Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc.
For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Aug 12, 2025.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Note 1—Organization and Descr iption of Business Operations
Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. (the “Company” or “Taysha”) was originally formed under the laws of the State of Texas on September 20, 2019. Taysha converted to a Delaware corporation on February 13, 2020, which had no impact to the Company’s par value or issued and authorized capital structure.
Taysha is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on advancing AAV-based gene therapies for severe monogenic diseases of the central nervous system.
Sales Agreement
On October 5, 2021, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with SVB Securities LLC (f/k/a SVB Leerink LLC) and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “Sales Agents”), pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell, from time to time in its sole discretion, shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $150.0 million through the Sales Agents. In March 2022, the Company amended the Sales Agreement to, among other things, include Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC as an additional Sales Agent. The Sales Agents may sell common stock by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at-the-market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act (the “ATM”), including sales made directly on or through the Nasdaq Global Select Market or any other existing trade market for the common stock, in negotiated transactions at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices related to prevailing market prices, or any other method permitted by law. The Sales Agents are entitled to receive 3.0% of the gross sales price per share of common stock sold under the Sales Agreement. In April 2022, the Company sold 2,000,000 shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement and received $11.6 million in net proceeds. No other shares of common stock have been issued and sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement as of June 30, 2025.
On December 13, 2024, the Company filed a new shelf registration statement on Form S-3 following the expiration of its prior registration statement, in relation to the registration of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and units or any combination thereof up to a total aggregate offering price of $300.0 million, including up to $100.0 million shares of common stock that may be offered and sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement.
On May 28, 2025, the Company notified the Sales Agents that it was suspending and terminating the prospectus (the “ATM Prospectus”) related to up to $100.0 million of the Company’s common stock issuable pursuant to the Sales Agreement. The Company will not make any sales of its securities pursuant to the Sales Agreement unless and until a new prospectus, prospectus supplement or a new registration statement is filed. Other than the termination of the ATM Prospectus, the Sales Agreement remains in full force and effect.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company has incurred operating losses since inception and expects to continue to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future and may never become profitable. Losses are expected to continue as the Company continues to invest in its research and development activities. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $650.7 million. The Company expects to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future.
On May 28, 2025, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “May 2025 Underwriting Agreement”) with Jefferies LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Piper Sandler & Co. and Barclays Capital Inc, as representatives of the several underwriters set forth therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), to issue and sell 46,868,687 shares of the Company’s common stock and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 25,858,586 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering (the “May 2025 Offering”), pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and a related prospectus and prospectus supplement. The offering price to the public was $2.75 per share of common stock and $2.749 per pre-funded warrant, which was the price to the public of each share of common stock sold in the May 2025 Offering minus the $0.001 exercise price per pre-funded warrant. The Underwriters purchased the shares and the pre-funded warrants from the Company pursuant to the May 2025 Underwriting Agreement at a price of $2.585 per share and $2.584 per pre-funded warrant, respectively. See Note 10 for additional information. The initial closing of the May 2025 Offering occurred on May 30, 2025. In addition, the Company granted the Underwriters an option to purchase, for a period of 30 days, up to an additional 10,909,090 shares of common stock, which the Underwriters exercised in full on June 6, 2025. The total net proceeds from the May 2025 Offering were approximately $215.6 million, including the proceeds from the Underwriter’s option, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
Future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the timing and extent of spending on research and development and the market acceptance of the Company’s products. The Company will need to obtain additional financing in order to complete clinical studies and launch and commercialize any product candidates for which it receives regulatory approval. There can be no assurance that such financing will be available or will be on terms acceptable to the Company. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $312.8 million, which the Company believes will be sufficient to fund its planned operations for a period of at least twelve months from the date of issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company has based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and its operating plan may change as a result of many factors currently unknown to it. As a result, the Company could deplete its capital resources sooner than it currently expects. The Company expects to finance its future cash needs through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements. If the Company is unable to obtain funding, the Company would be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate some or all of its research and development programs, preclinical and clinical testing or commercialization efforts, which could adversely affect its business prospects.
Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) as determined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and are consistent in all material respects with those included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 26, 2025 (the “2024 Annual Report”). In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the balances and results for the periods presented. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024 is derived from audited financial statements, however, it does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes in the Company’s 2024 Annual Report.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Taysha and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. The most significant estimates and assumptions in the Company’s financial statements relate to the determination of the fair value of the common stock prior to the initial public offering (“IPO”) (as an input into stock-based compensation), estimating manufacturing accruals and accrued or prepaid research and development expenses, the measurement of impairment of long-lived assets, the valuation of the Trinity Term Loans that are carried at fair value and the allocation of consideration received in connection with the Astellas Transactions (as defined below). These estimates and assumptions are based on current facts, historical experience and various other factors believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the recording of expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and actual results, the Company’s future results of operations will be affected.
Significant Accounting Policies
There have been no changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies as disclosed in Note 2 to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2024 Annual Report.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
There have been no significant changes in recently adopted accounting pronouncements from those disclosed in the section titled “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” included in the 2024 Annual Report.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, to improve expense disclosure requirements under ASC 220, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income, through enhancing disclosures about significant segment expenses. The guidance requires entities to provide additional disclosure about specific expenses by requiring entities to disaggregate, in a tabular presentation, each relevant expense caption on the face of the income statement that includes any of the following natural expenses (1) purchases of inventory, (2) employees compensation, (3) depreciation, (4) intangible asset amortization, and (5) depreciation, depletion and amortization recognized as part of oil - and gas - producing activities or other types of depletion expenses. The tabular disclosure would also include certain other expenses, when applicable. The ASU also enhances interim segment reporting requirements by aligning interim disclosures with information that must be disclosed annually in accordance with ASC 220. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, applied either prospectively or retrospectively with early adoption permitted. The Company is still evaluating the impact this ASU will have on its disclosures.
Note 3—Fair Value Measurements
The Company’s financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis consist of money market funds, the Trinity Term Loans, a success fee derivative liability and certain of the Company’s warrant liabilities.
The following tables present information about the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level of the fair value hierarchy used to determine such fair values (in thousands):
| Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets: | ||||
| Cash equivalents – money market funds | $309,291 | $309,291 | $— | $— |
| Total assets | $309,291 | $309,291 | $— | $— |
| Liabilities: | ||||
| Trinity Term Loans | $41,051 | $— | $— | $41,051 |
| Success Fee Derivative liability | 1,229 | — | — | 1,229 |
| SSI Warrant liability | 609 | — | — | 609 |
| Total liabilities | $42,889 | $— | $— | $42,889 |
| Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets: | ||||
| Cash equivalents – money market funds | $138,308 | $138,308 | $— | $— |
| Total assets | $138,308 | $138,308 | $— | $— |
| Liabilities: | ||||
| Trinity Term Loans | $43,942 | $— | $— | $43,942 |
| Success Fee Derivative liability | 930 | — | — | 930 |
| SSI Warrant liability | 438 | — | — | 438 |
| Total liabilities | $45,310 | $— | $— | $45,310 |
The Company classifies its money market funds, which are valued based on quoted market prices in an active market with no valuation adjustment, as Level 1 assets within the fair value hierarchy.
The Company’s Trinity Term Loans and Success Fee liability are classified as Level 3 measurements under the fair value hierarchy as the fair values were determined based on significant inputs not observable in the market. The fair values were determined utilizing a probability-weighted income approach, including variables for the timing of a success event and other probability estimates. See Note 7 for additional information on the Trinity Term Loans and Success Fee.
The Company’s SSI Warrant liability is classified as Level 3 measurements under the fair value hierarchy as the fair values were determined based on significant inputs not observable in the market. The fair values were determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to determine the fair value of the SSI Warrants (as defined below). See Note 10 for additional information on the SSI Warrants.
