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CUSIP No. 25056L 10 3 | | SCHEDULE 13D | | Page 6 of 10 |
Item 1. | Security and Issuer. |
This statement on Schedule 13D (this “Statement”) relates to the shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Design Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The address of the Issuer’s principal executive offices is 6005 Hidden Valley Road, Suite 110, Carlsbad, California 92011.
Item 2. | Identity and Background. |
(a), (c), (f)
This Statement is being filed jointly by each of the following persons (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”):
| i. | SR One Capital Fund I Aggregator, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Aggregator”); |
| ii. | SR One Capital Partners I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Partners I”); |
| iii. | SR One Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”); and |
| iv. | Simeon George, M.D., a citizen of the United States (“Mr. George” and, together with the Aggregator, Partners I and Parent, the “Reporting Persons”). |
Aggregator is directly controlled by its general partner, Partners I. Partners I is directly controlled by its general partner, Parent, and Dr. George controls Parent. Accordingly, each of Partners I, Parent and Dr. George may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power with respect to the Shares owned by Aggregator.
(b) The address of the Reporting Persons for purposes of this filing is: c/o SR One Capital Management, LP, 985 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 511, Wayne, PA 19087.
(d) (e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons (i) has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree, or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. |
The Aggregator acquired 7,236,938 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Acquired Series A Preferred Stock”) and 1,526,718 shares of Series B Preferred Stock (the “Acquired Series B Preferred Stock”) in private placements occurring in February 2020 and January 2021, respectively, in exchange for a purchase price of $15,000,001 and $10,000,003, respectively. The funds for these acquisitions by Aggregator reported in this Item 3 were derived from funds provided by affiliates of the Aggregator.
A one-for-1.63 stock split of the Issuer’s common stock was effective on March 22, 2021. Upon conversion, Aggregator held 4,439,839 shares of Acquired Series A Preferred Stock and 936,637 of Acquired Series B Preferred Stock. Each share of Acquired Series A Preferred Stock and Acquired Series B Preferred Stock converts automatically into one share of Common Stock upon the completion of the Issuer’s IPO.
The Aggregator acquired from the Issuer 250,000 shares of Common Stock at the IPO at the public offering price of $20.00 per share. The total consideration paid by the Aggregator for these shares was $5,000,000. And such consideration were derived from funds provided by affiliates of the Aggregator.