PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED AUGUST 24, 2023
ZURA BIO LIMITED
Resale of 30,251,124 Class A Ordinary Shares
Resale of 3,782,000 Pre-Funded Warrants to Purchase Class A Ordinary Shares
Resale of 5,910,000 Private Placement Warrants to Purchase Class A Ordinary Shares
Resale of 3,782,000 Shares underlying Pre-Funded Warrants
Resale of 5,910,000 Shares underlying Private Placement Warrants
Issuance of up to 3,782,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants
Issuance of up to 5,910,000 Class A Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants
Issuance of up to 6,899,996 Class A Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of Public Warrants
This prospectus relates to the resale from time to time by the selling securityholders named in this prospectus or their permitted transferees (collectively, the “Selling Securityholders”) of (i) up to 30,251,124 Class A Ordinary Shares of Zura Bio Limited (“Zura”), a Cayman Islands exempted company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”), (ii) 5,910,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) originally issued in a private placement in connection with the JATT Acquisition Corp (“JATT”) initial public offering, (iii) 5,910,000 Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants, and (iv) 3,782,000 Class A Ordinary Shares underlying pre-funded warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares (“Pre-Funded Warrants”). The Class A Ordinary Shares held by the Selling Securityholders and registered by this prospectus are referred to herein as the “Registrable Shares.” The Registrable Shares consist of 2,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Ewon Shares”) originally purchased in a private placement pursuant to a subscription agreement (the “Ewon Subscription Agreement”) by Ewon Comfortech Co., Ltd. (“Ewon”) at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, and 9,950 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Eugene Shares,” and together with the Ewon Shares, the “PIPE Shares”) originally purchased in a private placement pursuant to a subscription agreement (the “Eugene Subscription Agreement,” and together with the Ewon Subscription agreement, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) by Eugene Investment & Securities Co., Ltd (“Eugene,” and, together with Ewon, the “PIPE Investors”) at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, an aggregate of 6,801,633 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “FPA Shares”) issued in connection with a private placement pursuant to the amended and restated forward purchase agreement, dated January 27, 2022 (the “FPA”), as amended, to Athanor Master Fund, LP and Athanor International Master Fund, LP (collectively, the “FPA Investors”) at an effective purchase price of approximately $6.32 per share, the resale of 3,450,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issued to the initial shareholders of JATT Acquisition Corp (the “Founder Shares”) at an effective purchase price of approximately $0.007 per share, 550,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issued as consideration for certain exclusive license to Eli Lilly & Co. (“Lilly”) upon the closing of the Business Combination (as defined below), 18,823,530 Class A Ordinary Shares (including 3,782,000 Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants) originally issued in a private placement (the “April 2023 Private Placement”) to certain accredited investors which closed in two tranches on May 1, 2023 and June 5, 2023 (“April 2023 Private Placement Shares”) at an effective purchase price of $4.25 per share (and approximately $4.25 per share for Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants), 499,993 restricted Class A Ordinary Shares issued to Amit Munshi, the non-executive chairman of our board of directors, an additional 1,000,000 shares issued to Lilly as consideration in connection with the entry into a second license agreement dated as of April 26, 2023, an additional 898,018 Class A Ordinary Shares underlying restricted share units, and 5,910,000 Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants, which were originally sold by JATT to its Sponsor at a purchase price of $1.00 per warrant in a private placement transaction in connection with JATT’s initial public offering. The Registrable Shares and Private Placement Warrants are herein referred to as the “Registrable Securities.”
Because so many selling securityholders purchased their shares at significantly below the current market price of our ordinary shares, such holder could sell their shares and generate a significant profit while still causing the trading price of our ordinary shares to decline significantly. On August 22, 2023, the closing price of our Class A Ordinary Shares was $6.76. Based on this closing price, the aggregate sales price of the Founder Shares would be approximately $23,322,000 and the aggregate profit would be approximately $23,297,850; the aggregate sales price of the FPA Shares would be approximately $45,979,039 and the aggregate profit would be approximately $2,992,718; the aggregate sales price of shares issued to Eli Lilly & Co. pursuant certain Equity Grant Agreement dated as of December 8, 2022 would be approximately $3,718,000 and the aggregate profit would be approximately $3,718,000; the aggregate sales price of shares issued to Eli Lilly & Co. pursuant certain Equity Grant Agreement dated as of April 26, 2023 would be approximately $6,760,000 and the aggregate profit would be approximately $6,760,000; and the aggregate sales price of April 2023 Private Placement Shares (excluding 3,782,000 Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants) would be approximately $101,680,742 and the aggregate profit would be approximately $37,754,240. The public securityholders may not experience a similar rate of return on the securities they purchase due to differences in the purchase prices and the current trading price.
This prospectus also relates to the issuance by us of an aggregate of up to 16,591,996 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, which consists of (i) up to 5,910,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants, (ii) up to 3,782,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants, and (iii) up to 6,899,996 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of public warrants (the “Public Warrants”). The Private Placement Warrants and the Public Warrants have an exercise price of $11.50 per share, or significantly above the current trading price of our ordinary shares. Therefore, it is unlikely that the Private Placement Warrants or Public Warrants are exercised unless the trading price of ordinary shares increases to above the exercise price. The Pre-Funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.01 per share.
We could receive up to an aggregate of approximately $147.3 million if all of the Warrants registered hereunder are exercised for cash. To the extent that any of our Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants or Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised on a “cashless basis,” the amount of cash we would receive from the exercise of our Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants or Pre-Funded Warrants will decrease. We expect to use the net proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants, if any, for general corporate purposes. We will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants. However, there is no assurance that the holders of our Warrants will elect to exercise any or all of such warrants. The cash proceeds associated with the exercises of the Warrants are dependent on the stock price inasmuch as the holders are unlikely to exercise their Warrants if the exercise price thereof is less than the price of our Class A Ordinary Shares at the time of exercise. In that circumstance, such holder may be less likely to exercise their Warrants as such holder would be selling at a loss if they exercised their Warrants and sold their Class A Ordinary Shares. Accordingly, we have not included the net proceeds from any exercise of the Warrants in our assessment of our liquidity and our ability to fund operations on a prospective basis. Nevertheless, we believe our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months from the date of this prospectus. However, our liquidity assumptions may prove to be incorrect, and we could utilize our available financial resources sooner than we currently expect. Our future capital requirements and the adequacy of available funds will depend on many factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this prospectus.
Additional details regarding the securities to which this prospectus relates and the Selling Securityholders is set forth in this prospectus under “Information Related to Offered Securities” and “Selling Securityholders”.