UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 21, 2024
Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-39509 | 36-4883909 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 1560 Trapelo Road | ||
| Waltham, Massachusetts | 02451 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 786-8230
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading | Name of each exchange | ||
| Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share | DYN | Nasdaq Global Select Market |
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Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 21, 2024, Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Jefferies LLC, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Guggenheim Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 10,500,000 shares (the “Underwritten Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). All of the Underwritten Shares are being sold by the Company. The public offering price of the Underwritten Shares is $31.00 per share, and the Underwriters have agreed to purchase the Underwritten Shares from the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $29.14 per share. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company also granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase up to an additional 1,575,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Option Shares” and together with the Underwritten Shares, the “Shares”) at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the Offering will be approximately $305.4 million, or approximately $351.4 million if the Underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase the Option Shares, in each case, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.
The Shares will be issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated May 21, 2024, and an accompanying base prospectus that form a part of the registration statement on Form S-3 that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 5, 2024 (File No. 333-277655), which was automatically effective upon filing. The closing of the Offering is expected to take place on or about May 24, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and agreements by the Company, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
A copy of the legal opinion and consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP relating to the Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
Pricing of Public Offering
The full text of the press release issued on May 21, 2024, announcing the pricing of the Offering is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Cash Runway
The Company believes that the net proceeds from the Offering, together with its existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, will enable the Company to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements at least into the second half of 2026. The Company has based its estimates on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and the Company could use its available capital resources sooner than it currently expects.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the anticipated net proceeds from the Offering, the anticipated closing date of the Offering and the Company’s anticipated cash runway, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “objective,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “should,” or “would,” or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. The Company may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in these forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: uncertainties related to market conditions and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the Offering, uncertainties inherent in the identification and development of product candidates, including the initiation and completion of preclinical studies and clinical trials; uncertainties as to the availability and timing of results from preclinical studies and clinical trials; the timing of and the Company’s ability to enroll patients in clinical trials; whether results from preclinical studies and initial data from early clinical trials will be predictive of the final results of the clinical trials or future trials; uncertainties as to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s and other regulatory authorities’ interpretation of the data from the Company’s clinical trials and acceptance of the Company’s clinical programs and the regulatory approval process; whether the Company’s cash resources will be sufficient to fund the Company’s foreseeable and unforeseeable operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements; as well as the risks and uncertainties discussed in the “Risk Factors” section contained in the preliminary prospectus supplement related to the Offering filed with the SEC on May 20, 2024, and the Company’s quarterly and annual reports on file with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this Current Report on Form 8-K represent the Company’s views as of the date hereof. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause its views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated May 21, 2024, by and among the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Jefferies LLC, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Guggenheim Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 above) | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of Dyne Therapeutics, Inc., dated May 21, 2024 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| DYNE THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: May 22, 2024 | By: | /s/ John G. Cox | ||||
| Name: | John G. Cox | |||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||