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Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.

For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 7, 2026.

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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 7, 2026

STOK$26.54+1.8%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026

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Notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements—(unaudited)

  1. Nature of the business

Organization

Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") was founded in June 2014 and was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is a late-stage clinical company dedicated to addressing the underlying causes of severe diseases by upregulating protein expression with RNA-based medicines.

Shelf Registration

In July 2025, the Company filed a universal Shelf Registration statement on Form S-3 (the “2025 Registration Statement”) with the SEC. The 2025 Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC on July 11, 2025, and contains two prospectuses: a base prospectus, which covers the offering, issuance and sale by the Company of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $400.0 million of the Company’s common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities, subscription rights to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities and/or units consisting of some or all of these securities; and a sales agreement prospectus covering the offering, issuance and sale by the Company of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $150.0 million of common stock that may be issued and sold under a Controlled Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”). The Company does not intend to make any further offers or sales of its common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement under the 2025 Registration Statement.

In March 2026, the Company filed an automatic universal Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “2026 Registration Statement”) with the SEC. The 2026 Registration Statement contains two prospectuses: a base prospectus, which covers the offering, issuance and sale by the Company of its common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities, subscription rights to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities and/or units consisting of some or all of these securities; and a sales agreement prospectus covering the offering, issuance and sale by the Company of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $150.0 million of its common stock that may be issued and sold under the Sales Agreement. The specific terms of any securities to be offered pursuant to the base prospectus will be specified in a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus. The Company intends to use the 2026 Registration Statement for any future issuances and sales of common stock.

As of March 31, 2026, the Company had issued approximately 3.2 million shares of common stock pursuant to the 2025 Registration Statement for net proceeds of $87.8 million. In addition as of March 31, 2026, the Company had issued approximately 2.6 million shares of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement and the 2026 Registration Statement for net proceeds of $80.7 million. The Company may terminate this at-the-market program under the Sales Agreement at any time, pursuant to its terms.

Uncertainties

The Company is subject to risks and uncertainties common to late-stage clinical companies in the biotechnology industry including, but not limited to, development by competitors of new technological innovations, dependence on key personnel, protection of proprietary technology, compliance with government regulations and ability to secure additional capital to fund operations. Product candidates currently under development will require significant additional research and development efforts, including extensive preclinical and clinical testing and regulatory approval prior to commercialization. These efforts require significant amounts of additional capital, adequate personnel and infrastructure and extensive compliance-reporting capabilities. Even if the Company’s product development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will realize significant revenue from product sales.

Liquidity

The Company expects that its operating losses and negative cash flows will continue for the foreseeable future. As of the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company expects that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements through at least twelve months from the issuance date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

  1. Summary of significant accounting policies and recent accounting pronouncements

Basis of presentation and consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and include the accounts of Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). All intercompany transactions between and among the Company and its consolidated subsidiary have been eliminated.

Unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial information

The accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, which was filed with the SEC on March 16, 2026. The Company’s financial information as of March 31, 2026 and for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 is unaudited, but in the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows at the dates and for the periods presented of the results of these interim periods have been included. The balance sheet information as of December 31, 2025 was derived from audited condensed consolidated financial statements. The results of the Company’s operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for a full fiscal year.

Use of estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Estimates are periodically reviewed in light of changes in circumstances, facts and experience. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. The Company deposits its cash and cash equivalents in checking, sweep and money market accounts. Cash equivalents are carried at cost which approximates their fair market value.

At March 31, 2026, restricted cash consisted of money market accounts collateralizing letters of credit issued as security deposits in connection with the Company’s leases of its corporate facilities.

Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash in thecondensed consolidated statements of cash flows consists of the following (in thousands):

As of March 31,
20262025
Cash and cash equivalents$155,659$274,817
Restricted cash - current49475
Restricted cash - long-term3,227721
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash$159,380$275,613

Smaller reporting company status

The Company is a “smaller reporting company,” meaning that its annual revenue was less than $100.0 million during the last completed fiscal year or the market value of the Company's stock held by non-affiliates was less than $700.0 million as of the end of that fiscal year’s second fiscal quarter. The Company expects to continue to be a smaller reporting company until the first quarter of 2027. As a smaller reporting company, the Company may choose to present only the two most recent fiscal years of audited financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K and smaller reporting companies have reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation.

