavdegalutamide and ARV-766, ER program, which includes ARV-471, and all other platform and exploratory research and development costs:

Years Ended December 31,

AR program development costs $ 41.8 $ 24.4 $ 12.1

ER program development costs 30.9 17.5 6.2

Other research and development costs 107.7 66.5 48.9

Total research and development costs $ 180.4 $ 108.4 $ 67.2

Research and development activities are central to our business model. We expect that our research and development expenses will continue to increase substantially for the foreseeable future as we conduct clinical trials for bavdegalutamide, ARV-471 and ARV-766, including our ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trials for bavdegalutamide and ARV-471 and our ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial for ARV-766, and continue to discover and develop additional product candidates. Research and development expenses related to ARV-471 are shared equally with Pfizer from July 22, 2021, the effective date of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement. The ER program development costs in the table above reflect the cost sharing with Pfizer.

We cannot reasonably estimate or determine with certainty the duration and costs of future clinical trials of bavdegalutamide, ARV-471 and ARV-766 or any other product candidate we may develop or if, when, or to what extent we will generate revenue from the commercialization and sale of any product candidate for which we obtain marketing approval. We may never succeed in obtaining marketing approval for any product candidate. The successful development and commercialization of our product candidates is highly uncertain. This is due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing drugs, including the uncertainty of:

•successful completion of preclinical studies;

•successful initiation of clinical trials;

•successful patient enrollment in and completion of clinical trials;

•receipt and related terms of marketing approvals from applicable regulatory authorities;

•obtaining and maintaining patent and trade secret protection and regulatory exclusivity for our product candidates;

•making arrangements with third-party manufacturers, or establishing manufacturing capabilities, for both clinical and commercial supplies of our product candidates;

•establishing sales, marketing and distribution capabilities and launching commercial sales of our products, if and when approved, whether alone or in collaboration with others;

•acceptance of our products, if and when approved, by patients, the medical community and third-party payors;

•obtaining and maintaining third-party coverage and adequate reimbursement;

•maintaining a continued acceptable safety profile of the products following approval; and

•effectively competing with other therapies.

A change in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of a product candidate could mean a significant change in the costs and timing associated with the development of that product candidate. For example, if the FDA or another regulatory authority were to require us to conduct clinical trials beyond those that we anticipate will be required for the completion of clinical development of a product candidate, or if we experience significant delays in our clinical trials due to patient enrollment or other reasons, we would be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time on the completion of clinical development.

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General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and other related costs, including stock-based compensation for personnel in our executive, finance, business development and administrative functions. General and administrative expenses also include legal fees relating to intellectual property and corporate matters; professional fees for accounting, auditing, tax and consulting services; insurance costs; travel expenses; and facility-related expenses, which include direct depreciation costs and allocated expenses for rent and maintenance of facilities and other operating costs.

We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in the future as we increase our personnel headcount to support increased research and development activities relating to our product candidates. We also expect to incur increased expenses associated with being a public company, including costs of accounting, audit, legal, regulatory and tax-related services associated with maintaining compliance with Nasdaq and Securities and Exchange Commission requirements; director and officer insurance costs; and investor and public relations costs.

Interest Income (Expense)

Interest income consists of interest earned on our cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities. Interest income decreased in 2021 as compared to 2020 primarily due to lower interest rates, partially offset by a larger marketable securities balance. Interest expense consists primarily of interest paid or accrued on our outstanding debt with the State of Connecticut.

Income Taxes

Since our inception in 2013, we have not recorded any U.S. federal or state income tax benefits for the net losses we have incurred in any year or for our federal or state earned research and development tax credits, due to our uncertainty of realizing a benefit from those items. As of December 31, 2021, we had federal net operating loss carryforwards of $373.6 million, which begin to expire in 2033, state and local net operating loss carryforwards of $346.9 million, and federal and state research and development tax credit carryforwards of $15.2 million and $4.5 million, respectively, which begin to expire in 2033 and 2036, respectively.

As of December 31, 2021, we had four wholly owned subsidiaries organized as C-corporations: Arvinas Operations, Inc., Arvinas Androgen Receptor, Inc., Arvinas Estrogen Receptor, Inc., and Arvinas Winchester, Inc. Prior to December 31, 2018, these subsidiaries were separate filers for federal tax purposes. Net operating loss carryforwards are generated from the C-corporation subsidiaries’ filings. We have provided a valuation allowance against the full amount of the deferred tax assets since, in the opinion of management, based upon our earnings history, it is more likely than not that the benefits will not be realized.

Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates

Our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, costs and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our consolidated financial statements. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Our actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

While our significant accounting policies are described in more detail in the notes to our consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we believe that the following accounting policies are those most critical to the judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

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Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue under Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.Our revenue is generated through research collaboration and license agreements with pharmaceutical partners. The terms of these agreements contain multiple goods and services which may include (i) licenses, (ii) research and development activities and (iii) participation in joint research and development steering committees. The terms of these agreements may include non-refundable upfront license or option fees, payments for research and development activities, payments upon the achievement of certain milestones, and royalty payments based on product sales derived from the collaboration. Under ASC 606, we evaluate whether the license agreement, research and development services, and participation in research and development steering committees, represent separate or combined performance obligations. We have determined that these services within our existing contracts represent a combined single performance obligation.

The research collaboration and license agreements typically include contingent milestone payments related to specified preclinical and clinical development milestones and regulatory milestones. These milestone payments represent variable consideration that are not initially recognized within the transaction price as they are fully constrained under the guidance in ASC 606. We will continue to assess the probability of significant reversals for any amounts that become likely to be realized prior to recognizing the variable consideration associated with these payments within the transaction price.

Revenue is recognized ratably over our expected performance period under each respective arrangement. We make our best estimate of the period over which we expect to fulfill our performance obligations, which includes access to technology through the license agreement and research activities. Given the uncertainties of these collaboration arrangements, significant judgement is required to determine the duration of the performance period.

For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the transaction price allocated to the combined performance obligation identified under the individual research collaboration and license agreements was recognized as revenue on either a straight-line basis over the estimated performance period under the arrangement or over the estimated performance period based on our best estimate of costs to be incurred. Straight-line basis was considered the best measure of progress for certain agreements in which control of the combined obligation transfers to the customers, due to the contract containing license rights to technology, research and development services, and joint committee participation, which in totality are expected to occur ratably over the performance period.