Note 4—Balance Sheet Components
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
| June 30,2025 | December 31,2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Prepaid clinical trial | $254 | $1,112 |
| Prepaid research and development | 1,869 | 841 |
| Prepaid insurance | 241 | 249 |
| Deferred offering costs | 33 | 135 |
| Other | 657 | 308 |
| Total prepaid expenses and other current assets | $3,054 | $2,645 |
Property, plant and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
| June 30,2025 | December 31,2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Leasehold improvements | $2,117 | $2,117 |
| Laboratory equipment | 3,163 | 3,130 |
| Computer equipment | 699 | 707 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 853 | 864 |
| Construction in progress | 4,224 | 4,251 |
| 11,056 | 11,069 | |
| Accumulated depreciation | (4,099) | (3,584) |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | $6,957 | $7,485 |
Property, plant and equipment, net includes $0.5 million and $0.7 million of assets capitalized as finance leases as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company sold equipment with a book value ofzero and recorded a gain on the disposal of $0.1 million.
Depreciation expense was $0.3 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. Depreciation expense was $0.6 million for each of the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
| June 30,2025 | December 31,2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Accrued compensation | $4,095 | $5,242 |
| Accrued clinical trial | 1,876 | 1,907 |
| Lease liabilities, current portion | 1,738 | 1,877 |
| Accrued research and development | 1,720 | 1,714 |
| Accrued professional and consulting fees | 1,313 | 725 |
| Warrant liability | 609 | 438 |
| Accrued property, plant and equipment | — | 207 |
| Other | 800 | 752 |
| Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $12,151 | $12,862 |
Note 5— Leases
The Company leases certain office, laboratory, and manufacturing space.
Dallas Lease
On January 11, 2021, the Company entered into a lease agreement (the “Dallas Lease”) with Pegasus Park, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Dallas Landlord”), pursuant to which the Company leases approximately 15,000 square feet of office space at 3000 Pegasus Park Drive, Dallas, Texas 75247 (the “Office Space”).
The Dallas Lease commenced on May 27, 2021, and has a term of approximatelyten years. The Company has an option to extend the term of the Dallas Lease for one additional period offive years.
The Dallas Landlord has the right to terminate the Dallas Lease, or the Company’s right to possess the Office Space without terminating the Dallas Lease, upon specified events of default, including the Company’s failure to pay rent in a timely manner and upon the occurrence of certain events of insolvency with respect to the Company.
Dallas Lease Expansion
On December 14, 2021, the Company amended the Dallas Lease (the “Dallas Lease Amendment”) with the Dallas Landlord, pursuant to which the Company leases approximately 18,000 square feet of office space adjacent to the Office Space at 3000 Pegasus Park Drive, Dallas, Texas 75247 (the “Expansion Premises”).
The Dallas Lease Amendment commenced on July 1, 2022, and has a term of approximatelyten years.
The Company is obligated to pay operating costs and utilities applicable to the Expansion Premises. Total future minimum lease payments under the Dallas Lease Amendment over the initial 10 year term are approximately $6.0 million. The Company is responsible for costs of constructing interior improvements within the Expansion Premises that exceed a $40.00 per rentable square foot construction allowance provided by the Dallas Landlord.
The Company has a right of first refusal with respect to certain additional office space on the 15 th floor at 3000 Pegasus Park Drive, Dallas, Texas 75247 before the Dallas Landlord accepts any offer for such space.
Durham Lease
On December 17, 2020, the Company entered into a lease agreement (the “Durham Lease”) with Patriot Park Partners II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Durham Landlord”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to lease approximately 187,500 square feet of a manufacturing facility located at 5 National Way, Durham, North Carolina (the “Facility”). The Durham Lease commenced on April 1, 2021 and is expected to have a term of approximately fifteen years and six months. The Company has two options to extend the term of the Durham Lease, each for a period of an additional five years.
The Company was not required to provide a security deposit in connection with its entry into the Durham Lease. The Company was responsible for constructing interior improvements within the Facility. The Company was required to place $2.6 million in an escrow account which was to be released when the improvements were substantially complete. In December 2023, the Company entered into an agreement with the landlord whereby the Company agreed to remove specified leasehold improvements which will be funded by the escrowed funds. The escrow funds are recorded as restricted cash on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 with $0.5 million recorded in current assets and $2.1 million in noncurrent assets. The Durham Landlord has the right to terminate the Durham Lease upon specified events of default, including the Company’s failure to pay rent in a timely manner and upon the occurrence of certain events of insolvency with respect to the Company.
Summary of all lease costs recognized under ASC 842
The following table summarizes the lease costs recognized under ASC 842 and other information pertaining to the Company’s operating leases for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended June 30, | For the Six Months Ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Operating lease cost | $666 | $675 | $1,335 | $1,321 |
| Variable lease cost | 402 | 198 | 741 | 396 |
| Total lease cost | $1,068 | $873 | $2,076 | $1,717 |
Supplemental information related to the remaining lease term and discount rate are as follows:
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) – Finance leases | 1.39 | 1.88 |
| Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) – Operating leases | 9.61 | 9.98 |
| Weighted average discount rate – Finance leases | 10.54% | 10.54% |
| Weighted average discount rate – Operating leases | 7.86% | 7.84% |
As of June 30, 2025, future minimum commitments under ASC 842 under the Company’s operating and finance leases were as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ending December 31, | Operating | Finance |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,474 | 227 |
| 2026 | 2,485 | 399 |
| 2027 | 2,577 | — |
| 2028 | 2,673 | — |
| 2029 | 2,779 | — |
| Thereafter | 14,284 | — |
| Total lease payments | 26,272 | 626 |
| Less: imputed interest | (8,138) | (47) |
| Total lease liabilities | $18,134 | $579 |
| Lease liabilities, current | 1,326 | 412 |
| Lease liabilities, non-current | 16,808 | 167 |
| Total lease liabilities | $18,134 | $579 |
Note 6—Astellas Agreements
On October 21, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), the Company entered into the Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with Astellas Gene Therapies, Inc. (f/k/a Audentes Therapeutics, Inc. (d/b/a Astellas Gene Therapy))(“Astellas”), pursuant to which the Company granted to Astellas an exclusive option to obtain an exclusive, worldwide, royalty and milestone-bearing right and license (A) to research, develop, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, have sold, import, export and otherwise exploit, or, collectively, exploit, the product known, as of the Effective Date, as TSHA-120 (the “120 GAN Product”), and any backup products with respect thereto for use in the treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy (“GAN”) or any other gene therapy product for use in the treatment of GAN that is controlled by Taysha or any of its affiliates or with respect to which the Company or any of its affiliates controls intellectual property rights covering the exploitation thereof (a “GAN Product”) and (B) under any intellectual property rights controlled by Taysha or any of its affiliates with respect to such exploitation (the “GAN Option”). Subject to certain extensions, the GAN Option was exercisable from the Effective Date through a specified period of time following Astellas’ receipt of (i) the formal minutes from the Type B end-of-Phase 2 meeting between Taysha and the FDA in response to the Company’s meeting request sent to the FDA on September 19, 2022 for the 120 GAN Product (the “Type B end-of-Phase 2 Meeting”), (ii) all written feedback from the FDA with respect to the Type B end-of-Phase 2 Meeting, and (iii) all briefing documents sent by Taysha to the FDA with respect to the Type B end-of-Phase 2 Meeting. In September 2023, Astellas provided written notice of its decision not to exercise the GAN Option.
Under the Option Agreement, the Company also granted to Astellas an exclusive option to obtain an exclusive, worldwide, royalty and milestone-bearing right and license (A) to exploit any Rett Product (as defined below), and (B) under any intellectual property rights controlled by Taysha or any of its affiliates with respect to such exploitation (the “Rett Option”). Subject to certain extensions, the Rett Option is exercisable from the Effective Date through a specified period of time following Astellas’ receipt of (i) certain clinical data from the female pediatric trial and (ii) certain specified data with respect to TSHA-102, such data package the “Rett Data Package” and such period, the “Rett Option Period,” related to (i) the product known, as of the Effective Date, as TSHA-102 and any backup products with respect thereto for use in the treatment of Rett syndrome, and (ii) any other gene therapy product for use in the treatment of Rett syndrome that is controlled by Taysha or any of its affiliates or with respect to which the Company or any of its affiliates controls intellectual property rights covering the exploitation thereof (a “Rett Product”). The Company delivered the Rett Data Package to Astellas in mid-2025. Under the Option Agreement, Astellas must decide whether to exercise the Rett Option within 90 days after Astellas’ receipt of the Rett Data Package.