Revenue Recognition under ASC 606

For revenue arrangements accounted for under ASC 606, the Company recognizes revenue when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized for arrangements determined to be within the scope of ASC 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (i) identification of the contract; (ii) determination of whether the promised goods or services are performance obligations; (iii) measurement of the transaction price, including evaluating the constraint on variable consideration; (iv) allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations; and (v) recognition of revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies each performance obligation. The Company applies the five-step model to all contracts, including transactions with collaborators or partners, if they are a transaction with a customer.

Performance obligations are promises to transfer distinct goods or services to the customer. Promised goods or services are considered distinct when (i) the customer can benefit from the good or service on its own or together with other readily available resources and (ii) the promised good or service is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. In assessing whether promised goods or services are distinct, the Company considers factors such as the stage of development of the underlying intellectual property, the capabilities of the customer to develop the intellectual property on their own, or whether the required expertise is readily available.

The Company estimates the transaction price based on the amount expected to be received for transferring the promised goods or services in the contract. The consideration may include both fixed consideration and variable consideration. At the inception of an arrangement that includes variable consideration and at each reporting period, the Company evaluates the amount of potential payment and the likelihood that the payments will be received. The Company utilizes either the most likely amount method or expected amount method to estimate the amount to be received based on which method better predicts the amount expected to be received. If it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue would not occur, the variable consideration is included in the transaction price. The Company will assess its revenue generating arrangements in order to determine whether a significant financing component exists and conclude that a significant financing component does not exist in any of its arrangements if: (a) the promised consideration approximates the cash selling price of the promised goods and services or any significant difference is due to factors other than financing; and (b) timing of payment approximates the transfer of goods and services and performance is over a relatively short period of time within the context of the entire term of the contract.

Contracts may include pre-commercial milestone payments. At contract inception and at each reporting period, the Company assesses whether achievement of the milestone was most likely and whether it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized would not occur. If it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue would not occur, the associated milestone value is included in the transaction price. Milestone payments that are not within the Company’s control or the customer’s control are constrained and not included in the transaction price. At the end of each subsequent reporting period, the Company re-evaluates the probability of achievement of such milestones and any related constraint, and if necessary, adjusts its estimate of the overall transaction price. Any such adjustments are recorded on a cumulative catch-up basis, which would affect revenues and earnings in the period of adjustment.

For arrangements that may include sales-based royalties, including milestone payments based on the level of sales, and the license is deemed to be the predominant item to which the royalties relate, the Company recognizes revenue at the later of (i) when the related sales occur, or (ii) when the performance obligation to which some or all of the royalty has been allocated has been satisfied (or partially satisfied). To date, the Company has not recognized any royalty revenue resulting from any of the Company’s collaboration arrangements.

The Company allocates the transaction price based on the estimated standalone selling price of the underlying performance obligations or in the case of certain variable consideration to one or more performance obligations. The Company must develop assumptions that require judgment to determine the stand-alone selling price for each performance obligation identified in the contract. The Company utilizes a range of key assumptions to determine the stand-alone selling price, which may include prices observed in comparable market transactions, pricing considered in negotiating the transaction, the estimated costs, plus a reasonable margin, forecasted revenue, development timelines, reimbursement rates for personnel costs, discount rates and probabilities of success in achieving various pre-commercial and commercial milestones, to complete the respective performance obligation. Certain variable consideration is allocated specifically to one or more performance obligations in a contract when the terms of the variable consideration relate to the satisfaction of the performance obligation and the resulting amounts allocated to each performance obligation are consistent with the amounts the Company would expect to receive for each performance obligation.