Our contracts may also call for certain sales-based milestone and royalty payments upon successful commercialization of a target. In accordance with ASC 606-10-55-65, we recognize revenues from sales-based milestone and royalty payments at the later of (i) the occurrence of the subsequent sale, or (ii) the performance obligation to which some or all of the sales-based milestone or royalty payments has been allocated has been satisfied (or partially satisfied). We anticipate recognizing these milestone and royalty payments if and when subsequent sales are generated by the customer from the use of the technology. To date, no revenue from these sales-based milestone and royalty payments has been recognized for any periods.

Amounts received prior to satisfying the above revenue recognition criteria are recorded as contract liabilities in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Research and Development Contract Costs and Accruals

As part of the process of preparing our financial statements, we are required to estimate our accrued research and development expenses. This process involves reviewing open contracts and purchase orders, communicating with our applicable personnel to identify services that have been performed on our behalf and estimating the level of service performed and the associated cost incurred for the service when we have not yet been invoiced or otherwise notified of actual costs. The majority of our service providers invoice us in arrears for services performed, on a pre-determined schedule or when contractual milestones are met; however, some require advance payments. We make estimates of our accrued expenses as of each balance sheet date in the financial statements based on facts and circumstances known to us at that time. We periodically confirm the

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accuracy of these estimates with the service providers and make adjustments, if necessary. Examples of estimated accrued research and development expenses include fees paid to:

•vendors in connection with clinical development activities; and

•CROs and investigative sites in connection with pre-clinical, non-clinical, and human clinical trials

We base the expense recorded related to external research and development on our estimates of the services received and efforts expended pursuant to quotes and contracts with multiple CMOs and CROs that supply, conduct and manage clinical trials on our behalf. The financial terms of these agreements are subject to negotiation, vary from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment streams. There may be instances in which payments made to our vendors will exceed the level of services provided and result in a prepayment of the expense. In accruing service fees, we estimate the time period over which services will be performed and the level of effort to be expended in each period. If the actual timing of the performance of services or the level of effort varies from the estimate, we adjust the accrual or the amount of prepaid expenses accordingly. Although we do not expect our estimates to be materially different from amounts actually incurred, our understanding of the status and timing of services performed relative to the actual status and timing of services performed may vary and may result in reporting amounts that are too high or too low in any particular period. To date, there have not been any material adjustments to our prior estimates of accrued research and development expenses.

New Accounting Pronouncements

For information on new accounting standards, see Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Results of Operations

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

Years Ended December 31,

General and administrative expenses 61.6 38.3 23.3

Revenue

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $46.7 million, compared with $21.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase of $24.9 million was primarily due to $25.6 million of revenue from the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement entered into during the third quarter of 2021, partially offset by a net decrease in revenue due to a collaborator adding new targets that extends the period of revenue recognition for that collaboration agreement.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $180.4 million, compared with $108.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This increase of $72.0 million was primarily due to investments in our platform and exploratory programs of $41.2 million and increases in expenses related to our AR and ER programs of $17.4 million and $13.4 million, respectively. The increase in spending over all of our programs was primarily due to increased personnel and personnel costs utilized across all of our programs of $30.2 million, including $16.1 million related to stock compensation expense. Clinical trial costs and related drug manufacturing costs increased by $35.9 million as we expanded our AR and ER programs into additional clinical trials. ER program costs were offset by $13.4 million of cost sharing billings to Pfizer in accordance with our ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement. Direct expenses related to our platform and

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exploratory targets increased by $18.9 million as we expanded the number of protein targets in the exploratory and lead optimization phases as well as more investments in our platform discovery efforts.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses were $61.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared with $38.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This increase of $23.3 million was primarily due to an increase of personnel and facility related costs of $19.2 million, including $10.3 million related to stock compensation expense, and insurance, taxes and professional fees of $4.2 million.

Other Income

Other income was $4.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared with $5.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This decrease of $1.3 million was primarily due to lower interest income of $1.7 million from marketable security investments as compared to the prior year period, and a year-over-year change in realized losses of $0.6 million, partially offset by forgiveness of debt of $1.0 million equal to 50% of the then outstanding loan balance, related to the State of Connecticut loan, upon our satisfaction of certain jobs criteria.

Results of Operations — Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

Discussion and analysis of the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019 is included under the heading "Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019" in Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 1, 2021 and incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources of Liquidity

We do not currently have any approved products and have never generated any revenue from product sales. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through the sale of equity interests and through payments from collaboration partners, grant funding, and loans from the State of Connecticut. Through December 31, 2021, we had received an aggregate of $774.0 million in payments from collaboration partners, grant funding and forgivable and partially forgivable loans from the State of Connecticut, and raised approximately $1.3 billion in gross proceeds from the sale of equity interests and the exercise of stock options, including:

• October 2018: completion of our IPO, in which we issued and sold an aggregate of 7,700,482 shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $123.2 million before fees and expenses;

•July 2019: sale of 1,346,313 shares of common stock to Bayer AG for aggregate gross proceeds of $32.5 million;

•November 2019: completion of a follow-on offering in which we issued 5,227,273 shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $115.0 million before fees and expenses;

•September - December 2020: sale of 2,593,637 shares of common stock in an “at-the-market offering” for aggregate gross proceeds of $65.6 million before fees and expenses;

•December 2020: completion of a follow-on offering in which we issued 6,571,428 shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $460.0 million before fees and expenses; and

•September 2021: issuance of 3,457,815 share of common stock to Pfizer for aggregate gross proceeds of $350 million.

In May 2021, we entered into a lease for approximately 160,000 square feet of laboratory and office space to be occupied in 2024. In connection with the signing of the lease, and at our election to increase the landlord’s contribution to the tenant’s improvement allowance, we issued a letter of credit for $4.5 million,

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collateralized by a certificate of deposit in the same amount. Once occupied, the base rent will range from $7.7 million to $8.8 million annually over a ten-year lease term.

In July 2021, we entered into the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement with Pfizer, pursuant to which we granted Pfizer worldwide co-exclusive rights to develop and commercialize the Licensed Products. Under the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, Pfizer made an upfront, nonrefundable payment of $650 million.

In August 2021, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Piper Sandler & Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as agents, pursuant to which we may offer and sell from time to time, through the agents, up to $300.0 millionof the common stock registered under the universal shelf registration statement pursuant to one or more “at-the-market" offerings. During the year ended December 31, 2021, no shares were issued under this agreement.

