Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Securities Purchase Agreement
On February 3, 2025,
Tectonic Therapeutic, Inc. (the Company) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with certain accredited investors (the Purchasers). The Purchase Agreement provides that, subject to
the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, the Purchasers will purchase an aggregate of 3,689,465 shares (the Shares) of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (Common Stock), of the Company, at a price of $50.00
per Share to fund investors and $54.14 per Share to individual investors that are either an officer or director of the Company (the Private Placement).
Gross proceeds from the Private Placement are expected to be approximately $185.0 million. The Private Placement is expected to close on or about
February 5, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of the closing conditions referenced above. The Company expects the net proceeds from the Private Placement to be used for the advancement of its development pipeline, working capital and other
general corporate purposes.
TD Securities (USA) LLC, Leerink Partners LLC, Piper Sandler & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as
placement agents for the Private Placement. The Company has agreed to pay the placement agents customary placement fees in their capacity as placement agents for the sale of the Shares to the Purchasers.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Purchase
Agreement, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
On February 3, 2025, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) with the Purchasers,
pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a registration statement on Form S-1 to register for resale the
Shares within 54 calendar days of the closing of the Private Placement, and to use reasonable best efforts to have the registration statement declared effective at the earliest possible date, but in any event no later than the earlier of
(a) the 90th calendar day following the initial filing date or (b) the fifth business day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the registration statement will not be
reviewed or will not be subject to further review. The Company also agreed to use reasonable best efforts to keep such registration statement effective until the earlier of the date the Shares covered by such registration statement have
been sold or may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without restriction. The Company has agreed to be responsible for all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration of the Shares.
The Company has granted the Purchasers customary indemnification rights in connection with the registration statement. The Purchasers have also granted the
Company customary indemnification rights in connection with the registration statement.
The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Registration Rights Agreement, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 3.02 |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
The information contained above in Item 1.01 relating to the Private Placement is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. Based in part upon the
representations of the Purchasers in the Purchase Agreement, the offering and sale of the Shares will be made in reliance on the exemption afforded by Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and
corresponding provisions of state securities or blue sky laws. The Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC
or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. Each of the Purchasers has represented that it is an accredited investor as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act, that it is purchasing the Securities solely for the
Purchasers own account and not for the account of others, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act, and that the Purchaser has no present intention of selling, granting any
participation in, or otherwise distributing the Securities in violation of the Securities Act. The sale of the Securities did not involve a public offering and was made without general solicitation or general advertising.