The Company has issued Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock, which are collectively referred to as the Preferred Stock. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company authorized the issuance of 31,764,693 shares of Preferred Stock, par value of $0.001 per share, of which 20,000,000 have been designated Series A Preferred Stock and 11,764,693 have been designated Series B Preferred Stock.

Immediately prior to the closing of the Company’s IPO on October 15, 2024, pursuant to the stock split and a proportional adjustment to the existing conversion ratios of each series of the Company’s Preferred Stock as discussed further below, all of the Company’s outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock were converted into an aggregate of 33,321,149 shares of common stock.

In October 2021, the Company issued and sold 11,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at $10.00 per share. Pursuant to the Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Series A Agreement”), the Company was obligated to issue and the Series A investors were obligated to purchase an additional 9,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (“Milestone Shares”) at the same purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Series A preferred stock tranche right”), after the initial closing and upon the satisfaction of certain conditions at a date which would occur at the earlier of (i) immediately prior to the Company’s first underwritten public offering of its common stock under the Securities Act; (ii) the resolution of the board of directors that the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, immunogenicity and safety profile of verekitug (formerly referred to as ASP7266), when administered as multiple ascending doses, supports further clinical development (“Second Closing Milestone”) has been achieved; or (iii) the written consent of the purchasers holding a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock that the Second Closing Milestone has been waived (collectively, the “Second Closing”).

The board of directors may determine at any time prior to the Second Closing to issue and sell up to 1,000,000 of the Milestone Shares at a price of $10.00 per share for gross cash proceeds of $10.0 million (“Interim Second Closing”) and the number of Milestone Shares to be issued in the Second Closing will be reduced accordingly. In October 2022, the Interim Second Closing was completed and 1,000,000 of the Milestone Shares on a pro-rata basis to the purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock were issued at a price of $10.00 per share.

In February 2023, upon the satisfaction of the Second Closing Milestone, the remaining 8,000,000 of the Milestone Shares on a pro-rata basis to the purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock were issued at a price of $10.00 per share, which resulted in gross cash proceeds of $80.0 million. As a result of this issuance, the Series A preferred stock tranche right liability of $0.3 million was settled and the Series A Preferred Stock was recorded at its fair value of $80.3 million.

In June 2023, the Company executed the Series B Stock Preferred Purchase Agreement (the “Series B Agreement”) to issue and sell up to 11,764,693 shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $17.00 per share. In the initial closing in June 2023, the Company issued 2,941,170 shares of Series B Preferred Stock resulting in gross cash proceeds of $50.0 million and incurred $0.6 million of issuance costs, of which $0.1 million was allocated to the preferred stock tranche right liability and recognized in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss as general and administrative expense. Pursuant to the Series B Agreement, the Company has the right (“Series B Option”) to issue and sell an additional 8,823,523 shares of Series B Preferred Stock (“Series B Option Shares”) at the same price of $17.00 per share after the initial closing but prior to March 31, 2024 upon

approval of at least six (6) board of directors of which at least one (1) has to be appointed by the holders of Series B Preferred Stock. If the Company does not exercise the Series B Option prior or at a date which would occur at the earlier of (i) March 31, 2024 or (ii) the closing of an acquisition agreement signed prior to March 31, 2024, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock will have the right but not obligation to require the Company to issue and sell the Series B Option Shares at the same purchase price of $17.00 per share (the “Series B preferred stock tranche right”). Upon the initial closing of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Company recorded a preferred stock tranche right liability of $11.8 million and a corresponding reduction to the carrying value of the Series B Preferred Stock. The fair value of the Series B preferred stock tranche right was allocated from the gross cash proceeds of $50.0 million of the Series B Preferred Stock issuance, and the residual value was then allocated to the Series B Preferred Stock.

In April 2024, pursuant to the satisfaction of the Series B Option contemplated in the Series B Agreement, the Company issued and sold 8,823,523 shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $17.00 per share, which resulted in gross cash proceeds of $150.0 million. As a result of this issuance, the Series B preferred stock tranche right liability of less than $0.1 million was settled and the Series B Preferred Stock was recorded at its fair value of $150.0 million. The Company incurred less than $0.1 million of issuance costs in connection with the Series B Option closing.

Upon issuance of the Preferred Stock, the Company assessed the embedded conversion and liquidation features of the securities and determined that such features did not require the Company to separately account for these features.

Preferred Stock consisted of the following (dollar amounts in thousands):


	December 31, 2023
	Preferred Stock Authorized		Preferred Stock Issued and Outstanding		Carrying Value		Liquidation Preference		Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion
Series A Preferred Stock		20,000,000		20,000,000	$	193,143	$	216,293		20,980,000
Series B Preferred Stock		11,764,693		2,941,170		37,792		51,425		3,085,280
		31,764,693		22,941,170	$	230,935	$	267,718		24,065,280

As of December 31, 2024, in connection with the IPO, all outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock converted into an aggregate of 33,321,149 shares of the Company’s common stock.

Through December 31, 2024 and 2023, no cash dividends have been declared or paid.

In June 2023, in connection with the issuance of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, the rights of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock were amended to entitle holders to a cumulative dividend from and after the date of the share issuance at the rate per annum of 5% of the Original Issue Price (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Preferred Stock), provided that the total accrued amount will not exceed 15% of the Original Issue Price in aggregate. The dividend replaced the original accrued return definition within the liquidation preference terms of the Series A Preferred Stock. Previously, holders were entitled to a liquidation preference per share equal to the greater of (a) the Original Issue Price, plus an accrued return of 5% of the Original Issue Price per annum, provided that the total of such accrued return shall not exceed 15% of the Original Issue Price in the aggregate, or (b) such amount per share as would have been payable had all shares of Series A Preferred Stock been converted in common stock.

The changes to the rights of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock were not considered to be a significant change to the contractual terms of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock because the accrued return of the liquidation preference and the cumulative dividend definitions will result in the same amount to be received in a liquidation event, and accordingly, the Company accounted for the change as a modification.