As reported by us on April 17, 2024 in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, on April 17, 2024,
we entered into a subscription agreement with a number of institutional accredited investors pursuant to which we agreed to sell and issue in a private placement pursuant to the exemption in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the 1933 Act, an aggregate of 1,249,283 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $70.0 million, or $56.00 per share. The private placement was led by Deep Track Capital,
with participation from Atlas Venture, Blue Owl Capital, NEA, Rock Springs Capital, Tri Locum Partners, and other leading healthcare investors. The private placement closed on April 22, 2024.
We expect that the net proceeds from the private placement along with our existing cash and equivalents of $166.4 million as of December 31, 2023,
will provide runway to fund the completion of a Phase 1/2 trial of KRRO-110 in ZZ Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency patients, anticipated in 2026, progress additional liver
and CNS pipeline programs into the clinic and our platform with a focus on delivery and machine learning, with the remainder used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Piper Sandler, RBC Capital Markets, and BMO Capital Markets acted as joint placement agents for the private placement.
The shares have not been registered under the 1933 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. The offer and sale of the shares did not involve a public offering and was made without general solicitation or general advertising. The investors represented that they that
they are acquiring the shares for investment purposes only and not with a view to any resale, distribution or other disposition of the shares in violation of the U.S. federal securities laws. This current report on Form 8-K is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy shares of our common stock nor any other securities of our company.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this
current report on Form 8-K may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statement include, but are not
limited to, express or implied statements regarding our expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future including, without limitation, express or implied statements regarding the intended use of proceeds. In addition, any
statements that refer to projections, forecasts, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words anticipate, believe,
continue, could, estimate, expect, intend, may, might, plan, possible, potential, predict, project,
should, strive, would, aim, target, commit, and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that statement is not
forward looking. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that, while considered reasonable are inherently uncertain. New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all
risks and uncertainties. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, various factors beyond managements control including risks inherent in biopharmaceutical development
generally, such as risks associated with pre-clinical studies and clinical trials and other risks associated with obtaining regulatory approvals and protecting intellectual property; as well as other risks and
uncertainties indicated from time to time in our filings with the SEC, including Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on the March 26, 2024, as such may
be amended or supplemented by our other filings with the SEC. Nothing in this current report on Form 8-K should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth
herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements in this current report on Form
8-K, which speak only as of the date they are made and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the cautionary statements herein. Except as required by law, we do not undertake or accept any duty to
release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in expectations or in the events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. This current report on Form 8-K does not purport to summarize all of the conditions, risks and other attributes of an investment in our company.