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HCW Biologics Inc

For the period ended Sep 30, 2024. Filed Nov 14, 2024.

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A company's report for each of its first three quarters. The financial statements are not audited. It shows how the business has moved since the last annual report, and what management says changed.

Sep 30, 2024 · Filed Nov 14, 2024

HCWB$1.02-1.9%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026

What changed in Risk Factors?

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The baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.

Compared 28 previous paragraphs and 28 current paragraphs.

23 unchanged; 1 reworded; 4 added; 3 removed; 1 previous and 0 current paragraphs rearranged.

Tables are not compared: 0 previous and 0 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.

A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.

The current filing states there were no material changes to risk factors.

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Current filing’s statement

There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed by us in our Annual Report. The risk factors included the Annual Report continue to apply to us and describe risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Added paragraphs (4)

Current report

parties agreed that within six months from the date of the Settlement Agreement they will enter into a supply agreement providing the Company with a continuing supply of HCW9218 molecules. The Company also retainsin vivo rights to HCW9201, a combination of IL-12, IL-15, and IL-18 in a single protein complex which is designed to stimulate activation and proliferation signals in human NK cells. The Company retains ownership of the cell lines for HCW9302, HCW9206 and HCW9201, and thus will retain independent control over manufacturing and supply for these compounds.

Current report

On March 28, 2024, the Company entered into a senior secured note purchase agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) with the Purchasers (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which we agreed to issue senior secured notes in an aggregate principal amount of up to $10.0 million (“Secured Notes”) to certain accredited investors, including unrelated parties as well as officers and directors of the Company. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had an initial closing and issued $2.0 million in Initial Secured Notes. As of June 30, 2024, all existing investors approved an Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement (“Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement”), with terms described below. As of September 30, 2024, the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement was amended to extend the last closing date to issue Additional Secured Notes to October 31, 2024. No other terms were amended. The material terms of the Additional Secured Notes are identical to the terms of the Initial Secured Notes.

Current report

As of September 30, 2024, the Company issued an aggregate of $6.5 million of Secured Notes, with $2.8 million from the Company’s officers and members of the board of directors, including $2.4 million purchased by Dr. Hing C. Wong, Founder and CEO, $220,000 purchased by Rebecca Byam, Chief Financial Officer, $140,000 purchased by Scott T. Garrett, Chairman of the board of directors, $60,000 purchased by Gary M. Winer, member of the board of directors, $25,000 purchased by Lee Flowers, Senior Vice President for Business Development, and $25,000 purchased by Rick S. Greene, member of the board of directors.

Current report

During October 2024, the Company issued $375,000 of Additional Secured Notes, including $50,000 purchased by Dr. Wong on October 31, 2024.
Removed paragraphs (3)

Previous report

As of June 30, 2024, all existing investors approved an Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement (“Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement,” representing $3.7 million of the outstanding principal for the Secured Notes (“Initial Secured Notes”), including an investment of $2.2 million from Dr. Hing C. Wong, Founder and Chief Executive Officer; $220,000 from Rebecca Byam, Chief Financial Officer; $90,000 from Scott T. Garrett, the Chairman of our board of directors; and $60,000 from Gary M. Winer, a member of our board of directors.

Previous report

On July 2, 2024, the Company closed on an additional issuance of $1.5 million (this investment and all subsequent investments known as “Additional Secured Notes”). The Additional Secured Notes were issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2024, between us and the Purchasers (as defined in the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement) party thereto. The material terms of the Additional Secured Notes are identical to the terms of the Initial Secured Notes.

Previous report

As of August 5, 2024, the Company closed on an issuance of $250,000 of Additional Secured Notes, including an investment of $75,000 from Dr. Wong; $50,000 from Mr. Garrett; $25,000 from Rick S. Greene, a member of the board of directors; and $25,000 from Lee Flowers, Senior Vice President of Business Development.
Reworded paragraphs (1)

Previous wording

The Shares issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreements were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in in reliance upon exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Current wording

The Shares issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreements were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance upon exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Rearranged previous paragraphs (1)

Previous report — wording carried elsewhere

The issuance of the Additional Secured Notes was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with Section 4(a)(2), as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering. In addition, our Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors reviewed the transaction under our policy for Related Party Transactions (the “Policy”) and determined that the issuance of the Additional Secured Notes was in compliance with the Policy.