11/13/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/13/2024 06:32
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 11 (to Prospectus dated April 12, 2024) |
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) Registration No. 333-278566 |
6,974,248 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus supplement is being filed to update and supplement the information contained in the prospectus dated April 12, 2024 (as supplemented from time to time, the "Prospectus"), which forms a part of our registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-278566), with the information contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2024 (the "Current Report"). Accordingly, we have attached the Current Report to this prospectus supplement. This prospectus relates to the offer and resale from time to time of up to 6,974,248 shares (the "Shares") of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), of Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), by the selling stockholders identified in this prospectus, including their transferees, pledgees or donees or their respective successors (the "Selling Stockholders"). The Shares consist of (i) 6,278,905 shares which were issued and sold to the Selling Stockholders on March 13, 2024 (the "Closing Date") in a private placement (the "Private Placement") pursuant to a common stock purchase agreement among us and such Selling Stockholders dated March 11, 2024 (the "Purchase Agreement") and (ii) 695,343 shares of Common Stock held by the Selling Stockholders as of March 11, 2024. Concurrently with the Purchase Agreement, we entered into a registration rights agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement") with the Selling Stockholders, and we are registering the Shares being offered hereunder pursuant to such registration rights agreement on behalf of the Selling Stockholders, to be offered and sold by them from time to time.
This prospectus supplement updates and supplements the information in the Prospectus and is not complete without, and may not be delivered or utilized except in combination with, the Prospectus, including any amendments or supplements thereto. This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and if there is any inconsistency between the information in the Prospectus and this prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.
Our Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbol "LXEO". On November 12, 2024, the last quoted sale price for our Common Stock as reported on Nasdaq was $7.69 per share.
We are an "emerging growth company" and a "smaller reporting company" as defined under the federal securities laws, and, as such, may elect to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and for future filings.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before buying any securities, you should carefully read the discussion of the risks of investing in our securities in "Risk Factors" beginning on page 13 of the Prospectus.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Prospectus supplement dated November 13, 2024
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 11, 2024 |
Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware |
001-41855 |
85-4012572 |
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345 Park Avenue South, Floor 6 |
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New York, New York |
10010 |
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Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 212 547-9879 |
N/A |
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading |
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Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share |
LXEO |
Nasdaq Global Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On November 13, 2024, Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing business highlights and its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any of the Company's filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d) Appointment of New Director
On November 11, 2024 (the "Appointment Date"), Tolga Tanguler was appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the "Board"). Mr. Tanguler will serve as a director with a term of office expiring at the Company's 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Mr. Tanguler, age 52, has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, since January 2021. Mr. Tanguler also served as the Head of U.S. Organization of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from November 2018 to December 2020. Mr. Tanguler has over 25 years of experience in the global biopharmaceutical industry, including as the President of the North America rare disease unit at Pfizer Inc., a global pharmaceutical company, from October 2014 to October 2018. Mr. Tanguler holds a B.S. in Finance and Economics from Istanbul University and an MBA from the Michigan State University.
In accordance with the Company's Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (the "Director Compensation Policy"), Mr. Tanguler is eligible to participate in the Company's standard compensation arrangements for non-employee directors which consists of cash and equity compensation for service on the Board. Pursuant to the Director Compensation Policy, Mr. Tanguler is entitled to $40,000 in annual cash compensation for service on the Board with additional cash compensation payable for committee service. In addition, pursuant to the Director Compensation Policy, Mr. Tanguler was granted an initial stock option award for 36,000 shares on the Appointment Date and is expected to be granted additional equity awards consistent with the terms of the Director Compensation Policy, including an annual option to purchase 18,000 shares, effective on the date of each annual meeting of the stockholders.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Tanguler and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Tanguler was appointed a director of the Company, and there are no family relationships between Mr. Tanguler and any director or executive officer of the Company.
The Company has entered into fits standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Tanguler, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-274777) on September 29, 2023. Other than the indemnification agreement, Mr. Tanguler has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor are any such transactions currently proposed.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Tanguler's appointment to the Board is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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99.1 |
Press Release |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc. |
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Date: |
November 13, 2024 |
By: |
/s/ R. Nolan Townsend |
R. Nolan Townsend, Chief Executive Officer |