pursuant to this prospectus supplement or in one or more separate offerings. We cannot predict the effect that future sales of Ordinary Shares or other equity-related securities would have on the market price of the Ordinary Shares.
The price of the Ordinary Shares is and may continue to be volatile and you may not be able to resell our securities at or above the price you paid.
The market price for the Ordinary Shares is volatile and may fluctuate significantly in response to a number of factors, most of which we cannot control, such as fluctuations in financial results, our ability to advance the development of obicetrapib or changes in securities analysts’ recommendations. In addition, the Ordinary Shares have been and may continue to be affected by limited trading volume. Each of these factors, among others, could harm your investment in the Ordinary Shares and could result in you being unable to resell the shares that you purchased at a price equal to or above the price you paid.
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 will not receive any additional funds upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants.
Each pre-funded warrant is exercisable for $0.0001 per Ordinary Share underlying such warrant, which may be paid solely by way of a cashless exercise, meaning that the holder would receive upon such exercise the net number of Ordinary Shares determined according to the formula set forth in the pre-funded warrant. Accordingly, we will not receive any additional funds upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants.
Holders of pre-funded warrants purchased in this offering will have no rights as shareholders until such holders exercise their pre-funded warrants and acquire our Ordinary Shares.
Until holders of pre-funded warrants acquire Ordinary Shares upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants, holders of prefunded warrants will have no rights with respect to the Ordinary Shares underlying such pre-funded warrants. Upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants, the holders will be entitled to exercise the rights of a shareholder only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise date.
Significant holders or beneficial holders of our Ordinary Shares may not be permitted to exercise pre-funded warrants that they hold.
A holder of pre-funded warrants will not be entitled to exercise any portion of any pre-funded warrant that, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause: (i) the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 9.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares immediately after giving effect to the exercise or (ii) the combined voting power of our securities beneficially owned by such holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 9.99% of the combined voting power of all of our securities outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the pre-funded warrants. As a result, you may not be able to exercise your pre-funded warrants for Ordinary Shares at a time when it would be financially beneficial for you to do so. In such a 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 and due to applicable transfer restrictions. See the section titled “Description of Pre-funded Warrants.”
Risks Related to Ownership of Our Securities
Our PFIC status could result in adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. Holders.
Based on current estimates of the composition of the income and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries for the taxable year ended December 31, 2023, we believe that the Company may be treated as a passive foreign investment company (a “PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the 2023 taxable year. We have not yet determined whether we expect to be a PFIC for any future taxable years. Under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), a non-U.S. corporation is classified as a PFIC for any tax year if, after the application of certain “look-through” rules with respect to subsidiaries, at least 75% of its gross income is “passive income” or at least 50% of the value of its assets, determined on the basis of quarterly averages, is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of “passive income.” The determination of whether the Company
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