Cash Flows

Our cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities totaled $1.5 billion and $688.5 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. We had an outstanding loan balance of $1.0 million and $2.0 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The following table summarizes our sources and uses of cash for the period presented:

Years Ended December 31,

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $ 559.4 $ (89.7) $ (40.6)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (1,313.6) 164.3 (93.1)

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 totaled $559.4 million, primarily due to an increase in deferred revenue of $695.5 million driven largely by the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement with Pfizer, a net increase in accrued expenses and accounts payable of $27.9 million, and non-cash charges of $72.1 million, partially offset by our net loss of $191.0 million, an increase in accounts receivable of $14.0 million related primarily to the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, prepaid expenses related in part to clinical trials and drug manufacturing contracts of $13.6 million, and the payment to obtain a contract of $12.9 million related to the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement. Non-cash charges were primarily stock compensation expense of $57.1 million, net accretion of bond discounts/premiums of $9.4 million and depreciation and amortization of $4.8 million.

Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 totaled $89.7 million, resulting from our net loss of $119.3 million and a decrease in deferred revenue of $13.3 million, partially offset by non-cash expenses of $35.6 million and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $12.8 million. Non-cash expenses included $30.2 million of stock compensation expense. The decrease in deferred revenue is primarily due to $21.8 million of revenue recognized, partially offset by $8.5 million in payments received and an accounts receivable from collaboration partners.

Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 totaled $40.6 million, resulting from our net loss of $70.3 million and an increase in other receivables of $4.0 million, partially offset by non-cash expenses of $22.5 million and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $5.2 million and deferred revenue of $4.9 million. The increase in deferred revenue is primarily due to $23.1 million in payments received from collaboration partners, partially offset by $18.3 million of revenue recognized.

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Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 totaled $1.3 billion, attributable to purchases of marketable securities in excess of the maturities of marketable securities of $1.3 billion due in part to funds received as part of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement and purchases of property and equipment of $4.7 million, partially offset by sales of marketable securities of $7.2 million.

Net cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 totaled $164.3 million, attributable to the net maturities and sales of marketable securities in excess of purchases of $170.7 million, offset by the purchases of property and equipment of $6.4 million.

Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 totaled $93.1 million, attributable to the net investment of excess cash of $86.8 million and the purchases of property and equipment of $6.3 million.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 totaled $278.6 million, attributable to the proceeds from the issuance of shares of our common stock to Pfizer of $260.0 million (after allocation of a portion of the proceeds to deferred revenue), net of expenses, and proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $18.6 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 totaled $504.6 million, primarily attributable to the proceeds from sales of our common stock from our public offering and at-the-market offering of $496.3 million, net of combined underwriter discounts from the public offering and offering costs of $29.3 million and the proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $8.3 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 totaled $139.7 million, primarily attributable to the proceeds from the sales of our common stock, net of underwriter discounts and offering costs, of $137.1 million and the proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $2.8 million. We also made $0.2 million in debt payments.

Funding Requirements

Since our inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future as we advance the preclinical and clinical development of our product candidates. In addition, we expect to continue to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company.

Specifically, we anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially if and as we:

•continue a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of our product candidate bavdegalutamideand a Phase 1b clinical trial of bavdegalutamide in combination with abiraterone for the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, or mCRPC, and initiate one or more additional Phase 1b clinical expansions of bavdegalutamide in combination with standard of care agents, in men with mCRPC;

•continue a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of our product candidate ARV-471 and a Phase 1b clinical trial of ARV-471 in combination with palbociclib, and initiate an additional Phase 1b cohort expansion in combination with a standard of care agent, each in patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER positive / HER2 negative breast cancer and initiate a window of opportunity study in early breast cancer;

•continue a Phase 1 clinical trial of our product candidate ARV-766 in men with mCRPC, and initiate a planned Phase 2 cohort expansion trial in 2022;

•apply our PROTAC Discovery Engine to advance additional product candidates into preclinical and clinical development;

•expand the capabilities of our PROTAC Discovery Engine;

•seek marketing approvals for any product candidates that successfully complete clinical trials;

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•ultimately establish a sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure and scale up external manufacturing capabilities to commercialize any products for which we may obtain marketing approval;

•expand, maintain and protect our intellectual property portfolio;

•hire additional development, including clinical and regulatory, and scientific personnel; and

•add operational, financial and management information systems and personnel to support our research, product development and future commercialization efforts and support our operations as a public company.

We had cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities of approximately $1.5 billion as of December 31, 2021. We believe that our cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities as of December 31, 2021 will enable us to fund our planned operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements multiple additional years beyond 2024. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our capital resources sooner than we currently expect. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:

•the progress, costs and results of our ongoing clinical trials for bavdegalutamide, ARV-471 and ARV-766 and any future clinical development of bavdegalutamide, ARV-471 and ARV-766;

•the scope, progress, costs and results of preclinical and clinical development for our other product candidates and development programs;

•the number of, and development requirements for, other product candidates that we pursue, including our other oncology and neurodegenerative research programs;

•the success of our collaborations with Pfizer, Genentech and Bayer;

•the costs, timing and outcome of regulatory review of our product candidates;

•the costs and timing of future commercialization activities, including product manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution, for any of our product candidates for which we receive marketing approval;

•the revenue, if any, received from commercial sales of our product candidates for which we receive marketing approval;

•the costs and timing of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications, maintaining and enforcing our intellectual property rights and defending any intellectual property-related claims; and

•our ability to establish additional collaboration arrangements with other biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies on favorable terms, if at all, for the development or commercialization of our product candidates.

As a result of these anticipated expenditures, we will need to obtain substantial additional financing in connection with our continuing operations. Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial revenue from product sales, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances and marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements. Although we may receive potential future payments under our collaborations with Pfizer, Genentech and Bayer, we do not currently have any committed external source of funds. Adequate additional funds may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our research, product development programs or any future commercialization efforts or grant rights to develop and market product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.

To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our common stockholders. Debt financing and preferred equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making acquisitions or capital expenditures or declaring dividends.

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If we raise additional funds through collaborations, strategic alliances or marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.

Borrowings

In January 2014, we entered into an Assistance Agreement with the State of Connecticut, or the 2014 Assistance Agreement. Under the terms of the 2014 Assistance Agreement, we borrowed $2.5 million. Borrowings under the 2014 Assistance Agreement were forgivable if we maintained a minimum number of full-time jobs in the State of Connecticut for a minimum period at a minimum annual salary. Effective in March 2016, the full principal amount under the 2014 Assistance Agreement had been forgiven. While borrowings under the 2014 Assistance Agreement have been forgiven, we remain subject to an ongoing covenant to be located in the State of Connecticut through January 2024. Upon violation of this covenant, we would be required to repay the full original funding amount of $2.5 million plus liquidated damages of 7.50%.

