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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________________________________________
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from    to
Commission file number 001-39990
Elicio Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 11-3430072
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
451 D Street, 5th Floor Boston, Massachusetts
02210
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(857) 209-0050
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 ELTX
The Nasdaq Capital Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports); and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of November 8, 2024 was 10,791,326.



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Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q other than statements of historical fact, including statements concerning our business strategy and plans, future operating results and financial position, as well as our objectives and expectations for our future operations, are forward-looking statements.
In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “due,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “positioned,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:
•our financial condition, including our ability to obtain the funding necessary to advance the development of ELI-002 and any other future product candidates, our ability to continue as a going concern and our cash runway;
•the ability of our clinical trials to demonstrate safety and efficacy of our product candidates, and other positive results;
•our ability to utilize our platform to develop a pipeline of product candidates to address unmet needs in cancer and infectious disease;
•the timing, progress and results of clinical trials for ELI-002, and other product candidates we may develop, including statements regarding the timing of initiation and completion of studies or trials and related preparatory work, the period during which the results of the studies or trials will become available, and the timing, progress and results of our research and development programs;
•the timing, scope and likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals, including timing of Investigational New Drug applications and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval of ELI-002 and any future product candidates;
•the timing, scope or likelihood of foreign regulatory filings and approvals;
•our ability to develop and advance our current product candidates and programs into, and successfully complete, clinical studies;
•our manufacturing, commercialization, and marketing capabilities and strategy;
•the need to hire additional personnel and our ability to attract and retain such personnel;
•the size of the market opportunity for our product candidates, including estimates of the number of patients who suffer from the diseases we are targeting;
•expectations regarding the approval and use of our product candidates in combination with other drugs;
•expectations regarding potential for accelerated approval or other expedited regulatory designation;
•our competitive position and the success of competing therapies that are or may become available;
•our anticipated research and development activities and projected expenditures;
•existing regulations and regulatory developments in the United States, Europe and other jurisdictions;
•the extent to which global economic and political developments, including the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, the conflicts in the Middle East, geopolitical tensions with China, and other geopolitical events, will affect our business operations, clinical trials, or financial condition;
•our expectations regarding other macroeconomic trends;
•our intellectual property position, including the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering ELI-002, other product candidates we may develop, including the extensions of existing patent terms where available, the validity of intellectual property rights held by third parties, and our ability not to infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any third-party intellectual property rights;
•our continued reliance on third parties to conduct additional clinical trials of our product candidates, and for the manufacture of our product candidates for clinical trials;
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•our ability to have manufactured sufficient supplies of drug product for clinical testing and commercialization;
•our ability to obtain, and negotiate favorable terms of, any collaboration, licensing or other arrangements that may be necessary or desirable to develop, manufacture or commercialize our product candidates;
•our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing;
•our projected financial performance;
•our anticipated use of proceeds from any financing activities;
•the period over which we estimate our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our planned operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements;
•the impact of laws and regulations; and
•other risks and uncertainties, including those listed under Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors”.
We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We discuss these risks in greater detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 29, 2024, as amended, and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. In addition, statements such as “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. While we believe that information provides a reasonable basis for these statements, that information may be limited or incomplete. Our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into or review of all relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on these statements.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q also contains estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, our business and the markets for certain drugs, including data regarding the estimated size of those markets, their projected growth rates and the incidence of certain medical conditions. Information that is based on estimates, forecasts, projections or similar methodologies is inherently subject to uncertainties, and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances reflected in this information. Unless otherwise expressly stated, we obtained this industry, business, market and other data from reports, research surveys, studies and similar data prepared by third parties, industry, medical and general publications, government data and similar sources. In some cases, we do not expressly refer to the sources from which this data is derived. In that regard, when we refer to one or more sources of this type of data in any paragraph, you should assume that other data of this type appearing in the same paragraph is derived from the same sources, unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires.
In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. and our wholly-owned subsidiaries.
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Part I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
September 30,
2024
December 31,
2023
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 26,016  $ 12,894 
Restricted cash, current 1,318  722 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 3,312  2,732 
Total current assets 30,646  16,348 
Property and equipment, net
523  717 
Operating lease, right-of-use assets
5,926  6,563 
Restricted cash, noncurrent 693  685 
Other long-term prepaid assets 600  2,833 
Total assets $ 38,388  $ 27,146 
Liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable
$ 1,984  $ 4,369 
Accrued expenses
4,852  3,757 
Deferred research obligation 1,307  694 
Operating lease liability, current
877  910 
Unvested option exercise liability, current
—  25 
Total current liabilities
9,020  9,755 
Warrant liabilities
23,181  11 
Operating lease liability, noncurrent 5,338  6,007 
Convertible note - related party
19,835  — 
Total liabilities 57,374  15,773 
Commitments and contingencies - Note 10
Stockholders' (deficit) equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding
—  — 
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 10,798,832 shares and 9,618,178 shares issued at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively; 10,784,377 and 9,603,723 outstanding as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively
108  96 
Treasury stock, at cost, 14,455 shares outstanding
(150) (150)
Additional paid-in capital 161,355  153,827 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (202) (197)
Accumulated deficit (180,097) (142,203)
Total stockholders' (deficit) equity (18,986) 11,373 
Total liabilities and stockholders' (deficit) equity $ 38,388  $ 27,146 
        
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
Operating expenses:
Research and development
$ 7,208  $ 7,264  $ 22,947  $ 17,692 
General and administrative
3,136  3,507  8,563  8,661 
Total operating expenses
10,344  10,771  31,510  26,353 
Loss from operations
(10,344) (10,771) (31,510) (26,353)
Other (expense) income
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
(5,617) (3,279) (17)
Loss on issuance of pre-funded warrants (2,924) —  (3,502) — 
Change in fair value of derivative liability
—  —  —  429 
Gain on extinguishment of promissory notes payable —  —  —  604 
Gain (loss) on sale of equipment —  (105) (105)
Foreign exchange transaction (loss) gain (1) (33) 143  (45)
Interest income
185  246  472  298 
Interest expense (137) (1) (221) (1,057)
Total other (expense) income, net
(8,494) 113  (6,384) 107 
Net loss
(18,838) (10,658) (37,894) (26,246)
Other comprehensive gain (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustment
36  (23) (5) (25)
Comprehensive loss
$ (18,802) $ (10,681) $ (37,899) $ (26,271)
Net loss per common share, basic and diluted (1)
$ (1.39) $ (1.27) $ (3.23) $ (6.75)
Weighted average common shares and pre-funded warrants outstanding, basic and diluted (1)
13,582,345  8,376,384  11,720,527  3,894,073 
(1) As described in Note 2 to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company has revised the net loss per share of common stock and weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for the nine month period ended 2023.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity
(in thousands, except share amounts)
(unaudited)
Convertible Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Treasury Stock
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated
Deficit
Total
Stockholders'
(Deficit) Equity
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Balance as of December 31, 2023 —  $ —  9,603,723  $ 96  (14,455) $ (150) $ 153,827  $ (197) $ (142,203) $ 11,373 
Issuance of common stock from At-the-Market offering, net of issuance costs of $103
—  —  615,363  —  —  5,056  —  —  5,062 
Issuance of common stock upon settlement of restricted stock units —  —  903  —  —  —  11  —  —  11 
Stock-based compensation —  —  —  —  —  —  324  —  —  324 
Foreign currency translation adjustment —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (73) —  (73)
Net loss —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (11,827) (11,827)
Balance as of March 31, 2024 —  —  10,219,989  102  (14,455) (150) $ 159,218  (270) (154,030) 4,870 
Exercise of stock options —  —  3,391  —  —  —  13  —  —  13 
Issuance of common stock upon settlement of restricted stock units —  —  677  —  —  —  —  — 
Issuance of common stock from At-the-Market offering, net of issuance costs of $6
—  —  34,816  —  —  302  —  —  303 
Stock-based compensation —  —  —  —  —  —  350  —  —  350 
Foreign currency translation adjustment —  —  —  —  —  —  —  32  —  32 
Net loss —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (7,229) (7,229)
Balance as of June 30, 2024 —  —  10,258,873  103  (14,455) (150) 159,892  (238) (161,259) (1,652)
Exercise of stock options —  —  5,353  —  —  —  21  —  —  21 
Issuance of common stock upon net settlement of restricted stock units
—  —  348 —  —  —  —  — 
Issuance of common stock from At-the-Market offering, net of issuance costs of $1
—  —  9,803  —  —  —  48  —  —  48 
Issuance of common stock from July Public Offering, net of issuance costs of $517
—  —  510,000  —  —  1,075  —  —  1,080 
Stock-based compensation —  —  —  —  —  —  314  —  —  314 
Foreign currency translation adjustment —  —  —  —  —  —  —  36  —  36 
Net loss —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (18,838) (18,838)
Balance as of September 30, 2024 —  $ —  10,784,377  $ 108  (14,455) $ (150) $ 161,355  $ (202) $ (180,097) $ (18,986)

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Convertible Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Treasury Stock
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated
Deficit
Total
Stockholders'
(Deficit) Equity
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Balance as of December 31, 2022 (1)
4,997,920  $ 111,060  320,281  $ —  $ —  $ 4,860  $ —  $ (107,008) $ (102,145)
Exercise of stock options —  —  4,699  —  —  —  40  —  —  40 
Issuance of common stock upon settlement of restricted stock units —  —  2,601  —  —  —  34  —  —  34 
Stock-based compensation —  —  —  —  —  —  224  —  —  224 
Net loss —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (8,029) (8,029)
Balance as of March 31, 2023 4,997,920  111,060  327,581  —  —  5,158  —  (115,037) (109,876)
Exercise of stock options —  —  4,460  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 
Issuance of common stock upon settlement of restricted stock units —  —  903  —  —  —  11  —  —  11 
Conversion of preferred stock (4,997,920) (111,060) 4,997,920  50  —  —  111,010  —  —  111,060 
Issuance of common stock to Angion stockholders as result of Merger and reset to par of $0.01, net of transaction cost of $2.4 million
—  —  3,012,854  30  —  —  19,709  —  —  19,739 
Settlement of promissory notes in connection with the Merger —  —  —  —  —  —  10,028  —  —  10,028 
Issuance of common stock upon accelerated vesting of restricted stock units due to Merger, net of treasury stock —  —  26,550  —  —  26  —  —  27 
Return of common stock to pay withholding taxes on restricted stock —  —  —  —  (14,455) (150) —  —  —  (150)
Stock-based compensation —  —  —  —  —  —  279  —  —  279 
Foreign currency translation adjustment —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (2) —  (2)
Net loss —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (7,559) (7,559)
Balance as of June 30, 2023 —  —  8,370,268  84  (14,455) (150) 146,221  (2) (122,596) 23,557 
Exercise of stock options —  —  7,190  —  —  —  60  —  —  60 
Issuance of common stock upon net settlement of restricted stock units —  —  903  —  —  —  11  —  —  11 
Stock-based compensation —  —  —  —  —  —  339  —  —  339 
Foreign currency translation adjustment —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (23) —  (23)
Net loss —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  (10,658) (10,658)
Balance as of September 30, 2023 —  $ —  8,378,361  $ 84  (14,455) $ (150) $ 146,631  $ (25) $ (133,254) $ 13,286 
(1) Retroactively restated for the reverse recapitalization as described in Note 3.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2024 2023
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss
$ (37,894) $ (26,246)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation 236  302 
Amortization of right-of-use assets, operating leases 637  582 
Non-cash interest expense 82  1,060 
Amortization of debt discount 26  — 
Change in fair value of derivative liability —  (429)
Costs expensed upon the issuance of warrants 549  — 
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities 3,279  17 
Stock-based compensation expense 988  842 
Gain on extinguishment of promissory note payable —  (604)
Loss on issuance of warrants 3,502  — 
(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment, net (3) 105 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
(580) (41)
Other long-term prepaid assets 2,233  — 
Accounts payable
(2,385) 63 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
1,095  1,910 
Deferred research obligation 613  228 
Operating lease liabilities
(702) (588)
Net cash used in operating activities
(28,324) (22,799)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment (42) (66)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 34 
Net cash used in investing activities
(39) (32)
Cash flows from financing activities
Cash acquired in connection with the reverse merger —  24,001 
Merger transaction costs —  (2,366)
Proceeds from issuance of promissory notes payable —  10,000 
Proceeds from issuance of related party convertible note 19,727  — 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock warrants 17,469  — 
Payment of warrant issuance costs (549) — 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 5,413  — 
Payment for purchase of treasury stock —  (150)
Exercise of stock options 34  127 
Net cash provided by financing activities
42,094  31,612 
Effect of foreign currency on cash (5) — 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
13,726  8,781 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period
14,301  8,414 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period
$ 28,027  $ 17,195 
Components of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash and cash equivalents $ 26,016  $ 14,841 
Restricted cash 2,011  2,354 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $ 28,027  $ 17,195 
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
Fair value of Pre-Funded Warrants at issuance date $ 13,382  $ — 
Fair value of Common Warrants at issuance date $ 6,509  $ — 
Accretion of convertible notes discount from issuance costs $ 26  $ 130 
Accretion of promissory note to face value $ —  $ 897 
Non-cash vesting of restricted common stock $ 25  $ 67 
Settlement of promissory notes payable $ —  $ 10,028 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Table of Contents
ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 1—Description of the Business and Financial Condition
Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. (“Elicio” or the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware as Vedantra Pharmaceuticals Inc., in August 2011. Elicio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of immunotherapies for patients with limited treatment options and poor outcomes suffering from cancer and infectious disease. In December 2018, Elicio formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Elicio Securities Corporation (“ESC”), a Massachusetts corporation. ESC is an investment company. Elicio, ESC, Former Elicio (as defined below) and Elicio Pty (as defined below) are collectively referred to as “Elicio” throughout these condensed consolidated financial statements.
Reverse Merger Transaction
On January 17, 2023, the Company entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Angion Biomedica Corp. (“Angion”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, Arkham Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Angion (“Merger Sub”), and Elicio Operating Company, Inc. (“Former Elicio”), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Former Elicio, with Former Elicio surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Angion (the “Merger”). Following the Merger, Former Elicio and Elicio Australia Pty Ltd. (“Elicio Pty”), an Australian subsidiary established in August 2019 for the purpose of qualifying for research credits for studies conducted in Australia, became wholly owned subsidiaries of Elicio.
On June 1, 2023, the Company completed the Merger in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and Angion changed its name from “Angion Biomedica Corp.” to “Elicio Therapeutics, Inc.” Immediately following the consummation of the Merger, there were approximately 9.7 million shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding on a fully-diluted basis, with Former Elicio equity holders collectively owning approximately 65.2% of the Company and Angion equity holders collectively owning approximately 34.8% of the Company, in each case on a fully diluted basis.
The Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with Former Elicio being treated as the acquirer for accounting purposes. See discussions of the transactions in connection with the Merger at Note 3 - Merger and Related Transactions.
Liquidity and Going Concern
The Company has experienced net losses and negative cash flows from operating activities since inception. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $180.1 million. The Company expects that its operating losses and negative operating cash flows will continue for the foreseeable future as the Company continues to develop its product candidates.
As of September 30, 2024, the Company had $26.0 million in cash and cash equivalents. The Company’s losses from operations, negative operating cash flows and accumulated deficit, as well as the additional capital needed to fund operations for at least twelve months following the issuance of the condensed consolidated financial statements, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company expects to incur substantial expenditures in the foreseeable future for the development of its product candidates and will require additional financing to continue this development. The Company plans to address this condition through the sale of Company common stock or other securities in public offerings and/or private placements, debt financings, or through other capital sources, including licensing arrangements, partnerships and collaborations with other companies or other strategic transactions, but there is no assurance these plans will be completed successfully or at all. If the Company is unable to obtain additional capital when and as needed to continue as a going concern, it might have to further reduce or scale back its operations and/or liquidate its assets, and the values it receives for its assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in its financial statements.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The Company's condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial reporting, consistent in all material respects with those applied in the Company’s audited financial statements and accompanying notes for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 29, 2024, as amended (the “Form 10-K”). Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative accounting principles generally accepted in the United States as found in the Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). This report should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements in the Form 10-K.
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Elicio Pty, ESC, and Former Elicio. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Since Former Elicio was determined to be the accounting acquirer in connection with the Merger, for periods prior to the Merger, the condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared on a stand-alone basis for Former Elicio and did not include the combined entities activity or financial position. Subsequent to the Merger, the condensed consolidated financial statements include the acquired business and assets and liabilities at their acquisition date fair value. Historical share and per share figures of Former Elicio have been retroactively restated to reflect the impact of the reverse stock split of Angion’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Angion common stock”), at a ratio of 10:1 (the “Reverse Stock Split”) completed in connection with and prior to the closing of the Merger, based on the exchange ratio of 0.0181 (the “Exchange Ratio”).
Financial Statement Reclassification
Certain account balances from prior periods have been reclassified in these condensed consolidated financial statements to conform to current period classifications. The warrant liability was reclassified from current to noncurrent liabilities. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations or financial position.
Financial Statement Correction
In the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company incorrectly included the Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (“WASO”) number from the calculation for diluted Earnings Per Share (“EPS”) in its basic EPS calculation. This resulted in an overstatement of WASO and corresponding understatement of EPS. The Company evaluated this error during the period ended December 31, 2023, when it was first discovered to determine the materiality and if it would require a restatement. Based on the Company’s analysis, the error was not material enough to warrant a restatement and will be corrected on a prospective basis in future periods. This has been corrected in the reported prior period amounts disclosed in the financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
The following table presents the effect of the correction on the Company’s previously reported financial statements.
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2023
Net loss per common share, basic and diluted
As reported, prior to revision (3.19)
Revision (3.56)
As revised $ (6.75)
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
As reported, prior to revision 8,240,326 
Revision (4,346,253)
As revised 3,894,073 
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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Segments
Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”) in making decisions regarding resource allocation and assessing performance. The Company views its operations and manages its business as one operating segment. The Company has determined that the chief executive officer is the CODM.
Use of Estimates
The Company’s management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Significant estimates reflected in these condensed consolidated financial statements include but are not limited to, the accrual of research and development expenses, the valuation of stock-based awards, the valuation of warrants, the valuation of embedded derivatives and convertible debt, the operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liability, and forecasts utilized in management’s going concern assessment.
Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions
The Australian Dollar (“AUD”) is the functional currency for Elicio Pty. Accordingly, nonmonetary assets and liabilities originally acquired or assumed in other currencies are recorded in AUD at the date they were acquired or assumed. As part of the consolidation process, the Elicio Pty results are translated from AUD into the reporting currency of USD using average rates for profit and loss transactions and applicable spot rates for period-end balances. The effect of translating our functional currency into our reporting currency is reported separately in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss.
Concentrations of Credit Risk and Off-Balance Sheet Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. At times, cash balances deposited at major financial banking institutions exceed the federally insured limit. The Company regularly monitors the financial condition of the institutions in which it has depository accounts and believes the risk of loss is minimal. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of deposits at major financial banking institutions and highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company’s cash equivalents were held in institutions in the United States and include deposits in a money market fund which were unrestricted as to withdrawal or use.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash consists of cash securing a collateral letter of credit issued in connection with the Company’s facility operating lease and a research grant. See Notes 6 and 11 for further discussion.
Fair Value Measurement
The Company follows the guidance prescribed by ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The standard provides a consistent definition of fair value that focuses on an exit price which is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The standard establishes a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based on the nature of inputs used in the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date.