The parties have agreed that, if Astellas exercises the Rett Option, the parties will, for a specified period, negotiate a license agreement in good faith on the terms and conditions outlined in the Option Agreement, including payments by Astellas of a to be determined upfront payment, certain to be determined milestone payments, and certain to be determined royalties on net sales of Rett Products.
During the Rett Option Period, the Company has agreed to (A) not solicit or encourage any inquiries, offers or proposals for, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Change of Control (as defined in the Option Agreement), or (B) otherwise initiate a process for a potential Change of Control, in each case, without first notifying Astellas and offering Astellas the opportunity to submit an offer or proposal to the Company for a transaction that would result in a Change of Control. If Astellas fails or declines to submit any such offer within a specified period after the receipt of such notice, the Company will have the ability to solicit third party bids for a Change of Control transaction. If Astellas delivers an offer to the Company for a transaction that would result in a Change of Control, the Company and Astellas will attempt to negotiate in good faith the potential terms and conditions for such potential transaction that would result in a Change of Control for a specified period, which period may be shortened or extended by mutual agreement.
As partial consideration for the rights granted to Astellas under the Option Agreement, Astellas paid the Company an upfront payment of $20.0 million (the “Upfront Payment”). Astellas or any of its affiliates shall have the right, in its or their discretion and upon written notice to the Company, to offset the amount of the Upfront Payment (in whole or in part, until the full amount of the Upfront Payment has been offset) against (a) any payment(s) owed to Taysha or any of its affiliates (or to any third party on behalf of the Company) under or in connection with any license agreement entered into with respect to any GAN Product or Rett Product, including, any upfront payment, milestone payment or royalties owed to Taysha or any of its affiliates (or to any third party on behalf of the Company) under or in connection with any such license agreement or (b) any amount owed to Taysha or any of its affiliates in connection with a Change of Control transaction with Astellas or any of its affiliates. As further consideration for the rights granted to Astellas under the Option Agreement, the Company and Astellas also entered into the Astellas Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
Astellas Securities Purchase Agreement
On October 21, 2022, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with Astellas (the “Astellas Securities Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to Astellas in a private placement (the “Astellas Private Placement”), an aggregate of 7,266,342 shares (the “Astellas Private Placement Shares”), of its common stock, for aggregate gross proceeds of $30.0 million. The Astellas Private Placement closed on October 24, 2022. Pursuant to the Astellas Securities Purchase Agreement, in connection with the Astellas Private Placement, Astellas has the right to designate one individual to attend all meetings of the Board in a non-voting observer capacity. The Company also granted Astellas certain registration rights with respect to the Astellas Private Placement Shares.
Accounting Treatment
In October 2022, upon closing of the Astellas Private Placement and transferring the 7,266,342 shares to Astellas, the Company recorded the issuance of shares at fair value. Fair value of the shares transferred to Astellas was calculated in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurementby analyzing the Company’s stock price for a short period of time prior to and after the transaction date as traded on the NASDAQ. The NASDAQ trading data is considered an active market and a Level 1 measurement under ASC 820. The fair value was determined to be approximately $13.95 million or $1.92 per share. The $16.1 million difference between the $30.0 million paid by Astellas and the fair market value of shares issued was allocated to the transaction price of the Option Agreement.
The Company determined that the Option Agreement falls within the scope of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers as the development of TSHA-102 for the treatment of Rett Syndrome and TSHA-120 for the treatment of GAN are considered ordinary activities for the Company. In accordance with ASC 606, the Company evaluated the Option Agreement and identified three separate performance obligations: (1) option to obtain licensing right to GAN, (2) option to obtain licensing right to Rett and (3) performance of research and development activities in the Rett development plan. The transaction price is determined to be $36.1 million which is comprised of the $20.0 million Upfront Payment and the $16.1 million allocated from the Astellas Private Placement.
To determine the standalone selling price (“SSP”) of the Rett and GAN options, which the Company concluded to be material rights, the Company utilized the probability-weighted expected return (“PWERM”) method. The PWERM method contemplates the probability and timing of an option exercise. At contract inception, the Company estimated that the probability of exercise was 50% for each of the GAN and Rett options. The SSP of the Rett research and development activities was estimated using an expected cost-plus margin approach. The standalone selling prices of the material rights and Rett research and development activities were then used to proportionately allocate the $36.1 million transaction price to the three performance obligations. The $36.1 million transaction price was recorded as deferred revenue on the condensed consolidated balance sheet at the inception of the Astellas Transactions.
The following table summarizes the allocation of the transaction price to the three performance obligations at contract inception (amounts in thousands):
| Transaction Price Allocation | |
|---|---|
| Option to obtain license for Rett | $5,485 |
| Option to obtain license for GAN | 2,317 |
| Rett research and development activities | 28,257 |
| Total | $36,059 |
Revenue allocated to the material rights will be recognized at a point in time when each option period expires or when a decision is made by Astellas to exercise or not exercise each option. Revenue from the Rett research and development activities will be recognized as activities are performed using an input method, according to the costs incurred as related to the total costs expected to be incurred to satisfy the performance obligation. The transfer of control occurs over this time period and is a reliable measure of progress towards satisfying the performance obligation.
The Company recognized revenue of $2.0 million and $1.1 million from Rett research and development activities for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company recognized revenue of $4.3 million and $4.5 million from Rett research and development activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The Company had $5.5 million of deferred revenue on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2025 comprised of $5.5 million for the Rett Option. The Company had $9.8 million of deferred revenue on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2024 comprised of $5.5 million for the Rett Option and $4.3 million of Rett research and development activities.
Note 7 – Term Loans
Loan with Trinity Capital
On November 13, 2023 (the “Trinity Closing Date”), the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Trinity Term Loan Agreement”), by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “Trinity Lenders”) and Trinity Capital Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Trinity Lenders (“Trinity”). The Trinity Term Loan Agreement provides for, on the Trinity Closing Date, $40.0 million aggregate principal amount of term loans (collectively, the “Trinity Term Loans”). The Company drew the Trinity Term Loans in full on the Trinity Closing Date.
The interest rate applicable to the Trinity Term Loans is the greater of (a) the Wall Street Journal (“WSJ”)Prime Rate plus 4.50% or (b)12.75% per annum. The Trinity Term Loans are interest only from the Trinity Closing Date through 36 months from the Trinity Closing Date, which may be extended to 48 months from the Trinity Closing Date upon the satisfaction of certain milestones set forth in the Trinity Term Loan Agreement, after which the Company is required to pay equal monthly installments of principal through November 13, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”). As of June 30, 2025, $40.0 million was outstanding on the Term Loan, recorded as Term Loan, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
Future principal debt payments on the Trinity Term Loan Agreement as of June 30, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ending December 31, | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $— |
| 2025 | — |
| 2026 | — |
| 2027 | 18,709 |
| 2028 | 21,291 |
| Total principal payments | $40,000 |
The Trinity Term Loans may be prepaid in full (i) from the Trinity Closing Date through November 13, 2024, with payment of a 3.00% prepayment premium, (ii) from November 13, 2024 through November 13, 2025, with payment of a 2.00% prepayment premium, and (iii) from November 13, 2025 through, but excluding, the Maturity Date, with payment of a 1.00% prepayment premium. On the Trinity Closing Date, the Company paid to Trinity a commitment fee of 1.00%of the original principal amount of the Trinity Term Loans. Upon repayment in full of the Trinity Term Loans, the Company will pay to Trinity an end of term payment equal to 5.00% of the original principal amount of the Trinity Term Loans.