In June 2018, we entered into an additional Assistance Agreement with the State of Connecticut, or the 2018 Assistance Agreement, to provide funding for the expansion and renovation of laboratory and office space. Under the terms of the 2018 Assistance Agreement, we were entitled to borrow from the State of Connecticut a maximum of $2.0 million, provided that the funding did not exceed more than 50% of the total costs of the expansion and renovation. Borrowings under the 2018 Assistance Agreement bear an interest rate of 3.25% per annum and interest payments are required for the first 60 months from the funding date. Interest expense related to the 2018 Assistance Agreement is expected to be $0.1 million annually for the first five years. Thereafter, the loan begins to fully amortize through month 120, maturing in June 2028. The 2018 Assistance Agreement requires that we be located in the State of Connecticut through June 2028 with a default penalty of repayment of the full original funding amount of $2.0 million plus liquidated damages of 7.5% of the total amount of funding received.

We borrowed the full $2.0 million under the 2018 Assistance Agreement in September 2018. Up to $1.0 million of the funding can be forgiven if we meet certain employment conditions, which were met in April 2021 and we were granted loan forgiveness of $1.0 million from the State of Connecticut. At December 31, 2021, $1.0 million remains outstanding under the 2018 Assistance Agreement.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of our business. These risks primarily include interest rate sensitivities. Our interest-earning assets consist of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities. Interest income earned on these assets totaled $1.9 million in 2021. Our interest income is sensitive to changes in the general level of interest rates, primarily U.S. interest rates. At December 31, 2021, our cash equivalents consisted of bank deposits and money market funds, and our marketable securities included interest-earning securities. Such interest-earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. Our outstanding debt was $1.0 million as of December 31, 2021 and carries a fixed interest rate of 3.25% per annum.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Our financial statements, together with the report of our independent registered public accounting firm, appear on pages F-1 through F-25 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively), evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2021. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,”

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as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2021, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the company. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by the company’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:

•Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;

•Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and

•Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013). Based on that assessment, our management concluded that, as of December 31, 2021, our internal control over financial reporting was effective.

Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, included below.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2021 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We have not experienced any material impact to our internal control over financial reporting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are

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continually monitoring and assessing the COVID-19 pandemic on our internal controls to minimize the impact on their design and operating effectiveness.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Arvinas, Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Arvinas, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, of the Company and our report dated February 28, 2022, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Hartford, Connecticut

February 28, 2022

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Item 9B. Other Information.

None.

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspection

Not Applicable.

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PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from the information that will be contained in our Proxy Statement for our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we intend to file with the SEC within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year to which this Annual Report on Form 10-K relates pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K.

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our officers, including our principal executive, financial and accounting officers, and our directors and employees. We have posted the text of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics under the “Investors + Media – Corporate Governance” section of our website, www.arvinas.com. We intend to disclose on our website any amendments to, or waivers from, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that are required to be disclosed pursuant to the disclosure requirements of Item 5.05 of Form 8-K.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from the information that will be contained in our Proxy Statement for our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we intend to file with the SEC within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year to which this Annual Report on Form 10-K relates pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from the information that will be contained in our Proxy Statement for our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we intend to file with the SEC within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year to which this Annual Report on Form 10-K relates pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from the information that will be contained in our Proxy Statement for our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we intend to file with the SEC within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year to which this Annual Report on Form 10-K relates pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from the information that will be contained in our Proxy Statement for our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we intend to file with the SEC within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year to which this Annual Report on Form 10-K relates pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

(1)Financial Statements - The following financial statements are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 F-5

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-9

(2)Financial Statement Schedules

All financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable, not required or the information required is shown in the financial statements or the notes thereto.

(3)Index to Exhibits

The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

ExhibitNumber Description

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21.1* Subsidiaries of the Registrant.

99.1 Audited Financial Statements of Oerth Bio, LLC, as of December 31, 2020.

101.INS* Inline XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

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101.LAB* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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* Filed herewith.

** Furnished herewith.

† Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K.

+ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

None.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

ARVINAS, INC.

Date: February 28, 2022 By: /s/ John Houston, Ph.D.

John Houston, Ph.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name Title Date

John Houston, Ph.D. (principal executive officer)

/s/ Sean Cassidy Chief Financial Officer February 28, 2022

Sean Cassidy (principal financial and accounting officer)

/s/ Timothy Shannon, M.D. Chairman of the Board of Directors February 28, 2022

Timothy Shannon, M.D.

/s/ Linda Bain Director February 28, 2022

Linda Bain

/s/ Wendy Dixon, Ph.D. Director February 28, 2022

Wendy Dixon, Ph.D.

/s/ Edward Kennedy, Jr. Director February 28, 2022

Edward Kennedy, Jr.

/s/ Bradley Margus Director February 28, 2022

Bradley Margus

/s/ Briggs Morrison, M.D. Director February 28, 2022

Briggs Morrison, M.D.

/s/ Leslie Norwalk, Esq. Director February 28, 2022

Leslie Norwalk, Esq.

/s/ Liam Ratcliffe, M.D., Ph.D. Director February 28, 2022

Liam Ratcliffe, M.D., Ph.D.

/s/ Laurie Smaldone Alsup, M.D. Director February 28, 2022

Laurie Smaldone Alsup, M.D.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID No.34) F-2

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 F-5

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-9

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Arvinas, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Arvinas, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 28, 2022, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Prepaid and Accrued Research and Development - Refer to Note 2 in the Consolidated Financial Statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

The Company has entered into various contracts with third parties to perform research and development, including clinical research and contract manufacturing. When billing terms under these contracts do not coincide with the timing of when the work is performed, the Company makes estimates of the costs incurred by third parties during the period and the outstanding obligations to those third parties as of period-end. Estimates of costs incurred during the period that are included in period-end prepaid or accrued expense balances are based on a number of factors, including the Company’s knowledge of the research and development programs and clinical manufacturing activities associated with project status and milestones, invoicing to date, and the provisions in the contract. Significant judgments and estimates are made by the Company in determining the costs incurred during the period that are included in prepaid or accrued expense balances at the end of each reporting period.

