RISK FACTORS
An investment in our common stock and pre-funded warrants involves a high degree of risk. Before deciding whether to invest in our common stock and pre-funded warrants, you should consider carefully the risks described below and discussed under the sections captioned “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in its entirety, together with other information in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, and the information and documents incorporated by reference that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows could be seriously harmed. This could cause the trading price of our common stock and the value of our pre-funded warrants to decline, resulting in a loss of all or part of your investment.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock, Pre-funded Warrants and This Offering
As an investor participating in this offering, you will experience immediate substantial dilution.
The price per share of our common stock being offered is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our common stock outstanding prior to this offering. As a result, investors purchasing common stock or pre-funded warrants in this offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share or pre-funded warrant and the net tangible book value per share of our common stock. After giving effect to the sale of 4,565,260 shares of our common stock and 1,521,740 pre-funded warrants in this offering at the public offering price of $23.00 per share and $22.9999 per warrant and based on our net tangible book value as of December 31, 2023 of $7.08 per share, if you purchase shares of common stock in this offering you will suffer substantial and immediate dilution of $13.89 per share in the net tangible book value of the common stock, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of common stock and no exercise of the pre-funded warrants and excluding any resulting accounting associated with the pre-funded warrants. The future exercise of outstanding options, warrants and vesting of restricted stock units will result in further dilution of your investment. Furthermore, if the pre-funded warrants are exercised, you will incur further dilution. See the section entitled “Dilution” below for a more detailed discussion of the dilution you will incur if you purchase common stock or pre-funded warrants in this offering.
Our management will have broad discretion over the actual amounts and timing of the expenditures of the proceeds we receive in this offering and might not apply the proceeds in ways that enhance our financial condition or operating results or increase the value of your investment.
We intend to use the net proceeds we receive from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, but are not limited to, providing financing for clinical trials, capital expenditures, additions to working capital, development of our product candidate pipeline, general and administrative expenses or other corporate obligations, as well as to pay off outstanding indebtedness, if any, or acquire or invest in businesses, products or technologies. This expected use of our net proceeds from this offering represents our intention based upon our current plans and business conditions. The amount and timing of our actual expenditures may vary significantly depending on numerous factors, including success of our product candidate development and any potential commercialization efforts, cash generated from future operations, if any, and actual expenses to operate our business. Because of the number and variability of factors that will determine our use of the proceeds from this offering, their ultimate use may vary substantially from their currently intended use. As a result, our management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds we receive from this offering and could spend the proceeds in ways that do not necessarily improve our financial condition or operating results or enhance the value of our common stock and your investment therein. Additionally, until the net proceeds we receive are used, they may be placed in investments that do not produce income or that lose value. See “Use of Proceeds” located elsewhere in this prospectus supplement for additional information.
There is no public market for the pre-funded warrants being offered in this offering.
There is no public trading market for the pre-funded warrants being offered in this offering, and we do not expect a market to develop. In addition, we do not intend to apply to list the pre-funded warrants on any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system, including Nasdaq. Without an active market, the liquidity of the pre-funded warrants will be limited.
We may not receive any additional funds upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants.
Each pre-funded warrant may be exercised by way of a cashless exercise, meaning that the holder may not pay a cash purchase price upon exercise, but instead would receive upon such exercise the net number of shares of our common stock determined according to the formula set forth in the pre-funded warrant. Accordingly, we may not receive any additional funds upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants.
Holders of any pre-funded warrants purchased in this offering will have no rights as holders of our common stock with respect to the shares of common stock underlying such pre-funded warrants until such holders exercise their pre-funded warrants and acquire our common stock.
Until holders of pre-funded warrants acquire shares of our common stock upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants, holders of pre-funded warrants will have no rights with respect to the shares of our common stock underlying such pre-funded warrants including with respect to dividends and voting rights. Upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants, the holders will be entitled to exercise the rights of a holder of our common stock with respect to the shares of common stock underlying such pre-funded warrants only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise date.
Significant holders of our common stock may not be permitted to exercise the pre-funded warrants that they hold.
Holders of the pre-funded warrants will not be entitled to exercise any portion of any pre-funded warrant which, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause (i) the aggregate number of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 4.99% or 9.99% of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, or (ii) the combined voting power of our securities beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 4.99% or 9.99% of the combined voting power of all of our securities then outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the pre-funded warrants. Such percentage may be increased by the holder of the pre-funded warrant to any other percentage not in excess of 19.99% upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from the holder to us. As a result, you may not be able to exercise your pre-funded warrants for shares of our common stock at a time when it would be financially beneficial for you to do so. In such circumstance you could seek to sell your pre-funded warrants to realize value, but you may be unable to do so in the absence of an established trading market for the pre-funded warrants.
S-6