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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2019
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORMS-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TRANSLATE BIO, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 2836 | 61-1807780 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
29 Hartwell Avenue
Lexington, Massachusetts 02421
(617)945-7361
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Ronald C. Renaud, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Translate Bio, Inc.
29 Hartwell Avenue
Lexington, Massachusetts 02421
(617)945-7361
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Susan W. Murley Cynthia T. Mazareas Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (617)526-6000 | Paul Burgess Chief Legal Officer Translate Bio, Inc. 29 Hartwell Avenue Lexington, Massachusetts 02421 (617)945-7361 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement is declared effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☐
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☒ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☒
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered | Amount to be | Proposed Maximum Per Share(3) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price(3) | Amount of Registration Fee(3) | ||||
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | 5,582,940 | $9.17 | $51,195,560 | $6,205 | ||||
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(1) | The shares will be offered for resale by selling stockholders pursuant to the shelf prospectus contained herein. |
(2) | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers any additional number of shares of common stock issuable upon stock splits, stock dividends or other distribution, recapitalization or similar events with respect to the shares of common stock being registered pursuant to this registration statement. |
(3) | Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based on average high and low prices per share of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 21, 2019. |
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholders named in this prospectus may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and the selling stockholders named in this prospectus are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any state or other jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Subject to completion, dated May 24, 2019
5,582,940 Shares
Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the resale, from time to time, of up to 5,582,940 shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders (which term, as used in this prospectus, includes pledgees, donees, transferees or othersuccessors-in-interest) identified in this prospectus. The selling stockholders acquired the shares of our common stock in our May 2019 private placement.
We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares.
We have agreed to bear all of the expenses incurred in connection with the registration of these shares. The selling stockholders will pay or assume discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers or dealer managers and similar expenses, if any, incurred for the sale of shares of our common stock.
The selling stockholders identified in this prospectus may offer the shares from time to time through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices. For additional information on the methods of sale that may be used by the selling stockholders, see the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” on page 14. For a list of the selling stockholders, see the section entitled “Selling Stockholders” on page 11.
We may amend or supplement this prospectus from time to time by filing amendments or supplements as required. You should read the entire prospectus and any amendments or supplements carefully before you make your investment decision.
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “TBIO.” On May 23, 2019, the closing sale price of our common stock as reported on Nasdaq was $9.22. You are urged to obtain current market quotations for the common stock.
We are an “emerging growth company” under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced public company disclosure requirements for this prospectus and future filings. See “Prospectus Summary—Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.”
Our business and investment in our common stock involve significant risks. These risks are described in the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3 of this prospectus.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. This prospectus may only be used where it is legal to offer and sell shares of our common stock. If it is against the law in any jurisdiction to make an offer to sell these shares, or to solicit an offer from someone to buy these shares, then this prospectus does not apply to any person in that jurisdiction, and no offer or solicitation is made by this prospectus to any such person. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of common stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since such date.
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This summary highlights, and is qualified in its entirety by, the more detailed information included elsewhere in this prospectus or incorporated by reference herein. This summary does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read and carefully consider the entire prospectus, especially the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus, before deciding to invest in our common stock.
Overview
We are a clinical-stage messenger RNA, or mRNA, therapeutics company developing a new class of potentially transformative medicines to treat diseases caused by protein or gene dysfunction. Our mRNA therapeutics platform, or MRT platform, is designed to develop product candidates that deliver mRNA carrying instructions to produce intracellular, transmembrane and secreted proteins for therapeutic benefit. We believe our MRT platform is applicable to a broad range of diseases caused by insufficient protein production or where production of proteins can modify disease, including diseases that affect the lung, liver, eye and central nervous system. We also believe our MRT platform may be applied to various classes of treatments, such as therapeutic antibodies or vaccines in areas such as infectious disease and oncology. Our two lead programs are being developed as treatments for cystic fibrosis and ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.
Corporate Information
We are a Delaware corporation that was incorporated on November 10, 2016 under the name RaNA Therapeutics, Inc. On December 5, 2016, we completed a series of transactions, which we refer to as the “Reorganization,” pursuant to which RaNA Therapeutics, LLC, or RaNA LLC, became a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of RaNA Therapeutics, Inc., and all of the outstanding equity securities of RaNA LLC were exchanged for equity securities of RaNA Therapeutics, Inc. The purpose of the Reorganization was to reorganize our corporate structure so that our existing investors would own capital stock in a corporation rather than equity interests in a limited liability company. On June 26, 2017, we changed our name from RaNA Therapeutics, Inc. to Translate Bio, Inc. On December 19, 2017, RaNA LLC merged with and into Translate Bio, Inc., with Translate Bio, Inc. continuing as the surviving corporation.