For performance obligations consisting of licenses, research and development activities, and other promises, the Company utilizes judgment to assess the nature of the performance obligation to determine whether the performance obligation is satisfied over time or at a point in time and, if over time, the appropriate method of measuring progress for purposes of recognizing revenue. The Company evaluates the measure of progress each reporting period and, if necessary, adjusts the measure of performance and related revenue recognition. If the license to the Company’s intellectual property is determined to be distinct from the other performance obligations identified in the arrangement, the Company will recognize revenue when the license is transferred to the customer and the customer is able to use and benefit from the license. Upfront payments and fees are recorded as deferred revenue upon receipt or when due until the Company performs its obligations under these arrangements. Amounts are recorded as accounts receivable when the right to consideration is unconditional, including unbilled amounts.

Payment terms and conditions vary by contract type, although terms typically require payment within 30 to 60 days. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from that of invoicing, the Company has determined that its contracts generally do not include a significant financing component. The primary purpose of invoicing terms is to provide customers with simplified and predictable ways of purchasing the Company’s products and services, not to facilitate financing arrangements.

  1. Fair value measurements

The following tables present information about the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level of the fair value hierarchy utilized to determine such fair values (in thousands):

Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds$135,681$—$—$135,681
Total$135,681$—$—$135,681
Marketable Securities:
Corporate bonds$—$78,151$—$78,151
Commercial paper—22,703—22,703
US Government and US Government agency debt securities151,3883,125—154,513
Total$151,388$103,979$—$255,367
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds$72,890$—$—$72,890
Total$72,890$—$—$72,890
Marketable Securities:
Corporate bonds$—$84,750$—$84,750
Commercial paper—23,961—23,961
US Government and US Government agency debt securities—197,999—197,999
Total$—$306,710$—$306,710

The Company’s cash equivalents and marketable securities are carried at fair value, determined according to the fair value hierarchy. The carrying value of the Company’s accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these liabilities.

The Company’s assets with fair value categorized as Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy include money market funds. Money market funds are publicly traded mutual funds and are presented as cash equivalents on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

The Company measures its marketable securities at fair value on a recurring basis and classifies those instruments within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Marketable securities are valued using models or other valuation methodologies that use Level 2 inputs. These models are primarily industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including time value, yield curve, volatility factors, default rates, current market and contractual prices for the underlying financial instruments, as well as other economic measures. Substantially all of these assumptions are observable in the marketplace, can be derived from observable data or are supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed in the marketplace.

There wereno transfers into or out of Level 3 in the periods presented.

  1. Marketable securities

The following table summarizes the Company’s marketable securities as of March 31, 2026 (in thousands):

Amortized CostUnrealized GainsUnrealized LossFair Value
Marketable securities:
Corporate bonds$78,175$46$(70)$78,151
Commercial paper22,7291(27)22,703
US Government and US Government agency debt securities154,577123(187)154,513
Total$255,481$170$(284)$255,367

The following table summarizes the Company’s marketable securities as of December 31, 2025 (in thousands):

Amortized CostUnrealized GainsUnrealized LossFair Value
Marketable securities:
Corporate bonds$84,568$183$(1)$84,750
Commercial paper23,9597(5)23,961
US Government and US Government agency debt securities197,638365(4)197,999
Total$306,165$555$(10)$306,710

As of March 31, 2026, the weighted average maturity of the Company’s short term marketable securities is 0.51 years and the weighted average maturity of the Company's long term marketable securities is 1.2 years.

The Company didnot record an allowance for credit losses as of March 31, 2026 related to its marketable securities. Further, given the lack of significant change in the credit risk of these investments, the Company did not recognize any other-than-temporary impairment losses.

  1. Accrued and other current liabilities

Accrued and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

As of March 31,As of December 31,
20262025
Accrued employee compensation costs3,076$13,975
Accrued professional costs3,222965
Accrued research and development costs13,67022,028
Current portion of operating lease liabilities2,4333,007
Other current liabilities1,5001,060
$23,901$41,035
  1. Commitments and contingencies

Operating lease

The Company determines whether an arrangement is a lease at inception. The Company accounts for a lease when it has the right to control the leased asset for a period of time while obtaining substantially all of the assets’ economic benefits. Operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at the lease commencement date. The discount rate used to determine the present value of the lease payments is the Company’s incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at lease inception, as the Company did not have information to determine the rate implicit in the leases. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the reasonably assured lease term based on the total lease payments (which include initial direct costs and lease incentives). Lease expense is included in operating expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income. The Company’s lease agreements also contain variable payments, primarily maintenance-related costs, which are expensed as incurred and not included in the measurement of the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities.

