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Daewoong Convertible Notes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Daewoong Convertible Notes  
Daewoong Convertible Notes

Note 5. Daewoong Convertible Notes

On March 19, 2024, the Company entered into a subscription agreement with Daewoong (the “Subscription Agreement”) relating to the sale and issuance by the Company of senior secured convertible notes (each, a “Convertible Note” and together, the “Convertible Notes”) in the principal amount of $15.0 million, which are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to certain conditions and limitations set forth in each Convertible Note. Pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreement, on March 24, 2024, the Company issued and sold to Daewoong one Convertible Note in the principal amount of $5.0 million, and on April 12, 2024, the Company issued and sold to Daewoong one Convertible Note in the principal amount of $10.0 million.

On November 12, 2025, the Company entered into the Term Sheet with Daewoong relating to the Exchange of the Convertible Notes. On December 15, 2025, the Company entered into the Exchange Agreement to which the Convertible Notes held by Daewoong would be exchanged for (i) newly issued shares of common stock of the Company equal to (x) the principal and accrued interest of the Convertible Notes as of the closing of the Exchange, less (y) the principal amount of the New Convertible Note, divided by $1.00, and then multiplied by 1.3 (and rounded down to the nearest whole share of common stock) and/or Daewoong Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu of any shares of common stock that would result in Daewoong’s beneficial ownership of common stock exceeding 49.99%, (ii) the New Convertible Note of $1.5 million, and (iii) the Daewoong Warrants to purchase up to 8.0 million shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.09392 per share. At the closing of the Exchange, the number of Exchange Shares issued was 11,918,380 shares of common stock and 11,236,631 Daewoong Pre-Funded Warrants. Upon the closing of the Exchange, the Convertible Notes were immediately and automatically terminated. The Daewoong Warrants, which contain the same terms as the PIPE Warrants, are immediately exercisable after issuance at an exercise price of $1.09392 per share, may be exercised at any time until the five-year anniversary of the Second Closing and may only be exercised for cash. The Exchange was approved and executed upon approval at the special meeting of shareholders on January 21, 2026. The Exchange is accounted for as an extinguishment of debt and a loss on extinguishment of $76 thousand was recognized upon the closing of the Exchange.

The Exchange Agreement provided that the Company nominate one designee of Daewoong to the Company’s board of directors to serve as a Class III director at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, of which the director designee is currently Seongsoo Park. Mr. Park currently serves on the Company’s board of directors and is scheduled for renomination at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025, the Company recognized $8.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of expense related to the increase in the fair value of the Convertible Notes.

New Convertible Note

The New Convertible Note issued on January 21, 2026, contains customary events of default, accrues interest at an annual rate of 15.79% payable in cash at maturity and has a maturity date of April 12, 2030 (the “New Maturity Date”), unless earlier converted or redeemed in accordance with its terms prior to such date. The Company may not prepay the New Convertible Note or accrued interest prior to the New Maturity Date.

If, prior to the New Maturity Date, the Company consummates a bona-fide third-party financing after the issuance of the New Convertible Note in the form of common stock or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, common stock (subject to certain exceptions as described in the New Convertible Note), in one or more transactions or a series of related and substantially similar and simultaneous transactions at the same purchase price from third parties unaffiliated with Daewoong and its affiliates, for aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company of at least $30.0 million (a “Qualified Financing”), then, upon written notice thereof to Daewoong by the Company, on the closing date of such Qualified Financing, the New Convertible Note will automatically convert in whole, without any further action by Daewoong, into a number of shares of common stock or pre-funded warrants equal to: (i) one and three tenths (1.3) multiplied by (ii) the quotient of (a) the principal amount of the New Convertible Note and all accrued and unpaid interest to be converted divided by (b) the per share price of the common stock sold in the Qualified Financing.

If, prior to the New Maturity Date, the Company provides (i) written notice to Daewoong that it has publicly announced the submission of a BLA filing for ABP-450 as a biosimilar to Botox® (onabotulinumtoxinA) or (ii) a written notice that the Company has consummated a Change of Control (as defined in the New Convertible Note), Daewoong will have the right for thirty (30) days following receipt of either such notice, at Daewoong’s option (the “Optional Conversion”), to convert all (but not less than all) of the remaining outstanding portion of the New Convertible Note (subject to any limitations under the rules of NYSE American) into an amount of shares of common stock or pre-funded warrants equal to: (i) one and three tenths (1.3) multiplied by (ii) the quotient of (a) the principal amount of the New Convertible Note and all accrued and unpaid interest to be converted divided by (b) the volume-weighted average trading per share price of common stock over the five (5) trading days prior to the Company’s receipt of Daewoong’s written notice of exercise of the Optional Conversion.

The New Convertible Note includes a covenant that restricts the Company and AEON Sub’s ability to issue debt securities senior or pari passu to such New Convertible Note without Daewoong’s prior written consent. The New Convertible Note also includes a covenant that restricts the Company and AEON Sub’s ability to issue debt securities junior to such New Convertible Note except as expressly permitted under a security agreement to be entered into between the Company, AEON Sub and Daewoong in connection with closing of the Exchange.

In connection with issuing the New Convertible Note, the Company and AEON Sub granted a first-priority security interest on substantially all of their respective assets, other than certain permitted liens described in the New Convertible Note. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, Daewoong will be entitled to, among other things, foreclose on the assets that are the subject of the security interest.

The New Convertible Note was recognized at its fair value of $1.5 million on January 21, 2026. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized $42 thousand of expense related to the increase in the fair value of the new Convertible Note. As of March 31, 2026, the principal amount outstanding under the new Convertible Note was $1.5 million, with an estimated fair value of $1.5 million.

The Daewoong Pre-Funded Warrants and Daewoong Warrants

Under the Exchange Agreement, 11,236,631 Daewoong Pre-Funded Warrants were issued in lieu of shares of common stock and each Daewoong Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. The Daewoong Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable after issuance and may be exercised at any time until all of the Daewoong Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full.

The 8.0 million Daewoong Warrants are substantially identical to the PIPE Warrants, which are exercisable at an exercise price of $1.09392 per share and may only be exercised for cash. The Daewoong Warrants are immediately exercisable after issuance and may be exercisable at any time until the five-year anniversary of issuance. The Daewoong Warrants are liability classified and were recognized at their fair value of $10.3 million on January 21, 2026. As of March 31, 2026, the fair value of the Daewoong Warrant liability was $7.3 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized $3.0 million of gain related to the decrease in the fair value of the Daewoong Warrants.

The exercise prices and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Daewoong Pre-Funded Warrants and the Daewoong Warrants are subject to customary adjustments in the case of stock dividends, stock splits, pro rata distributions, and similar events in respect of the common stock. In addition, the number of shares of the common stock underlying, and the exercise price of the Daewoong Warrants will be subject to full ratchet antidilution protection and standard adjustments in the event of a share split, reverse share split, share dividend, share combination recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the common stock.