The obligations under the Trinity Term Loan Agreement are secured by a perfected security interest in all of the Company’s assets except for certain customarily excluded property pursuant to the terms of the Trinity Term Loan Agreement. There are no financial covenants andno warrants associated with the Trinity Term Loan Agreement. The Trinity Term Loan Agreement contains various covenants that limit the Company’s ability to engage in specified types of transactions without the consent of Trinity and the Trinity Lenders which include, among others, incurring or assuming certain debt; merging, consolidating or acquiring all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another entity; changing the nature of the Company’s business; changing the Company’s organizational structure or type; licensing, transferring or disposing of certain assets; granting certain types of liens on the Company’s assets; making certain investments; and paying cash dividends. As of June 30, 2025, the Company is in compliance with all covenants of the Trinity Term Loans.
The Trinity Term Loan Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, and also includes customary events of default, including payment default, breach of covenants, change of control, and material adverse effects. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, a default interest rate of an additional 5.00% per annum may be applied to the outstanding loan balances, and the Trinity Lenders may declare all outstanding obligations immediately due and payable and exercise all of its rights and remedies as set forth in the Trinity Term Loan Agreement and under applicable law.
The Company assessed the terms and features of the Trinity Term Loans and determined that the Company was eligible to elect the fair value option under ASC 825, Financial Instruments. The Trinity Term Loans contain various embedded features and the election of the fair value option allowed the Company to bypass analysis of potential embedded derivatives and further analysis of bifurcation of any recognized financial liabilities. Under the fair value option, the financial liability is initially measured at its fair value on the issue date and subsequently remeasured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis at each reporting date. Changes in the fair value of the Trinity Term Loans, which include accrued interest, if any, are recorded as a component of other expense (income) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company has not elected to present interest expense separately from changes in fair value and therefore will not present interest expense associated with the Trinity Term Loans. Any changes in fair value caused by instrument-specific credit risk are presented separately in other comprehensive income or loss if material. Under the fair value option, debt issuance costs are expensed as incurred. The Company incurred $0.9 million of debt issuance costs, which were recorded within general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023.
In connection with the Trinity Term Loans, the Company entered into a Success Fee Agreement with Trinity which specifies the terms regarding a fee in the amount of 10% of the principal amount of the funded Trinity Term Loans (the “Success Fee”). The Success Fee is payable upon the achievement of certain corporate development value-inflection milestones. The Success Fee survives the termination of the Trinity Term Loans and expires on the earlier often years, or payment in full in cash of the Success Fee. The Company determined that the Success Fee represents a freestanding financial instrument and should be accounted for as a derivative liability under ASC 815 and recorded a liability within other non-current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet, at fair value on the Trinity Closing Date and will be marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period with gains and losses recognized as a component of other income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The proceeds from the Trinity Term Loans were allocated to the Success Fee and Trinity Term Loans based on their respective fair values on the Trinity Closing Date. The fair values were determined utilizing a probability-weighted income approach, including variables for the timing of a success event and other probability estimates.
The Company determined the fair value of the Trinity Term Loans and the Success Fee using a probability-weighted income approach and recorded the loan at fair value of $39.2 million and the Success Fee liability at fair value of $0.8 million in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at issuance. The Company calculated the discounted cash flows of the Trinity Term Loans using a discount rate of 15.68% and adjusted for the probability of various repayment scenarios. The Company calculated the discounted cash flows of the Success Fee liability, using a discount rate of 15.68% then adjusted for the probability of achievement of certain corporate development value-inflection milestones.
The Company remeasured the fair value of the Trinity Term Loans and Success Fee as of June 30, 2025 using a proba bility-weighted income approach. The Company calculated discounted cash flows of the Trinity Term Loans using a discount rate of 14.74% and adjusted for the probability of various repayment scenarios. The Company calculated the discounted cash flows of the Success Fee liability, using a discount rate of 14.74% then adjusted for the probability of achievement of certain corporate development value-inflection milestones.
The following table reconciles the change in fair value of the Trinity Term Loans during the six months ended June 30, 2025 (in thousands):
| Trinity Term Loans | |
|---|---|
| Beginning fair value balance as of January 1, 2025 | $43,942 |
| Principal payments | — |
| Change in fair value reported in statements of operations | 441 |
| Change in fair value reported in comprehensive loss | (3,332) |
| Ending fair value balance as of June 30, 2025 | $41,051 |
The following table reconciles the change in fair value of the Trinity Term Loans during the three months ended June 30, 2025 (in thousands):
| Trinity Term Loans | |
|---|---|
| Beginning fair value balance as of April 1, 2025 | $42,453 |
| Principal payments | — |
| Change in fair value reported in statements of operations | 185 |
| Change in fair value reported in comprehensive loss | (1,587) |
| Ending fair value balance as of June 30, 2025 | $41,051 |
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recorded $1.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively, of interest expense within change in fair value of term loans, all of which was paid as of June 30, 2025. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded $1.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively, of interest expense within change in fair value of term loans, all of which was paid as of June 30, 2024.
The following table reconciles the change in fair value of the Success Fee liability during the six months ended June 30, 2025 (in thousands):
| Success Fee | |
|---|---|
| Beginning fair value balance as of January 1, 2025 | $930 |
| Change in fair value of Success Fee | 299 |
| Ending fair value balance as of June 30, 2025 | $1,229 |
The following table reconciles the change in fair value of the Success Fee liability during the three months ended June 30, 2025 (in thousands):
| Success Fee | |
|---|---|
| Beginning fair value balance as of April 1, 2025 | $925 |
| Change in fair value of Success Fee | 304 |
| Ending fair value balance as of June 30, 2025 | $1,229 |
On August 7, 2025, the Company entered into the New Trinity Term Loan Agreement (as defined below) and terminated the existing Trinity Term Loan Agreement, as described in more detail in Note 16.
Note 8—Research, Collaboration and License Agreements
UT Southwestern Agreement
On November 19, 2019, the Company entered into a research, collaboration and license agreement (“UT Southwestern Agreement”) with the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System on behalf of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (“UT Southwestern”). Under the UT Southwestern Agreement, UT Southwestern is primarily responsible for preclinical development activities with respect to licensed products for use in certain specified indications (up to investigational new drug application-enabling studies), and the Company is responsible for all subsequent clinical development and commercialization activities with respect to the licensed products. UT Southwestern will conduct such preclinical activities for atwo-year period under mutually agreed upon sponsored research agreements that were entered into beginning in April 2020. During the initial research phase, the Company has the right to expand the scope of specified indications under the UT Southwestern Agreement.
In connection with the UT Southwestern Agreement, the Company obtained an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under certain patent rights of UT Southwestern and a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under certain know-how of UT Southwestern, in each case to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale and import licensed products for use in certain specified indications. Additionally, the Company obtained a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under certain patents and know-how of UT Southwestern for use in all human uses, with a right of first refusal to obtain an exclusive license under certain of such patent rights and an option to negotiate an exclusive license under other of such patent rights. The Company is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop, obtain regulatory approval for, and commercialize at leastone licensed product.
On April 2, 2020, the Company amended the UT Southwestern Agreement to include the addition of another licensed product and certain indications, and a right of first refusal to the Company over certain patient dosing patents. No additional consideration was transferred in connection with this amendment. In March 2022, the Company and UT Southwestern mutually agreed to revise the payment schedules and current performance expectations of the current sponsored research agreements under the UT Southwestern Agreement and defer payments by fifteen months. In December 2023, the Company and UT Southwestern mutually agreed to terminate specific sponsored research agreements.
The UT Southwestern Agreement expires on a country-by-country and licensed product-by-licensed product basis upon the expiration of the last valid claim of a licensed patent in such country for such licensed product. After the initial research term, the Company may terminate the agreement, on an indication-by-indication and licensed product-by-licensed product basis, at any time upon specified written notice to UT Southwestern. Either party may terminate the agreement upon an uncured material breach of the agreement or insolvency of the other party. In December 2023 and March 2025, the Company transferred rights to specific indications back to UT Southwestern.