Our principal executive offices are located at 29 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts 02421, and our telephone number is (617)945-7361. Our website address is http://www.translate.bio. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not a part of this prospectus. We have included our website address in this prospectus solely as an inactive textual reference.
Except as otherwise indicated herein or as the context otherwise requires, any references in this prospectus to “Translate,” “Translate Bio,” “the company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Translate Bio, Inc. and our subsidiaries.
We own or have rights to trademarks, service marks and trade names that we use in connection with the operation of our business, including our corporate name, logos and website names. Other trademarks, service marks and trade names appearing in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, some of the trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to in this prospectus are listed without the® and™ symbols, but we will assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights to our trademarks, service marks and trade names.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company
As a company with less than $1.07 billion of revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. We may
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remain an emerging growth company for up to five years from the date of the closing of our initial public offering, or until such earlier time as we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenue, the market value of our stock held bynon-affiliates is more than $700 million or we issue more than $1 billion ofnon-convertible debt over a three-year period. For so long as we remain an emerging growth company, we are permitted and intend to rely on exemptions from certain disclosure and other requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.
THE OFFERING
Common stock offered by selling stockholders | 5,582,940 shares |
Use of proceeds | We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in this offering. |
Risk factors | You should read the “Risk Factors” section included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors to consider carefully before deciding to invest in shares of our common stock. |
Nasdaq Global Select Market symbol | “TBIO” |
DESCRIPTION OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT WITH THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
On April 30, 2019, we entered into a securities purchase agreement for a private placement with the selling stockholders whereby, on May 3, 2019 we issued and sold 5,582,940 shares of our common stock at a price of $8.50 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $47.5 million. For a detailed description of the transactions contemplated by the securities purchase agreement with the selling stockholders and the securities issued pursuant thereto, see the section captioned “Selling Stockholders” in this prospectus. We filed the registration statement on FormS-1, of which this prospectus forms a part, to fulfill our contractual obligations under the registration rights agreement entered into concurrently with the securities purchase agreement with the selling stockholders to provide for the resale by the selling stockholders of the shares of common stock offered hereby.
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Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Before you decide to invest in our common stock, you should carefully consider the risks described in the section captioned “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report onForm 10-K, our most recent Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q and other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, from time to time, which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety, together with the other information in this prospectus and documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The risks described in our most recent Annual Report onForm 10-K, our most recent Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q and the other filings incorporated by reference herein are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties may also impair our business operations. If any of the risks described in our most recent Annual Report onForm 10-K, our most recent Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q and the other filings incorporated by reference herein occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations and future growth prospects could be harmed. In these circumstances, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INDUSTRY DATA
This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference herein, including statements regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “would,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus and incorporated by reference herein include, among other things, statements about:
• | the initiation, timing, progress and results of our current and future preclinical studies and clinical trials and our research and development programs; |
• | our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and need for additional financing; |
• | our plans to develop our product candidates; |
• | the timing of and our ability to submit applications for, obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for our product candidates; |
• | our expectations regarding our ability to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements with our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, and the period in which we expect that such cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments will enable us to fund such operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements; |
• | the potential advantages of our product candidates; |
• | the rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility of our product candidates; |
• | our estimates regarding the potential market opportunity for our product candidates; |
• | our commercialization, marketing and manufacturing capabilities and strategy; |
• | our expectations regarding our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates; |
• | our ability to identify additional products, product candidates or technologies with significant commercial potential that are consistent with our commercial objectives; |
• | the impact of government laws and regulations; |
• | our competitive position; |
• | developments relating to our competitors and our industry; |
• | our ability to establish collaborations or obtain additional funding; |
• | our expectations regarding the time during which we will be an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act; and |
• | other risks and uncertainties, including those listed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form10-K, our most recent Quarterly Report on Form10-Q, and other filings we make with the SEC. |
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We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. We have included important factors in the cautionary statements included in this prospectus and incorporated by reference herein, particularly in the “Risk Factors” section, that we believe could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make.
You should read this prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus and incorporated by reference herein are made as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law.
This prospectus includes and incorporates by reference certain statistical and other industry and market data that we obtained from industry publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties as well as our own estimates of potential market opportunities. Industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. Our estimates of the potential market opportunities for our product candidates include several key assumptions based on our industry knowledge, industry publications, third-party research and other surveys, which may be based on a small sample size and may fail to accurately reflect market opportunities. While we believe that our internal assumptions are reasonable, no independent source has verified such assumptions.
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We are filing the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part to permit holders of the shares of our common stock described in the section entitled “Selling Stockholders” to resell such shares. We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.
The selling stockholders will pay any discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers or dealer managers and expenses incurred by the selling stockholders for brokerage, accounting, tax or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the selling stockholders in disposing of the shares. We will bear all other costs, fees and expenses incurred in effecting the registration of the shares covered by this prospectus, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing fees, Nasdaq listing fees and fees and expenses of our counsel and our accountants.
