Cormorant Asset Management, LP - Feb 12, 2025 Form 3 Insider Report for Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. (AARD)

Role
10%+ Owner
Signature
CORMORANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP By: /s/ Bihua Chen, Managing Member
Stock symbol
AARD
Transactions as of
Feb 12, 2025
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
3
Date filed
2/12/2025, 05:18 PM
Previous filing
Nov 6, 2024
Next filing
Feb 19, 2025

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
holding AARD Series C Convertible Preferred Stock Feb 12, 2025 Common Stock 6.78M See Footnote F1, F2, F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock at a 1-for-8.474 conversion ratio, after giving effect to a reverse stock split effected by the Issuer on February 5, 2025, for an aggregate of 800,189 shares of Common Stock. The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted into Common Stock at any time at the election of the Reporting Persons, and is expected to convert automatically into Common Stock upon the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering of shares of Common Stock.
F2 Cormorant Asset Management, LP ("Cormorant") serves as the investment manager of Cormorant Global Healthcare Master Fund, LP (the "Master Fund") and Cormorant Private Healthcare Fund V, LP ("Fund V"). Cormorant Global Healthcare GP, LLC ("GP LLC") serves as general partner of the Master Fund, and Cormorant Private Healthcare V GP, LLC ("GP V LLC") serves as general partner of Fund V. Bihua Chen serves as the managing member of GP LLC, GP V LLC and the general partner of Cormorant. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein except to the extent of its or her pecuniary interest therein, and the filing of this Form 3 shall not be construed as an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is the beneficial owner of any such shares for purposes of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.
F3 Represents 940,498 and 5,840,312 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock beneficially owned by the Master Fund and Fund V, respectively.