In August 2018, the Company entered into an agreement to lease approximately 23,000 square feet of space for a term ofthree years. Lease terms are triple net lease commencing at $0.9 million per year, then with 3% annual base rent increases plus operating expenses, real estate taxes, utilities and janitorial fees. The lease commencement date was December 10, 2018.

In September 2021, the Company entered into an agreement to extend the initial term of the 23,000 square foot lease for a period ofthree years commencing on December 15, 2021 and ending December 31, 2024. In addition, this lease provides for the lease of an additional 15,000 square feet of rentable space beginning on April 1, 2022 and ending on December 31, 2024. In December 2021, the Company recognized a right-of-use asset and operating lease liability of $3.5 million for the 23,000 square feet. On April 1, 2022, the Company recognized a right-of-use asset and operating lease liability of $1.8 million for the 15,000 square feet.

In December 2023, the Company entered into an agreement to extend the term of the 38,000 square foot lease for a period oftwo years commencing on January 1, 2025 and ending on December 31, 2026. In December 2023, the Company recognized a right-of-use asset and operating lease liability of $4.1 million.

In January 2025, the Company entered into an agreement to lease 7,581 square feet of space for an initial term ofthree years and three months. The lease includestwo renewal options for an additional three years each. Lease terms commence at $0.7 million per annum, with 2.0% annual base rent increases plus operating expenses, real estate taxes, and utilities. The lease commencement date was July 8, 2025. In July 2025, the Company recognized a right-of-use asset and operating lease liability of $1.8 million. In September 2025, the Company entered into a sublease agreement for the 7,581 square feet of space for a term equal to the initial term of the original lease. Sublease terms commence at $0.4 million per annum with 2% annual rent increases. As a result of this sublease, the Company recognized a right of use asset impairment of $0.7 million.

On January 21, 2026, the Company entered into a new lease for its corporate headquarters and laboratory space with NWALP PHOP Property Owner LLC, located at 245 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts (the “Lease Agreement”), in order to expand its office and laboratory space. The Lease Agreement premises include approximately 98,500 square feet. The Lease Agreement will expire on March 31, 2038, and includestwo options to further extendthe Lease for an additional five years at the then-prevailing market rate. The aggregate estimated base rent payments due over the term of the Lease Agreement is approximately $86.6 million. The Company paid a security deposit of $3.0 million in the form of an irrevocable standby letter of credit, which may be reduced over time in accordance with the terms of the Lease Agreement. The Company expects to occupy the space late in 2026 and has evaluated build to suit considerations as of March 31, 2026.

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of March 31, 2026 were as follows (in thousands):

20262,438
2027699
2028532
Total lease payments3,669
Less imputed interest(246)
Present value of lease liabilities$3,423

Lease balances as of March 31, 2026 were as follows (in thousands):

Operating right-of-use assets$2,493
Current portion of operating lease liabilities$2,433
Non-current portion of operating lease liabilities990
Total operating lease liabilities$3,423

The weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate of the Company’s operating leases as of March 31, 2026 were as follows:

Weighted average remaining lease term in years1.6
Weighted average discount rate10.09%

Lease expense incurred under operating leases was $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and was $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

License and research agreements

In April 2016, the Company entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with the University of Southampton (the “Southampton Agreement”), whereby the Company acquired rights to foundational technologies related to the Company’s proprietary protein upregulation platform technology. Under the Southampton Agreement, the Company receives an exclusive, worldwide license under certain licensed patents and applications relating to the Company's proprietary protein upregulation platform. Under the Southampton Agreement, the Company may be obligated to make additional payments that are contingent upon certain milestones being achieved, as well as royalties on future product sales. These royalty obligations survive until the latest of (i) the expiration of the last valid claim of a licensed patent covering a subject product or (ii) the expiration of any regulatory exclusivity for the subject product in a country. In addition, if the Company sublicenses its rights under the Southampton Agreement, the Company is required to pay a mid-single digit percentage of the sublicense revenue to the University of Southampton. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had paid $8.9 million under the Southampton Agreement as a result of the Acadia license and collaboration agreementand the Biogen license and collaboration agreement. Additionally, certain licenses under the Southampton Agreement require the Company to reimburse the University of Southampton for certain past and ongoing patent related expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 these expenses were immaterial.