We identified the measurement of the accruals and prepaid expense related to these types of research and development costs as a critical audit matter because of the judgments and estimates necessary for management to determine the status and progress of each contract. The expense recorded related to external research and development is based off of estimates as to the services received and efforts expended pursuant

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to quotes and contracts with the Company’s contract manufacturing vendors and contract research organizations that supply, conduct and manage clinical trials on the Company’s behalf. Assessing such estimates required an increased extent of audit effort and a high degree of auditor judgment when performing procedures to audit the prepaid and accrued expenses related to these costs.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit:

Our audit procedures related to the management’s estimation of costs incurred included the following, among others:

•Testing the effectiveness of controls over the accounting for prepaid and accrued research and development expenses, including the Company’s assessment and estimation of the costs incurred for significant research and development activities performed by third parties

•On a sample basis, we tested the accrued and prepaid expense balances by:

◦inspecting related contracts and agreeing key provisions of the contracts to the Company’s analysis of estimated expenses incurred to date;

◦inspecting correspondences from the third-party vendors to the Company, including status reports, and comparing such information to the amounts used in the Company’s estimates;

◦meeting with clinical and manufacturing operational personnel within the Company to understand the status of significant research and development activities for a sample of project activities, and comparing such information to the amounts used in the Company’s estimates;

◦comparing the estimated accrual balance as of December 31, 2021, to the invoices received after year-end to evaluate the Company’s ability to estimate the accrual.

Accounting Considerations for ARV 471 Revenue Agreement – Refer to Notes 2 and 3 in the consolidated financial statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

The Company recognizes revenue on license and collaboration agreements as they fulfill their performance obligations and transfer control of goods and services to the customer. During 2021, the Company entered into a new license and collaboration agreement with Pfizer (the “ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement”), which resulted in management applying judgment in determining the appropriate accounting for the agreement including: determining whether the license and collaboration agreement and the stock purchase agreement signed around the same time were part of a combined contract; identifying the performance obligations in the license and collaboration agreement and whether they should be accounted for as combined or separate performance obligations; and determining total transaction price allocated to the license and collaboration agreement which included the excess of the purchase price under the stock purchase agreement over the fair value of common stock. The Company recorded total collaboration revenue of $25.6 million pertaining to the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement in 2021.

Auditing the Company’s accounting conclusions pertaining to the new agreement required an increased extent of effort and a high degree of auditor judgment, including the need to involve individuals with accounting expertise in revenue recognition accounting, due to the potential for judgments involved in evaluating the terms of the agreement.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit:

Our principal audit procedures related to the Company’s accounting for the agreement included the following:

•Tested the effectiveness of controls over the Company’s processes for assessing the accounting treatment of the new agreement.

•We tested management’s identification of significant terms for completeness, including the identification of distinct performance obligations within the arrangement.

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•We tested and evaluated, among other things, the performance obligations identified, the estimates and assumptions used to determine transaction price, and the allocation of additional transaction price to the license and collaboration agreement.

•We tested management’s calculation of the fair value of the common stock issued under the stock purchase agreement including utilizing internal fair value specialists to assist in developing an independent estimate as to the discount for lack of marketability due to the contractual restrictions on sale for a period of time and comparing to management’s estimate.

•We tested the mathematical accuracy of management’s calculations of revenue, including testing the inputs into the calculation of progress utilized in the calculation.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Hartford, Connecticut

February 28, 2022

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2016.

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ARVINAS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

December 31,

(dollars and shares in millions) 2021 2020

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents $ 108.3 $ 588.4

Restricted cash 4.5 —

Accounts receivable 15.0 1.0

Other receivables 10.7 7.4

Prepaid expenses and other current assets 19.7 6.1

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net 12.7 12.3

Operating lease right of use assets 3.9 2.0

Collaboration contract asset and other assets 12.5 —

Liabilities and stockholders' equity

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable $ 31.3 $ 7.1

Current portion of operating lease liability 1.1 1.0

Total current liabilities 261.7 49.2

Long term debt 1.0 2.0

Operating lease liability 2.9 1.1

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders' equity:

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (4.6) 0.6

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,581.6 $ 717.4

See accompanying notes

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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

Operating expenses:

Other income (expense)

Interest expense (0.1) (0.1) (0.1)

Loss from equity method investment — — (24.7)

Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $ (3.82) $ (3.02) $ (2.13)

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted 50.0 39.5 32.9

(dollars in millions) Year Ended December 31,

Other comprehensive loss:

Unrealized (loss) gain on available-for-sale securities (5.2) 0.5 0.3

See accompanying notes

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(dollars and shares in millions) Shares Amount

Stock-based compensation — — — 20.1 — 20.1

Restricted stock vesting 0.5 — — — — —

Proceeds from exercise of stock options 0.2 — — 2.8 — 2.8

Unrealized gain on available-for -sale securities — — — — 0.3 0.3

Stock-based compensation — — — 30.2 — 30.2

Restricted stock vesting 0.4 — — — — —

Proceeds from exercise of stock options 0.5 — — 8.2 — 8.2

Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities — — — — 0.5 0.5

Stock-based compensation — — — 57.1 — 57.1

Restricted stock vesting 0.2 — — — — —

Proceeds from exercise of stock options 0.8 — — 18.7 — 18.7

Common stock issued, net of issuance costs of $4.6 million 3.5 — — 259.9 — 259.9

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities — — — — (5.2) (5.2)

See accompanying notes

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Years Ended December 31,

Cash flows from operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization 4.8 3.2 1.6

Net accretion of bond discounts/premiums 9.4 1.7 0.2

Forgiveness of debt income (1.0) — —

Loss (gain) on sale of marketable securities 0.2 (0.4) —

Amortization of right to use assets 1.2 0.9 0.7

Amortization of collaboration contract asset 0.4 — —

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable (14.0) (1.0) 2.8

Other receivables (3.3) (1.2) (4.0)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets (13.6) (2.4) (1.1)

Collaboration contract asset (12.9) — —

Operating lease liabilities (1.3) (0.9) (0.6)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 559.4 (89.7) (40.6)

Cash flows from investing activities:

Sale of marketable securities 7.2 37.8 —

Purchase of property, equipment and leasehold improvements (4.7) (6.4) (6.3)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (1,313.6) 164.3 (93.1)

Cash flows from financing activities:

Repayments of long-term debt — — (0.2)

Payment of common stock offering costs (4.6) (27.7) (0.6)

Proceeds from sale of common stock in at-the-market offering — 65.6 —

Payment of common stock offering costs for at-the-market offering — (1.6) —

Proceeds from exercise of stock options 18.6 8.3 2.8

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid for interest $ 0.1 $ 0.1 $ 0.1

See accompanying notes

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ARVINAS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

Nature of Business

Arvinas, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating and life-threatening diseases throughout the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies to degrade disease-causing proteins. Arvinas, Inc. has four wholly owned subsidiaries; Arvinas Operations, Inc. formed in 2013, Arvinas Androgen Receptor, Inc. formed in 2015, Arvinas Estrogen Receptor, Inc. formed in 2016, and Arvinas Winchester, Inc. formed in 2018 (collectively, the "Company").

