Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock (AARD) Form 4 Aardvark Therapeutics / Bihua Chen ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

OMB APPROVAL

OMB Number:	3235-0287
Estimated average burden
hours per response:	0.5

X

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Cormorant Asset Management, LP

(Last) (First) (Middle)

200 CLARENDON STREET

52ND FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. [ AARD ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director		10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	X	Other (specify below)
Former 10% Owner

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/14/2025

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/14/2025		C		800,189	A	(1)	800,189	I	See Footnote(2)
Common Stock	02/14/2025		P		187,500	A	$16	987,689	I	See Footnote(2)(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock	(1)	02/14/2025		C			6,780,810(1)	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	800,189	(1)	0	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Cormorant Asset Management, LP

(Last) (First) (Middle)

200 CLARENDON STREET

52ND FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Chen Bihua

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O CORMORANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP

200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Upon the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering of Common Stock on February 14, 2025, the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock automatically converted into Common Stock at a 1-for-8.474 conversion ratio, after giving effect to a reverse stock split effected by the Issuer on February 5, 2025, for an aggregate of 800,189 shares of Common Stock. The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock had no expiration date.

2. Cormorant Asset Management, LP ("Cormorant") serves as the investment manager of Cormorant Global Healthcare Master Fund, LP (the "Master Fund") and Cormorant Private Healthcare Fund V, LP ("Fund V"). Cormorant Global Healthcare GP, LLC ("GP LLC") serves as general partner of the Master Fund, and Cormorant Private Healthcare V GP, LLC ("GP V LLC") serves as general partner of Fund V. Bihua Chen serves as the managing member of GP LLC, GP V LLC and the general partner of Cormorant. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein except to the extent of its or her pecuniary interest therein, and the filing of this Form 4 shall not be construed as an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is the beneficial owner of any such shares for purposes of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.

3. Represents 298,486 and 689,203 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Master Fund and Fund V, respectively.

	CORMORANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP By: /s/ Bihua Chen, Managing Member	02/19/2025
	/s/ Bihua Chen	02/19/2025
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.