NantKwest to Present at Upcoming Investment Conferences

May 17, 2018

CULVER CITY, CA, May 16, 2018 – NantKwest (Nasdaq:NK), a leading, clinical-stage natural killer cell based therapeutics company, today announced that the company will be presenting and conducting one-on-meetings at several investment conferences during the month of May 2018. The presentations will feature a review of the company’s R&D efforts, along with a clinical update provided by company management.

Conference Details:

Event: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Annual Healthcare Conference
Date/Time: Thursday, May 17, 2018, presentation at 11:35am PT
Location:  Las Vegas, NV

Event:  UBS Annual Global Healthcare Conference
Date/Time:  Wednesday, May 23, 2018, one-on-one meetings
Location: New York, NY

About NantKwest Inc.

NantKwest is an innovative clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on harnessing the power of the innate immune system by using the natural killer cell to treat cancer, infectious diseases and inflammatory diseases.

NantKwest is uniquely positioned to implement precision cancer medicine, with the potential to change the current paradigm of cancer care. Natural Killer cells are ancient cells in the human body designed to recognize and detect cells under stress or infected. The NantKwest “off-the-shelf” activated Natural Killer (NK) platform has the capacity to destroy cancer and virally infected cells from the body. The safety of our NK cells as well as their activity against a broad range of cancers have been tested in multiple phase 1 clinical trials in the United States, Canada and Europe. In addition to our NK cells capability to be administered in the outpatient setting as an “off-the-shelf” living drug, it serves as a universal cell-based therapy without need for individualized patient matching. Moreover, our NK cell based platform has been bioengineered to incorporate chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) and antibody receptors to further optimize targeting and potency in the therapeutic disease.

Media Contact:

Jen Hodson, 562-397-3639

jhodson@nantworks.com

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844-696-5235

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