Basis of Presentation

The Company's consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") and include the accounts of Arvinas, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation. The accounting policies used to prepare the Company's consolidated financial statements are the same as those used to prepare the consolidated financial statements in prior years, except for the adoption of new standards as outlined below.

The preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and notes. While management believes that estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements and notes are appropriate, actual results could differ from those estimates. The most significant estimates are those used in the determination of the Company’s revenue recognition, research and development expenses, and fair value of its investment in a joint venture, Oerth Bio LLC ("Oerth").

Concentration of Credit Risk and Other Risks and Uncertainties

The Company is subject to a number of risks similar to other biopharmaceutical companies in the early stage, including, but not limited to, the need to obtain adequate additional funding, possible failure of preclinical testing or clinical trials, the need to obtain marketing approval for its product candidates, competitors developing new technological innovations, the need to successfully commercialize and gain market acceptance of the Company’s products, and protection of proprietary technology. If the Company does not successfully obtain regulatory approval, it will be unable to generate revenue from product sales or achieve profitability.

To date, the Company has not generated any revenue from product sales and has financed its operations primarily through sales of equity interests, proceeds from collaborations, grant funding and debt financing. Through December 31, 2021, the Company raised approximately $1.3 billion in gross proceeds from the sale of equity instruments and the exercise of stock options, and had received an aggregate of $774.0 million in payments primarily from collaboration partners. The Company had cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities of approximately $1.5 billion as of December 31, 2021.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company classifies as cash and cash equivalents amounts on deposit in banks and cash invested temporarily in various instruments, primarily money market accounts, with original maturities of three months or less at time of purchase. The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets represent the fair values of cash and cash equivalents.

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Restricted Cash

Restricted cash represents a letter of credit collateralized by a certificate of deposit in the same amount as required under the terms of the Company's laboratory and office space lease entered into in May 2021.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company maintains its cash in financial institution accounts that may at times exceed federally insured limits. The cash balances in the financial institutions are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") up to $250,000. Cash may also be maintained at commercial institutions that are not insured by the FDIC.

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, 100% of the Company’s revenue was attributable to three collaborators representing 68%, 17% and 15% in 2021, and 37%, 32% and 31% in 2020. For each of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, one collaborator accounted for the entire accounts receivable balance. For the year ended December 31, 2019, 57% of the Company’s revenue was attributable to a license contributed to Oerth, and two collaborators represented 19% and 16% of total revenue.

Marketable Securities

The Company's marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale securities and are carried at their fair value based on the quoted market prices of the securities, with unrealized gains and losses reported as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), a separate component of stockholders' equity. Realized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are included in other income in the period earned or incurred.

Property, Equipment, and Leasehold Improvements

Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives, which range from three years for office equipment to five years for laboratory equipment. Maintenance and repairs which do not extend the lives of the assets are charged directly to expense as incurred. Upon retirement or disposal, cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the related accounts, and any resulting gain or loss is recognized as a component of income or loss for the period. Leasehold improvements are recorded at cost and amortized using the straight-line method over the shorter of the lease term or the useful life of the asset.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets when indications of potential impairments are present. The Company adjusts the carrying value of the long-lived assets if the sum of undiscounted expected future cash flows is less than the carrying value.No such impairments were recorded during 2021, 2020 or 2019.

Segment Information

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker in assessing performance and allocating resources. The Company, through its Chief Executive Officer in his role as chief operating decision maker, views Company operations and manages the business as one operating segment. All of the Company’s tangible assets are held in the United States and all of the Company’s revenue has been generated in the United States.

Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenue

Revenues from Contracts

The Company recognizes revenue under Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company’s revenue is generated through research collaboration and license agreements with pharmaceutical partners. The terms of these agreements contain multiple goods and services which may include (i) licenses, (ii) research and development activities, and (iii) participation in joint

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research and development steering committees. The terms of these agreements may include non-refundable, upfront license or option fees, payments for research and development activities, payments upon the achievement of certain milestones, and royalty payments based on product sales derived from the collaboration. Under ASC 606, the Company evaluates whether the license agreement, research and development services, and participation in research and development steering committees, represent separate or combined performance obligations. The Company has determined that these services within its existing contracts represent a combined single performance obligation.

The research collaboration and license agreements typically include contingent milestone payments related to specified preclinical and clinical development milestones and regulatory milestones. These milestone payments represent variable consideration to be included within the transaction price using the most likely amount method. The Company determined that the most likely amount to be recognized was zero, against which no constraint was applied. The Company will continue to assess the probability of significant reversals for any amounts that become likely to be realized prior to recognizing the variable consideration associated with these payments within the transaction price.

Revenue is recognized ratably over the Company’s expected performance period under each respective arrangement. The Company makes its best estimate of the period over which the Company expects to fulfill the Company’s performance obligations, which includes access to technology through the license agreement and research activities. Given the uncertainties of these collaboration arrangements, significant judgment is required to determine the duration of the performance period.

For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the transaction price allocated to the combined performance obligation identified under the individual research collaboration and license agreements was recognized as revenue on either a straight-line basis over the estimated performance period under the arrangement or over the estimated performance period based on the Company’s best estimate of costs to be incurred. Straight-line basis was considered the best measure of progress for certain agreements in which control of the combined obligation transfers to the customers, due to the contract containing license rights to technology, research and development services, and joint committee participation, which in totality are expected to occur ratably over the performance period.

The Company’s contracts may also call for certain sales-based milestone and royalty payments upon successful commercialization of a target. The Company recognizes revenues from sales-based milestone and royalty payments at the later of a) the occurrence of the subsequent sale, or b) the performance obligation to which some or all of the sales-based milestone or royalty payments has been allocated has been satisfied (or partially satisfied). The Company anticipates recognizing these milestones and royalty payments if and when subsequent sales are generated by the customer from the use of the technology. To date, no revenue from these sales-based milestone and royalty payments has been recognized for any periods.

Amounts received prior to satisfying the above revenue recognition criteria are recorded as contract liabilities in the Company’s accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company expenses direct and incremental costs to obtaining and fulfilling a contract as and when incurred if the expected amortization period of the asset that would be recognized is one year or less, or if the amount of the asset is immaterial. Otherwise, such costs are capitalized as collaboration contract assets and amortized as general and administrative expenses over the total estimated period of performance of each underlying contract.

