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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in"&gt;(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act,
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Stock&#x201d;) of BioAtla, Inc. (the &#x201c;Company&#x201d;) as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in"&gt;(2) Includes (i) up to 8,000,000 shares of Common
Stock that may be issued to YA II PN, LTD (&#x201c;Yorkville&#x201d;) pursuant to the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as
of October 15, 2026, by and between the Company and Yorkville (the &#x201c;SEPA&#x201d;), and (ii) 182,110 shares of Common Stock
issuable to Yorkville upon exercise of warrants as consideration for Yorkville&#x2019;s commitment to purchase shares of Common
Stock pursuant to the SEPA.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in"&gt;(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating
the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices
of the Company&#x2019;s Common Stock as reported on the OTCQB Venture Market on October 15, 2026, which date is within five business
days of the filing of this Registration Statement.&lt;/p&gt;

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