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        <commentContent>The securities represent 9,354,200 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "Common Stock") issuable upon conversion of 233,855 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), held directly by Fairmount Healthcare Fund II L.P. ("Fund II"). The securities exclude shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held directly by Fund II in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation of 9.99%.

Row 13 is based on 101,764,627 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 7, 2026, consisting of (i) 92,181,781 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 7, 2026, as reported in the Company's final prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) dated October 5, 2026, (ii) 228,646 shares underlying options that are currently exercisable or will be exercisable within 60 days of the date of this filing by the Reporting Persons and (iii) 9,422,760 shares of Common Stock underlying the 233,855 shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by Fund II, applying the beneficial ownership limitation.</commentContent>
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        <commentContent>The securities represent 9,354,200 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 233,855 shares of Series A Preferred Stock held directly by Fund II. The securities exclude shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held directly by Fund II in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation of 9.99%.

Row 13 is based on 101,764,627 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 7, 2026, consisting of (i) 92,181,781 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 7, 2026, as reported in the Company's final prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) dated October 5, 2026, (ii) 228,646 shares underlying options that are currently exercisable or will be exercisable within 60 days of the date of this filing by the Reporting Persons and (iii) 9,422,760 shares of Common Stock underlying the 233,855 shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by Fund II, applying the beneficial ownership limitation.</commentContent>
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        <commentContent>The securities include (a) 406,038 shares of Common Stock held directly by Mr. Harwin, (b) 114,323 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options that are currently exercisable or will be exercisable within 60 days of the date of this filing held directly by Mr. Harwin*, and (c) Fund II's direct holdings of 9,665,600 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 241,640 shares of Series A Preferred Stock held directly by Fund II. The securities exclude shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held directly by Fund II in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation of 9.99%.

Row 13 is based on 101,961,704 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 7, 2026, consisting of (i) 92,181,781 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 7, 2026, as reported in the Company's final prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) dated October 5, 2026, (iii) 114,323 shares of Common Stock underlying options that are currently exercisable or will be exercisable within 60 days of the date of this filing by Mr. Harwin and (iii) 9,665,600 shares of Common Stock underlying the 241,640 shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by Fund II, applying the beneficial ownership limitation.

* Under Mr. Harwin's arrangement with Fairmount, Mr. Harwin holds the options for one or more investment vehicles managed by Fairmount (each, a "Fairmount Fund"). Mr. Harwin is obligated to turn over to Fairmount any net cash or stock received from the option for the benefit of such Fairmount Fund. Mr. Harwin therefore disclaims beneficial ownership of the option and underlying common stock.</commentContent>
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        <commentContent>The securities include (a) 406,038 shares of Common Stock held directly by Mr. Kiselak, (b) 114,323 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options that are currently exercisable or will be exercisable within 60 days of the date of this filing held directly by Mr. Kiselak*, and (c) Fund II's direct holdings of 9,665,600 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 241,640 shares of Series A Preferred Stock held directly by Fund II. The securities exclude shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held directly by Fund II in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation of 9.99%.

Row 13 is based on 101,961,704 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 7, 2026, consisting of (i) 92,181,781 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 7, 2026, as reported in the Company's final prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) dated October 5, 2026, (iii) 114,323 shares of Common Stock underlying options that are currently exercisable or will be exercisable within 60 days of the date of this filing by Mr. Kiselak and (iii) 9,665,600 shares of Common Stock underlying the 241,640 shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by Fund II, applying the beneficial ownership limitation.

* Under Mr. Kiselak's arrangement with Fairmount, Mr. Kiselak holds the options for one or more Fairmount Funds. Mr. Kiselak is obligated to turn over to Fairmount any net cash or stock received from the option for the benefit of such Fairmount Fund. Mr. Kiselak therefore disclaims beneficial ownership of the option and underlying common stock.</commentContent>
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        <issuerName>SPYRE THERAPEUTICS, INC.</issuerName>
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          <com:street1>221 Crescent Street</com:street1>
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        <commentText>This Amendment No. 8 amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on June 30, 2023, Amendment No. 1 filed on November 29, 2023, Amendment No. 2 filed on December 11, 2023, Amendment No. 3 filed on December 29, 2023, Amendment No. 4 filed on April 25, 2024, Amendment No. 5 filed on October 17, 2025, and Amendment No. 6 filed on April 20, 2026, and Amendment No. 7 filed on June 23, 2026 (as amended, the "Statement" or the "Schedule 13D") by the Reporting Persons with respect to the Common Stock of the Company. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 7 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Statement. Unless amended or supplemented below, the information in the Statement remains unchanged. This Amendment No. 8 is being filed solely to report the Reporting Persons' entry into a lock-agreement in connection with the Company's underwritten public offering; the number of shares of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons has not changed since Amendment No. 7 to the Statement, filed on June 23, 2026.</commentText>
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        <percentageOfClassSecurities>The information in rows 11 and 13 of each of the cover pages (including the explanatory note in the "Comments") of this Amendment No. 8 is incorporated by reference herein.

Together, the Reporting Persons' securities include (i) 812,076 shares of Common Stock owned by the Reporting Persons, (ii) 9,100,160 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 227,504 shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to the 9.99% beneficial ownership limitation applied to all of the securities owned by the Reporting Persons and (iii) 228,646 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options held by the Reporting Persons that are currently exercisable or will be exercisable within 60 days of the date of this filing. The securities exclude 4,741,640 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 118,541 shares of Series A Preferred Stock held directly by Fund II in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation of 9.99%.</percentageOfClassSecurities>
        <numberOfShares>The information in rows 7 through 10 of each of the cover pages of this Amendment No. 8 is incorporated by reference herein.</numberOfShares>
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        <contractDescription>Lock-Up Agreement

In connection with the Company's underwritten public offering of common stock that closed on October 7, 2026, the Reporting Persons entered into a customary lock-up letter agreement (the "Lock-Up Agreement") with Jefferies LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Leerink Partners LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus &amp; Company, Incorporated, acting as the representatives of the underwriters (collectively, the "Representatives") to an underwriting agreement with the Company. Pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreement, the Reporting Persons agreed to refrain from selling shares of the Company's securities without the consent of the Representatives, and other customary lock-up conditions, for a period of 60 days following the date of the final prospectus supplement for the offering.

The Reporting Persons did not purchase any securities of the Company or otherwise participate in the offering.

The foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Form of Lock-Up Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Schedule 13D and incorporated herein by reference.</contractDescription>
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        <filedExhibits>99.1 Joint Filing Agreement 99.1 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Reporting Persons' Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on October 17, 2025).

99.2 Lock-Up Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 of the Company's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 7, 2026).</filedExhibits>
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          <signature>/s/ Peter Harwin</signature>
          <title>Peter Harwin, Managing Member</title>
          <date>10/09/2026</date>
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          <signature>/s/ Tomas Kiselak</signature>
          <title>Tomas Kiselak, Managing Member</title>
          <date>10/09/2026</date>
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          <title>Peter Harwin, Managing Member</title>
          <date>10/09/2026</date>
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          <signature>/s/ Tomas Kiselak</signature>
          <title>Tomas Kiselak, Managing Member</title>
          <date>10/09/2026</date>
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        <signatureReportingPerson>Harwin Peter Evan</signatureReportingPerson>
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          <signature>/s/ Tomas Kiselak</signature>
          <title>Tomas Kiselak</title>
          <date>10/09/2026</date>
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