The Company also recognized revenue under ASC 606 from its contribution of a license to Oerth in 2019. See Note 10.

Equity Method Investments

The Company accounts for investments for which it does not have a controlling interest in accordance with ASC 323, Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures. The Company recognizes its pro-rata share of income and losses in the investment in “Loss from equity method investment” on the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss, with a corresponding change to the investment in equity method investment on the consolidated balance sheet until such investment is reduced to zero.

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Income Taxes

Arvinas, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, as set forth in ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequence of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities and net operating loss carry forwards, all calculated using presently enacted tax rates. A valuation allowance is established to reduce deferred tax assets to their estimated realizable value. The Company provides a valuation allowance to the extent that it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Management has evaluated the effect of ASC 740 guidance related to uncertain income tax positions and concluded that the Company has no significant uncertain income tax positions at December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Equity-based Compensation

The Company measures employee, board of director and consultant equity-based compensation for stock option and restricted stock grants based on the grant date fair value of the equity awards. Equity-based compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period of the awards, net of estimated forfeitures. Estimated forfeitures are updated on a periodic basis based on actual experience. For equity awards that have a performance condition, the Company recognizes compensation expense based on its assessment of the probability that the performance condition will be achieved.

The Company classifies equity-based compensation expense in its consolidated statement of operations in the same manner in which the award recipient’s salary and related costs are classified or in which the award recipient’s service payments are classified.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses include (i) employee-related expenses, including salaries, benefits, travel, and stock-based compensation expense; (ii) external research and development expenses incurred under arrangements with third parties, such as contract research organization agreements, investigational sites, and consultants; (iii) the cost of acquiring, developing, and manufacturing clinical study materials; (iv) costs associated with preclinical and clinical activities and regulatory operations; and (v) costs incurred in development of intellectual property. Costs incurred in connection with research and development activities are expensed as incurred.

The Company enters into consulting, research, and other agreements with commercial entities, researchers, universities, and others for the provision of goods and services. Such arrangements are generally cancellable upon reasonable notice and payment of costs incurred. Costs are considered incurred based on an evaluation of the progress to completion of specific tasks under each contract using information and data provided by the respective vendors, including the Company’s clinical sites. These costs consist of direct and indirect costs associated with specific projects, as well as fees paid to various entities that perform certain research on behalf of the Company. Depending upon the timing of payments to the service providers, the Company recognizes prepaid expenses or accrued expenses related to these costs. These accrued or prepaid expenses are based on management’s estimates of the work performed under service agreements, milestones achieved, and experience with similar contracts. The Company monitors each of these factors and adjusts estimates accordingly.

Fair Value Measurements

ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. ASC 825, Financial Instruments, defines fair value and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:

Level 1— Inputs are based upon observable or quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments traded in active markets.

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Level 2— Inputs are based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. The Company’s Level 2 investments consist primarily of corporate notes and bonds and U.S. government and agency securities.

Level 3— Inputs are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The fair values are therefore determined using model-based techniques that include option pricing models, discounted cash flow models, and similar techniques.

In determining fair value, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible as well as considers counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.

The Company’s marketable securities consist of corporate bonds and government securities which are adjusted to fair value at each balance sheet date, based on quoted prices, which are considered Level 2 inputs. During the year ended December 31, 2021, a non-recurring fair value measurement was applied to determine the fair value of the 3,457,815 shares of the Company’s common stock (the "Shares") issued and sold to Pfizer, Inc. ("Pfizer") under the Stock Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and Pfizer in July 2021 (the “Pfizer Stock Purchase Agreement”) at a price of $101.22 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of up to $350.0 million (the “Pfizer Equity Transaction”), which was consummated in September 2021. The fair value was determined by applying the discount due to lack of marketability during the contractual lock-up period to the public trading price of the common stock, which is a Level 1 input, on the date of sale. The Company accounted for the lack of marketability during the contractual lock-up period, by utilizing put option models, which are considered Level 3 inputs. See Note 4.

Net Loss per Common Share

Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period and, if dilutive, the weighted average number of potential shares of common shares.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Effective January 1, 2021, the Company adopted ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, (“ASU 2019-12”) which simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in ASC 740 and clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. ASU 2019-12 requires, among other requirements, the Company to recognize as an income tax the effect of state hybrid taxes that are based on the greater of an income-based tax and a capital-based tax. Adoption of ASU 2019-12 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements since the Company has no state income tax liabilities due to its net operating losses. Additionally, the Company has not recorded any income tax benefits from these losses due to uncertainty of realizing the related tax benefit.

3. Research Collaboration and License Agreements

ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement

In July 2021, the Company entered into a collaboration agreement with Pfizer (the “ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company granted Pfizer worldwide co-exclusive rights to develop and commercialize products containing the Company’s proprietary compound ARV-471 (the “Licensed Products”). Under the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, the Company received an upfront, non-refundable payment of $650.0 million. In addition, the Company will be eligible to receive up to an additional $1.4 billion in contingent payments based on specific regulatory and sales-based milestones for the Licensed Products. Of the

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total contingent payments, $400.0 million in regulatory milestones are related to marketing approvals and $1.0 billion are related to sales-based milestones.

The Company and Pfizer will share equally all development costs, including costs of conducting clinical trials, for the Licensed Products, subject to certain exceptions. Except for certain regions described below, the parties will also share equally all profits and losses in commercialization and medical affairs activities for the Licensed Products in all other countries, subject to certain exceptions.

The Company will be the marketing authorization holder in the United States and, subject to marketing approval, book sales in the United States, while Pfizer will hold marketing authorizations outside the United States. The parties will determine which, if any, regions within the world will be solely commercialized by one party, and in such region the parties will adjust their share of profits and losses for the Licensed Products based on the role each party will be performing.

In addition, in connection with the execution of the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, the Company and Pfizer entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the" Pfizer Stock Purchase Agreement") for the sale and issuance of 3,457,815 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”) to Pfizer at a price of $101.22 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $350.0 million (the “Pfizer Equity Transaction”), less financial advisor fees of $4.6 million, which was consummated in September 2021. Pursuant to terms of the Pfizer Stock Purchase Agreement, Pfizer has agreed not to sell or transfer the Shares without prior written approval of the Company for a specified time period, subject to specified exceptions.