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General
The following description of our capital stock and provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws are summaries and are qualified by reference to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended from time to time, copies of which are filed with the SEC as exhibits to our registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and by applicable provisions of Delaware corporate law.
Our authorized capital stock consists of 200,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share. As of May 15, 2019 there were approximately 115 holders of record of shares of our common stock. This number does not include stockholders from whom shares are held in “nominee” or “street” name.
Common Stock
Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders and do not have cumulative voting rights. Each election of directors by our stockholders will be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote on the election. Holders of common stock are entitled to receive proportionately any dividends as may be declared by our board of directors, subject to any preferential dividend rights of outstanding preferred stock.
In the event of our liquidation or dissolution, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive proportionately all assets available for distribution to stockholders after the payment of all debts and other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any of our outstanding preferred stock. Holders of our common stock have no preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of our common stock are subject to and may be adversely affected by the rights of the holders of shares of any series of our preferred stock that we may designate and issue in the future.
Preferred Stock
Under the terms of our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors is authorized to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series without stockholder approval. Our board of directors has the discretion to determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, of each series of preferred stock.
The purpose of authorizing our board of directors to issue preferred stock and determine its rights and preferences is to eliminate delays associated with a stockholder vote on specific issuances. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions, future financings and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or could discourage a third party from seeking to acquire, a majority of our outstanding voting stock. There are no shares of preferred stock currently outstanding.
Registration Rights
Resale Registration Rights
In connection with the private placement that we completed in May 2019, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the selling stockholders under which we have agreed to file the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part with the SEC, covering the resale of the 5,582,940 shares of common stock issued in such May 2019 private placement.
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Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
We are party to an amended and restated registration rights agreement dated as of December 22, 2016, with Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc. and certain other of our stockholders. This amended and restated registration rights agreement provides these stockholders the right to require us to register their shares under the Securities Act under specified circumstances as described below.
Demand and Form S-3 Registration Rights. Subject to specified limitations set forth in the amended and restated registration rights agreement, at any time, the holders of at least 60% of the then outstanding registrable securities may demand that we register registrable securities then outstanding under the Securities Act for purposes of a public offering having an aggregate offering price to the public of not less than $5.0 million. We are not obligated to file a registration statement pursuant to this provision on more than two occasions.
In addition, subject to specified limitations set forth in the amended and restated registration rights agreement, at any time after we become eligible to file a registration statementon Form S-3, holders of at least 25% of the registrable securities then outstanding may request that we register their registrable securitieson Form S-3 for purposes of a public offering for which the reasonably anticipated aggregate offering price to the public would exceed $1.0 million. We are not obligated to file a registration statement pursuant to this provision on more than two occasions inany 12-month period.
Incidental Registration Rights.If we propose to register for our own account any of our securities under the Securities Act, the holders of registrable securities will be entitled to notice of the registration and, subject to specified exceptions, have the right to require us to register all or a portion of the registrable securities then held by them in that registration.
In the event that any registration in which the holders of registrable securities participate pursuant to our amended and restated registration rights agreement is an underwritten public offering, we have agreed to enter into an underwriting agreement in usual and customary form and use our reasonable best efforts to facilitate such offering.
Expenses.Pursuant to the amended and restated registration rights agreement, we are required to pay all registration expenses, including all registration and filing fees, exchange listing fees, printing expenses, fees and expenses of one counsel selected by the selling stockholders to represent the selling stockholders, state Blue Sky fees and expenses and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration, but excluding underwriting discounts, selling commissions and the fees and expenses of the selling stockholders’ own counsel (other than the counsel selected to represent all selling stockholders).
Indemnification. The amended and restated registration rights agreement contains customary cross-indemnification provisions, pursuant to which we are obligated to indemnify the selling stockholders in the event of material misstatements or omissions in the registration statement attributable to us or any violation or alleged violation whether by action or inaction by us under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities or Blue Sky law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities or Blue Sky law in connection with such registration statement or the qualification or compliance of the offering, and they are obligated to indemnify us for material misstatements or omissions in the registration statement attributable to them.
Delaware Anti-Takeover Law and Certain Charter and Bylaw Provisions
Delaware Law
We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL. Subject to certain exceptions, Section 203 prevents a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with any “interested stockholder” for three years following the date that the person became an
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interested stockholder, unless either the interested stockholder attained such status with the approval of our board of directors, the business combination is approved by our board of directors and stockholders in a prescribed manner or the interested stockholder acquired at least 85% of our outstanding voting stock in the transaction in which it became an interested stockholder. A “business combination” includes, among other things, a merger or consolidation involving us and the “interested stockholder” and the sale of more than 10% of our assets. In general, an “interested stockholder” is any entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by such entity or person.