Litigation

The Company may periodically become subject to legal proceedings and claims arising in connection with ongoing business activities, including claims or disputes related to patents that have been issued or that are pending in the field of research on which it is focused. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company was not subject to any legal proceedings and no legal proceedings are currently pending or threatened to which it was a party or to which its property was subject that, in the opinion of management, would have a material adverse effect on its business.

  1. License and collaboration agreements

Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

In January 2022, the Company entered into a License and Collaboration Agreement (the “Acadia Agreement”) with Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Acadia”) for the discovery, development and commercialization of novel RNA-based medicines for the treatment of severe and rare genetic neurodevelopmental diseases of the central nervous system. The Acadia Agreement focused on the targets SYNGAP1, MECP2 (Rett syndrome), and an undisclosed neurodevelopmental target of mutual interest. In connection with each target, the Company agreed to collaborate with Acadia to identify potential treatments for further development and commercialization as licensed products. With respect to SYNGAP1, the Company agreed with Acadia to co-develop and co-commercialize licensed products for such target globally, and in connection therewith the Company granted to Acadia worldwide, co-exclusive (with the Company) licenses for such licensed products. With respect to MECP2 and the neurodevelopmental target, the Company granted Acadia worldwide, exclusive licenses to develop and commercialize licensed products for such targets. In September 2025, Acadia terminated the MECP2 and the undisclosed neurodevelopmental programs under the Acadia Agreement (the “Discontinued Acadia Programs”) and rights to these targets returned to the Company. The collaboration with Acadia with respect to SYNGAP1 remains ongoing.

Pursuant to the terms of the Acadia Agreement, the Company received an upfront payment of $60.0 million from Acadia. Acadia agreed to fund the research for the Discontinued Acadia Programs, and the Company will equally fund with Acadia the research to identify potential licensed products for SYNGAP1. The Company is eligible to receive up to $245.0 million in potential total milestone payments based upon the achievement of certain development, regulatory, first commercial sales and sales milestone events for the SYNGAP1 program, assuming each milestone were achieved at least once. For SYNGAP1 licensed products that the Company is co-developing and co-commercializing, the Company will be responsible for 50% of the development and commercialization costs and will receive 50% of the profits from global commercialization. The Company is provided with a co-development and co-commercialization opt out option relating to the SYNGAP1 target indication at the Company’s discretion. Such opt-out would reduce development and commercialization milestones but would provide the Company with royalties on an escalating basis attributable to net sales milestones. As a result of the termination of the Discontinued Acadia Programs, the Company is no longer eligible to receive the milestones for those programs of up to $662.5 million or any royalties related thereto.

Acadia Agreement accounting

At the commencement of the Acadia Agreement, the Company identified three performance obligations consisting of pre-clinical research activities for each of the three targets, SYNGAP1, MECP2, and the undisclosed neurodevelopmental target. The exclusive or co-exclusive licenses granted to Acadia to conduct pre-clinical research activities on each of the three targets, and participation on each of the respective joint research committees were identified as promised services. However, the licenses granted to Acadia and the research activities were determined to be not distinct from each other, and therefore are considered a combined performance obligation for each of the three targets. Participation on each of the joint research committees was determined to be quantitatively and qualitatively immaterial in the context of the arrangement with Acadia.

The Company is recognizing the transaction price for the pre-clinical research activities for the remaining target over time as the research services are provided. The transfer of control to Acadia occurs over this time period, and in management’s judgment, is the best measure of progress towards satisfying the performance obligation. An input method is used that measures the cost incurred to date in satisfying each of the three research activities in relation to the estimated total projected cost of each of the research activities to fulfill the respective obligations. The cumulative effect of revisions to estimated costs and/or the transaction price to complete the research performance obligations will be recorded in the period in which changes are identified and amounts can be reasonably estimated.