Level 1:    Observable inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at measurement.

Level 2:    Inputs (other than quoted prices included in Level 1) that are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

Level 3:    Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)


To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the Company in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
The carrying amounts of financial instruments reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, current and non-current restricted cash, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate their respective fair values because of the short-term maturity of those financial assets and liabilities.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the asset. Upon sale or retirement, the cost and accumulated depreciation are eliminated from their respective accounts, and the resulting gain or loss is recorded in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. Repair and maintenance expenditures are expensed as incurred. Construction in process is not depreciated until the asset is placed into service.

Asset Class
Estimated
Useful Lives
Equipment
5 years
Furniture and fixtures
3 years
Leasehold improvements
Shorter of useful life or lease term

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company evaluates its long-lived assets, which consist primarily of property and equipment, and right-of-use asset, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, no impairments have occurred.
Debt Issuance Costs
These deferred costs will be amortized and recognized as additional interest expense over the term of the Company’s convertible note using the effective interest method. The Company will present the debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the convertible note liability on its financial statements. See Note 12 for further discussion of the Company's accounting for its outstanding debt and related issuance costs.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates and laws in effect in the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is provided if, based upon the weighted available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The Company is required to recognize the financial statement effects of a tax position when it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, the position will be sustained upon examination. As of September 30, 2024, there were no accruals for interest or penalties related to uncertain tax provisions.
Research and Development
Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred and consist of expenses incurred in performing research and development activities, including salaries and benefits, materials and supplies, preclinical expenses, stock-based compensation expense, depreciation of equipment, contract services, and other outside expenses. The Company accrues for costs incurred by external service providers, based on estimates of services performed and costs. The Company expenses all research and development costs in the periods in which they are incurred. Costs for certain research and development activities are recognized based on an evaluation of the progress to completion of specific tasks using information and data provided to us by our vendors and service providers.
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Based on the timing of payments to service providers, the Company may also record prepaid expenses for those service providers that will be recognized as expenses in future periods as the related services are rendered. Research and development costs may be offset by research grants and research and development refundable tax rebates received by Elicio Pty.
Leases
ASC Topic 842, Leases, (“ASC 842”), requires a lessee to recognize a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and corresponding lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with a term longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern and classification of expense recognition in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as well as the reduction of the ROU asset.
At the inception of an arrangement, the Company determines whether the arrangement is or contains a lease based on specific facts and circumstances, the existence of an identified asset(s), if any, and the Company’s control over the use of the identified asset(s), if applicable. Operating lease liabilities and their corresponding ROU assets are recorded based on the present value of future lease payments over the expected lease term. The interest rate implicit in lease contracts is typically not readily determinable. As such, the Company will utilize the incremental borrowing rate, which is the rate incurred to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment.
The Company has elected to combine lease and non-lease components as a single component. Operating leases are recognized on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as ROU lease assets, current lease liabilities and non-current lease liabilities. Fixed rents are included in the calculation of the lease balances, while variable costs paid for certain operating and pass-through costs are excluded. Lease expense is recognized over the expected term on a straight-line basis.
Research Grant
The Company analogizes to the guidance provided by International Accounting Standards 20, Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance (“IAS 20”) for funds received from grants from entities that are not customers nor government agencies. The Company recognizes the amount of grant income based on the activity in allowable expenses covered under the grant and has elected to recognize the funds earned as an offset to the related research expenses recorded in operations. Advances from the grant that have yet to be recognized are recorded as restricted cash if the grant requires the funds to be isolated from general cash and cash equivalents. The Company records a liability for any research activity that is required under the grant but has not yet been performed. The liability is recorded as a deferred research obligation on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company issues stock-based awards to employees and non-employees, generally in the form of stock options. The Company accounts for stock-based awards in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, which requires all stock-based payments to be recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on their fair values. The expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. The Company has elected to account for option forfeitures as they occur.
The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black-Scholes”) to determine the fair value of options granted, which uses as inputs the fair value of the Company common stock, assumptions the Company makes for the volatility of its Company common stock, the expected term of its stock options, the risk-free interest rate for a period that approximates the expected term of its stock options and its expected dividend yield.
Compensation cost of awards that contain a performance condition are recognized when success is considered probable during the performance period.
Prior to the Merger, there was no public market for Former Elicio’s common stock. The estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock underlying Former Elicio’s stock-based awards was determined by Former Elicio’s board of directors as of the grant date of each option grant. To determine the fair value of Former Elicio’s common stock underlying option grants, Former Elicio’s board of directors considered, among other things, input from management and valuations of Former Elicio's common stock prepared by third-party valuation firms performed in accordance with the guidance outlined in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation. Following the Merger, the fair value of the Company’s common stock is based on the closing stock price on the date of grant as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
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Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Net Loss Per Share
Basic net loss per share of Company common stock is computed by dividing net loss attributable to Company common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of Company common stock and pre-funded warrants outstanding for the period. Pre-funded warrants are considered outstanding for the purposes of computing basic and diluted net loss per share because shares may be issued for little or no additional consideration and are fully vested and exercisable after the original issuance date of the pre-funded warrants. Diluted net loss per share excludes the potential impact of Company common stock options, warrants and unvested shares of restricted stock because their effect would be anti-dilutive due to the Company's net loss. Since the Company had net losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, basic and diluted net loss per common share are the same.
Other Comprehensive Gain (Loss)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) is defined as a change in equity during a period from foreign exchange transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted
From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standard setting bodies and adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. Except as noted below, the Company believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This ASU broadens the disclosure requirements by requiring disclosures of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the CODM and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss. The standard also requires entities to disclose, on an interim and annual basis, the amount and description, including the nature and type, of the other segment items. Additionally, entities are required to disclose the title and position of the individual identified as the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measures of a segment’s profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. These enhanced disclosure obligations apply to entities that operate with one reportable segment as well. ASU 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 on a retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact that this new accounting standard will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This ASU requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as additional information on income taxes paid. The standard requires entities to disclose federal, state, and foreign income taxes in their rate reconciliation tables and elaborate on reconciling items that exceed a quantitative threshold. Additionally, it requires an annual disclosure of income taxes paid, net of refunds, categorized by jurisdiction based on a quantitative threshold. The ASU is effective on a prospective basis for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU will result in the required additional disclosures being included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, once adopted.
Note 3—Merger and Related Transactions
As described in Note 1, Former Elicio merged with a wholly owned subsidiary of Angion on June 1, 2023. The Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization under U.S. GAAP. Former Elicio was considered the accounting acquirer for financial reporting purposes. This determination was based on the facts that, immediately following the Merger: (i) Former Elicio stockholders own a substantial majority of the voting rights; (ii) Former Elicio designated a majority (six of nine) of the initial members of the board of directors of the combined company; (iii) Former Elicio’s executive management team became the management team of the combined company; and (iv) the Company was named Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Merger was treated as the equivalent of Former Elicio issuing stock to acquire the net assets of Angion. As a result of the Merger, the net assets of Angion were recorded at their acquisition-date fair value, which approximated book value due to the short-term nature of the instruments, in the financial statements of Former Elicio and the reported operating results prior to the Merger were those of Former Elicio. Historical common share amounts of Former Elicio have been retroactively restated based on the Exchange Ratio. It was concluded that any in-process research and development assets that remained as of the Merger would be de minimis when compared to the cash and investments obtained through the Merger.
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Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Prior to the effective time of the Merger, on June 1, 2023, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company effected the Reverse Stock Split. At the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding share of Former Elicio capital stock (after giving effect to the automatic conversion of all shares of Former Elicio preferred stock into shares of Former Elicio common stock and excluding any shares held as treasury stock by Former Elicio or held or owned by Angion or any subsidiary of Angion or Former Elicio and any dissenting shares) was converted into the right to receive 0.0181 shares of Angion common stock, which resulted in the issuance by Angion of an aggregate of 5,375,751 shares of Angion common stock to the stockholders of Former Elicio (the “Exchange Shares”), and a total of 8,387,025 shares of the Company common stock being issued and outstanding immediately following the effective time of the Merger. In addition, Angion assumed the Former Elicio 2022 Equity Incentive Plan and the Former Elicio 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Former Elicio Plans”) and each outstanding and unexercised option to purchase Former Elicio common stock and each outstanding and unexercised warrant to purchase Former Elicio capital stock were adjusted with such stock options and warrants henceforth representing the right to purchase a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the Exchange Ratio multiplied by the number of shares of Former Elicio common stock previously represented by such options and warrants, at an exercise price equal to the exercise price of Former Elicio capital stock divided by the Exchange Ratio.
In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Angion made a bridge loan to Former Elicio pursuant to a note purchase agreement and promissory notes up to an aggregate principal amount of $12.5 million, issued with a 20% original issue discount, with an initial closing held substantially concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement for a principal amount of $6.25 million in exchange for cash of $5.0 million and an additional closing for a principal amount of $6.25 million in exchange for cash of $5.0 million upon delivery by Former Elicio to Angion of Former Elicio’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 (the “Bridge Loan”).
As part of the recapitalization, the Company obtained the assets and liabilities listed below (in thousands):

Cash and cash equivalents $ 24,001 
Other current assets 540 
Promissory notes, net 10,027 
Accrued liabilities (2,438)
Net assets acquired $ 32,130 


Per the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon completion of the Merger, all obligations owed by Former Elicio related to the Bridge Loan were automatically forgiven and the amount advanced by Angion, along with any accrued and unpaid interest, was credited towards the net cash balance used to calculate the assets and liabilities listed above. Upon settlement of the Bridge Loan, the Company recognized a gain of $0.6 million related to the fair value of the embedded derivatives associated with the Bridge Loan.

The Company recognized the net assets acquired, excluding the promissory notes and transaction costs of $2.9 million, as a reduction to additional paid-in capital in the condensed consolidated statements of convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Note 4—Fair Value Measurements
The following tables present the Company's financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and their assigned levels within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):
September 30, 2024
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Money market funds(1)
$ 12,116  $ —  $ —  $ 12,116 
Total assets
$ 12,116  $ —  $ —  $ 12,116 
Warrant liability $ —  $ 23,175  $ $ 23,181 
Total liabilities
$ —  $ 23,175  $ $ 23,181 
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Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023
Level 1  Level 2 Level 3 Total
Money market funds(1)
$ 5,973  $ —  $ —  $ 5,973 
Total assets
$ 5,973  $ —  $ —  $ 5,973 
Warrant liability $ —  $ —  $ 11  $ 11 
Total liabilities
$ —  $ —  $ 11  $ 11 
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(1) Included in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. This balance includes cash requirements settled on a nightly basis.
Cash equivalents at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were held in U.S. Treasury securities.
There were no transfers made among the three levels in the fair value hierarchy during the periods presented.
As part of the Merger transaction, Former Elicio assumed Angion’s warrant liabilities. The fair value of the assumed Angion warrants was classified as Level 3 with key Level 3 inputs of exercise price, term, and volatility. The following table presents a summary of changes in Level 3 in the fair value of the Company’s common stock warrant liability (in thousands):
September 30,
2024
December 31,
2023
Balance, beginning of the period $ 11  $ — 
Existing Angion warrant liability — 
Change in fair value (5)
Balance, end of the period $ $ 11 
Both observable and unobservable inputs were used to determine the fair value of positions that the Company has classified within the Level 3 category. Unrealized gains and losses associated with assets and liabilities within the Level 3 category include changes in fair value that were attributable to both observable (e.g., changes in market interest rates) and unobservable (e.g., changes in unobservable long-dated volatilities) inputs.
The fair value of the Angion warrants issued by the Company has been estimated using Black-Scholes option pricing model. The underlying equity included in Black-Scholes was valued based on the equity value implied from sales of preferred and common stock at each measurement date, as applicable. The fair value of the warrants was impacted by the model selected as well as assumptions surrounding unobservable inputs including the underlying equity value, expected volatility of the underlying equity, risk free interest rate, and the expected term.
In March 2024, the Company entered into a subscription agreement (the “March Subscription Agreement”) with GKCC, LLC, an entity controlled by a member of the Company’s board of directors (“GKCC”), providing for the issuance and sale by the Company to GKCC of pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 1,032,702 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a purchase price per Pre-Funded Warrant of $5.81 (the “March Offering”). The Company identified these warrants as liabilities and measured them at fair value on March 19, 2024, and subsequently remeasures the fair value of these warrant liabilities on a quarterly basis. The Company is able to calculate the fair value measurement based on directly observable inputs for the asset from active markets, therefore these warrants are classified as Level 2.
In July 2024, the Company closed an underwritten public offering (the “Public Offering”), which resulted in net proceeds of $10.9 million to the Company, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Public Offering consisted of (i) 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “July Shares”) and (ii) 1,800,000 pre-funded warrants exercisable for shares of common stock (the “July Pre-Funded Warrants”), together with common warrants (the “July Common Warrants”) to purchase up to 2,300,000 shares of common stock. Each July Share and accompanying July Common Warrant were sold together at a combined offering price of $5.00 per July Share and accompanying July Common Warrant, and each July Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying July Common Warrant were sold together at a combined offering price of $4.99 per July Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying July Common Warrant, which represented the combined purchase price per July Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying July Common Warrant less the $0.01 per share exercise price for each such July Pre-Funded Warrant. The July Common Warrants have an exercise price of $5.00 per share, are immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the issuance date. The Company identified these warrants as liabilities and measured them at fair value on July 1, 2024, and subsequently remeasures the fair value of these warrant liabilities on a quarterly basis.
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Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