Staggered Board; Removal of Directors
Our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws divide our board of directors into three classes with staggered three-year terms. In addition, our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws provide that directors may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of 75% of our shares of capital stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote. Under our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, any vacancy on our board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an enlargement of our board of directors, may be filled only by vote of a majority of our directors then in office. Furthermore, our certificate of incorporation provides that the authorized number of directors may be changed only by the resolution of our board of directors. The classification of our board of directors and the limitations on the ability of our stockholders to remove directors, change the authorized number of directors and fill vacancies could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or discourage a third party from seeking to acquire, control of our company.
Stockholder Action; Special Meeting of Stockholders; Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations
Our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws provide that any action required or permitted to be taken by our stockholders at an annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders may only be taken if it is properly brought before such meeting and may not be taken by written action in lieu of a meeting. Our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws also provide that, except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of the stockholders can only be called by our board of directors. In addition, our bylaws establish an advance notice procedure for stockholder proposals to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders, including proposed nominations of candidates for election to our board of directors. Stockholders at an annual meeting may only consider proposals or nominations specified in the notice of meeting or brought before the meeting by or at the direction of our board of directors, or by a stockholder of record on the record date for the meeting who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has delivered timely written notice in proper form to our secretary of the stockholder’s intention to bring such business before the meeting. These provisions could have the effect of delaying until the next stockholder meeting stockholder actions that are favored by the holders of a majority of our outstanding voting securities. These provisions also could discourage a third party from making a tender offer for our common stock because even if the third party acquired a majority of our outstanding voting stock, it would be able to take action as a stockholder, such as electing new directors or approving a merger, only at a duly called stockholders meeting and not by written consent.
Super-Majority Voting
The DGCL provides generally that the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on any matter is required to amend a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws unless a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, as the case may be, requires a greater percentage. Our bylaws may be amended or repealed by a majority vote of our board of directors or the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the votes that all our stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors. In addition, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the votes that all our stockholders would be entitled to cast in any election of directors is required to amend or repeal or to adopt any provisions inconsistent with any of the provisions of our certificate of incorporation described above.
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Exclusive Forum Selection
Our certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (1) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of our company, (2) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, employees or stockholders to our company or our stockholders, (3) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (4) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time) or governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Although our certificate of incorporation contains the choice of forum provision described above, it is possible that a court could rule that such a provision is inapplicable for a particular claim or action or that such provision is unenforceable.
Authorized but Unissued Shares
Our authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock are available for future issuance without stockholder approval, subject to any limitations imposed by the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Global Select Market. These additional shares may be used for a variety of corporate finance transactions, acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued and unreserved common stock and preferred stock could make it more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
Nasdaq Global Select Market
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “TBIO.”
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On April 30, 2019, we entered into a securities purchase agreement, or the Purchase Agreement, with the selling stockholders, pursuant to which we issued and sold 5,582,940 shares of our common stock at a price of $8.50 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $47.5 million, which we refer to as the Private Placement.
In connection with the Private Placement, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the selling stockholders, dated as of April 30, 2019, or the Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to which we agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of the shares of common stock sold in the Private Placement. We agreed to file such registration statement within 30 days following the closing of the Private Placement. The Registration Rights Agreement includes customary indemnification rights in connection with the registration statement. The registration statement of which this prospectus is a part has been filed in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement.
The foregoing summary descriptions of the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, which were filed as exhibits to our Current Report on Form8-K, dated May 1, 2019, and are incorporated by reference herein.
The table below sets forth, to our knowledge, information concerning the beneficial ownership of shares of our common stock held by the selling stockholders as of May 15, 2019. The information in the table below with respect to the selling stockholders has been obtained from the selling stockholders. The selling stockholders may sell all, some or none of the shares of common stock subject to this prospectus. See “Plan of Distribution.”
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to shares. Unless otherwise indicated below, to our knowledge, all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to their shares of common stock, except to the extent authority is shared by spouses under applicable law. The inclusion of any shares in this table does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership for the person named below.
None of the selling stockholders has held any position or office, or has otherwise had a material relationship, with us or any of our subsidiaries within the past three years.
Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering | Number of Shares of Common Stock Being Offered(1) | Shares of Common Stock to be Beneficially Owned After Offering(1) | ||||||||||||||||||
Name of Selling Stockholder | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||||||||||||||||
Entities affiliated with The Baupost Group, L.L.C.(2) | 8,844,239 | 17.4 | % | 2,352,941 | 6,491,298 | 12.8 | % | |||||||||||||
Entities affiliated with RTW Investments, LP(3) | 2,032,970 | 4.0 | % | 480,000 | 1,552,970 | 3.1 | % | |||||||||||||
Frazier Life Sciences IX, L.P.(4) | 1,176,470 | 2.3 | % | 1,176,470 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Entities affiliated with Highbridge Capital Management, LLC(5) | 470,588 | * | 470,588 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Entities affiliated with DAFNA(6) | 352,941 | * | 352,941 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Entities affiliated with Monashee Investment Management LLC(7) | 300,000 | * | 300,000 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Invus Public Equities, L.P.(8) | 250,000 | * | 250,000 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
CVI Investments, Inc.(9) | 200,000 | * | 200,000 | — | — |
* | Less than 1%. |
(1) | We do not know when or in what amounts a selling stockholder may offer shares for sale. The selling stockholders might not sell any or all of the shares offered by this prospectus. Because the selling stockholders may offer all or some of the shares pursuant to this offering, and because there are currently no |
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agreements, arrangements or understandings with respect to the sale of any of the shares, we cannot estimate the number of the shares that will be held by the selling stockholders after completion of the offering. However, for purposes of this table, we have assumed that, after completion of the offering, none of the shares covered by this prospectus will be held by the selling stockholders. |
(2) | Consists of 8,844,239 shares of common stock. The Baupost Group, L.L.C. is a registered investment adviser and acts as the investment adviser and general partner to certain private investment limited partnerships on whose behalf these shares were purchased. The Baupost Group, L.L.C., Baupost Group GP, L.L.C. and Seth A. Klarman have shared voting and investment power over these shares of common stock. Baupost Group GP, L.L.C. and Mr. Klarman disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein, if any. The principal business address for The Baupost Group, L.L.C. is 10 St. James Avenue, Suite 1700, Boston, MA 02116. |
(3) | Consists of (i) 1,562,819 shares of common stock held by RTW Master Fund, Ltd. (“RTW Master”) and (ii) 470,151 shares of common stock held by RTW Innovation Master Fund, Ltd. (“RTW Innovation” and together with RTW Master, the “RTW Funds”). The investment manager of the RTW Funds is RTW Investments, L.P. The business and affairs of RTW Investments, LP is managed by its general partner, RTW Investments GP, LLC. The sole member of RTW Investments GP, LLC is Roderick Wong, who is deemed to have sole voting and dispositive power of the shares held by the RTW Funds and disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The address for each of the RTW Funds is 412 West 15th Street, Floor 9, New York, NY 10011. |
(4) | The shares are held directly by Frazier Life Sciences IX, L.P. (“FLS IX”). The general partner of FLS IX is FHMLS IX, L.P., and the general partner of FHMLS IX, L.P. is FHMLS IX, L.L.C. James Topper and Patrick Heron are the sole managing members of FHMLS IX, L.L.C. and share voting and investment power of the securities held by FLS IX. Dr. Topper and Mr. Heron disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The address for FLS IX is 601 Union Street, Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98101. |
(5) | Consists of (i) 237,176 shares of common stock held by Highbridge MSF International Ltd. (f/k/a 1992 MSF International Ltd.) (“Highbridge MSF”) and (ii) 233,412 shares of common stock held by 1992 Tactical Credit Master Fund, L.P. (“Tactical Fund” and together with Highbridge MSF, the “Highbridge Funds”). The Highbridge Funds disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares held by them. Highbridge Capital Management, LLC (“HCM”) is the trading manager of the Highbridge Funds. The address of HCM is 40 West 57th Street, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10019 and the address of each of the Highbridge Funds is c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, South Church Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman Islands. |
(6) | Consists of (i) 250,588 shares of common stock held by DAFNA LifeScience, LP and (ii) 102,353 shares of common stock held by DAFNA LifeScience Select, LP. DAFNA Capital Management LLC is the sole general partner of DAFNA LifeScience, LP and DAFNA LifeScience Select, LP. The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of DAFNA Capital Management LLC are Dr. Nathan Fischel and Dr. Fariba Ghodsian, respectively. These individuals may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power of the shares held by DAFNA LifeScience, LP and DAFNA LifeScience Select, LP. Each of Dr. Fischel and Dr. Fariba disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares. The address for DAFNA Capital Management LLC is 10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90024. |
(7) | Consists of (i) 125,750 shares of common stock held by BEMAP Master Fund LTD (“BEMAP”), (ii) 125,750 shares of common stock held by Kiski (Cayman) Master Fund LP (“Kiski”), (iii) 32,500 shares of common stock held by Monashee Pure Alpha Capital Master Fund LP (“Monashee Pure”) and (iv) 16,000 shares of common stock held by Monashee Capital Master Fund LP (“Monashee Capital” and collectively with BEMAP, Kiski and Monashee Pure, the “Monashee Funds”). Monashee Investment Management LLC is the Investment Advisor for each of the Monashee Funds. The Partners/officers of Monashee Investment Management LLC are Tom Wynn, Gerald Coughlan and Jeff Muller. These individuals may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power of the shares held by the Monashee Funds. Each of Tom Wynn, Gerald Coughlan and Jeff Muller disclaims beneficial ownership over these shares, except to the extent of his or her pecuniary interest therein. The address for Monashee Investment Management LLC is 125 High Street, 28th Floor, Boston, MA 02110. |