In November 2019, as partial consideration for the license rights granted under the UT Southwestern Agreement, the Company issued 2,179,000 shares of its common stock, or 20% of its then outstanding fully-diluted common stock, to UT Southwestern. The Company does not have any future milestone or royalty obligations to UT Southwestern under the UT Southwestern Agreement other than costs related to maintenance of patents.
Abeona CLN1 Agreements
In August 2020, the Company entered into license and inventory purchase agreements with Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (“Abeona”) for worldwide exclusive rights to certain intellectual property rights and know-how relating to the research, development and manufacture of ABO-202, an AAV-based gene therapy for CLN1 disease (also known as infantile Batten disease). Under the terms of the agreements, the Company made initial cash payments to Abeona of $3.0 million for the license fee and $4.0 million for purchase of clinical materials and reimbursement for previously incurred development costs in October 2020. In exchange for the license rights, the Company recorded an aggregate of $7.0 million within research and development expenses in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 since the acquired license or acquired inventory do not have an alternative future use. The Company is obligated to make up to $26.0 million in regulatory-related milestones and up to $30.0 million in sales-related milestones per licensed CLN1 product. The Company will also pay an annual earned royalty in the high single digits on net sales of any licensed CLN1 products. The license agreement expires on a country-by-country and licensed product-by-licensed product basis upon the expiration of the last royalty term of a licensed product. Either party may terminate the agreement upon an uncured material breach of the agreement or insolvency of the other party. The Company may terminate the license agreement for convenience upon specified prior written notice to Abeona.
In December 2021, a regulatory milestone was triggered in connection with this agreement and therefore the Company recorded $3.0 million within research and development expenses in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. The milestone fee was paid in January 2022 and classified as an investing cash outflow in the consolidated statements of cash flows. No additional milestone payments were triggered in connection with this agreement during the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Abeona Rett Agreement
On October 29, 2020, the Company entered into a license agreement (the “Abeona Rett Agreement”) with Abeona pursuant to which the Company obtained an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license, with the right to grant sublicenses under certain patents, know-how and materials originally developed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Edinburgh and Abeona to research, develop, manufacture, have manufactured, use, and commercialize licensed products for gene therapy and the use of related transgenes for Rett syndrome.
Subject to certain obligations of Abeona, the Company is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop at least one licensed product and commercialize at least one licensed product in the United States.
In connection with the Abeona Rett Agreement, the Company paid Abeona a one-time upfront license fee of $3.0 million which was recorded in research and development expenses in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 since the acquired license does not have an alternative future use. The Company is obligated to pay Abeona up to $26.5 million in regulatory-related milestones and up to $30.0 million in sales-related milestones per licensed Rett product and high single-digit royalties on net sales of licensed Rett products. Royalties are payable on a licensed product-by-licensed product and country-by-country basis until the latest of the expiration or revocation or complete rejection of the last licensed patent covering such licensed product in the country where the licensed product is sold, the loss of market exclusivity in such country where the product is sold, or, if no licensed product exists in such country and no market exclusivity exists in such country, ten years from first commercial sale of such licensed product in such country.
The Abeona Rett Agreement expires on a country-by-country and licensed product-by-licensed product basis upon the expiration of the last royalty term of a licensed product. Either party may terminate the agreement upon an uncured material breach of the agreement or insolvency of the other party. The Company may terminate the agreement for convenience upon specified prior written notice to Abeona.
In March 2022, the Company’s clinical trial application, (“CTA”) filing for TSHA-102 for the treatment of Rett Syndrome was approved by Health Canada and therefore triggered a regulatory milestone payment in connection with this agreement. The Company recorded $1.0 million within research and development expenses and classified the payment as an investing cash outflow in the consolidated statements of cash flows. In May 2023, the Company dosed the first patient with TSHA-102 in the Phase 1/2 REVEAL trial evaluating the safety and preliminary efficacy of TSHA-102 in adult patients with Rett syndrome and therefore triggered a milestone payment in connection with the Abeona Rett Agreement. The Company recorded $3.5 million within research and development expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023. This milestone fee was paid in August 2023 and classified as an investing cash outflow in the consolidated statements of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023. No additional milestone payments were made or triggered in connection with this agreement during the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Note 9—Stock-Based Compensation
On July 1, 2020, the Company’s board of directors approved the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (“Previous Plan”) which permitted the granting of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards (“RSAs”), restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and other stock-based awards to employees, directors, officers and consultants. As of September 16, 2020, the approval date of the New Plan (as defined below), no additional awards will be granted under the Previous Plan. The terms of the Previous Plan will continue to govern the terms of outstanding equity awards that were granted prior to approval of the New Plan.
On September 16, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (“New Plan”), which became effective upon the execution of the underwriting agreement in connection with the IPO. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the New Plan automatically increases on January 1 of each year, for a period of ten years, from January 1, 2021, continuing through January 1, 2030, by 5% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding on December 31 of the preceding calendar year, or a lesser number of shares as may be determined by the Company’s board of directors. Pursuant to this provision, on January 1, 2025, the Company increased the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the New Plan by 10,247,165 shares.
Furthermore, on September 16, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), which became effective upon the execution of the underwriting agreement in connection with the IPO. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the ESPP will not exceed 362,000 shares of common stock, plus the number of shares of common stock that are automatically added on January 1st of each year for a period of up toten years, commencing on the first January 1 following the IPO and ending on (and including)January 1, 2030, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) one percent (1.0%) of the total number of shares of capital stock outstanding on December 31st of the preceding calendar year, and (ii)724,000 shares of common stock. Pursuant to this provision, on January 1, 2025 the Company increased the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the ESPP by 724,000. The Company has issued an aggregate of 293,689 shares of common stock under the ESPP as of June 30, 2025.
On December 15, 2023, the Company’s board of directors adopted the Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. 2023 Inducement Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). The Inducement Plan was adopted without stockholder approval pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The Board reserved 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance under the Inducement Plan. On December 12, 2024, the Company reserved an additional 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance under the Inducement Plan.
The only persons eligible to receive grants of Inducement Awards (as defined below) under the Inducement Plan are individuals who satisfy the standards for inducement grants under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The Inducement Plan will be administered by the Board and the Company’s Compensation Committee. Inducement Awards may only be granted by: (i) the Compensation Committee, provided such committee is comprised solely of “independent directors” (as defined by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(a)(2)) or (ii) a majority of the Company’s “independent directors.” An “Inducement Award” means any right to receive the Company’s common stock, cash or other property granted under the Inducement Plan (including nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, stock appreciation rights, performance stock awards, performance cash awards or other stock-based awards).
The number of shares available for grant under the Company’s incentive plans were as follows:
| New · Inducement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Plan | Plan | Total | |
| Available for grant - January 1, 2025 | 701,430 | 2,999,700 | 3,701,130 |
| Plan adjustments and amendments | 10,247,165 | — | 10,247,165 |
| Grants | (10,194,976) | (2,295,000) | (12,489,976) |
| Forfeitures | 980,593 | 1,024,450 | 2,005,043 |
| Available for grant - June 30, 2025 | 1,734,212 | 1,729,150 | 3,463,362 |
Stock Options
For the three months ended June 30, 2025, a total of 1,720,984 shares of common stock under the New Plan and the Inducement Plan were awarded with a weighted-average grant date fair value per share of $1.54. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, a total of 9,158,984 shares of common stock under the New Plan and the Inducement Plan were awarded with a weighted-average grant date fair value per share of $1.42. The stock options vest overone tofour years and have aten-year contractual term.