The Company is able to calculate the fair value measurement based on directly observable inputs for the asset from active markets, therefore these warrants are classified as Level 2.
The Company records the change in the fair value of common stock warrants in change in fair value of warrant liability in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
The fair value of the assumed Angion common stock warrant liability was estimated using the following assumptions:
September 30,
2024
December 31,
2023
Weighted average strike price
$75.97 $76.00
Contractual term (years)
3.9 4.7
Volatility (annual)
108.9% 94.0%
Risk-free rate
3.6% 3.9%
Dividend yield (per share)
0.0% 0.0%
Note 5—Balance Sheet Components
Prepaid and Other Current Assets
Prepaid and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
September 30,
2024
December 31,
2023
Prepaid research and development contract services $ 2,573  $ 1,883 
Advanced professional fees 230  300 
Prepaid insurance
453  376 
Miscellaneous receivables — 
Other prepaid expenses and other current assets 54  173 
Total prepaid and other current assets $ 3,312  $ 2,732 
Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment, net was comprised of the following (in thousands):
September 30,
2024
December 31,
2023
Equipment
$ 1,616  $ 1,574 
Furniture and fixtures
242  242 
Leasehold improvements
132  132 
Total property and equipment
1,990  1,948 
Less: accumulated depreciation
(1,467) (1,231)
Property and equipment, net
$ 523  $ 717 
Depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was immaterial and $0.2 million, respectively. Depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 was immaterial and $0.3 million, respectively.
Other long-term prepaid assets
Other long-term prepaid assets consisted of the advance payments for clinical trial services, totaling $0.6 million and $2.8 million as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
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Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses consisted of the following (in thousands):
September 30,
2024
December 31,
2023
Accrued professional fees $ 972  $ 945 
Accrued compensation and benefits 1,472  1,849 
Accrued research and development 2,395  912 
Other accrued expenses 13  51 
Total accrued expenses
$ 4,852  $ 3,757 


Note 6 — Research Grant
In September 2022, Former Elicio entered into a grant agreement with the Gastro-Intestinal (“GI”) Research Foundation, a not-for-profit organization focused on supporting research to treat, cure, and prevent digestive diseases. Of the $2.8 million award, $2.3 million was received in September 2022 and the remaining $0.5 million was received in June 2023 with the completion of the development efforts as defined in the grant agreement. The final $0.5 million payment was applied as a credit to the second grant agreement described below. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company incurred $0 and $1.9 million in research and development expenses related to this project.
In September 2023, the Company entered into a second grant agreement with the GI Research Foundation for $3.1 million, with such amount received net of the $0.5 million credit, described above. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company incurred $0 and $2.2 million, respectively, in research and development expenses related to this project. As of September 30, 2024, the grant funds available for the second grant agreement were $0 and the deferred research obligation was $0, as the grant agreement was completed in the third quarter of 2024.
In August 2024, the Company entered into a third grant agreement with the GI Research Foundation for $1.5 million. The grant funds available as of September 30, 2024 were $1.3 million which are reflected in restricted cash in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The deferred research obligation as of September 30, 2024 was $1.3 million, which was reflected in the deferred research obligation in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company incurred $0.2 million in research and development expenses related to this project, of which $0.2 million was reimbursed, respectively.
The award money for the three agreements was earned and recognized as a contra research and development expense as the expenses were incurred.


Note 7—Convertible Preferred Stock, Common Stock and Stockholders' Equity
Authorized Shares
The Company's current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, authorizes 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.
Convertible Preferred Stock of Former Elicio
Former Elicio’s convertible preferred stock consisted of Series A preferred stock (“Series A Preferred Shares”), Series B preferred stock (“Series B Preferred Shares”) and Series C preferred stock (“Series C Preferred Shares”).
Conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock
On June 1, 2023, Former Elicio completed the Merger with Angion in accordance with the Merger Agreement. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, each share of Former Elicio’s convertible preferred stock was converted into a share of Former Elicio’s common stock. At the closing of the Merger, the Company issued an aggregate of 5,375,751 shares of its common stock to Former Elicio stockholders, based on the Exchange Ratio.
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Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

No shares of convertible preferred stock were issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 or 2023.
As a result of the Merger, the aggregate amount of 276,128,177 shares of Former Elicio preferred stock (retroactively restated for the reverse recapitalization as described in Note 3) were converted into 4,997,920 shares of Former Elicio's common stock to be exchanged for the same number of shares of the Company’s common stock.
At-The-Market Equity Programs
In May 2022, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Prior Shelf Registration Statement”) with the SEC that registered the offering, issuance, and sale of an amount of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, and warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities, not to exceed an aggregate initial offering price of $100 million. Simultaneously, the Company entered into an At-the-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Virtu Americas LLC, as sales agents, pursuant to which the Company was able to offer, issue or sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $21 million from time to time in “at-the-market” offerings under the Prior Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus filed with the Prior Shelf Registration Statement (the “2022 ATM Program"). During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company issued and sold a total of 650,179 shares of common stock under the 2022 ATM Program for aggregate net sale proceeds of approximately $5.4 million after deducting sales commissions. No sales were made under the 2022 ATM Program during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
In May 2024, the 2022 ATM Program was terminated by the Company. In June 2024, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “2024 Registration Statement”) with the SEC that registered the offering, issuance, and sale of an amount of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities, and/or units consisting of any combination of such securities, not to exceed an aggregate initial offering price of $200 million. Simultaneously, the Company entered into the Capital on DemandTM Sales Agreement with JonesTrading Institutional Services, LLC, as agent, to provide for the issuance and sale of up to $40 million of common stock from time to time in “at-the-market” offerings under the 2024 Registration Statement and related prospectus filed with the 2024 Registration Statement (the “2024 ATM Program”). During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company issued and sold 9,803 shares of common stock under the 2024 ATM Program.
Private Placement
In March 2024, the Company entered into the March Subscription Agreement with GKCC, an entity controlled by a member of the Company’s board of directors, for purposes of the March Offering. Each Pre-Funded Warrant issued and sold in the March Offering is exercisable at an exercise price equal to $0.01 per share, subject to certain adjustments and limitations as provided under the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants. The Pre-Funded Warrants were classified as a liability at issuance due to the need for the Company to obtain stockholder approval to settle the instruments in shares in an amount exceeding the 19.99% beneficial ownership blocker. See Note 15 - Related Party Transactions for a discussion of the March Offering.
Public Offering
In July 2024, the Company closed its Public Offering, which resulted in net proceeds of $10.9 million to the Company, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Public Offering consisted of (i) the July Shares and (ii) the July Pre-Funded Warrants, together with the July Common Warrants. Each July Share and accompanying July Common Warrant were sold together at a combined offering price of $5.00 per July Share and accompanying July Common Warrant, and each July Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying July Common Warrant were sold together at a combined offering price of $4.99 per July Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying July Common Warrant, which represented the combined purchase price per July Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying July Common Warrant less the $0.01 per share exercise price for each such July Pre-Funded Warrant.
The July Common Warrants have an exercise price of $5.00 per share, are immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the issuance date. The net proceeds from the Public Offering were approximately $10.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.
Note 8—Stock-Based Compensation
2012 Plan and 2022 Plan
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Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company assumed the Former Elicio Plans and all stock options issued and outstanding under the Former Elicio Plans. Each outstanding and unexercised option to purchase Former Elicio common stock was adjusted with such Company stock options henceforth representing the right to purchase a number of shares of the Company’s common stock based on the Exchange Ratio. Any restriction on the exercise of any Former Elicio stock options assumed by the Company continued in full force and effect and the term, exercisability, vesting schedule, accelerated vesting provisions, and any other provisions of such Former Elicio stock options otherwise remained unchanged.
2015 Plan
In June 2019, Angion approved an Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) permitting the granting of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, restricted stock and other stock-based awards. Following the effectiveness of the 2021 Incentive Award Plan (“2021 Plan”), Angion ceased making grants under the 2015 Plan. However, the 2015 Plan continues to govern the terms and conditions of the outstanding awards granted under it. Shares of common stock subject to awards granted under the 2015 Plan that cease to be subject to such awards by forfeiture or otherwise after the termination of the 2015 Plan will be available for issuance under the 2021 Plan.
2021 Plan and Amendment to 2021 Plan
In January 2021, Angion’s board of directors approved the 2021 Plan which permits the granting of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards to employees, directors, officers and consultants. The 2021 Plan provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance will automatically increase each January 1st by the lesser of 5% of the Company’s common stock outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31st, or such lesser number of shares as determined by the Company’s board of directors. In March 2023, Angion’s board of directors approved an amendment to the 2021 Plan to increase the cumulative number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder by 30,113 shares.
As of September 30, 2024, 324,695 shares and 174,461 shares remain available for future grants under the 2021 Plan and Former Elicio 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, respectively.
2024 Inducement Incentive Award Plan
In February 2024, the Company’s board of directors approved the Company’s 2024 Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “2024 Inducement Plan”) which permits the granting of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and other stock-based awards to employees as an inducement pursuant to Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) of the corporate governance rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC. The 2024 Inducement Plan provides for an overall share limit of 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. As of September 30, 2024, 387,332 shares remain available for future grants under the 2024 Inducement Plan.
Stock Options
The following table summarizes information and activity related to the Company’s stock options:
Number of
Stock Options
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual Life
(in years)
Total
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 1,305,924  $ 21.27  7.43 $ 2,511 
Options granted 764,334  5.67 
Options exercised (8,744) 3.86 
Forfeited (unvested) (200,560) 10.56 
Outstanding as of September 30, 2024 1,860,954  $ 15.87  6.94 $ 833 
Options vested and exercisable 819,302  $ 29.44  4.97 $ 364 
The aggregate intrinsic value in the above table is calculated as the difference between the estimated fair value of the Company's common stock price and the exercise price of the stock options. 764,334 stock options were granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The weighted average grant date fair value per share for the stock option grants during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $5.67. As of September 30, 2024, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock option awards granted was $3.5 million, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.43 years.
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Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Stock-based Compensation Expense
The following table summarizes total stock-based compensation expense recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
Research and development $ 138  $ 13  $ 414  $ 425 
General and administrative 176  326  574  417 
Total $ 314  $ 339  $ 988  $ 842 

The fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the assumptions noted in the table below. The fair value of an award with only a service condition is amortized as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards, which is generally the vesting period. Compensation cost of awards that contain a performance condition are recognized when success is considered probable during the performance period. The Company has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur, rather than estimating the number of awards that are expected to vest. The risk-free interest rate is estimated using the weighted average rate of return on U.S. Treasury notes with a life that approximates the expected life of the option. The expected term of options granted to employees was calculated using the simplified method, which represents the average of the contractual term of the option and the weighted-average vesting period of the option. The Company uses the simplified method because it does not have sufficient historical option exercise data to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate expected term. The contractual life of the option was used for the expected life of options granted to non-employees. Expected volatility is based on the weighted average of the historical volatility of a peer group of publicly traded companies, using the daily closing prices during the equivalent period of the calculated expected term of stock-based awards. The Company will continue to apply this process until a sufficient amount of historical information regarding the volatility of the Company’s stock price becomes available, or until circumstances change, such that the identified entities are no longer comparable companies. The assumed dividend yield is based upon the Company's expectation of not paying dividends in the foreseeable future.
The fair value of each employee and non-employee stock option grant was estimated on the date of grant using Black-Scholes based on the following assumptions.

Options Three months ended September 30, Nine months ended September 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
Risk-free interest rate
3.4% - 3.6%
4.4%
3.4% - 4.2%
3.7%
Expected dividend yield
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Expected term in years (employees)
4.13 - 5.78
6.06
4.13 - 7.98
6.00
Expected volatility
104.6% - 104.8%
71.7% - 72.1%
79.5% - 104.8%
71.9% - 72.5%
In March 2021 and June 2022, certain employees of the Company early exercised options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. The shares had not fully vested at the time of exercise and were recorded as an unvested option exercise liability. As the shares vested, the Company recognized the shares and related expense as issuance of common stock upon settlement of restricted stock in the condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In January 2021, the board of directors of Angion approved the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). The ESPP was effective on the date immediately prior to the effectiveness of Angion's registration statement relating to the initial public offering. The offering period and purchase period was determined by Angion’s board of directors. No offering periods or purchasing periods were active as of September 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, 68,958 shares under the ESPP remain available for purchase and no offerings have been authorized.

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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Note 9—Warrants
In accordance with ASC 815, the warrants classified as liabilities are recorded at fair value at the issuance date, with subsequent changes in the fair value recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss at the end of each reporting period. Refer to Note 4 for changes in the fair value recognized during the periods reported.
As disclosed in Note 4, in March 2024, the Company entered into the March Subscription Agreement with GKCC, an entity controlled by a member of the Company’s board of directors, for purposes of the March Offering. Each Pre-Funded Warrant issued and sold in the March Offering is exercisable at an exercise price equal to $0.01 per share, subject to certain adjustments and limitations as provided under the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants.
Upon issuance, the fair value of the Pre-Funded Warrants was $6.6 million. The Company recorded the $0.6 million difference between the proceeds and grant date fair value as a loss on issuance of warrants in the statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the three months ended March 31, 2024. The fair value of the Pre-Funded Warrants was measured using the Black-Scholes option pricing model as of the grant date. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized a loss of $1.0 million and a gain $1.4 million, respectively, in fair value remeasurement of the Pre-Funded Warrants.
As disclosed in Notes 4 and 7, in July 2024, the Company closed its Public Offering consisting of (i) the July Shares, (ii) the July Pre-Funded Warrants, and (iii) the July Common Warrants. Each July Pre-Funded Warrant issued and sold in the Public Offering is exercisable at an exercise price equal to $0.01 per share, subject to certain adjustments and limitations as provided under the terms of the July Pre-Funded Warrants. Each July Common Warrant is exercisable at an exercise price equal to $5.00 per share, subject to certain adjustments and limitations as provided under the terms of the July Common Warrants.
Upon issuance, the fair value of the July Pre-Funded Warrants and July Common Warrants was $6.8 million and $6.5 million, respectively. The Company recorded the $2.9 million difference between the proceeds and the grant date fair value as a loss on the issuance of warrants in the statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the three months ended September 30, 2024. The fair value of the July Pre-Funded Warrants and July Common Warrants was measured using the Black-Scholes option pricing model as of the grant date. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized a loss of $2.2 million in fair value remeasurement of the July Pre-Funded Warrants. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized a loss of $2.4 million in fair value remeasurement of the July Common Warrants.

The following table summarizes information regarding Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants outstanding at September 30, 2024:
Warrants
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted Average Life (years)
Outstanding at December 31, 2023 148,764  $ 54.19  5.5
Issued 5,132,702  2.25 
Exercised — 
Outstanding at September 30, 2024
5,281,466  $ 3.71  4.8

Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, the Company may be involved in legal proceedings, or may be subject to various demands, claims and threatened litigation, which arise in the normal course of its business or otherwise.
The outcome of any future litigation is uncertain. Such litigation, if not resolved, could result in substantial costs to the Company, including any costs associated with the indemnification of directors and officers, and could lead to a diversion of management resources among other factors.
The Company may be exposed to litigation in connection with its products under development and operations. The Company’s policy is to assess the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes related to legal matters, as well as ranges of probable losses. As of the time of this report, the Company does not believe it is a party to any claim, proceeding or litigation the outcome of which, if determined adversely to the Company, would individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on its business.
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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