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(8) | The shares are held directly by Invus Public Equities, L.P. Invus Public Equities Advisors, LLC as the general partner of Invus Public Equities, L.P. controls Invus Public Equities, L.P. and accordingly may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by Invus Public Equities, L.P. Artal Treasury Ltd, as the managing member of Invus Public Equities Advisors, LLC controls Invus Public Equities Advisors, LLC and accordingly may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by Invus Public Equities, L.P. The Geneva branch of Artal International S.C.A. is the sole stockholder of Artal Treasury Ltd. and may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by Invus Public Equities, L.P. Artal International Management S.A., as the managing partner of Artal International S.C.A., controls Artal International S.C.A. and, accordingly, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by Invus Public Equities, L.P. Artal Group, S.A. as the parent company of Artal International Management, S.A. controls Artal International Management S.A. and, accordingly, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by Invus Public Equities, L.P. Westend, S.A. as the parent company of Artal Group S.A. controls Artal Group S.A. and, accordingly, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by Invus Public Equities, L.P. Stichting Administratiekantoor Westend, as the parent company of Westend S.A., controls Westend S.A. and, accordingly, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by Invus Public Equities, L.P. Mr. Pascal Minne, as the sole member of the board of Stichting Administratiekantoor Westend, controls Stichting Administratiekantoor Westend and, accordingly, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by Invus Public Equities, L.P. The address for Invus Public Equities, L.P. is 750 Lexington Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10022. |
(9) | Heights Capital Management, Inc., the authorized agent of CVI Investments, Inc. (“CVI”), has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by CVI and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. Martin Kobinger, in his capacity as Investment Manager of Heights Capital Management, Inc., may also be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the shares held by CVI. Mr. Kobinger disclaims any such beneficial ownership of the shares. The address for CVI Investments, Inc. is c/o Heights Capital Management, 101 California Street, Suite 3250, San Francisco, CA 94111. |
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The selling stockholders, which as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or othersuccessors-in-interest selling shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.
The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:
• | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
• | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
• | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
• | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
• | privately negotiated transactions; |
• | short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC; |
• | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
• | broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; |
• | a combination of any such methods of sale; and |
• | any other method permitted by applicable law. |
The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock, from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
In connection with the sale of our common stock or interests therein, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
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The aggregate proceeds to the selling stockholders from the sale of the common stock offered by them will be the purchase price of the common stock less discounts or commissions, if any. Each of the selling stockholders reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of common stock to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering.
The selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule.
The selling stockholders and any underwriters, broker-dealers or agents that participate in the sale of the common stock or interests therein may be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Selling stockholders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
To the extent required, the shares of our common stock to be sold, the names of the selling stockholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agent, dealer or underwriter, and any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.
In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the common stock may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the common stock may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.
We have advised the selling stockholders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. In addition, to the extent applicable we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling stockholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling stockholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and state securities laws, relating to the registration of the shares offered by this prospectus.
We have agreed with the selling stockholders to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective and to remain continuously effective until the earlier of (1) the date on which all of the shares covered by this prospectus have been sold or (2) the date on which all of the shares cease to be registrable securities (as defined pursuant to the registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the Private Placement).
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The validity of the shares of our common stock offered hereby is being passed upon for us by Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.
The financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph relating to company’s ability to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1 to the financial statements) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other documents with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of certain information filed by us with the SEC are also available on our website at http://www.translate.bio. Our website is not a part of this prospectus and is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC. This prospectus omits some information contained in the registration statement in accordance with SEC rules and regulations. You should review the information and exhibits in the registration statement for further information about us and our consolidated subsidiaries and our securities. Statements in this prospectus concerning any document we filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or that we otherwise filed with the SEC are not intended to be comprehensive and are qualified by reference to these filings. You should review the complete document to evaluate these statements.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference much of the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those publicly available documents. The information that we incorporate by reference in this prospectus is considered to be part of this prospectus. Any statement contained in a previously filed document incorporated by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus modifies or replaces that statement. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below(File No. 001-38550) and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and prior to the sale of all the shares covered by this prospectus, other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed.