The Company determined that the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement and the Pfizer Equity Transaction entered into with Pfizer concurrently should be evaluated as a combined contract in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company determined the fair value of the shares sold under the Pfizer Equity Transaction to be $85.4 million less than the contractual purchase price stipulated in the agreement. In accordance with the applicable accounting guidance in ASC 815-40, Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, the Company determined that the sale of stock should be recorded at fair value and therefore allocated the excess consideration received under the Pfizer Equity Transaction to the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, which along with the non-refundable payment of $650.0 million will be recognized as revenue over the total estimated period of performance based on the Company’s best estimate of costs to be incurred.

As a direct result of the Company’s entry into the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement, the Company incurred direct and incremental costs to obtain the contract, paid to a financial advisor, totaling $12.9 million. In accordance with ASC 340, Other Assets and Deferred Costs, the Company recognized an asset of $12.9 million in collaboration contract asset and other assets on the consolidated balance sheet, which will be amortized as general and administrative expense over the total estimated period of performance under the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized $0.4 million of amortization expense.

Bayer Collaboration Agreement

In June 2019, the Company and Bayer AG entered into a Collaboration and License Agreement (the "Bayer Collaboration Agreement") setting forth the Company’s collaboration with Bayer AG to identify or optimize proteolysis targeting chimeras, or PROTAC® targeted protein degraders, that mediate for degradation of target proteins ("Targets"), using the Company’s proprietary platform technology, which Targets will be selected by Bayer AG, subject to certain exclusions and limitations. Under the terms of the Bayer Collaboration Agreement, the Company received an upfront, non-refundable payment of $17.5 million in exchange for the use of the Company’s technology license and a $1.5 million payment to fund research activities. Bayer AG is committed to fund an additional $10.5 million through 2022, of which $3.0 million was received in each of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. These payments are being recognized over the total estimated period of performance.

The Company is also eligible to receive up to $197.5 million in development milestone payments and up to $490.0 million in sales-based milestone payments for all designated Targets. In addition, the Company is eligible to receive, on net sales of PROTAC targeted protein degrader-related products, mid-single digit to low-double digit tiered royalties, which may be subject to reductions. There were no development or sales-based milestone payments or royalties received as of December 31, 2021.

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The Company determined that the Bayer Collaboration Agreement and a Stock Purchase Agreement entered into with Bayer AG at the same time should be evaluated as a combined contract in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company determined the fair value of the shares sold under the Stock Purchase Agreement to be $2.9 million less than the contractual purchase price stipulated in the agreement. In accordance with the applicable accounting guidance in ASC 815-40, Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, the Company determined that the sale of stock should be recorded at fair value. Therefore, the Company allocated the additional $2.9 million of consideration received under the Stock Purchase Agreement to the Bayer Collaboration Agreement and added such amount to the total transaction price.

Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement

In December 2017, the Company entered into a Research Collaboration and License Agreement with Pfizer (the "Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement"). Under the terms of the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement, the Company received an upfront, non-refundable payment and certain additional payments totaling $28.0 million in 2018 in exchange for use of the Company’s technology license and to fund Pfizer-related research as defined within the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement. These payments are being recognized over the total estimated period of performance. The Company is eligible to receive up to an additional $37.5 million in non-refundable option payments if Pfizer exercises its options for all targets under the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement. The Company is also entitled to receive up to $225.0 million in development milestone payments and up to $550.0 million in sales-based milestone payments for all designated targets under the Pfizer Research Collaboration Agreement, as well as tiered royalties based on sales. In 2021 and 2020, the Company received payments totaling $1.2 million and $4.4 million, respectively, which are being recognized as revenue over the total period of performance. Pfizer selected an additional target and initiated additional services totaling $3.5 million in December 2021, which is included in accounts receivable at December 31, 2021.There were no sales-based milestone payments or royalties received as of December 31, 2021.

Genentech Modification

In November 2017, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Option, License, and Collaboration Agreement (the "Genentech Modification") with Genentech, Inc. and F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd (together "Genentech"), amending a previous Genentech agreement entered into in September 2015. Under the Genentech Modification, the Company received additional upfront, non-refundable payments of $34.5 million (in addition to $11.0 million received under the previous agreement in 2015) to fund Genentech-related research and Genentech has the right to designate up to ten targets. The Company is eligible to receive up to $27.5 million in additional expansion target payments if Genentech exercises its options on all remaining targets. Upfront non-refundable payments are recognized as revenue over the total estimated period of performance.

The Company is eligible to receive up to $44.0 million per target in development milestone payments, $52.5 million in regulatory milestone payments and $60.0 million in commercial milestone payments based on sales as well as tiered royalties based on sales. There were no development, regulatory or commercial milestone payments or royalties received as of December 31, 2021.

Information about contract liabilities included as deferred revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets is as follows:

December 31,

Revenues recognized in the period from:

Amounts included in deferred revenue in previous periods $ 18.6 $ 18.7

Changes in deferred revenue as of December 31, 2021 from 2020 were due to additions to deferred revenue totaling $742.1 million, related primarily to the ARV-471 Collaboration Agreement with Pfizer, and recognition of revenue on various research collaboration and license agreements totaling $46.7 million.

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The aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of December 31, 2021 was $740.5 million, which is expected to be recognized in the following periods:

(dollars in millions)

4. Marketable Securities and Fair Value Measurements

The following is a summary of the Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

The Company’s marketable securities consist of corporate bonds and government securities which are adjusted to fair value at each balance sheet date, based on quoted prices, which are considered Level 2 inputs.

The carrying value of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair value due to the short-term nature of these assets and liabilities.

Non-recurring fair value measures

In September 2021, in connection with the Pfizer Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company valued the common stock issued to Pfizer at fair value. The Pfizer Stock Purchase Agreement contains provisions restricting the sale or transfer for a period of time (the “lock-up period”). The resulting fair value of $264.6 million was determined by applying the discount due to lack of marketability during the contractual lock-up period to the public trading price of the common stock, which is a Level 1 input, on the date of sale. The Company accounted for the lack of marketability during the contractual lock-up period, by utilizing put option models, which are considered Level 3 inputs. Such option models included the Company’s historical volatility and the risk-free rate based on U.S. Treasury bond rates, as key inputs.

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5. Property, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements consist of the following:

December 31,

Laboratory equipment $ 13.6 $ 11.1

Office equipment 1.4 1.2

Leasehold improvements 8.4 6.1

Total property, equipment and leasehold improvements 23.4 18.4

Less: accumulated depreciation (10.8) (6.1)

Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net $ 12.7 $ 12.3

Depreciation expense totaled $4.8 million, $3.2 million, and $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

6. Right of Use Assets and Liabilities

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (ROU) assets and operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.