License Agreements
In January 2016, Former Elicio entered into a license agreement to license certain intellectual property from a university, which agreement has been amended from time to time to license additional intellectual property. The Company is required to pay certain contractual maintenance and milestone payments related to clinical trials and royalties on product sales over the term of the contract, with minimum annual royalty payments commencing in the calendar year after commercialization. The license term for the January 2016 license agreement extends until terminated by either party under certain provisions. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, in accordance with the terms of the license agreement, the Company achieved a milestone related to the ongoing clinical trials and recorded license expense of $0.3 million. No commercialization royalties have been achieved to date.
Future minimum annual maintenance payments are $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 and for each year thereafter. Future minimum annual payments are due until the termination of the agreement.
Note 11—Leases
Operating Leases
In July 2021, the Company signed an operating lease for office and laboratory space in Boston, Massachusetts (the “Boston Lease”). The Boston Lease commenced in February 2022 with the term set to expire in February 2030. The Boston Lease has rent payments escalating annually, which total $11.1 million in the aggregate. As a result, at the commencement of the Boston Lease the Company recognized a ROU lease asset of $8.0 million with a corresponding lease liability of $8.0 million based on the present value of the minimum rental payments. In addition, the Company will make payments for operating expenses and real estate taxes. In June 2023, the Company secured a letter of credit for the deposit on the Boston Lease and has a deposit in the amount of $0.7 million, which was reported as restricted cash, noncurrent on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
As part of the Merger Agreement, the Company also assumed a lease for clinical and regulatory space in Newton, Massachusetts, comprising approximately 6,157 square feet for approximately $0.2 million per year, under a non-cancelable operating lease that expired on June 30, 2024.
Lease expense for all leases for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $0.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively. Lease expense for all leases for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $0.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively.
The following table summarizes quantitative information about the Company's operating leases (dollars in thousands):
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2024 2023
Operating cash outflows from operating leases
$ 1,096  $ 1,002 
Weighted-average remaining lease term—operating leases (in years)
5.33 6.20
Weighted-average discount rate—operating leases
8.0  % 7.7  %
As of September 30, 2024, maturities of lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):
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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Year Ended December 31, Amounts
2024 (remaining three months) $ 331 
2025 1,350 
2026 1,383 
2027 1,425 
2028 1,467 
Thereafter 1,765 
Total
7,721 
Less present value discount
(1,506)
Operating lease liabilities
6,215 
Less: operating lease liability, current portion (877)
Operating lease liability, noncurrent portion $ 5,338 
Note 12 - Debt
Note Payable
In connection with execution of the Merger Agreement, Angion made the Bridge Loan to Former Elicio pursuant to a note purchase agreement and promissory notes up to an aggregate principal amount of $12.5 million, issued with a 20% original issue discount, with an initial closing held substantially concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement for a principal amount of $6.25 million in exchange for cash of $5.0 million and an additional closing for a principal amount of $6.25 million in exchange for cash of $5.0 million upon delivery by Former Elicio to Angion of Former Elicio’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.
The promissory notes included multiple settlement options depending on the outcome of the Merger. Former Elicio evaluated all the settlement features, included within the promissory note agreement, under FASB ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and determined the settlement features met the definition of a derivative and required bifurcation from the promissory notes. The bifurcated embedded derivative of $0.4 million was recorded as a liability at fair value at the date of issuance based on the probability of occurrence of a triggering event taking place during the term of the promissory notes and was recorded as a discount to the carrying value of the promissory note. During the period ended September 30, 2023, Former Elicio recorded other expense of $0.4 million related to the accretion of the discount of the promissory notes derivative.
Per the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon completion of the Merger, all obligations owed by Former Elicio related to the promissory notes were automatically forgiven and the amount advanced by Angion, along with any accrued and unpaid interest, was credited towards the net cash balance used to calculate the assets and liabilities listed above.
Senior Secured Convertible Note Financing
In August 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with GKCC, an entity controlled by a member of the Company’s board of directors, pursuant to which the Company issued a 3% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note due February 15, 2026 (the “Convertible Note”) in the principal amount of $20.0 million (the “Note Financing”). Unless earlier converted in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Note, the Convertible Note will mature on February 15, 2026. Interest on the Convertible Note accrues and is payable quarterly in cash on the principal amount equal to 3% per annum, with the initial interest payment date to be June 30, 2025. The Convertible Note is secured by a (i) first priority lien on substantially all assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, pursuant to a security agreement and (ii) first priority lien on intellectual property of the Company, pursuant to an intellectual property security agreement. The Convertible Note will be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, in whole or in part, at the option of GKCC at any time, based on an initial conversion price of $5.81 (the “Conversion Price”) per share of common stock, subject to adjustments and satisfaction of certain conversion conditions; provided that the Company will not effect any conversion of the Convertible Note and GKCC will not have any right to convert any portion of the Convertible Note until the Company’s stockholders have provided all approvals as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Stockholder Approval”). If at any time from and after the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement and for so long as certain conversion conditions are satisfied, the closing price of the common stock on Nasdaq equals or exceeds 135% of the Conversion Price for 20 trading days in a 30 trading day period, then the Company has the right to require GKCC to convert all or any portion of the Convertible Note, including any accrued but unpaid interest into shares of common stock, as further described in the Convertible Note; provided that the Company will not effect any such conversion of the Convertible Note until the Company obtains Stockholder Approval.
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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

The Convertible Note contains customary terms and covenants and customary events of default. The Company granted GKCC certain customary registration rights with respect to the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Note.
The Company received net proceeds of approximately $19.7 million from the Note Financing, after deducting debt issuance costs.
The Convertible Note includes multiple conversion features. The Company evaluated all conversion features included within the Convertible Note, under FASB ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and determined that the default interest feature met the definition of a derivative, but the value was de minimis. During the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded other expense of $26 thousand related to the accretion of the discount of Convertible Note debt issuance costs. During the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded accrued interest expense of $0.1 million related to the interest due on the Convertible Note but not yet payable.
Note 13—Income Taxes
The Company did not record a provision or benefit for income taxes during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 or 2023. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance against all of its deferred tax assets in light of its history of cumulative net losses.
Note 14—Net Loss Per Share
The Company has reported losses since inception and has computed basic net loss per share attributable to common stockholders by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants outstanding for the period, without consideration for potentially dilutive securities. The Company computes diluted net loss per share of common stock after giving consideration to all potentially dilutive shares of common stock, including options to purchase common stock and preferred stock outstanding during the period determined using the treasury-stock and if-converted methods, except where the effect of including such securities would be antidilutive. Because the Company has reported net losses since inception, these potential shares of common stock and preferred stock have been anti-dilutive and basic and diluted loss per share were the same for all periods presented.
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders was calculated for the periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 as follows (in thousands, except share and per share data):
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
Numerator
Net loss $ (18,838) $ (10,658) $ (37,894) $ (26,246)
Denominator:
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted 13,582,345 8,376,384 11,720,527 3,894,073
Net loss per share, basic and diluted $ (1.39) $ (1.27) $ (3.23) $ (6.75)
    
The table below provides potentially dilutive securities not included in the calculation of the diluted net loss per share because to do so would be anti-dilutive:
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2024 2023
Shares issuable upon exercise of stock options 819,302 2,836
Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants 2,448,769 148,764
Unvested common stock
1,310,934
Total 3,268,071 1,462,534
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ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Note 15 —Related Party Transactions
Consulting Agreement
The Company paid $0 for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, and $0.1 million and $0.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, for consulting services provided by an entity affiliated with the Company’s former interim chief financial officer and former board member.
Private Placement and Subscription Agreement
In March 2024, the Company entered into the March Subscription Agreement with GKCC, an entity controlled by a member of the Company’s board of directors, for purposes of the March Offering. Each Pre-Funded Warrant issued and sold in the March Offering is exercisable at an exercise price equal to $0.01 per share, subject to certain adjustments and limitations as provided under the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants.
Refer to Note 7 for further detail about the March Offering. The gross proceeds to the Company from the March Offering were approximately $6.0 million.
Public Offering
As part of the Public Offering described in Note 7, Yekaterina Chudnovsky, a member of the Company’s board of directors, and Jay Venkatesan, a member of the Company’s board of directors, and trusts affiliated with Jay Venkatesan, purchased 1,600,000 July Pre-Funded Warrants and accompanying July Common Warrants and 200,000 July Pre-Funded Warrants and accompanying July Common Warrants, respectively, with such July Pre-Funded Warrants and July Common Warrants subject to the terms and conditions of the July Pre-Funded Warrants and July Common Warrants, as further detailed in Note 7 above.
Senior Secured Convertible Note Financing
In August 2024, the Company entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement with GKCC, pursuant to which the Company issued the Convertible Note in the principal amount of $20.0 million pursuant to the Note Financing. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $19.7 million from the Note Financing, after deducting debt issuance costs. Refer to Note 12 - Debt for further detail regarding the Note Financing.


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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our audited financial statements and accompanying notes for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 29, 2024, as amended (the “Form 10-K”). In addition to the historical financial information, this discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties, such as statements of our plans, objectives, expectations, intentions, forecasts and projections. Our actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including those set forth under the section of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q titled “Risk Factors” and the Form 10-K, which you should read carefully to gain an understanding of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. Please also see the section titled “Forward-Looking Statements” at the beginning of this report.
Overview
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of immunotherapies for patients with limited treatment options and poor outcomes suffering from cancer and infectious disease. Our proprietary Amphiphile (“AMP”) technology is designed to mobilize the body’s immune response by preferentially targeting our product candidates to the lymph nodes with the goal of generating a robust T cell response. Recent advances have identified T cell responses as a key component of effective cancer immunotherapy and we believe our AMP technology can generate a robust T cell response that can potentially provide meaningful clinical benefit.
We believe the therapeutic utility of currently approved and development stage immunotherapies are limited in many cases due to their inability to sufficiently localize to lymph nodes and adequately engage with the critical immune cells responsible for stimulating adaptive immunity. Our AMP technology is specifically intended to localize payloads to lymph nodes leading to the generation of a robust T cell response that we believe is critical to generate an anticancer immune response.
Our lead programs focus on our cancer vaccine product candidates, which target biologically validated tumor mutation drivers using known neoantigens. This strategy results in an “off-the-shelf” therapeutic option allowing patients to receive treatment without delay due to manufacturing timelines and costs associated with personalized vaccine approaches.
Our clinical and preclinical pipeline includes the lymph node targeted therapeutic cancer vaccines ELI-002, currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 clinical program, designed to stimulate an immune response against mutant KRAS cancers, ELI-007, currently being evaluated in a preclinical study for the treatment of mutant v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (“BRAF”)-driven cancers, and ELI-008, currently being evaluated in a preclinical study for use in the treatment of mutated tumor protein p53 (“TP53”) expressing cancers. We believe that each of our immunotherapy product candidates, if approved, have the potential to improve the lives of patients suffering from solid tumors arising due to specific oncogenic driver mutations.
Our operations to date have been financed primarily by aggregate net proceeds of $182.7 million from the issuance of common stock, pre-funded warrants, convertible preferred stock, convertible notes, the exercise of stock options and common stock warrants, the private placement of our securities, at-the-market offerings, and proceeds from the Merger. Since inception, we have had significant annual operating losses. Our net loss was $18.8 million and $37.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and $10.7 million and $26.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. As of September 30, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $180.1 million and $26.0 million in cash and cash equivalents.
Elicio Operating Company, Inc. (“Former Elicio”) was incorporated in Delaware as Vedantra Pharmaceuticals Inc. in August 2011. In December 2018, Former Elicio formed a wholly owned subsidiary, Elicio Securities Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation.
On January 17, 2023, Former Elicio entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Angion Biomedica Corp (“Angion”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, and Arkham Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Angion (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Former Elicio, with Former Elicio surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Angion (the “Merger”). Following the Merger, Former Elicio and Elicio Australia Pty Ltd. (“Elicio Pty”), an Australian subsidiary established in August 2019 for the purpose of qualifying for research credits for studies conducted in Australia, became our wholly owned subsidiaries.
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On June 1, 2023, the Merger was completed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and Angion changed its name from “Angion Biomedica Corp.” to “Elicio Therapeutics, Inc.” Immediately following the consummation of the Merger, there were approximately 9.7 million shares of our common stock outstanding on a fully-diluted basis, with Former Elicio equity holders collectively owning approximately 65.2% of the Company and Angion equity holders collectively owning approximately 34.8% of the Company, in each case on a fully diluted basis. The Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with Former Elicio being treated as the acquirer for accounting purposes. As a result of the Merger, the net assets of Angion were recorded at their acquisition-date fair value, which approximated book value due to the short-term nature of the instruments, in the financial statements of Former Elicio and the reported operating results prior to the Merger were those of Former Elicio.
We are currently facing substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, given our cash position and cash runway. As of the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we believe that our cash on hand will enable us to fund our operations into the second quarter of calendar year 2025 based on our current financial operating plan. This period could be shortened or lengthened if there are any significant increases or decreases in planned or actual spending on development programs or more rapid progress of development programs than anticipated. There is no assurance that financing will be available when needed to allow us to continue as a going concern. Our losses from operations, negative operating cash flows and accumulated deficit, as well as the additional capital needed to fund operations for at least twelve months following the issuance of the condensed consolidated financial statements, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We expect to incur substantial expenditures in the foreseeable future for the development of our product candidates and will require additional financing to continue this development. We plan to address this condition through the sale of common stock or other securities in public offerings and/or private placements, debt financings, or through other capital sources, including licensing arrangements, partnerships and collaborations with other companies or other strategic transactions, but there is no assurance these plans will be completed successfully or at all. If we are unable to obtain additional capital when and as needed to continue as a going concern, we might have to further reduce or scale back our operations and/or liquidate our assets, and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our financial statements.
Our condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared on a basis that assumes that we will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Our condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.
Cash used to fund operating expenses is impacted by the timing of when we pay these expenses, as reflected in the change in our accounts payable and accrued expenses. We expect to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future, and we expect our research and development expenses, general and administrative expenses, and capital expenditures will continue to increase. In particular, we expect our expenses to increase as we continue our development of, and seek regulatory approvals for, our product candidates, as well as hire additional personnel, pay fees to outside consultants, attorneys and accountants, and incur other increased costs associated with being a public company. In addition, if and when we seek and obtain regulatory approval to commercialize any product candidate, we will also incur increased expenses in connection with commercialization and marketing of any such product. Our net losses may fluctuate significantly from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year, depending on the timing of our clinical trials and our expenditures on other research and development activities. We anticipate that our expenses will increase significantly in connection with our ongoing activities, as we:
• advance our lead product candidate, ELI-002, to late stage clinical trials;
• advance our preclinical programs to clinical trials;
• expand our pipeline of product candidates;
• seek regulatory approval for our investigational medicines;
• maintain, expand, protect and defend our intellectual property portfolio;
• acquire or in-license technology;
• expand our clinical, scientific, management and administrative teams; and
• operate as a public company.
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As of the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we believe that our cash on hand will enable us to fund our operations into the second quarter of calendar year 2025 based on our current plan. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could exhaust our available capital resources sooner than we expect. To finance our operations beyond that point we will need to raise additional capital, which cannot be assured. Our losses from operations, negative operating cash flows and accumulated deficit, as well as the additional capital needed to fund operations for at least twelve months following the issuance of the condensed consolidated financial statements, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
We have not had any products approved for sale. We do not expect to generate any product sales unless and until we successfully complete development and obtain regulatory approval for one or more of our product candidates. If we obtain regulatory approval for any of our product candidates, we expect to incur significant commercialization expenses related to product sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution. As a result, until such time, if ever, that we can generate substantial product revenue, we expect to finance our cash needs through equity offerings, debt financings or other capital sources, including collaborations, licenses or similar arrangements. However, we may be unable to raise additional funds or enter into such other arrangements when needed or on favorable terms, if at all. Any failure to raise capital as and when needed could have a negative impact on our financial condition and on our ability to pursue our business plans and strategies, including our research and development activities. If we are unable to raise capital, we will need to delay, reduce or terminate planned activities to reduce costs.
Components of Results of Operations
The following discussion summarizes the key factors our management believes are necessary for an understanding of our financial statements.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses since inception have consisted primarily of research and development expenses and general and administrative costs.
Research and Development Expenses
Our research and development expenses consist primarily of costs incurred for the development of our product candidates and our drug discovery efforts, which include:
•personnel costs, which include salaries, benefits, and equity-based compensation expense;
•expenses incurred under agreements with consultants and contract organizations that conduct research and development activities on our behalf;
•costs related to sponsored research service agreements;
•costs related to production of preclinical and clinical materials, including fees paid to contract manufacturers;
•laboratory and vendor expenses related to the execution of preclinical studies and planned clinical trials; and
•laboratory supplies and equipment used for internal research and development activities.
We expense all research and development costs in the periods in which they are incurred. Costs for certain research and development activities are recognized based on an evaluation of the progress to completion of specific tasks using information and data provided to us by our vendors and service providers.
Our research and development expenses are not currently tracked on a program-by-program basis. We use our personnel and infrastructure resources across multiple research and development programs directed toward identifying and developing product candidates. Substantially all our research and development costs are incurred on the development of ELI-002 and our preclinical candidates.
We expect our research and development expenses to increase substantially for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in research and development activities related to developing our product candidates, including investments in conducting clinical trials, manufacturing and otherwise advancing our programs. The process of conducting the clinical research necessary to obtain regulatory approval is costly and time-consuming, and the successful development of our product candidates is highly uncertain. At this time, we cannot reasonably estimate the nature, timing and costs of the efforts that will be needed to complete the development of, or the period, if any, in which material net cash inflows may commence from ELI-002 or any of our preclinical candidates. This is due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing drugs, including the uncertainty of:
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•the scope, rate of progress and expense of our research and development activities;
•clinical trials and early-stage results;
•the terms and timing of regulatory approvals; and
•the ability to market, commercialize and achieve market acceptance for ELI-002, or any of our preclinical candidates that we or our future collaboration partners may develop in the future.
Any of these variables with respect to the development of ELI-002, or any other of our preclinical candidates that we may develop could result in a significant change in the costs and timing associated with the development of such candidates. For example, if the FDA or other regulatory authority were to require us to conduct preclinical and clinical studies beyond those which we currently anticipate will be required for the completion of clinical development or if we experience significant delays in enrollment in any clinical trials, we could be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time on the completion of our clinical development programs.
General and Administrative Expenses
Our general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs, including equity-based compensation, and other expenses for outside professional services, including marketing, legal, audit and accounting, and facility-related costs not otherwise included in research and development expenses, and recruiting. We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase over the next several years to support our continued research and development activities, manufacturing activities, increased costs of expanding our operations and operating as a public company. These increases will likely include increases related to the hiring of additional personnel and legal, regulatory and other fees and services associated with maintaining compliance with the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) Marketplace Rules, or the Nasdaq Listing Rules, and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requirements, accounting and audit fees, director and officer insurance costs and investor relations costs associated with being a public company.
Other (Expense) Income
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, other income and expense consisted primarily of interest income, foreign exchange transaction gains and losses, gain on sale of equipment, interest expense, gain on extinguishment of the promissory note payable, and gains and losses related to the re-measurement of our warrant liabilities.

Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the periods indicated (in thousands, except percentages):
Three Months Ended
September 30,
2024 2023
$ Change
% Change
Operating expenses:
Research and development
$ 7,208  $ 7,264  $ (56) (1) %
General and administrative
3,136  3,507  (371) (11) %
Total operating expenses
10,344  10,771  (427) (4) %
Loss from operations
(10,344) (10,771) 427  (4) %
Total other (expense) income, net
(8,494) 113  (8,607) (7,617) %
Net loss
$ (18,838) $ (10,658) $ (8,180)
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses were $7.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $7.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease of $0.1 million was primarily due to lower clinical trial expenses resulting from the wind down of the ELI-002 Phase 1 trials.
General and Administrative Expenses
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General and administrative expenses were $3.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $3.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease of $0.4 million was primarily due to a decrease in external costs related to the Merger.

Other (Expense) Income
Other (expense) income for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was expense of $8.5 million compared to income of $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase of $8.6 million was primarily due to the change in fair value and loss on issuance associated with the pre-funded warrants and common warrants as defined in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the periods indicated (in thousands, except percentages):
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2024 2023
$ Change
% Change
Operating expenses:
Research and development $ 22,947  $ 17,692  $ 5,255  30  %
General and administrative 8,563  8,661  (98) (1) %
Total operating expenses
31,510  26,353  5,157  20  %
Loss from operations
(31,510) (26,353) (5,157) 20  %
Other (expense) income, net
(6,384) 107  (6,491) (6,066) %
Net loss
$ (37,894) $ (26,246) $ (11,648)

Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses were $22.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $17.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase of $5.3 million was primarily due to an increase in external costs associated with ELI-002 manufacturing and clinical trials.

General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $8.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $8.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease of $0.1 million was primarily due to a decrease in external costs related to the Merger.

Other (Expense) Income
Other expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was expense of $6.4 million compared to income of $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase of $6.5 million was primarily due to the change in fair value and loss on issuance associated with the pre-funded warrants and common warrants.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Liquidity
Our operations through September 30, 2024 have been financed primarily by aggregate net proceeds of $182.7 million from the issuance of common stock, pre-funded warrants, convertible preferred stock, convertible notes, the exercise of stock options and common stock warrants, the private placement of our securities, at-the-market offerings, and proceeds from the Merger. Since inception, we have had significant operating losses. Our net loss was $37.9 million and $26.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
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As of September 30, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $180.1 million and $26.0 million in cash and cash equivalents. Our primary use of cash is to fund operating expenses, which consist primarily of research and development expenditures, and to a lesser extent, general and administrative expenditures. Cash used to fund operating expenses is impacted by the timing of when we pay these expenses, as reflected in the change in our outstanding accounts payable and accrued expenses.
Our losses from operations, negative operating cash flows and accumulated deficit, as well as the additional capital needed to fund operations for at least twelve months following the issuance of the condensed consolidated financial statements, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We expect to incur substantial expenditures in the foreseeable future for the development of our product candidates and will require additional financing to continue this development. The condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared on a basis that assumes that we will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern. We plan to address this condition through the sale of common stock or other securities in public offerings and/or private placements, debt financings, or through other capital sources, including licensing arrangements, partnerships and collaborations with other companies or other strategic transactions. However, there is no assurance that we will be successful in raising additional capital or that such additional funds will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. Should we be unable to raise this amount of capital our operating plans will be limited to the amount of capital that we can access. We may also consider steps to reduce our operating expenses. There can be no assurances that we will be successful in any of the foregoing.
Summary Statement of Cash Flows
The following table sets forth a summary of our net cash flow activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2024 2023
Net cash provided by (used in)
Operating activities
$ (28,324) $ (22,799)
Investing activities
(39) (32)
Financing activities
42,094  31,612 
Effect of foreign currency on cash
(5) — 
Net increase in cash
$ 13,726  $ 8,781 
Operating Activities
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net cash used in operating activities was $28.3 million, which consisted of a net loss of $37.9 million, changes in our assets and liabilities of $0.3 million, and non-cash charges of $9.3 million. The non-cash charges were related to $3.5 million loss on the issuance of the pre-funded warrants and common warrants, $3.3 million of change in the fair value of warrant liability, $1.0 million of stock-based compensation, $0.6 million amortization of the right of use asset, $0.5 million related to issuance costs for the pre-funded warrants and common warrants, $0.1 million of non-cash interest expense, and $0.2 million of depreciation.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, net cash used in operating activities was $22.8 million, which primarily consisted of a net loss of $26.2 million, which was partially offset by the change in net operating assets and liabilities of $1.6 million and net non-cash charges of $1.9 million. The cash provided by the change in net operating assets and liabilities was due to a $0.2 million increase in deferred research obligation, a $2.0 million increase in accrued expense and accounts payable, and a $0.6 million decrease in the right of use asset. The net non-cash charges were primarily related to the $1.1 million of interest expense related to promissory notes, $0.8 million of stock-based compensation, $0.3 million of depreciation, partially offset by a $0.6 million of gain on the settlement of the promissory note payable and $0.4 million decrease in the fair value of the embedded derivative associated with the convertible note.
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Investing Activities
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, net cash provided by or used in investing activities was immaterial.
Financing Activities
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net cash provided by financing activities was $42.1 million as a result of the issuance of the convertible note for $19.7 million, $10.9 million from the July Public Offering, the issuance of $5.5 million of our common stock under the 2022 ATM and 2024 ATM programs and stock-based compensation exercises, and $6.0 million from the issuance of our pre-funded warrants in a private placement.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, net cash provided by financing activities was $31.6 million, primarily as a result of the Merger Agreement.
Future Cash Needs and Funding Requirements
Based on our current operating plan, as of the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we believe our cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our planned operations into the second quarter of calendar year 2025. However, we have based our projections of operating capital requirements on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect and we may use all our available capital resources sooner than we expect. We are unable to estimate the exact amount of our operating capital requirements. The amount and timing of our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to:
▪the scope, progress, results and costs of researching and developing product candidates, and conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials;
▪the outcome of any future clinical trials, for any existing or future product candidates;
▪whether we are able to take advantage of any FDA expedited development and approval programs for any of our product candidates;
▪the outcome, costs and timing of seeking and obtaining and maintaining FDA and any foreign regulatory approvals;
▪the costs associated with any delays we may encounter as a result of evolving regulatory requirements or adverse results with respect to any of our product candidates;
▪the number and characteristics of product candidates we pursue, including product candidates in preclinical development;
▪the ability of our product candidates to progress through clinical development successfully;
▪our need to expand our research and development activities, including to conduct additional clinical trials;
▪market acceptance of our product candidates, including physician adoption, market access, pricing and reimbursement;
▪the costs of acquiring, licensing or investing in businesses, products, product candidates and technologies;
▪our ability to maintain, expand and defend the scope of our intellectual property portfolio, including the amount and timing of any payments potentially required to make, or that we may receive, in connection with the licensing, filing, prosecution, defense and enforcement of any patents or other intellectual property rights;
▪our need and ability to hire additional personnel, including management, clinical development, medical and commercial personnel;
▪the effect of competing technological, market developments and government policy;
▪the costs associated with being a public company, including our need to implement additional internal systems and infrastructure, including financial and reporting systems;
▪the costs associated with securing and establishing commercialization and manufacturing capabilities, as well as those associated with packaging, warehousing and distribution;
▪the economic and other terms, timing of and success of our existing licensing arrangements and any collaboration, licensing or other arrangements into which we may enter in the future and timing and amount of payments thereunder; and
▪the timing, receipt and amount of sales and general commercial success of any future approved products, if any.
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Until such time as we can generate significant revenue from sales of product candidates, if ever, we expect to finance our operations through the sale of common stock or other securities in public offerings and/or private placements, debt financings, or through other capital sources, including licensing arrangements, partnerships and collaborations with other companies or other strategic transactions. Adequate funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. To the extent we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our stockholders will be or could be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our common stockholders. Debt financing and equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. If we raise funds through additional collaborations, or other similar arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to and/or may reduce the value of our common stock. If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development or commercialization efforts or grant rights to develop and market our product candidates even if we would otherwise prefer to develop and market such product candidates ourselves.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgements and Estimates
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Our critical accounting policies are described under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates” in the Form 10-K. There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to those disclosed in the Form 10-K, other than as set forth in Footnotes 4 and 9, with respect to our accounting policy related to warrants and derivatives.
Warrants and Derivatives
The Convertible Note, as defined in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, included multiple conversion features. We evaluated all conversion features included within the Convertible Note, under FASB ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and determined that the default interest feature met the definition of a derivative, but the value was de minimis.
The Pre-Funded Warrants, as defined in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, did not meet the equity classification requirements under ASC 815, Derivative and Hedging; specifically, the Pre-Funded Warrants do not meet the condition of index to its own stock and because the Pre-Funded Warrants were pre-funded and proceeds were received before exercise, these Pre-Funded Warrants do not meet the definition of a derivative. The Pre-Funded Warrants could not be exercised in an amount that would cause the holder to exceed 19.99% beneficial ownership of our shares unless we obtain stockholder approval pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, which limits our ability to issue common stock to settle the Pre-Funded Warrants beyond such 19.99% ownership blocker. Consequently, the Pre-Funded Warrants were classified as liabilities and measured at fair value as of the grant date. Subsequent to the grant date, we remeasured the Pre-Funded Warrants at fair value and recognized a loss from change in fair value of the Pre-Funded Warrants on the condensed consolidated financial statements during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. We will re-assess the liability classification in the fourth quarter of 2024.
The July Common Warrants, as defined in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, did not meet the equity classification requirements under ASC 815, Derivative and Hedging; specifically, the Common Warrants do not meet the condition of index to its own stock. The Common Warrant contains exercise provisions, in conjunction with the regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, which limit our ability to issue common stock to settle the Common Warrants beyond the 19.99% beneficial ownership limit, unless we obtain stockholder approval. Consequently, the Common Warrants were classified as liabilities and measured at fair value as of grant date. Subsequent to grant date, we remeasured the Common Warrants at fair value and recognized a loss from change in fair value of the Common Warrants on the condensed consolidated financial statements during the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
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We will re-assess the liability classification in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting Company Status
We are a smaller reporting company and an emerging growth company, as defined under the Jumpstart Our Business Startup (“JOBS”) Act. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies. Other exemptions and reduced reporting requirements under the JOBS Act for emerging growth companies include presentation of only two years of audited financial statements in a registration statement for an initial public offering, an exemption from the requirement to provide an auditor's report on internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (“Sarbanes-Oxley”), an exemption from any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation, and less extensive disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements.
We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date that (i) we are no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) we affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, our condensed consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting standards as of public company effective dates.
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (i) December 31, 2026, (ii) the last day of our first fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenue of $1.235 billion or more, (iii) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which means the market value of equity securities that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter and (iv) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period.
Even after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, we may still qualify as a “smaller reporting company” and/or “non-accelerated filer” which may allow us to take advantage of many of the same exemptions from disclosure requirements including not being required to comply for a period of time with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, and reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Definition and Limitations of Disclosure Controls
Our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures are also designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management evaluates these controls and procedures on an ongoing basis.
There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures. These limitations include the possibility of human error, the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures and reasonable resource constraints. In addition, because we have designed our system of controls based on certain assumptions, which we believe are reasonable, about the likelihood of future events, our system of controls may not achieve its desired purpose under all possible future conditions. Accordingly, our disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance, but not absolute assurance, of achieving their objectives.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
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Our management, with the participation of our President and Chief Executive Officer, our principal executive officer and principal accounting and financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 2024.
Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, our President and Chief Executive Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as a result of our material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
However, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, has concluded that, notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, the financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with U.S. GAAP.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2024, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, except as follows:
Material Weakness Remediation Plan
As previously reported, in connection with the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements, we identified control deficiencies in the design and operation of our internal control over financial reporting that constituted material weaknesses. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
The material weaknesses identified in our internal control over financial reporting related to (i) insufficient resources with knowledge and expertise in U.S. GAAP to properly evaluate certain complex transactions, including debt instruments and equity instruments; (ii) insufficient financial reporting and close controls to ensure that incurred expenses are accrued at period end and deliverables from third party contractors are reviewed for accuracy; and (iii) insufficient resources to ensure that calculations used in financial reporting are properly reviewed, including earnings per share and weighted average shares outstanding calculations.
We initiated several steps to remediate these material weaknesses, including:
• engaging SEC compliance and technical accounting consultants to assist in evaluating transactions for conformity with U.S. GAAP;
• hiring additional finance and accounting personnel to augment accounting staff and to provide more resources for complex accounting matters and financial reporting; and
• strengthening our financial reporting and close relating to incurred expenses by ensuring our data capture procedures are clearly defined and that responsible personnel, including supervisory personnel, have adequate training regarding the process and expectation.
Although we have initiated efforts to remediate these material weaknesses, the material weaknesses have not been fully remediated as of September 30, 2024 and continue to be disclosed as material weaknesses in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine month period ended September 30, 2024. Our remediation efforts are intended to address the identified material weaknesses. Management is committed to continuous improvement of our internal control over financial reporting and will continue to diligently review our internal control over financial reporting. However, we cannot assure you that we will be successful in remediating the material weaknesses we identified or that our internal control over financial reporting, as modified, will enable us to identify or avoid material weaknesses in the future.
Inherent Limitation on the Effectiveness Over Financial Reporting
The effectiveness of any system of internal control over financial reporting, including ours, is subject to inherent limitations, including the exercise of judgment in designing, implementing, operating, and evaluating the controls and procedures, and the inability to eliminate misconduct completely. Accordingly, any system of internal control over financial reporting, including ours, no matter how well designed and operated, can only provide reasonable and not absolute assurances. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. We intend to continue to monitor and upgrade our internal controls as necessary or appropriate for our business, but there can be no assurance such improvements will be sufficient to provide us with effective internal control over financial reporting.
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Part II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may be subject to various legal proceedings, claims and administrative proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business activities or otherwise. Although the results of the litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, as of the date of this report, we do not believe we are party to any claim, proceeding or litigation the outcome of which, if determined adversely to us, would individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on our business. The outcome of any future litigation is uncertain. Such litigation, if not resolved, could result in substantial costs to us, including any costs associated with the indemnification of directors and officers.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risk factors, described in the Form 10-K as well as the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, before deciding whether to invest in shares of our common stock. There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K other than the updates to the risk factors set forth below.

Our largest stockholder has significant influence over us, including influence over decisions that require the approval of stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to influence the outcome of key transactions, including a change of control.

GKCC, LLC (“GKCC”), an entity controlled by a member of our board of directors, beneficially owns 19.99% of our outstanding common stock. Additionally, GKCC holds pre-funded warrants to purchase approximately 4.0 million shares of common stock and a convertible note that is convertible into approximately 3.0 million shares of common stock, neither of which are currently convertible into shares of common stock due to a 19.99% beneficial ownership limitation. Although we are not a “controlled company” within the meaning of the corporate governance standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, GKCC is able to significantly influence our decisions. Furthermore, should the convertible securities held by GKCC no longer be subject to the 19.99% beneficial ownership limitation and should they be converted into shares of our common stock, GKCC could own an even greater percentage of our outstanding common stock. Additionally, GKCC’s interests may not align with the interests of our other stockholders. GKCC may make investments in companies and may acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us. GKCC may also pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business, and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us.