The following weighted-average assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of time-based vesting stock options that were granted during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Risk-free interest rate | 4.03% | 4.55% | 4.33% | 4.04% |
| Expected dividend yield | — | — | — | — |
| Expected term (in years) | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.1 |
| Expected volatility | 89% | 89% | 89% | 89% |
The following table summarizes time-based vesting stock option activity during the six months ended June 30, 2025:
| Weighted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted · Average · Aggregate | ||||
| Average · Remaining · Intrinsic | ||||
| Stock | Exercise | Contractual | Value | |
| Options | Price | Life (in years) | (in thousands) | |
| Options outstanding at January 1, 2025 | 16,220,605 | $3.29 | 8.7 | $1,967 |
| Options granted | 9,158,984 | 1.86 | ||
| Exercised | (80,228) | 1.39 | ||
| Options cancelled or forfeited | (1,542,657) | 2.00 | ||
| Options expired | (69,793) | 1.71 | ||
| Outstanding at June 30, 2025 | 23,686,911 | $2.83 | 8.6 | $11,796 |
| Options exercisable at June 30, 2025 | 7,372,805 | $4.85 | 7.7 | $3,915 |
The aggregate intrinsic value in the above table is calculated as the difference between the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the respective reporting date and the exercise price of the stock options. As of June 30, 2025, the total unrecognized compensation related to unvested stock option awards granted was $22.2 million, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.8 years.
Performance Stock Options
In February 2023, the Company issued options to purchase 70,235 shares of common stock to employees under the New Plan that contain performance-based vesting conditions, subject to continued employment through each anniversary and achievement of the performance conditions. The grant date fair value of these awards was not material. During the six months ended June 30, 2025,1,065 performance-based stock options were exercised. As of June 30, 2025,57,281 of the shares subject to the performance-based options were vested and outstanding.
In May 2023, the Company issued options to purchase 2,166,653 shares of common stock to employees under the New Plan that contain both service and performance-based vesting conditions (the “Original Options”), with a weighted average grant date fair value per share of $0.50. These Original Options were expected to vest over a 3.6 year term if a combination of clinical, regulatory and financing performance conditions were achieved. No compensation expense was recognized in 2023 related to the Original Options as achievement of the performance conditions was not considered probable. The following weighted-average assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of the options granted in February 2023 and the Original Options that were granted in May 2023:
| Risk-free interest rate | 4.02% |
|---|---|
| Expected dividend yield | — |
| Expected term (in years) | 6.0 |
| Expected volatility | 81% |
In December 2023, the Company modified all of the Original Options to amend the clinical and regulatory performance conditions and decreased the number of options granted to 1,516,655 (the “Modified Options”). The Company accounted for the changes in award terms as a modification in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation. Total compensation cost is equal to the modification date fair value. The Modified Options have a grant date fair value per share of $1.28. The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of the Modified Options:
| Risk-free interest rate | 3.90% |
|---|---|
| Expected dividend yield | — |
| Expected term (in years) | 5.8 |
| Expected volatility | 88% |
The Modified Options will vest over 3.0 years. The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, related to the Modified Options. As of June 30, 2025, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to the Modified Options was $0.5 million, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted average period of approximately 1.2 years using the accelerated attribution method. During the six months ended June 30, 2025,12,395 of the Modified Options were exercised. As of June 30, 2025,1,504,260 of the Modified Options were outstanding, of which 493,157 were vested. No Modified Options vested during the six months ended June 30,2025.
Restricted Stock Units
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company issued 3,330,992 RSUs under the New Plan. The RSUs are subject to a service-based vesting condition. The service-based RSUs vest over a period of one tofour year years. The Company at any time may accelerate the vesting of the RSUs. Such shares are not accounted for as outstanding until they vest.
The Company’s default tax withholding method for RSUs granted prior to 2023 is the sell-to-cover method, in which shares with a market value equivalent to the tax withholding obligation are sold on behalf of the holder of the RSUs upon vesting and settlement to cover the tax withholding liability and the cash proceeds from such sales are remitted by the Company to taxing authorities. For RSUs granted in 2023, the Company’s tax withholding policy allows the RSU holder to choose to either pay cash to the Company for the tax withholding obligation or elect the net withholding method, in which shares with a market equivalent to the tax withholding obligation are withheld and the net shares are issued to the RSU holder. For RSUs granted in 2024 and later, the Company’s tax withholding policy allows the RSU holder to choose to either pay cash to the Company for the tax withholding obligation or to elect the sell-to-cover method, in which shares with a market value equivalent to the tax withholding obligation are sold on behalf of the holder of the RSUs upon vesting and settlement to cover the tax withholding liability and the cash proceeds from such sales are remitted by the Company to taxing authorities.
The Company’s RSU activity for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was as follows:
| Weighted | ||
|---|---|---|
| Average | ||
| Grant Date | ||
| Number | Fair Value | |
| of Shares | per Share | |
| Nonvested at January 1, 2025 | 4,549,154 | $1.82 |
| Restricted units granted | 3,330,992 | 1.91 |
| Vested | (1,246,218) | 1.94 |
| Cancelled or forfeited | (362,750) | 2.40 |
| Nonvested at June 30, 2025 | 6,271,178 | $1.81 |
As of June 30, 2025, there were 1,049,338 vested and unsettled RSU awards with a weighted average grant date fair value of $1.71 per share.
As of June 30, 2025, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to the unvested RSU's was $9.8 million which is expected to be amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.9 years.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In February 2022, the Company’s board of directors authorized the first offering under the ESPP. Under the ESPP, eligible employees may purchase shares of Taysha common stock through payroll deductions at a price equal to 85% of the lower of the fair market values of the stock as of the beginning or the end of six-month offering periods. An employee’s payroll deductions under the ESPP are limited to 15% of the employee’s compensation and employees may not purchase more than 1,800 shares of Taysha common stock during any offering period. During each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, stock-based compensation expense related to the ESPP was not material.
The following table summarizes the total stock-based compensation expense for the stock options, ESPP and RSUs recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
| For the Three Months Ended June 30, | For the Six Months Ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Research and development expense | $1,458 | $1,330 | $2,882 | $2,604 |
| General and administrative expense | 1,732 | 2,002 | 3,602 | 3,926 |
| Total | $3,190 | $3,332 | $6,484 | $6,530 |
Note 10—Warrants
Pre-Funded Warrants
Pre-Funded Warrants Issued in May 2025
On May 28, 2025, the Company entered into the May 2025 Underwriting Agreement with the Underwriters to issue and sell 46,868,687 shares of common stock, and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 25,858,586 shares of common stock (the “May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants”) in the May 2025 Offering. The offering price to the public was $2.75 per share of common stock and $2.749 per May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrant, which was the price to the public of each share of common stock sold in the May 2025 Offering, minus the $0.001 exercise price per May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrant. The Underwriters agreed to purchase the shares and the May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants from the Company pursuant to the May 2025 Underwriting Agreement at a price of $2.585 per share and $2.584 per May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrant, respectively. The initial closing of the May 2025 Offering occurred on May 30, 2025; no additional May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants were sold upon the exercise of the Underwriters’ option in June 2025.
Each May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrant has an initial exercise price per share of $0.001, subject to certain adjustments. The May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants may be exercised at any time until exercised in full, except that a holder will not be entitled to exercise any portion of any pre-funded warrant, which, upon giving effect to such exercise would cause (i) the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 4.99% or 9.99%, as the case may be, of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately prior to or after giving effect to the exercise, or (ii) the combined voting power of the Company’s securities beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 4.99% or 9.99%, as the case may be, of the combined voting power of all of the Company’s securities then outstanding immediately prior to or after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the pre-funded warrants, subject to such holder’s rights under the May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrant to increase or decrease such percentage to another percentage not in excess of 19.99% upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from such holder to the Company.
The Company concluded that the May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants meet the criteria for equity classification at issuance and were recorded as a component of stockholders’ equity within additional paid-in capital. The May 2025 Pre-funded Warrants are equity classified because they (i) are freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable from the equity instruments, (ii) are immediately exercisable, (iii) do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, (iv) permit the holders to receive a fixed number of shares of common stock upon exercise, (v) are indexed to the Company’s common stock and (vi) meet the equity classification criteria. In addition, such pre-funded warrants do not provide any guarantee of value or return.
