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Explanatory Note.
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
As previously announced, Yumanity has declared the Special Dividend, payable on December 19, 2022 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2022. Nasdaq informed the Company that the ex-dividend date for payment of the Special Dividend will be December 19, 2022 prior to the market session. Payment of the Special Dividend remains conditioned upon the closing of the Merger. Previously, on December 15, 2022, based on communications with Nasdaq, Yumanity stated in the Original Form 8-K that the ex-dividend date for the Special Dividend would be December 16, 2022, which is being corrected in this Amendment.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit furnished herewith contain forward-looking statements, including statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words and phrases such as “aims,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “designed to,” “estimates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “goal,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “possible,” “potential,” “seeks,” “will,” and variations of these words and phrases or similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the Merger between Yumanity and Kineta, including whether and when the Merger will be consummated; statements about the structure, timing and completion of the Merger; the listing of the combined company on Nasdaq after the closing of the Merger; expectations regarding the ownership structure of the combined company after the closing of the Merger; the expected executive officers and directors of the combined company; the expected cash position of each of Yumanity and Kineta and the combined company at the closing of the Merger; the future operations of the combined company; the nature, strategy and focus of the combined company; the development and commercial potential and potential benefits of any product candidates of the combined company; the executive and board structure of the combined company; the location of the combined company’s corporate headquarters; anticipated preclinical and clinical drug development activities and related timelines, including the expected timing for data and other clinical and preclinical results; Kineta having sufficient resources to advance its pipeline; and other statements that are not historical fact. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation: (i) the risk that the conditions to the closing of the proposed transactions are not satisfied; (ii) uncertainties as to the timing of the consummation of the proposed transactions and the ability of each of Yumanity, Kineta and the institutional investors party to the securities purchase agreement, dated as of June 5, 2022 and as amended on October 24, 2022 and December 5, 2022, among Yumanity, Kineta and the institutional investors, to consummate the Merger, asset sale or the transactions contemplated by the securities purchase agreement, as applicable; (iii) risks related to Yumanity’s ability to manage its operating expenses and its expenses associated with the Merger pending closing; (iv) risks related to the failure or delay in obtaining required approvals from any governmental or quasi-governmental entity necessary to consummate the Merger; (v) the risk that as a result of adjustments to the exchange ratio, Yumanity stockholders and Kineta shareholders could own more or less of the combined company than is currently anticipated; (vi) risks related to the market price of Yumanity’s common stock relative to the exchange ratio; (vii) unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from either or both of the proposed transactions; (viii) potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the proposed transactions; (ix) the risk that the amount of the dividend distributed to Yumanity stockholders in connection with the asset sale, if any, may be lower than currently anticipated; (x) risks related to the inability of the combined company to obtain sufficient additional capital to continue to advance these product candidates and its preclinical programs; (xi) uncertainties in obtaining successful clinical results for product candidates and unexpected costs that may result therefrom; (xii) risks related to the failure to realize any value from product candidates and
preclinical programs being developed and anticipated to be developed in light of inherent risks and difficulties involved in successfully bringing product candidates to market; and (xiii) risks associated with the possible failure to realize certain anticipated benefits of the proposed transactions, including with respect to future financial and operating results. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. These and other risks and uncertainties are more fully described in periodic filings with the SEC, including the factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in Yumanity’s most recent Annual or Quarterly Report filed with the SEC, and in other filings that Yumanity makes and will make with the SEC in connection with the proposed transactions, including the Proxy Statement. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are made only as of the date hereof or as of the dates indicated in the forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, Yumanity expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
| * | Exhibits and/or schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of any of the omitted exhibits and schedules upon request by the SEC; provided, however, that the Company may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any exhibits or schedules so furnished. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Yumanity Therapeutics, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: December 16, 2022 | By: | /s/ Richard Peters | ||||
| Richard Peters | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
Document and Entity Information |
Dec. 14, 2022 |
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| Cover [Abstract] | |
| Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
| Amendment Flag | true |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001445283 |
| Document Type | 8-K/A |
| Document Period End Date | Dec. 14, 2022 |
| Entity Registrant Name | YUMANITY THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
| Entity Incorporation State Country Code | DE |
| Entity File Number | 001-37695 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 20-8436652 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 40 Guest Street |
| Entity Address, Address Line Two | Suite 4410 |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Boston |
| Entity Address, State or Province | MA |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 02135 |
| City Area Code | 617 |
| Local Phone Number | 409-5300 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Security 12b Title | Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
| Trading Symbol | YMTX |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
| Amendment Description | This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment”) amends the Current Report on Form 8-K of Yumanity Therapeutics, Inc. (“Yumanity”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2022 (the “Original Form 8-K”). The Original Form 8-K reported that the ex-dividend date for payment of the special cash dividend payable to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2022 (the “Special Dividend”), will be December 16, 2022. The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose that the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) has informed the Company that the ex-dividend date of the Special Dividend will be December 19, 2022 as further described below. |