The terms of our convertible note arrangement with GKCC, an entity controlled by a member of our board of directors, places certain restrictions on our operating and financial flexibility. If we raise additional capital through debt financing, the terms of any new debt could further restrict our ability to operate our business.
On August 12, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which we issued a 3.0% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note due February 15, 2026 (the “Convertible Note”) in the principal amount of $20.0 million (the “Note Financing”). The purchaser of the Convertible Note was GKCC. If we raise any additional debt through a financing, the terms of such additional debt could further restrict our operating and financial flexibility. These restrictions may include, among other things, limitations on borrowing and specific restrictions on the use of the proceeds of such additional debt financing, as well as prohibitions on our ability to incur further debt financing, create liens, pay dividends, redeem capital stock or make investments.
If we default under the terms of the Convertible Note beyond the applicable grace period, if any, GKCC may declare all amounts outstanding under the Convertible Note to be immediately due and payable. If we are unable to repay the amounts due under the Convertible Note upon GKCC’s declaration, GKCC could proceed against the collateral granted to it to secure the obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement (including, but not limited to taking control of our pledged assets and foreclosing on other collateral, including those of our subsidiaries, Elicio Operating Company, Inc. and Elicio Securities Corp.). The enforcement by GKCC upon its declaration to accelerate the obligations under the Convertible Note, as mentioned above, could adversely affect our operations. Further, if we are liquidated, GKCC’s right to repayment, as well as the right to repayment of other lenders under any additional debt financing, would be senior to the rights of the holders of our common stock.
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other Information
During the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024, none of our directors or executive officers adopted, modified or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of our securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.”
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
Description
Incorporated by Reference Filed Herewith
Form Date Number
4.1 8-K 8/12/2024 4.1
10.1 8-K 8/12/2024 10.1
10.2 8-K 8/12/2024 10.2
10.3 8-K 8/12/2024 10.3
10.4 8-K 8/12/2024 10.4
31.1 X
32.1^ X
101.INS XBRL Instance Document. X
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. X
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. X
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. X
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. X
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. X
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). X
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^ The certification that accompanies this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, is not deemed “filed” by the Registrant for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

*    Certain exhibits and schedules have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the SEC upon its request.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By: /s/ ROBERT CONNELLY
Date:
November 13, 2024
Robert Connelly
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer)



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Execution Version NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. Original Issue Date: August 12, 2024 Principal Amount: $20,000,000.00 SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2026 THIS SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE is the duly authorized and validly issued convertible promissory note of Elicio Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having its principal place of business at 451 D Street, 5th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, designated as its Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note due February 15, 2026 (the “Note”). FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to GKCC, LLC or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $20,000,000.00 on February 15, 2026 (the “Maturity Date”) or such earlier date as this Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Note is subject to the following additional provisions: Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings: “Alternate Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d). “Bankruptcy Event” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, (d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within sixty (60) calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing. “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company. “Buy-In” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(v). “Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the


 
2 Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate votes of the then- issued and outstanding voting securities of the Company on such basis as is then required by the Company’s charter documents (other than by means of conversion of the Note), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, or (d) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (c) above. “Common Stock” means the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share. “Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a). “Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b). “Conversion Schedule” means the Conversion Schedule in the form of Schedule 1 attached hereto. “Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof. “DTC” means the Depository Trust Company. “DTC/FAST Program” means the DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program. “Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a). “Fundamental Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d). “Mandatory Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e). “Mandatory Conversion Conditions” means, with respect to a given date of determination: (i) either (x) one or more Registration Statements filed pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the prospectus contained therein shall be available on such applicable date of determination (with, for the avoidance of doubt, any shares of Common Stock previously sold pursuant to such prospectus deemed unavailable) for the resale of all shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring this determination or (y) all Registrable Securities shall be eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144 (as defined in the Purchase Agreement without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws (in each case, disregarding any limitation on conversion of the Note, other issuance of securities with respect to the Note) and (ii) the Company’s stockholders shall have provided all approvals as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (or any successor entity) (“Nasdaq”) with respect to a change of control of the Company pursuant to Section 5635(b) of the Listing Rules of Nasdaq (such approval, the “Stockholder Approval”); “Mandatory Conversion Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e). “Mandatory Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e). “Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e). “Mandatory Conversion Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e). “Mandatory Conversion Notice Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).


 
3 “New York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d). “Note Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b). “Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a). “Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of this Note, regardless of any transfers of any Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Note. “Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2024, by and among the Company, the original Holder, and the other parties named therein, if any, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. “Registration Statement” means a registration statement covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by each Holder. “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. “Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(ii). “Successor Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d). “Voluntary Conversion Conditions” means, with respect to a given date of determination, the Company shall have obtained the Stockholder Approval. Section 2. Interest. a) Payment of Interest. The Company shall pay interest to the Holder quarterly by paying an amount in cash on the aggregate principal amount of this Note at a rate equal to 3.0% per annum (which interest rate may be increased as provided elsewhere herein). Interest provided for in this Section (2)(a) shall be due and payable on the last calendar day of each quarter and on the Maturity Date (the “Fixed Interest Payment Date”); provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein or elsewhere, interest accrued but not yet paid will be due and payable upon any conversion, prepayment, and/or acceleration whether as a result of an Event of Default or otherwise with respect to the principal amount being so converted, prepaid and/or accelerated and provided, further, however, that the initial interest payment date shall be June 30, 2025. b) Interest Calculations. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30-calendar day periods, and shall accrue commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Note (the “Note Register”). Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. a) Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange. b) Investment Representations. This Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance therewith and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.


 
4 c) Reliance on Note Register. Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is duly registered on the Note Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Section 4. Conversion. a) Voluntary Conversion. At any time following the satisfaction of the Voluntary Conversion Conditions and from time to time, commencing on the Original Issue Date until this Note is no longer outstanding, this Note shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder. The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “Notice of Conversion”), specifying therein the principal amount of this Note and/or any other amounts due under this Note to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Note, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other amounts due under this Note have been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Note in an amount equal to the applicable conversion amount. The Holder and the Company shall maintain a Conversion Schedule showing the principal amount(s) and/or any other amounts due under this Note converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one (1) Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. The Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof. b) Conversion Price. The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $5.81, subject to adjustment as set forth herein (the “Conversion Price”). All such foregoing determinations will be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction that proportionately decreases or increases the Common Stock during such measuring period. c) Mechanics of Conversion. i. Conversion Shares Issuable Upon a Conversion. The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the outstanding principal to be converted as provided in the applicable Notice of Conversion, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and (iii) any other amount due under this Note by (y) the Conversion Price. ii. Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion. Not later than two (2) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares, which, on or after the date on which the resale of such Conversion Shares are covered by and are being sold pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or such Conversion Shares are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 without the need for current public information and the Company has received an opinion of counsel to such effect acceptable to the Company (which opinion the Company will be responsible for obtaining at its own cost) shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired or being sold, as the case may be, upon the conversion of this Note, and (B) payment in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest (if the Company has elected to pay accrued interest in cash). All certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(c) shall be delivered electronically through DTC or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions, unless the Company or its Transfer Agent does not have an account with DTC and/or is not participating in the DTC/FAST System, in which case the Company shall


 
5 issue and deliver to the address as specified in such Notice of Conversion a certificate (or certificates), registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Conversion Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled. If the Conversion Shares are not being sold pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or if the Conversion Date is prior to the date on which such Conversion Shares are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 without the need for current public information, the Conversion Shares shall bear a restrictive legend in the following form, as appropriate: “THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT.” iii. Failure to Deliver Certificates. If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Notice of Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Note delivered to the Company, and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the certificate or certificates issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Notice of Conversion. iv. Obligation Absolute. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance that might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. v. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Note in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(c)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Note with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall


 
6 limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof. To the extent a Buy-In occurs as a result of Holder failing to collect shares of Common Stock that were delivered to Holder through DTC in a timely manner, then the Company shall not owe Holder any cash in respect of such Buy-In. vi. Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Note and payment of interest on this Note, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. vii. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Note. As to any fraction of a share that the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share. viii. Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided that, the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Note so converted, and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion. d) Principal Market Regulation. The Company shall not issue any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Note if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Market. e) Mandatory Conversion. If at any time from and after the date hereof and for so long as the Mandatory Conversion Conditions are satisfied, the closing price of the Common Stock on the Principal Market equals or exceeds 135% of the Conversion Price (which amount may be adjusted for certain capital events, such as stock splits, as described herein) for 20 Trading Days in a 30 Trading Day period (the “Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period”), then the Company shall have the right to require the Holder to mandatorily convert all or any portion of the Note, including any accrued but unpaid interest, as designated in the Mandatory Conversion Notice on the Mandatory Conversion Date (each as defined below) into fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Price as of the Mandatory Conversion Date (as defined below) (a “Mandatory Conversion). The Company may exercise its right to require conversion under this Section 4(e) by delivering within not more than five (5) Trading Days following the end of such Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period a written notice thereof by electronic mail to the Holder (the “Mandatory Conversion Notice” and the date that the Holder received such notice is referred to as the “Mandatory Conversion Notice Date”). The Mandatory Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable. The Mandatory Conversion Notice shall state (I) the Trading Day on which the Mandatory Conversion shall occur, which shall be the second (2nd) Trading Day following the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date (the “Mandatory Conversion Date”) and (II) the aggregate amount of the Note which the Company has elected to be subject to such Mandatory Conversion from the Holder (the “Mandatory Conversion Amount”) pursuant to this Section 4(e). If the Mandatory Conversion Conditions cease to be satisfied during Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period then, at the option of the Holder, the Mandatory Conversion shall be deemed


 
7 withdrawn and void ab initio. For clarity, the Holder shall be entitled to convert the Note at any time and from time to time during the Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period pursuant to Section 4(a). Section 5. Certain Adjustments. a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, the Note), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification. b) [Reserved] c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Note is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Note, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate, upon and in proportion to Holder’s conversion of this Note, in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon such conversion of this Note immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution. d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Note is outstanding (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person, whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Note, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this


 
8 Note is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one (1) share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Note following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(d) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Note, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Note a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Note that is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Note immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note and the other Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transaction involving the Holder shall not constitute a Fundamental Transaction. e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 5, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding. f) Notice to the Holder. i. Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. ii. Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Note, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Note Register, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice, stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken


 
9 for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert this Note during the period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein. Section 6. Events of Default. a) “Event of Default” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): i. any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of the Note or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder on the Note, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise), which default, solely in the case of an interest payment or other default under clause (B) above, is not cured within five (5) Trading Days; ii. the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other material covenant or agreement contained in the Note (other than a breach by the Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which breach is addressed in clause (vii) below), which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within ten (10) Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder to the Company; iii. a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under any of the Documents; iv. any representation or warranty made in this Note, any other Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made; v. the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1- 02(w) of Regulation S-X) shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event; vi. the Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on a Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for trading thereon within five (5) Trading Days or the transfer of shares of Common Stock through the DTC is no longer available, “frozen” or “chilled”; vii. the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver Conversion Shares to a Holder prior to the fifth (5th) Trading Day after a Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) or the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversion of the Note in accordance with the terms hereof;


 
10 viii. the Company fails to file with the Commission any required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act such that it is not in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable); and ix. the Company shall fail to maintain sufficient reserved shares pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Purchase Agreement. b) Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, then at the Holder’s election, the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable. After the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Note, the interest rate on this Note shall accrue at an interest rate equal to 18% per annum (with a credit for any “unused” guaranteed interest). In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by the Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Note until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 6(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Section 7. Miscellaneous. a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, by electronic mail or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above or such other address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 7(a). Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, by electronic mail or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to the Holder at the facsimile number or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or electronic mail prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or electronic mail on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. b) Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. c) Lost or Mutilated Note. If this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Note, a new Note for the principal amount of this Note so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company. d) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated


 
11 by any of the Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in New York, New York (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note or the transactions contemplated hereby. e) Amendment; Waiver. Any provision of this Note and any other Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement may be amended by a written instrument executed by the Company and Purchasers holding a majority of the then outstanding principal under all Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, which amendment shall be binding on all successors and assigns. Any provision of this Note may be waived by the party seeking enforcement thereof, which waiver shall be binding on all successors and assigns. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Note on any other occasion. f) Severability. If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. g) Usury. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted. h) Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Documents (including, without limitation, the security agreements referenced in the Purchase Agreement), at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note.


 
12 i) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day. j) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Note and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. k) Secured Obligation. The obligations of the Company under this Note are secured by all assets of the Company and each Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Secured Parties (as defined therein). l) Disclosure. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within four (4) Business Days after such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall so indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries. m) Surrender of Note. Upon the payment (or conversion) in full of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amount owing in respects thereof, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Note to or as directed by the Company. ********************* (Signature Pages Follow)


 
Signature Page to Promissory Note IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated. ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC. By: Name: Robert Connelly Title: Chief Executive Officer Docusign Envelope ID: DB159E90-5DF3-48CC-9403-51106210CEFF


 
14 ANNEX A NOTICE OF CONVERSION The undersigned hereby elects to convert the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note due February 15, 2026, of Elicio Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), into shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any. By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion, the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of this Note, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock, if the resale of any such shares of Common Stock are covered by and are being sold pursuant to an effective Registration Statement. Conversion calculations: Date to Effect Conversion: Principal Amount of Note to be Converted: Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Issued: Signature: Name: Delivery Instructions:


 
15 Schedule 1 CONVERSION SCHEDULE This Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note due on February 15, 2026, in the principal amount of $20,000,000 is issued by Elicio Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Note. Dated: Date of Conversion (or for first entry, Original Issue Date) Amount of Conversion Aggregate Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion (or original Principal Amount) Company Attest


 
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Execution Version SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of August 12, 2024, by and among Elicio Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”). RECITALS A. The Company and each Purchaser are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). B. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, the Notes, all in the amounts and for the price set forth on Schedule 1 hereto. NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1.1 Defined Terms. In addition to terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement or in any Supplement, Amendment or Exhibit hereto, when used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Affiliate” means any Person which, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, on an aggregate basis, a ten percent (10%) or greater interest in any other Person, or which is controlled by or is under common control with any other Person. (b) “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business. (c) “Closing” means the time of issuance and sale by the Company of the Notes to the Purchasers. (d) “Closing Date” means the date the Notes are purchased by the Purchasers from the Company. (e) “Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement. (f) “Collateral Date” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement. (g) “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.


 
2 (h) “Common Stock Equivalents” means any capital stock or other security of the Company that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, and/or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock). (i) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto. (j) “Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in the Notes. (k) “Conversion Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Notes. (l) “Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Agreement, the IP Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantee and such other documents, instruments, certificates, supplements, amendments, exhibits and schedules required and/or attached pursuant to this Agreement and/or any of the above documents, and/or any other document and/or instrument related to the above agreements, documents and/or instruments, and the transactions hereunder and/or thereunder and/or any other agreement, documents or instruments required or contemplated hereunder or thereunder, whether now existing or at any time hereafter arising. (m) “Dollar(s)” and “$” means lawful money of the United States. (n) “Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in the Notes. (o) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. (p) “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time. (q) “Governmental Entity” means any national, federal, state, county, municipal, local or foreign government, or any political subdivision, court, body, agency or regulatory authority thereof, and any person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, taxing or administrative functions of or pertaining to any of the foregoing. (r) “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or the Purchasers under


 
3 such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) the capitalized amount of all capital lease obligations of such Person that would appear on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any capital stock of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, with respect to all unpaid drawings in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and similar obligations, (h) all guarantee obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, in each case, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided that, if such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be limited to the lesser of (A) the principal amount of the obligation being secured and (B) the fair market value of the encumbered property; and (j) all Contingent Obligations in respect to indebtedness or obligations of any Person of the kind referred to in clauses (a)-(i) above. (s) “IP Security Agreement” means the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as hereinafter amended and/or supplemented, together with all exhibits, schedules and annexes to such IP Security Agreement. (t) “Liabilities” means all direct or indirect liabilities and obligations of any kind of the Company to the Purchasers pursuant to the Notes, this Agreement and/or any of the other Documents. (u) “Liens” or “liens” means a lien, mortgage, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction. (v) “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, property, prospects, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Documents or (c) the rights or remedies of the Purchasers hereunder or thereunder. (w) “Notes” means all of the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A and any and all Note(s) issued in exchange, transfer or replacement of the Notes. (x) “OFAC” means the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. (y) “OFAC Regulations” means the regulations promulgated by OFAC, as amended from time to time. (z) “Permitted Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Notes, this Agreement and/or any other Document in favor of the Purchasers


 
4 including all Liabilities, (ii) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries set forth in the Company’s most recent SEC Reports, provided none of such Indebtedness, has been increased, extended and/or otherwise changed since the date of the most recent SEC Reports (other than Refinancing Indebtedness)), (iii) Indebtedness that is subordinated to and not equal to or senior to the Notes, (iv) trade Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business, (v) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens described in clauses “(iv)” and “(v)” of the definition of Permitted Liens, (vi) Indebtedness existing as of the date hereof; and (vii) any Refinancing Indebtedness of the foregoing. (aa) “Permitted Liens” means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialman’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens (A) upon or in any equipment acquired or held by the Company to secure the purchase price of such equipment or indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such equipment, and (B) existing on such equipment at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such equipment, (v) Liens arising in connection with capital lease obligations (and attaching only to the property being leased) or (vi) any Liens securing Permitted Indebtedness set forth in Sections (i) through (iii) and (v) through (vii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness. (bb) “Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, entity, party or government (whether national, federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof). (cc) “Principal Market” means the market or exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question. (dd) “Purchase Price” means the price to be paid by each Purchaser, in cash, to purchase such Purchaser’s Note. (ee) “Refinancing Indebtedness” means, Indebtedness that serves to refund, refinance, replace, renew, extend or defease (collectively, “refinance” with “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” having a correlative meaning) any Permitted Indebtedness (including any unpaid interest, premiums, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, fees, costs and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees incurred in connection with such refinancing)); provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced (or requires no or nominal payments in cash prior to the date that is 91 days after the maturity date of the Notes), and to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances Indebtedness subordinated to the Notes, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced.


