| Calculation of Filing Fee Tables | |||
| S-1 | |||
| HCW Biologics Inc. | |||
| Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities | ☐Not Applicable |
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| Security Type | Security Class Title | Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule | Amount Registered | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee | Carry Forward Form Type | Carry Forward File Number | Carry Forward Initial Effective Date | Filing Fee Previously Paid in Connection with Unsold Securities to be Carried Forward | ||
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| Newly Registered Securities | |||||||||||||
| Fees to be Paid | 1 | Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | Other | 618,682 | $ 2.55 | $ 1,577,639.10 | 0.0001381 | $ 217.87 | ||||
| Fees to be Paid | 2 | Equity | Pre-Funded Warrants | Other | 0.0001381 | $ 0.00 | |||||||
| Fees to be Paid | 3 | Equity | Common Stock Underlying Pre-Funded Warrants | Other | 0.0001381 | $ 0.00 | |||||||
| Fees to be Paid | 4 | Equity | Common Warrants | Other | 0.0001381 | $ 0.00 | |||||||
| Fees to be Paid | 5 | Equity | Common Stock underlying Common Warrants | Other | 618,682 | $ 2.585 | $ 1,599,292.97 | 0.0001381 | $ 220.86 | ||||
| Fees Previously Paid | |||||||||||||
| Carry Forward Securities | |||||||||||||
| Carry Forward Securities | |||||||||||||
| Total Offering Amounts: | $ 3,176,932.07 | $ 438.73 | |||||||||||
| Total Fees Previously Paid: | $ 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Total Fee Offsets: | $ 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Net Fee Due: | $ 438.73 | ||||||||||||
| Offering Note |
| 1 | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the shares of Common Stock being registered hereby include an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. The shares of Common Stock being registered for resale consist of (i) 218,682 shares of Common Stock issued in the July 2026 private placement and (ii) 400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of pre-funded warrants issued in the July 2026 private placement. Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low sale prices of the registrant's Common Stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market on August 18, 2026. The registrant will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock by the selling stockholders. | ||||||
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| 2 | Represents 400,000 Pre-Funded Warrants issued in the July 2026 Private Placement. Pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, because the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants are being registered hereby, no separate registration fee is payable with respect to the pre-funded warrants. | ||||||
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| 3 | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares of Common Stock being registered hereby include an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. Represents 400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of pre-funded warrants issued in the July 2026 Private Placement. No additional registration fee is due with respect to such shares because the registration fee attributable thereto is reflected in the fee paid for the Common Stock registered pursuant to footnote (1). | ||||||
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| 4 | Represents up to 618,682 common stock purchase warrants issuable pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement entered into in connection with the July 2026 Private Placement, subject to stockholder approval under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d). Pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, because the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Common Warrants are being registered hereby, no separate registration fee is payable with respect to the Common Warrants. | ||||||
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| 5 | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares of Common Stock being registered hereby include an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. Represents 618,682 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of common stock purchase warrants issuable in the July 2026 Private Placement, subject to stockholder approval under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d). Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act based upon the exercise price of $2.585 per share of the Common Warrants. | ||||||
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| Table 2: Fee Offset Claims and Sources | ☑Not Applicable |
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| Registrant or Filer Name | Form or Filing Type | File Number | Initial Filing Date | Filing Date | Fee Offset Claimed | Security Type Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Security Title Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Unsold Securities Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Unsold Aggregate Offering Amount Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Fee Paid with Fee Offset Source | |||
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| Rules 457(b) and 0-11(a)(2) | |||||||||||||
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| Rule 457(p) | |||||||||||||
| Fee Offset Claims | |||||||||||||
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| Table 3: Combined Prospectuses | ☑Not Applicable |
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| Security Type | Security Class Title | Amount of Securities Previously Registered | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price of Securities Previously Registered | Form Type | File Number | Initial Effective Date | |
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