Milestone payments that are not within the control of the Company, such as regulatory approvals, are not considered probable of being achieved until those approvals are received. For other milestones, the Company evaluated factors such as the scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial, and other risks that must be overcome to achieve the particular milestone in making this assessment. Milestones that are outside of the Company’s or Acadia’s control will not be recognized until such milestones are achieved. As to the other milestones, to date, no milestone payments have been included in the transaction price due to the uncertainty as to whether these milestones will be achieved. The Company will at the end of each reporting period reevaluate the probability of achievement of all milestones subject to constraint and, if necessary, adjust its estimate of the overall transaction price for each of the research activities on the three targets. Any such adjustments will be recorded on a cumulative catch-up basis.

As of March 31, 2026 the Company had $0.9 million in receivables and $6.2 million of consideration recorded as current deferred revenue associated with the Acadia Agreement, related to performance obligations that were unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 the Company recognized $2.2 million in revenue and during the three months ended March 31, 2025 recognized $6.1 million in revenue associated to the Acadia Agreement.

Biogen International GmbH License and Collaboration Agreement

On February 14, 2025 (the "Effective Date"), the Company entered into a License and Collaboration Agreement (the “Biogen Agreement”) with Biogen International GmbH (“Biogen”) for the joint development and commercialization of zorevunersen and other compounds targeting the SCN1A gene (the “Licensed Product”). Under the terms of the Biogen Agreement, the Company granted Biogen an exclusive, royalty-bearing license to develop, manufacture, and export licensed products in all territories outside the U.S., Canada, and Mexico (the “Biogen Territory”). In addition, Biogen has the option to exercise an exclusive, royalty-bearing, sublicensable and transferable license for certain future follow-on antisense oligonucleotides ("ASOs") directed to SCN1A controlled by the Company. Under the Biogen Agreement, the parties are jointly developing zorevunersen, with the Company leading global development. The Company and Biogen share global development costs based on an agreed budget. The Company is responsible for 70% of these development costs and Biogen is responsible for the remaining 30% of these development costs.

In connection with the closing of this transaction in February 2025, the Company received an upfront payment of $165.0 million and is eligible to receive development and commercial milestone payments that could total up to approximately $50.0 million and $335.0 million, respectively, if all the specified milestones set forth in the collaboration are achieved. In addition, the Company is eligible to receive tiered, double-digit royalties ranging from the low double-digit to high teen percentages of future net sales on the Licensed Product. As of March 31, 2026 no milestones have been met. Royalties payable under the Biogen Agreement are subject to standard royalty reductions.

Biogen Agreement accounting

At the commencement of the Biogen Agreement, the Company evaluated the Biogen Agreement and determined that it was reflective of a vendor-customer relationship. As of the Effective Date, the Company identified the following performance obligations in the Biogen Agreement that were evaluated under the scope of ASC 606: (i) an exclusive royalty-bearing sublicensable, transferable license under the licensed intellectual property to exploit Licensed Product in the Biogen Territory, and non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license under the licensed intellectual property to develop, manufacture and export any Licensed Product in the Biogen Territory (collectively “IP License” and considered as one performance obligation), and (ii) development services, that are expected to generate data necessary for regulatory approval in the Biogen Territory for the Licensed Product (“Global Development Activities”).

The IP License is considered functional intellectual property and distinct from the Global Development Activities, as Biogen can benefit from the license on its own or together with other readily available resources. Global Development Activities are considered distinct as they are not expected to significantly modify or customize the initial intellectual property as the Licensed Product is in Phase 3 of clinical development at contract inception.

The Company determined that the initial transaction price under ASC 606 was $243.4 million and is comprised of the non-refundable upfront payment of $165 million and $78.4 million of estimated variable consideration attributed to cost reimbursement in reimbursement for Global Development Activities. The Company utilized the expected value method to estimate the variable consideration for the future reimbursement of the Global Development Activities, and any subsequent adjustments arising from changes in estimates will be recorded on a cumulative catch-up basis in the period of such adjustment.