 
5 (ff) “Required Minimum” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4. (gg) “SEC” or “Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. (hh) “SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p) hereof. (ii) “Securities” means the Notes purchased pursuant to this Agreement and all Underlying Shares and any securities of the Company issued in replacement, substitution and/or in connection with any exchange, conversion and/or any other transaction pursuant to which all or any of such securities of the Company to the Purchasers. (jj) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. (kk) “Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as hereinafter amended and/or supplemented, together with all exhibits, schedules and annexes to such Security Agreement. (ll) “Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock). (mm) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. (nn) “Subsidiary Guarantee” means the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated as of the date hereof, as hereinafter amended and/or supplemented, together with all exhibits, schedules and annexes to such Subsidiary Guarantee. (oo) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Trading Market, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on the Trading Market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on the Trading Market (or if the Trading Market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on the Trading Market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Purchasers. (pp) “Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock (or any other common stock of any other Person that references the Trading Market for its common stock) is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the OTC Bulletin Board, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market, the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca, the NYSE MKT, or the


 
6 OTCQX Marketplace, the OTCQB Marketplace, the OTC Pink Marketplace or any other tier operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (or any successor to any of the foregoing). (qq) “Transfer Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, with a mailing address of 1 State Street Plaza, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004 and a phone number of (212) 509-4000, and any successor transfer agent of the Company. (rr) “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies with respect to the Purchasers’ Liens on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies. (ss) “Underlying Shares” means the Conversion Shares. 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Use of Defined Terms. Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto. (b) Construction. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. (c) UCC Terms. Terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the UCC shall, unless the context indicates otherwise or are otherwise defined in this Agreement, have the meanings provided for by the UCC. ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE NOTES 2.1 Closing. The Closing shall occur on the Closing Date on the first (1st) Trading Day on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article V hereof are satisfied or waived in writing as provided elsewhere herein, or on such other date and time as agreed to by the Company and the Purchasers. 2.2 Conditions to Purchase of Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Purchaser will at the Closing, on the Closing Date, purchase from the Company the Note in the amount and for the Purchase Price as set forth on Schedule 1. 2.3 Purchase Price and Payment of the Purchase Price for the Notes. The Purchase Price for the Note to be purchased by each Purchaser at the Closing shall be as set forth on Schedule 1 and shall be paid at the Closing by such Purchaser by wire transfer of immediately available


 
7 funds to the Company in accordance with the Company’s written wiring instructions, against delivery of the Note. ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; OTHER ITEMS 3.1 Representation and Warranties of the Company. Except with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Documents, as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser that as of the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date therein): (a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Company required to be disclosed are set forth in the SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity ownership interest of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. (b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized and validly existing, and the Company and each Subsidiary is in good standing, under the respective laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. The Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification. (c) No Conflict. Neither the issue and sale of the Notes for the Purchase Price, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by any Documents nor the fulfillment of the terms thereof, will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company is a party or bound or to which its property is subject except where the relevant indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument has been waived, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties (the items listed in subclause (iii), collectively, “Applicable Laws”).


 
8 (d) Authorization; Enforcement. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of the Documents and the performance of all obligations of the Company under the Documents and have been taken on or prior to the date hereof. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. Each of the Documents has been duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by general equitable principles regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, (iii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iv) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law. (e) Title to Assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all personal properties other tangible properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from Liens and defects, except such as would not have or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance and with no exceptions, except such as would not have or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (f) No Violations of Laws. The Company is not in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any Applicable Laws, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (g) Accuracy of Information. No statement or information contained in this Agreement, the SEC Reports, any other Document or any other document, certificate or statement furnished to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company in writing for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the other Documents contained, as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was made or furnished, as the case may be, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading. There is no fact known to the Company that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Documents, or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Purchasers for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Documents. (h) Affiliate Transactions. None of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,


 
9 director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company and (iv) transactions contemplated by the Documents. (i) Taxes. The Company has timely filed all tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. (j) Transfer Taxes. There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of the Notes. (k) Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. (l) Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company ends on December 31 of each year. (m) Intellectual Property. The Company owns or has valid, binding and enforceable licenses or other rights under the patents, patent applications, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property necessary for, or used in the conduct, or the proposed conduct, of the business of the Company (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”); to the knowledge of the Company, the patents, trademarks, and copyrights, if any, included within the Intellectual Property are valid, enforceable, and subsisting; other than as disclosed in the SEC Reports, to the knowledge of the Company (A) the Company is not obligated to pay a material royalty, grant a license to, or provide other material consideration to any third party in connection with the Intellectual Property, (B) the Company has not received any notice of any claim of infringement, misappropriation or conflict with any asserted rights of others with respect to any of the Company’s drug candidates, services, processes or Intellectual Property, (C) neither the sale nor use of any of the discoveries, inventions, drug candidates, services or processes of the Company referred to in the SEC Reports do or will, to the knowledge of the Company, infringe, misappropriate or violate any right or valid patent claim of any third party, (D) none of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in material violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, upon any of its officers, directors or


 
10 employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons, (E) no third party has any ownership right in or to any Intellectual Property that is owned by the Company, other than any co- owner of any patent constituting Intellectual Property who is listed on the records of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) and any co-owner of any patent application constituting Intellectual Property who is named in such patent application, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no third party has any ownership right in or to any Intellectual Property in any field of use that is exclusively licensed to the Company, other than any licensor to the Company of such Intellectual Property, (F) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no material infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property, (G) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any Intellectual Property, and (H) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual Property has been licensed to the Company, and all such agreements are in full force and effect. All patents and patent applications necessary for, or used in the conduct, or the proposed conduct, of the business of the Company and owned by or licensed to the Company or under which the Company has rights have, to the knowledge of the Company, been duly and properly filed and maintained; to the knowledge of the Company, the parties prosecuting such patent applications have complied with their duty of candor and disclosure to the USPTO in connection with such applications; and the Company is not aware of any facts required to be disclosed to the USPTO that were not disclosed to the USPTO and which would preclude the grant of a patent in connection with any such application or would reasonably be expected to form the basis of a finding of invalidity with respect to any patents that have issued with respect to such applications. To the Company’s knowledge, all patents and patent applications owned by the Company and filed with the USPTO or any foreign or international patent authority (the “Company Patent Rights”) and all patents and patent applications in-licensed by the Company and filed with the USPTO or any foreign or international patent authority (the “In-licensed Patent Rights”) have been duly and properly filed; the Company believes it has complied with its duty of candor and disclosure to the USPTO for the Company Patent Rights and, to the Company’s knowledge, the licensors of the In-licensed Patent Rights have complied with their duty of candor and disclosure to the USPTO for the In-licensed Patent Rights. (n) FCPA. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company has and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.


 
11 (o) Valid Issuance of the Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens and all restrictions on transfer other than those expressly imposed by the federal securities laws and vest in the Purchaser full and sole title and power to the Securities. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized unissued capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum. (p) Capitalization and Voting Rights. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 310,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 300,000,000 are designated as Common Stock and 10,000,000 are designated as preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of June 30, 2024: (i) 10,258,873 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding; (ii) no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding; (iii) 1,679,045 shares of Common Stock were issuable (and such number was reserved for issuance) upon exercise of options to purchase Common Stock outstanding as of such date; and (iv) 1,181,466 shares of Common Stock were issuable (and such number was reserved for issuance) upon exercise of warrants to purchase Common Stock outstanding as of such date. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and other securities of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. Other than as set forth in the SEC Reports, there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of the Company’s securities under the Securities Act. No shares of Common Stock and/or other securities of the Company are entitled to preemptive rights and there are no outstanding debt securities and no contracts, commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of the capital stock and/or other securities of the Company or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company other than those issued or granted in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive and/or compensatory plans or arrangements. Except for customary transfer restrictions contained in agreements entered into by the Company to sell restricted securities, the Company is not a party to, and it has no knowledge of, any agreement restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital stock and/or other securities of the Company. To the Company’s knowledge, the offer and sale of all capital stock, convertible or exchangeable securities, rights, warrants, options and/or any other securities of the Company when any such securities of the Company were issued complied with all applicable federal and state securities laws, and no current and/or prior holder of any securities of the Company has any right of rescission or damages or any “put” or similar right with respect thereto that would have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no securities or instruments of the Company containing anti- dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance and/or sale of the Securities and/or the consummation of the transactions described herein or in any of the other Documents. (q) SEC Reports. The Company’s Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, since January 1, 2023 (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid waiver or extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As


 
12 of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and, in each case, to the rules promulgated thereunder, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (r) Financial Statements; Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. The financial statements and the related notes of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company as of and for the dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (s) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 relating to loans. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports or as disclosed to the Purchasers prior to the entry into this Agreement, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports or as disclosed to the Purchasers prior to the entry into this Agreement, (i) the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting are effective and (ii) the Company is not aware of any material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting. (t) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, such disclosure controls and procedures are effective. (u) Absence of Litigation. No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or its property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened that is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.


 
13 (v) No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of the Company’s affiliates or any other person acting on the Company’s behalf, has directly or indirectly engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising with respect to the Securities, nor have any of such persons made any offers or sales of any security of the Company, or any of the Company’s affiliates or solicited any offers to buy any security of the Company, or any of the Company’s or any affiliates under circumstances that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act or any other securities laws or cause this offering of Securities to be integrated with any prior offering of securities of the Company for purposes of the Securities Act in any manner that would affect the validity of the private placement exemption under the Securities Act for the offer and sale of the Securities hereunder. (w) Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Conversion Shares (x) No Consents. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except as may be required under the Securities Act, blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase of the Securities by the Purchasers. (y) Investment Company. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. (z) Accountants. Baker Tilly US, LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and delivered their report with respect to the audited financial statements included in the SEC Reports, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder. (aa) Seniority. As of the Closing Date, no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property covered thereby). (bb) DTC Eligible. The Common Stock is the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) eligible and DTC has not placed a “freeze” or a “chill” on the Common Stock and the Company has no reason to believe that DTC has any intention to make the Common Stock not DTC eligible, or place a “freeze” or “chill” on the Common Stock. (cc) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as disclosed in the SEC


 
14 Reports, the Company has not, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. (dd) Insurance. The Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company reasonably believes are prudent and customary in the businesses in which it is engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or its business, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company is in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; the Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business. (ee) Licenses. The Company possesses all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by all applicable authorities necessary to conduct its business, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect. (ff) FDA. Except as described in the SEC Reports, the Company: (A) is and at all times has been in material compliance with all statutes, rules or regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) and other comparable Governmental Entities applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product under development, manufactured or distributed by the Company (“Product Laws”); (B) has not been issued any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or written notice from the FDA or any other Governmental Entity alleging or asserting material noncompliance with any Product Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, exemptions, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Product Laws (“Authorizations”); (C) possesses all material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and the Company is not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) has not received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from the FDA or any other Governmental Entity or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in material violation of any Product Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that the FDA or any other Governmental Entity or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E) has not received notice that the FDA or any other Governmental Entity has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any material Authorizations and has no knowledge that the FDA or any other Governmental Entity is considering such action; and (F) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Product Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports,


 
15 documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission). (gg) Health Care Laws. The Company has operated and currently is in compliance with all applicable health care laws, rules and regulations to the extent they apply to the Company and its current activities (except where such failure to operate or non- compliance would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect), including, without limitation, (i) the Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.); (ii) all applicable federal, state, local and all applicable foreign healthcare related fraud and abuse laws, including, without limitation, the federal Anti-kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a- 7b(b)), the U.S. Physician Payments Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the criminal False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), all criminal laws relating to healthcare fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. Sections 286 and 287, the healthcare fraud criminal provisions under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), and the civil monetary penalties law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a- 7a); (iii) HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic Clinical Health Act (42 U.S.C. Section 17921 et seq.); (iv) the regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws; and (v) any other similar local, state, federal, or foreign laws (collectively, the “Health Care Laws”). Neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any of its officers, directors, employees or agents have engaged in activities which are, as applicable, cause for false claims liability, civil penalties, or mandatory or permissive exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid, or any other state or federal healthcare program. The Company has not received written notice or other correspondence of any claim, action, suit, audit, survey, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action (“Action”) from any court or arbitrator or Governmental Entity or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in violation of any Health Care Laws, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action is threatened. The Company is not a party to and does not have any ongoing reporting obligations pursuant to any corporate integrity agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, settlement order, plan of correction or similar agreement imposed by any Governmental Entity. Additionally, neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any of its employees, officers or directors, has been excluded, suspended, disqualified, or debarred from participation in any U.S. state or federal health care program or human clinical research or, to the knowledge of the Company, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action that could reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, disqualification, or exclusion. (hh) FFDCA. The nonclinical studies and clinical trials conducted by or, to the Company’s knowledge, on behalf of the Company were and, if still ongoing, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to accepted professional scientific standards and all Authorizations and Product Laws, including, without limitation, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, “FFDCA”); the descriptions of the results of such nonclinical studies and clinical trials contained in the SEC Reports are, to the Company’s knowledge, accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the data derived from such nonclinical studies and clinical trials; except to the extent disclosed in the SEC Reports, the


 
16 Company is not aware of any nonclinical studies or clinical trials, the results of which the Company believes reasonably call into question any study or trial results described or referred to in the SEC Reports when viewed in the context in which such results are described; and, except to the extent disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has not received any written notices or other correspondence from the FDA or any other Governmental Entity requiring the termination or suspension of any studies or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company. (ii) Licenses. Except as described in the SEC Reports or would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has violated or is in violation of any Applicable Laws relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) the Company and its Subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required for their operations under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company threatened, administrative, regulatory or judicial Actions relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any Subsidiary and (D) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an Action by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws. (jj) ERISA. None of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure to fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan that is required to be funded, determined without regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any of the Company that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) any breach of any contractual obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) a non-exempt prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code with respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (i) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans in the current fiscal year of the Company compared to the amount of such contributions made in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company; (ii) a material increase in the “accumulated post- retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) of the Company as compared to the amount of such obligations in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company; (iii) any event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv)


 
17 the filing of a claim by one or more employees or former employees of the Company related to their employment that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Plan” means a plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which the Company may have any liability. (kk) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no Action by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. (ll) Sanctions. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Company or its Subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government (including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as an agent, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. (mm) Sanctioned Jurisdictions. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Company, is a Person that is, or is 50% or more owned or otherwise controlled by a Person that is: (i) the subject of any Sanctions; or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (collectively, “Sanctioned Jurisdictions” and each, a “Sanctioned Jurisdiction”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or with or in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction, in the preceding 3 years, nor does the Company have any plans to increase its dealings or transactions with Sanctioned Persons, or with or in Sanctioned Jurisdictions. (nn) Nasdaq Listing. The Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Market. The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from The Nasdaq Global Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or The Nasdaq Global Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. To the Company’s knowledge, it is in compliance with all applicable listing requirements of The Nasdaq Global Market. The Company is not aware of any circumstance that would cause the Conversion Shares to not be approved for listing by The Nasdaq Global Market.