Pre-Funded Warrants Issued in June 2024
On June 26, 2024, the Company entered into the June 2024 Underwriting Agreement with the Underwriters to issue and sell 14,361,113 shares of common stock, and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 18,972,221 shares of common stock (the “June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants”) in the June 2024 Offering. The offering price to the public was $2.25 per share of common stock and $2.249 per June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrant, which was the price to the public of each share of common stock sold in the June 2024 Offering, minus the $0.001 exercise price per June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrant. The Underwriters agreed to purchase the shares and the June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants from the Company pursuant to the June 2024 Underwriting Agreement at a price of $2.115 per share and $2.114 per June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrant, respectively. The initial closing of the June 2024 Offering occurred on June 27, 2024; no additional June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants were sold upon the exercise of the Underwriters’ option in July 2024.
Each June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrant has an initial exercise price per share of $0.001, subject to certain adjustments. The June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants may be exercised at any time until exercised in full, except that a holder will not be entitled to exercise any portion of any pre-funded warrant, which, upon giving effect to such exercise would cause (i) the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 4.99% or 9.99%, as the case may be, of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately prior to or after giving effect to the exercise, or (ii) the combined voting power of the Company’s securities beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 4.99% or 9.99%, as the case may be, of the combined voting power of all of the Company’s securities then outstanding immediately prior to or after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the pre-funded warrants, subject to such holder’s rights under the June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrant to increase or decrease such percentage to another percentage not in excess of 19.99% upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from such holder to the Company.
The Company concluded that the June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants meet the criteria for equity classification at issuance and were recorded as a component of stockholders’ equity within additional paid-in capital. The June 2024 Pre-funded Warrants are equity classified because they (i) are freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable from the equity instruments, (ii) are immediately exercisable, (iii) do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, (iv) permit the holders to receive a fixed number of shares of common stock upon exercise, (v) are indexed to the Company’s common stock and (vi) meet the equity classification criteria. In addition, such pre-funded warrants do not provide any guarantee of value or return.
Pre-Funded Warrants Issued in August 2023
On August 14, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “August 2023 Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional and other accredited investors (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to the Purchasers in a private placement transaction (the “August 2023 Private Placement”) (i)122,412,376 shares (the “PIPE Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, and (ii) with respect to certain Purchasers, pre-funded warrants to purchase 44,250,978 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “2023 Pre-Funded Warrants”) in lieu of shares of the Company’s common stock. The purchase price per share of common stock was $0.90 per share (the “PIPE Purchase Price”), and the purchase price for the 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants was the PIPE Purchase Price minus $0.001 per 2023 Pre-Funded Warrant.
The 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants have a per share exercise price of $0.001, subject to proportional adjustments in the event of stock splits or combinations or similar events. The 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants will not expire until exercised in full. The 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants may not be exercised if the aggregate number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the holder thereof immediately following such exercise would exceed a specified beneficial ownership limitation; provided, however, that a holder may increase or decrease the beneficial ownership limitation by giving 61 days’ notice to the Company, but not to any percentage in excess of 19.99%.
The closing of the August 2023 Private Placement occurred on August 16, 2023 (the “PIPE Closing”). The total gross proceeds to the Company at the PIPE Closing were $150.0 million, and after deducting placement agent commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company, net proceeds were $140.3 million.
In April 2025,9,615,000 of the 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised on a cashless basis in exchange for 9,607,145 shares of common stock.
SSI Warrants
In April 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “SSI Securities Purchase Agreement”), with two affiliates of SSI Strategy Holdings LLC (“SSI”), named therein (the “SSI Investors”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the SSI Investors in a private placement (the “SSI Private Placement”),705,218 shares of its common stock (the “SSI Shares”) and warrants (the “SSI Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 525,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”). SSI provides certain consulting services to the Company. Each SSI Warrant has an exercise price of $0.7090 per Warrant Share, which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on April 4, 2023 and expireten years after issuance. The SSI Warrants issued in the SSI Private Placement provide that the holder of the SSI Warrants will not have the right to exercise any portion of its SSI Warrants until the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory milestones related to the Company’s clinical programs. The SSI Private Placement closed on April 5, 2023. Gross proceeds of the SSI Private Placement were $0.5 million.
The Company concluded that the SSI Warrants do not meet the criteria for equity classification under the guidance of ASC 815 due to settlement provisions that permit the holder to receive a variable number of shares in the event of a specified fundamental transaction as well as provisions that permit the holder to participate in dividends. As the SSI Warrants do not meet the criteria for equity classification, the Company recorded the warrants as liabilities at their fair value. This liability is subject to remeasurement at each balance sheet date until the warrants are exercised or expire, and any change in fair value is recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The Company determined the fair value of the SSI Warrants at issuance was $0.3 million using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of the warrants at issuance:
| Risk-free interest rate | 3.46% | |
|---|---|---|
| Expected dividend yield | — | |
| Expected term (in years) | 5.2 | |
| Expected volatility | 81% | |
| Market value of common stock (per share) | $0.71 |
The fair value adjustment as of June 30, 2025 was $0.2 million using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. As of June 30, 2025,316,667 of the SSI Warrants have vested and are exercisable. No warrants were exercised during the period.
The Company estimated the fair value of the SSI Warrant liability using the following assumptions as of June 30, 2025:
| Risk-free interest rate | 3.68% |
|---|---|
| Expected dividend yield | — |
| Expected term (in years) | 3.9 |
| Expected volatility | 91% |
| Market value of common stock (per share) | $2.31 |
The following table summarizes changes in the Company’s warrant liability during the six months ended June 30, 2025 (in thousands):
| Warrant Liability | |
|---|---|
| Balance at January 1, 2025 | $438 |
| Change in fair value | 171 |
| Balance at June 30, 2025 | $609 |
Note 11—Net Loss Per Common Share
Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Since the Company had a net loss in all periods presented, basic and diluted net loss per common share are the same.
In accordance with ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, shares issuable for little to no cash consideration should be included in the number of outstanding shares used to calculate basic loss per share as long as all conditions necessary for exercise are met. The 2023 Pre-Funded Warrants, the June 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants and the May 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants are therefore included as outstanding shares as of June 30, 2025 to calculate the weighted average number of shares outstanding to calculate basic loss per share.
The following table represents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per common share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively (in thousands, except share and per share data):
| For the Three Months Ended June 30, | For the Six Months Ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Net loss | $(26,882) | $(20,928) | $(48,411) | $(44,989) |
| Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding used to compute net loss per common share, basic and diluted | 297,988,978 | 232,821,553 | 283,726,888 | 232,035,448 |
| Net loss per common share, basic and diluted | $(0.09) | $(0.09) | $(0.17) | $(0.19) |
The following common stock equivalents outstanding as of June 30, 2025 and 2024 were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented because including them would have been anti‑dilutive:
| June 30,2025 | June 30,2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unvested RSUs | 6,271,178 | 4,631,935 |
| Stock options | 25,248,452 | 16,151,088 |
| SSI Warrants | 316,667 | 316,667 |
| Total | 31,836,297 | 21,099,690 |
Note 12—Income Taxes
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Valuation allowances are provided if based upon the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company has evaluated the positive and negative evidence bearing upon the realizability of its deferred tax assets. There isno provision for income taxes because the Company has incurred operating losses and capitalized certain items for income tax purposes since its inception and maintains a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets. The reported amount of income tax expense for the period differs from the amount that would result from applying the federal statutory tax rate to net loss before taxes primarily because of the change in valuation allowance.
As of June 30, 2025, there were no material changes to either the nature or the amounts of the uncertain tax positions previously determined for the year ended December 31, 2024.