The Company determined that royalties and sales milestones relate solely to the licenses of intellectual property and are therefore excluded from the transaction price under the sales- or usage-based royalty exception of ASC 606. In addition, the Company estimated the probability, likelihood, and magnitude of a reversal of revenue for the commercial milestone payments and determined that any variable consideration related to commercial milestones was deemed to be fully constrained at inception and therefore excluded from the initial transaction price due to high degree of uncertainty and risks associated with these potential payments as the Company cannot assert that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized would not occur.

The Company developed the estimated standalone selling price, at inception, for each of the performance obligations with the objective of determining the price at which we would sell each item if it were to be sold regularly on a standalone basis. The Company developed the estimated standalone selling price for the IP License primarily based on the probability-weighted present value of expected future cash flows associated with the underlying license or activity. In developing such estimates, the Company applied judgment in determining the forecasted revenues, taking into consideration the applicable market conditions and relevant entity-specific factors, the probability of success and the discount rate. The estimated standalone selling price for the Global Development Activities is primarily based on the costs necessary to perform the service plus a reasonable margin. In management’s judgment the above inputs provide a faithful estimate and reflect a consideration that would be received to transfer the promised goods or services in an orderly transaction between unrelated market participants. As such, the estimated standalone selling price reflects the best estimate of the fair value that market participants would pay for each performance obligation on a standalone basis.

The Company allocated the transaction price to the performance obligations on a relative stand-alone selling price basis consistent with the allocation objective of ASC 606.

The IP License performance obligation was satisfied at a point in time upon transfer of the IP License to Biogen. Control of the IP License was transferred on the Effective Date as Biogen could begin to use and benefit from the IP License immediately. For the Global Development Activities performance obligation, the Company measures proportional performance over time using an input method based on costs incurred relative to the total estimated costs of the obligation by determining the proportion of costs incurred as a percentage of total costs the Company expects to expend. This ratio is applied to the transaction price allocated to this performance obligation to arrive at the revenue that should be recognized at each reporting date. The Company evaluates the measure of progress each reporting period and, if necessary, adjusts the measure of performance and related revenue recognition.

The following table provides a summary of the transaction price allocated to each performance obligation, in addition to revenue activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025. (in thousands):

2026 · 2025
Revenue RecognizedTransaction Price AllocatedRevenue Recognized
Performance obligations
IP License$—$150,779$150,779
Global Development Activity4,03392,6441,642
$4,033$243,423$152,421

As of March 31, 2026 the Company had $3.5 million in receivables and $10.4 million of consideration of which $3.8 million is recorded as current deferred revenue, associated with the Biogen Agreement relating to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 the Company recognized $4.0 million in revenue and during the three months ended March 31, 2025 recognized $152.4 million in revenue associated to the Biogen Agreement.

  1. Equity incentive plans

As of March 31, 2026, there wereno shares available for future issuance under the 2014 Plan,2,266,624 shares were available under the 2019 Plan and 498,832 shares were available under the 2023 Plan.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company granted options to purchase 1,341,293 shares of common stock to certain of its employees. The options vest over a period of up tofour years and are exercisable at a per share price equal to the fair value of the common stock on the grant date. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company granted 789,451 RSUs and didnot grant any performance stock units ("PSUs") to its employees. The RSUs vest over a period of up tofour years.

Stock-based compensation

As of March 31, 2026, there was $78.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options granted under the 2019 and 2023 Plans. Compensation expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.9 years as of March 31, 2026. As of March 31, 2026, there was $43.2 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation related to RSUs and $0.2 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation related to PSUs. The compensation expense for RSUs and PSUs is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.1 years.