1. | Our Annual Report onForm10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 21, 2019; |
2. | Our Quarterly Report onForm10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on May 9, 2019; |
3. | Our Current Reports on Form8-K filed with the SEC onJanuary 3, 2019,April 8, 2019,April 11, 2019 andMay 1, 2019; |
4. | Our definitive proxy statement onSchedule 14A for the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on April 25, 2019; |
5. | The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement onForm8-A filed on June 22, 2018, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and |
6. | Any other filings we make pursuant to the Exchange Act after the date of filing the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement. |
You may request a copy of these documents, which will be provided to you at no cost, by writing or telephoning us using the following contact information:
Translate Bio, Inc.
Attention: Paul Burgess, Chief Legal Officer
29 Hartwell Avenue
Lexington, Massachusetts, 02421
(617) 945-7361
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5,582,940 Shares
Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following table sets forth the various expenses to be incurred in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered hereby, all of which will be borne by us (except any underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses incurred by the selling stockholders for brokerage, accounting, tax or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the selling stockholders in disposing of the shares). All amounts shown are estimates except the SEC registration fee.
Amount | ||||
SEC registration fee | $ | 6,205 | ||
Accounting fees and expenses | 10,000 | |||
Legal fees and expenses | 50,000 | |||
Miscellaneous fees and expenses | 12,500 | |||
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Total expenses | $ | 78,705 | ||
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Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the DGCL, permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of its directors or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his or her duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. Our certificate of incorporation provides that none of our directors shall be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, except to the extent that the DGCL prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Our certificate of incorporation provides that we will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of us) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, our director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at our request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to as an “Indemnitee”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
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incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Our certificate of incorporation also provides that we will indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party to an action or suit by or in the right of us to procure a judgment in our favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, our director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at our request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to us, unless a court determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he or she is entitled to indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, he or she will be indemnified by us against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection therewith. If we do not assume the defense, expenses must be advanced to an Indemnitee under certain circumstances.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with all of our directors and executive officers. In general, these agreements provide that we will indemnify the executive officer or director to the fullest extent permitted by law for claims arising in his or her capacity as an executive officer or director of our company or in connection with his or her service at our request for another corporation or entity. The indemnification agreements also provide for procedures that will apply in the event that an executive officer or director makes a claim for indemnification and establish certain presumptions that are favorable to the executive officer or director.
We maintain a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of our directors and officers arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
The underwriting agreement we entered into in connection with the initial public offering of our common stock provides that the underwriters will indemnify, under certain conditions, our directors and officers (as well as certain other persons) against certain liabilities arising in connection with such offering.
Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, executive officers, or persons controlling us for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, we have been informed that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
Set forth below is information regarding shares of our common stock and shares of our preferred stock, and stock options granted, by us within the past three years that were not registered under the Securities Act. Included is the consideration, if any, we received for such shares and options and information relating to the section of the Securities Act, or rule of the SEC, under which exemption from registration was claimed.
(a) Issuances of Preferred Stock
In connection with preparing for our initial public offering, we effected aone-for-5.5555 reverse stock split of our common stock. The reverse stock split became effective on June 15, 2018. The par value and authorized shares of preferred stock were not adjusted as a result of the reverse stock split. The preferred stock share and price per preferred stock share amounts in this paragraph (a) of Item 15 have not been retroactively adjusted to give effect to this reverse stock split.
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On December 22, 2016, we issued and sold 25,757,569 shares of our Series C preferred stock to 25 investors for cash at a price per share of $1.98 for an aggregate purchase price of $51.0 million.
On December 15, 2017 and December 22, 2017, we issued and sold an aggregate of 21,202,710 shares of our Series C preferred stock to 22 investors for cash at a price per share of $1.98 for an aggregate purchase price of $42.0 million.
No underwriters were involved in the foregoing issuances of securities. The securities described in this paragraph (a) of Item 15 were issued to investors in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, as set forth in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder relative to transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering, to the extent an exemption from such registration was required. The recipients of securities in the transactions described above represented that they were accredited investors and were acquiring the securities for their own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof and that they could bear the risks of the investment and could hold the securities for an indefinite period of time and appropriate legends were affixed to the instruments representing such securities issued in such transactions.
(b) Issuances of Common Stock
On December 5, 2016, we issued an aggregate of 1,992,623 shares of restricted common stock for services rendered to employees, directors, and consultants in exchange for an aggregate of 14,000,249 common incentive units previously issued to such employees, directors, and consultants. Also on December 5, 2016, we issued an aggregate of 641,206 shares of common stock in exchange for an aggregate of 3,562,230 common units previously issued to the holders of such common units. The common incentive units and common units were exchanged for shares of restricted common stock and common stock, respectively, upon the consummation of a corporate reorganization. Between January 1, 2015 and December 5, 2016, the date of our corporate reorganization, we issued an aggregate of 8,248,147 common incentive units and 3,562,230 common units. No additional common incentive units or common units have been issued following the consummation of the corporate reorganization.