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted in the United States. The OBBBA includes significant changes, such as the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, modifications to certain aspects of the international tax framework and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business expense provisions. The legislation has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in 2025 and others implemented through 2027. The Company is currently assessing its impact on its consolidated financial statements.
Note 13—Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation
From time to time, the Company may be subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business activities. The Company records a liability when a particular contingency is probable and estimable.
In January 2024 and April 2024, the Company was named a nominal defendant in two putative stockholder derivative actions filed by stockholders of the Company in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. The lawsuits have since been consolidated and a lead plaintiff has been appointed. In October 2024, the lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint asserting claims relating to the
Company’s August 2023 Private Placement against (i) certain of the Company’s current and former directors and officers for breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment; and (ii) certain participants in the Company’s August 2023 Private Placement for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment. The complaints seek an unspecified award of damages in the Company’s favor, plus pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, and an award to the plaintiffs for the costs and disbursement of the action, including fees for their attorneys and experts. The board of directors of the Company has formed a special litigation committee to investigate the claims and allegations in the amended complaint. On January 27, 2025, the court entered an order staying the litigation until June 30, 2025, while the special litigation committee conducts its investigation. On April 30, 2025, the court extended the stay until September 30, 2025. The Company has not recorded a liability related to these lawsuits because, at this time, the Company is unable to reasonably estimate possible losses or gains or determine whether an unfavorable outcome is either probable or remote.
In connection with an investigation captioned In the Matter of Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. (D-04192), Taysha and certain of its officers and directors received subpoenas in late 2024 from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for materials relating to Taysha’s August 2023 PIPE and certain public offerings. Production of materials in response to the subpoenas was completed in April 2025. The SEC investigation is neither a determination that the Company or any individuals have violated any law nor a charge of any wrongdoing.
Commitments
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications with its directors, officers, employees, licensors, suppliers and service providers. The Company’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown at June 30, 2025. The Company does not anticipate recognizing any significant losses relating to these arrangements.
Note 14 – Retirement Plan
In July 2021, the Company adopted a 401(k) retirement savings plan that provides retirement benefits to all full-time employees. Eligible employees may contribute a percentage of their annual compensation, subject to Internal Revenue Service limitations. The Company contributed $0.1 million to the 401(k) retirement savings plan for each of the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. The Company contributed $0.3 million to the 401(k) retirement savings plan for each of the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.
Note 15 – Segment Information
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) is the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”). The CODM allocates resources and makes operating decisions based on financial information presented on a consolidated basis. The CODM does not evaluate profitability below the level of the consolidated company. Accordingly, the Company has determined that it has a single reportable segment and operating segment structure. The Company views its operations and manages its business as asingle operating segment, the gene therapy segment, which is the business of developing AAV-based gene therapies for the treatment of severe monogenic diseases of the central nervous system.
The gene therapy segment derives revenue solely from the Astellas Agreements (see Note 6). The accounting policies of the gene therapy segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.
The CODM reviews significant segment expenses including direct program expenses and compensation expenses as part of the assessment of segment profit and loss. The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total consolidated assets.
The following table presents significant segment expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
| For the Three Months Ended June 30, | For the Six Months Ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Revenue | $1,986 | $1,112 | $4,288 | $4,523 |
| Less: | ||||
| Research and development program expense | ||||
| Program expense | 8,373 | 5,288 | 12,371 | 15,486 |
| Consultants and contractors expense | 3,263 | 3,246 | 6,472 | 8,094 |
| Compensation expense | 10,850 | 9,142 | 22,120 | 17,424 |
| Other segment expense(a) | 6,382 | 4,364 | 11,736 | 8,508 |
| Consolidated net loss | $(26,882) | $(20,928) | $(48,411) | $(44,989) |
| (a) Other segment expense included in consolidated net loss includes interest income, depreciation, insurance, travel, software and subscription services, legal, professional and consulting expense, rent and facilities expense, other general and administrative expense, impairment of long-lived assets, change in fair value of term loan, change in fair value of warrant liability and other expense. | ||||
Note 16 – Subsequent Events
On August 7, 2025 (the “Trinity Refinance Date”), the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “New Trinity Term Loan Agreement”), by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “New Trinity Lenders”) and Trinity Capital Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent for the New Trinity Lenders (“Trinity”). The New Trinity Term Loan Agreement provides for (i) on the Trinity Refinance Date, $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of term loans (“Tranche A”), (ii) from the Trinity Refinance Date until March 31, 2028 an additional $25.0 million term loan facility contingent on delivering evidence satisfactory to Trinity that the Company has submitted a biologics license application (“BLA”) to the FDA for TSHA-102 in Rett Syndrome (“Tranche B”), (iii) from the Trinity Refinance Date until March 31, 2029, an additional $25.0 million term loan facility contingent on delivering evidence satisfactory to Trinity that the Company has received BLA approval from the FDA for TSHA-102 in Rett Syndrome (collectively, the “New Trinity Term Loans”). The Company drew $50.0 million in term loans on the Trinity Refinance Date. The existing Trinity Term Loan Agreement was terminated and the existing Trinity Term Loans were repaid concurrently with entry into the New Trinity Term Loan Agreement and the draw of Tranche A.
The interest rate applicable to the New Trinity Term Loans is the greater of (a) the WSJPrime Rate plus 4.00% or (b)11.50% per annum. The New Trinity Term Loans are interest only from the Trinity Refinance Date through 48 months from the Trinity Refinance Date, which may be extended to 60 months from the Trinity Refinance Date upon the satisfaction of certain milestones set forth in the New Trinity Term Loan Agreement, after which the Company is required to pay equal monthly installments of principal through August 1, 2030(the “New Maturity Date”).
On the Trinity Refinance Date, the Company paid a commitment fee of $100,000 to Trinity. Upon any future draw of New Trinity Term Loans, the Company is required to pay an additional commitment fee of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of such New Trinity Term Loans.
The New Trinity Term Loans may be prepaid in full (i) from the Trinity Refinance Date through August 7, 2026, with payment of a 3.00% prepayment premium, (ii) from August 8, 2026 through August 7, 2027, with payment of a 2.00% prepayment premium, and (iii) from August 8, 2027 through, but excluding, the New Maturity Date, with payment of a 1.00% prepayment premium. Upon repayment in full of the New Trinity Term Loans, the Company will pay to Trinity an end of term payment equal to 5.00% of the original principal amount of the New Trinity Term Loans.
In connection with the New Trinity Term Loan Agreement, the Company entered into a Success Fee Agreement with Trinity which specifies the terms regarding a fee in the amount of $500,000 plus 5% of the principal amount of the funded New Trinity Term Loans under Tranche B (the “New Success Fee”). The New Success Fee is payable upon the achievement of certain corporate development value-inflection milestones. The New Success Fee survives the termination of the New Trinity Term Loans and expires on the earlier of ten years from the Trinity Refinance Date, or payment in full in cash of the New Success Fee.
The obligations under the New Trinity Term Loan Agreement are secured by a perfected security interest in all of the Company’s assets except for certain customarily excluded property pursuant to the terms of the New Trinity Term Loan Agreement. There are no financial or minimum cash balance covenants andno warrants associated with the New Trinity Term Loan Agreement. The New Trinity Term Loan Agreement contains various covenants that limit the Company’s ability to engage in specified types of transactions without the consent of Trinity and the New Trinity Lenders which include, among others, incurring or assuming certain debt; merging, consolidating or acquiring all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another entity; changing the nature of the Company’s business; changing the Company’s organizational structure or type; licensing, transferring or disposing of certain assets; granting certain types of liens on the Company’s assets; making certain investments; and paying cash dividends.
The New Trinity Term Loan Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants and events of default, including payment default, breach of covenants, change of control, and material adverse effects. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, a default interest rate of an additional 5.00% per annum may be applied to the outstanding loan balances, and the New Trinity Lenders may declare all outstanding obligations immediately due and payable and exercise all of its rights and remedies as set forth in the New Trinity Term Loan Agreement and under applicable law.
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