Stock-based compensation expense recorded as research and development and sales, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income is as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31,
20262025
Research and development$3,387$2,799
Sales, general and administrative5,3663,954
Total$8,753$6,753

2019 Employee stock purchase plan

In June 2019, the Company adopted the 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), which became effective on June 18, 2019. The Company initially reserved 315,000 shares of common stock for sale under the ESPP. At March 31, 2026, the Company had 2,608,136 shares available for issuance under the ESPP. The average grant date fair value per share under the ESPP was $30.90 for 2026. The total ESPP stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $0.2 million and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $0.1 million. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP will increase automatically on January 1 of each of the first ten calendar years following the first offering date by the number of shares equal to the lesser of 1% of the total outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock as of the immediately preceding December 31 or a lower amount determined by the Company’s board of directors. The aggregate number of shares issued over the term of the ESPP will not exceed 3,150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

  1. Net (loss) income per share

The following table summarizes the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share of the Company (in thousands except share and per share amounts):

Three Months Ended March 31,
20262025
Numerator:
Net (loss) income$(50,003)$112,879
Denominator:
Weighted-average number of common shares, basic63,063,50757,862,674
Weighted-average number of common shares, diluted63,063,50759,398,600
Net (loss) income per share, basic$(0.79)$1.95
Net (loss) income per share, diluted$(0.79)$1.90

As the Company had net income during the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company’s potential dilutive securities, which include stock options, RSUs and PSUs, were included in the calculation of diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders.

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company incurred a net loss. Weighted-average shares outstanding used to calculate basic net loss per share includes 3,703,730 warrants outstanding during the period. The Company’s potential dilutive securities, which include stock options, restricted stock units and performance stock units have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be to reduce the net loss per share. Therefore, the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders is the same for the three months ended March 31, 2026.

The Company excluded the following potential common stock, presented based on amounts outstanding at March 31, 2026 and 2025 from the computation of diluted net (loss) income per share attributable to common stockholders because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect.

Three Months Ended March 31,
20262025
Outstanding options to purchase common stock11,158,0817,214,876
Restricted stock units1,932,965589,219
Performance stock units219,00073,000
Total13,310,0467,877,095
  1. Income taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company didnot have any income tax expense recorded in its condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded federal and state tax expense of $1.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively due to recognizing income from the Biogen collaboration, offset by net operating loss carryforwards (NOLs) that were able to be utilized to the extent allowable by tax law. Prior recorded income tax expense of $1.1 million and $0.1 million for federal and state, respectively, were reversed due to the passage on July 4, 2025 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("the OBBBA"). The Company has provided a valuation allowance for the full amount of its net deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, as management has determined it is more likely than not that any future benefit from deductible temporary differences and net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards would not be realized.

  1. Segment Information

The Company comprisesone reportable segment, Stoke. As of March 31, 2026, this segment has not generated any product revenue since inception, as it does not yet have approved products for sale.

The Company primarily generates revenue in North America, with its long-lived assets also concentrated in this region, and manages its business activities on a consolidated basis. Decisions concerning the allocation of the Company’s resources are made by the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), which is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. The CODM views the Company’s operations as a single operating segment which is the business of discovering and developing RNA-based medicines, using the Company's proprietary protein upregulation platform and developing ASOs to selectively restore protein levels.

The CODM assesses performance for the Company's operations segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net income or loss that is also reported on the income statement as consolidated net income or loss and the measure of segment assets as reported on the balance sheet as total consolidated assets. Net income or loss is used to monitor budget versus actual results as well as assess the general performance of the segment in a given period.

The following table reconciles segment direct profit or loss to the Company’scondensed consolidated results (in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31,
20262025
Revenue$6,229$158,569
Zorevunersen(1)19,85417,674
ADOA(1)1,8591,201
SYNGAP1(1)745342
MECP2(1)—147
Other external program costs3,1781,829
Payroll and other personnel costs - R&D (2)16,11811,012
Payroll and other personnel costs - SG&A (2)11,0578,929
Other non-program costs - R&D (3)1,6801,407
Other non-program costs - SG&A (3)5,1564,788
Interest expense(23)(1)
Interest income3,4202,890
Other income1828
Provision for income taxes—1,278
Segment net income (loss)$(50,003)$112,879

(1)Includes external research and development andsales, general and administrative expenses associated with programs.

(2)Includes salaries, benefits and other personnel related expenses, including stock based compensation expense, of relevant personnel.

(3)Includes costs incurred for conducting non-program activities related to Company activities.

  1. Subsequent events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events from the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events that require disclosure or adjustment.

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