On December 22, 2016, we issued 5,815,560 shares of common stock to Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc., or Shire, as consideration for certain assets acquired from Shire. On December 15, 2017 and December 22, 2017, we issued an aggregate of 1,079,765 shares of common stock to Shire and, on July 2, 2018, in connection with the closing of our initial public offering, we issued 183,619 shares of common stock to Shire in satisfaction of certain contractual obligations under the asset purchase agreement. On December 15, 2017, we issued 70,866 shares of common stock to MTS Securities, LLC, or MTS, in satisfaction of our obligations under an agreement by and among us, Shire and MTS.
No underwriters were involved in the foregoing issuances of securities. The issuances of shares of our common stock described in this paragraph (b) of Item 15 were issued pursuant to written compensatory plans or arrangements with our employees, directors, and consultants, in reliance on the exemption provided by Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act or pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act, relating to transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering. All recipients either received adequate information about us or had access, through employment or other relationships, to such information.
On April 30, 2019, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional accredited investors (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which we, in a private placement, agreed to issue and sell to the Purchasers 5,582,940 shares of our common stock at a price of $8.50 per share for total gross proceeds to us of approximately $47.5 million.
No underwriters were involved in the issuance of these shares of common stock to the Purchasers. The shares of common stock were issued to the Purchasers in reliance upon the exemption from the registration
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requirements of the Securities Act, as set forth in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder relative to transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering. Each of the Purchasers represented that they were accredited investors and were acquiring the shares of common stock for their own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof and that they could bear the risks of the investment and could hold the securities for an indefinite period of time and appropriate legends were affixed to the instruments representing such securities issued in such transactions.
(c) Stock Option Grants and Option Exercises
From May 24, 2016 through the filing of our registration statement on FormS-8 on July 2, 2018, we granted options to purchase an aggregate of 6,433,495 shares of common stock, with exercise prices ranging from $4.73 to $9.78 per share, to employees, directors, consultants and advisors pursuant to our 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. During such period, we issued an aggregate of 49,459 shares of common stock upon the exercise of options for aggregate consideration of $0.3 million. Our registration statement on FormS-8 filed on July 2, 2018 registered all of the shares of our common stock subject to outstanding options and all shares of our common stock otherwise issuable pursuant to our equity compensation plans.
No underwriters were involved in the foregoing issuances of securities. The issuances of stock options and the shares of our common stock issued upon the exercise of the options described in this paragraph (c) of Item 15 were issued pursuant to written compensatory plans or arrangements with our employees, directors and consultants, in reliance on the exemption provided by Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act, or pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act, relative to transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering, to the extent an exemption from such registration was required. All recipients either received adequate information about us or had access, through employment or other relationships, to such information.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) | Exhibits. |
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration statement on FormS-1.
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* | Indicates management contract or compensatory plan |
^ | SEC FileNo. 333-225368 |
^^ | SEC FileNo. 001-38550 |
+ | Confidential treatment has been requested and/or granted as to certain portions, which portions have been omitted and filed separately with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
† | Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) ofRegulation S-K, the Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the Asset Purchase Agreement to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. |
(b) | Financial Statement Schedules. |
No financial statement schedules are provided because the information called for is not required or is shown either in the financial statements or notes.
Item 17. Undertakings.
(a) | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: |
(1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: |
(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); |
(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) | That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initialbona fide offering thereof. |
(3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(4) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an |
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offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use. |
(b) | The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initialbona fide offering thereof. |
(c) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions described herein, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lexington, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on May 24, 2019.
TRANSLATE BIO, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Ronald C. Renaud, Jr. | |
Ronald C. Renaud, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer |
SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Ronald C. Renaud, Jr., John R. Schroer and Paul Burgess, and each of them, as his or her true and lawfulattorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments or any abbreviated registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) increasing the number of securities for which registration is sought), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto saidattorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that saidattorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Ronald C. Renaud, Jr. Ronald C. Renaud, Jr. | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) | May 24, 2019 | ||
/s/ John R. Schroer John R. Schroer | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial and accounting officer) | May 24, 2019 | ||
/s/ Daniel S. Lynch Daniel S. Lynch | Chairman of the Board | May 24, 2019 | ||
/s/ Daniella Beckman Daniella Beckman | Director | May 24, 2019 | ||
/s/ Jean-François Formela, M.D. Jean-François Formela, M.D. | Director | May 24, 2019 | ||
/s/ Brian M. Gallagher, Jr., Ph.D. Brian M. Gallagher, Jr., Ph.D. | Director | May 24, 2019 | ||
/s/ Owen Hughes Owen Hughes | Director | May 24, 2019 | ||
/s/ Robert Meyer, M.D. Robert Meyer, M.D. | Director | May 24, 2019 | ||
/s/ Robert M. Plenge, M.D., Ph.D. Robert M. Plenge, M.D., Ph.D. | Director | May 24, 2019 |