 
18 (oo) Disqualification Event. No “bad actor” disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) of the 1933 Act (a “Disqualification Event”) is applicable to the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Company Covered Person (as defined below), except for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii–iv) or (d)(3), is applicable. “Company Covered Person” means, with respect to the Company as an “issuer” for purposes of Rule 506 promulgated under the 1933 Act, any person listed in the first paragraph of Rule 506(d)(1). (pp) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of each Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. (qq) Stockholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving any Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers. (rr) Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity. 3.2 Representations and Warranties of each Purchaser. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows: (a) Authorization. Such Purchaser represents and warrants that: (i) Purchaser has all requisite legal and corporate or other power and capacity and has taken all requisite corporate or other action to execute and deliver this Agreement, to purchase the Notes and to carry out and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement; and (ii) this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally. (b) Own Account. Each Purchaser is purchasing the Notes for its own account, for investment purposes only, and not with a present view to, or for, resale, distribution or fractionalization thereof, in whole or in part, within the meaning of the Securities Act. Each Purchaser understands and acknowledges that the Securities are “restricted securities” and understands that its acquisition of the Securities has not been registered under the Securities Act or registered or qualified under any state securities law in reliance on specific exemptions therefrom, which exemptions may depend upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of each Purchaser’s investment intent as expressed herein. Each Purchaser will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge of) the Securities except in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.


 
19 (c) Accredited Investor Status; Investment Experience. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Note, it was, and as of the date hereof it is: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Such Purchaser has the authority and is duly and legally qualified to purchase and own the Note. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Company’s filings with the Commission and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the sale of the Notes and the merits and risks of holding the Notes and (ii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Such Purchaser is not a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or an “associated person” (as such term is defined under the FINRA rules and regulations). (d) Experience of Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment. (e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser represents and acknowledges that it has not been solicited to offer to purchase or to purchase any Notes by means of any general solicitation or advertising within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act. (f) Reliance on Exemptions. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and each Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of each Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of each Purchaser to acquire the Securities. Each Purchaser further acknowledges and understands that the Securities may not be resold or otherwise transferred except in a transaction registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available. (g) Information. Such Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Such Purchaser understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of its Securities. Such Purchaser is relying solely on its own accounting, legal and tax advisors, and not on any statements of the Company or any of its agents or representatives, for such accounting, legal and tax advice with respect to its acquisition of the Securities. (h) No Governmental Review. Each Purchaser understands that the Securities being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements


 
20 of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and each Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of each Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of each Purchaser to acquire the Securities. Each Purchaser further acknowledges and understands that the Securities may not be resold or otherwise transferred except in a transaction registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available. (i) Validity; Enforcement; No Conflicts. This Agreement and each Document to which such Purchaser is a party have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Purchaser and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Purchaser enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies. (j) Organization and Standing. Such Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State where it was formed. (k) Brokers or Finders. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by such Purchaser to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Documents. The Company shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Documents. (l) Ability to Perform. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending against such Purchaser or such Purchaser’s assets before any court or governmental agency (nor is there any threat thereof) that would impair in any way such Purchaser’s ability to enter into and fully perform its commitments and obligations under this Agreement and the Documents to which it is a party or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. (m) Confidentiality. Other than confidential disclosure to other Persons party to this Agreement or to the Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). ARTICLE IV COVENANTS 4.1 Transfer Restrictions. (a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser, the Company may require, at the Company’s expense, the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an


 
21 opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement. (b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form: [NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. 4.2 Rule 144 Availability; Public Information. If at any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof and ending on the date that the Notes are no longer outstanding, if the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act (a “Public Information Failure”), then, in addition to the Purchasers’ other available remedies, the Company shall pay to the Purchasers, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell any Underlying Shares, an amount in cash equal to one percent (1.0%) of such Purchaser’s Purchase Price on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days) thereafter until the earlier of (1) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (2) such time that such public information is no longer required for the Purchasers to transfer the Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The payments to which the Purchasers shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.2 are referred to herein as “Rule 144 Failure Payments”. Rule 144 Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Rule 144 Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Trading Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Rule 144 Failure Payments is cured. 4.3 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or that the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands that each Purchaser may be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any


 
22 material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to Company or any of its officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company or any of its officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of such material, non-public information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. Such Purchaser shall not have any liability to the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, stockholders or agents, for any such disclosure. The Company understands that each Purchaser may be relying on the foregoing covenants and obligations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Section 4.3 shall not apply to any Purchaser, that is an officer, director or employee of the Company. 4.4 Reservation of Shares. (a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum (as defined below). The “Required Minimum” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion in full of the Notes, ignoring any conversion limits set forth therein. For purposes of calculating the Required Minimum, the Company shall assume that all outstanding principal of all Notes will remain outstanding until the applicable Maturity Date. (b) The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the Principal Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing or quotation on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing or quotation and (iv) maintain the listing or quotation of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer. 4.5 Securities Law Disclosure; Publicity. (i) No later than 9:30 am (EDT) on the fourth Trading Day after the date hereof, the Company shall issue a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”) disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and including the Documents required to be included in such Current Report as exhibits thereto. The Company represents to the Purchasers that, as of the issuance of the first such Current Report, the Company shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to the Purchasers, if any, as of such time by the Company, or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Documents. The


 
23 Company shall afford each Purchaser and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (“Orrick”) as Purchasers’ counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon, shall consult with them on the form and substance of, and shall give due consideration to all such comments from them on, any press release, SEC filing or any other public disclosure made by or on behalf of the Company relating to such Purchaser, the Documents and/or the transactions contemplated by any Document, prior to the issuance, filing or public disclosure thereof, and the Company shall not issue, file or publicly disclose any such information to which any Purchaser shall reasonably object, unless required by law. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be required to submit for review any such disclosure contained in periodic reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act if it shall have previously provided the same or substantially the same disclosure for review in connection with a previous filing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except: (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b). 4.6 Taxes and Liabilities. The Company shall pay when due all of its material taxes, assessments and other liabilities, except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established. 4.7 Maintenance of Business; Company Names. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) keep all material property and systems useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition in all material respects, (ii) preserve its existence, rights and privileges in the jurisdiction of its organization or formation and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary (other than such failure to qualify that would not be material to the Company), (iii) not operate in any business other than a business substantially the same as the business as in effect on the date of this Agreement or any business substantially related or incidental thereto; provided, however, that it may change its jurisdiction of organization or formation establishment upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Purchasers. The Company shall give Purchasers thirty (30) days’ prior written notice before the Company changes its name or does business under any other name. 4.8 Employee Benefit Plans. The Company shall (i) maintain each plan and/or each employee benefit plan as to which it may have any liability in substantial compliance with all applicable requirements of law and regulations in all material respects; and (ii) make all payments and contributions required to be made pursuant to such Plans and/or plans in a timely manner. 4.9 Good Title. The Company shall at all times maintain good and marketable title to all of its material assets necessary for the operation of its business. 4.10 Maintenance of Intellectual Property Rights. The Company will take all reasonable action necessary or advisable to maintain all of the Intellectual Property rights of the Company that are necessary or material to the conduct of its business in full force and effect, however the


 
24 Company has decided in the past and may decide in the future to abandon certain Intellectual Property rights it deems, in its sole discretion, are not in the best interest of the Company. 4.11 Negative Covenants. Until all the Liabilities are paid in full, Company covenants and agrees that: (a) Restricted Payments. Except as contemplated by the Documents, the Company shall not directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness, whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness, except for Permitted Indebtedness; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein or elsewhere, in no event shall the Company directly and/or indirectly make any payment to any officer, director, or 5% or greater beneficial holder of the Company’s voting stock or Common Stock or an affiliate of the Company and/or any affiliate of any such person representing the direct and/or indirect repayment of Indebtedness, premiums and/or interest on Indebtedness, and/or accrued but unpaid interest, except to the extent any such payments are made to such a person in their capacity as a Purchaser. (b) Restriction on Redemption and Dividends. Other than as permitted or required under the Documents, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem or repurchase more than a de minimis number of shares of or declare or pay any dividend or distribution on any of its capital stock whether in cash, stock rights and/or property. (c) Indebtedness. The Company shall not incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except for Permitted Indebtedness. (d) Liens. The Company shall not create or permit to exist any Liens or security interests with respect to any assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and owned, except for Permitted Liens. (e) Guaranties, Loans or Advances. The Company shall not become or be a guarantor or surety of, or otherwise become or be responsible in any manner with respect to any undertaking of any other Person, or make or permit to exist any loans or advances to or investments in any other Person, except for (i) guarantee obligations that are Permitted Indebtedness and (ii) the endorsement, in the ordinary course of collection, of instruments payable to it or to its order. (f) Change of Control. The Company shall not effect any Change of Control Transaction (as defined in the Note) unless all Liabilities under the Notes are paid in full prior to or contemporaneously with the closing of such Change of Control Transaction, provided, however, the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any Change of Control Transaction that involves the Purchaser. (g) Change in Nature of Business. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any business substantially different from the business conducted by the Company on the Closing Date or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.


 
25 (h) Violation of Law. The Company shall not violate any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, order, writ or injunction of any federal, state or local authority, court, agency, bureau, board, commission, department or governmental body if such violation could have a Material Adverse Effect. (i) Transactions with Affiliates. Other than with someone in their capacity as a Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall not directly and/or indirectly enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related transactions which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the SEC (including, without limitation, lending funds to an Affiliate and/or borrowing funds from any Affiliate, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property, securities or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any officer, director, Affiliate and/or any Affiliate of such person, unless such transaction is made on an arms’ length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval). 4.12 Further Assurances. The Company shall, from time to time execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take such actions, as the Purchasers may reasonably request for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Documents. 4.13 Secured Obligation. For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of the Company under the Documents are secured by the Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement. Further, the term “Obligations” as defined in the Security Agreement shall include, without limitation, principal of, and interest on the Notes and the loans extended pursuant thereto. 4.14 Stockholder Approval. At the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders to be held in 2025, or if a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders is held prior to such date, the Company shall include all proposals for any approvals as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of Nasdaq with respect to a change of control of the Company pursuant to Section 5635(b) of the Listing Rules of Nasdaq. ARTICLE V CLOSING CONDITIONS 5.1 Closing Conditions of Purchaser. Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase the Note at Closing is subject to the fulfillment of each and every one of the following conditions prior to or contemporaneously with such Closing (unless waived by such Purchaser in writing in its sole and absolute discretion): (a) Delivery of Documents. Each Purchaser shall have received from the Company each of the following (together with all Exhibits, Schedules, and annexes to each of the following), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser and its counsel and, where applicable, duly executed and recorded (to the extent required): (i) this Agreement; (ii) the Note in such Purchaser’s name having the principal amount set forth on Schedule 1;


 
26 (iii) the Security Agreement; (iv) the IP Security Agreement; (v) the Subsidiary Guarantee; (vi) the opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser; (vii) a certificate evidencing the good standing of the Company and each subsidiary guarantor in Delaware or Massachusetts, as applicable; (viii) a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as certified by the Delaware Secretary of State within five (5) days of the Closing Date; and (ix) a certificate, in the form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions approving the Documents as adopted by the Company’s board of directors or a designated committee thereof in a form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and (iii) the Bylaws of the Company, each as in effect at the Closing. (b) Approvals. The receipt by each Purchaser of all governmental and third- party approvals necessary in connection with the execution and performance of the Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, all of which consents/approvals shall be in full force and effect. (c) Additional Conditions. The fulfillment of each and every one of the following conditions prior to or contemporaneously with the Closing: (i) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by Company in or pursuant to the Documents and all Schedules and/or Exhibits to this Agreement and/or any of the other Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date as if made (or given) on and as of such date (except where such representation and warranty speaks of a specific date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such date). (ii) No Events of Default. No Event of Default or any other event that, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred or would result from the sale of the Notes to the Purchaser or the performance of any other transaction set forth or contemplated by any of the Documents. (iii) Compliance with Laws. The Company shall have complied with all applicable federal, state and local governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the Company shall have obtained all permits and


 
27 qualifications required by any applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers. (iv) No Injunction. No statute, regulation, order, decree, writ, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, threatened in writing or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of or which would materially modify or delay the execution and performance of the Documents and/or any of the transactions contemplated by the Documents. (v) No Proceedings or Litigation. No action, suit or proceeding before any arbitrator or any court or governmental authority shall have been commenced or threatened in writing, and no inquiry or investigation by any governmental authority shall have been commenced or threatened in writing, against the Company, or any of the officers, directors or affiliates of the Company, seeking to restrain, prevent or change the Documents and/or any of the transactions contemplated by the Documents, or seeking material damages in connection with such Documents and/or transactions. (vi) No Material Adverse Effect. No condition, occurrence, state of facts or event constituting a Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing. (vii) No Suspension of Trading in or Notice of Delisting of Common Stock. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended and/or halted by the SEC, the Principal Market or FINRA. The Company shall not have received any final and non- appealable notice that the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Principal Market shall be terminated on a date certain (unless, prior to such date certain, the Common Stock is listed or quoted on any other Trading Market); trading in securities generally as reported on the Principal Market shall not have been suspended or limited, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the U.S. or New York State authorities; there shall not have been imposed any suspension of electronic trading or settlement services by the DTC with respect to the Common Stock that is continuing; the Company shall not have received any notice from DTC to the effect that a suspension of electronic trading or settlement services by DTC with respect to the Common Stock is being imposed or is contemplated (unless, prior to such suspension, DTC shall have notified the Company in writing that DTC has determined not to impose any such suspension); nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse change in any U.S. financial, credit or securities market that is continuing. 5.2 Closing Conditions of Company. The obligation of the Company to sell and issue the Notes to the Purchasers at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment, to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction, prior to or contemporaneously with the Closing, of each of the following conditions (unless waived by the Company in writing in its sole and absolute discretion): (a) Delivery of Documents. The Company shall have received from each Purchaser each of the following (together with all Exhibits, Schedules, and annexes to each of the following), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its counsel and, where applicable, duly executed and recorded (to the extent required):


 
28 (i) this Agreement; (ii) the Security Agreement; and (iii) the IP Security Agreement. (b) Approvals. The receipt by the Company of all governmental and third-party approvals necessary in connection with the execution and performance of the Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, all of which consents/approvals shall be in full force and effect. (c) Additional Conditions. The fulfillment of each and every one of the following conditions prior to or contemporaneously with the Closing: (i) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by the Purchasers in or pursuant to the Documents and all Schedules and/or Exhibits to this Agreement and/or any of the other Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date as if made (or given) on and as of such date (except where such representation and warranty speaks of a specific date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such date). (ii) Compliance with Laws. The Purchasers shall have complied with all applicable federal, state and local governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, any applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws. (iii) No Injunction. No statute, regulation, order, decree, writ, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, threatened in writing or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of or that would materially modify or delay any of the transactions contemplated by the Documents. (iv) Receipt of the Purchase Price. The Company shall have received the Purchase Price from each Purchaser as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto. ARTICLE VI REGISTRATION RIGHTS 6.1 Definitions. For the purpose of this Section 6: (a) the term “Resale Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement required to be filed by Section 6.2 below, and shall include any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, exhibit or amendment included in or relating to such registration statements; and (b) the term “Registrable Shares” means the Conversion Shares; provided, however, that a security shall cease to be a Registrable Share upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) a Resale Registration Statement registering such security under the Securities Act has been declared or becomes effective and such security has been sold or otherwise transferred


 
29 by the holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Resale Registration Statement, (ii) such security is sold pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such security relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company, (iii) such security is eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without condition or restriction, including without any limitation as to volume of sales, and without the holder complying with any method of sale requirements or notice requirements under Rule 144, or (iv) such security shall cease to be outstanding following its issuance. 6.2 Registration Procedures and Expenses. The Company shall: (a) use best efforts to file a Resale Registration Statement (the “Mandatory Registration Statement”) with the Commission on or before November 15, 2024 (the “Filing Date”) to register the applicable Registrable Shares on Form S-3 under the Securities Act (providing for shelf registration of such Registrable Shares under Commission Rule 415); (b) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Mandatory Registration Statement to be declared effective within 30 days following each Filing Date (or, in the event the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”) reviews and has written comments to any Mandatory Registration Statement, within 90 days following the receipt of such written comments) (the earlier of the foregoing or the applicable date set forth in Section 1.6(h), the “Effectiveness Date”), such efforts to include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, preparing and filing with the Commission any financial statements or other information that is required to be filed prior to the effectiveness of such Mandatory Registration Statement; (c) notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Commission limits the amount of Registrable Shares or otherwise requires a reduction in the number of Registrable Shares that may be included and sold by the Purchasers in a Mandatory Registration Statement (in each case, subject to Section 6.3), then the Company shall prepare and file (i) within 20 business days of the first date or time that such excluded Registrable Shares may then be included in a Resale Registration Statement if the Commission shall have notified the Company that certain Registrable Shares were not eligible for inclusion in such Resale Registration Statement or (ii) in all other cases, within 30 days following the date that the Company becomes aware that such additional Resale Registration Statement is required (the “Additional Filing Date”), a Resale Registration Statement (any such Resale Registration Statement registering such excluded Registrable Shares, an “Additional Registration Statement” and, together with the Mandatory Registration Statement, a “Resale Registration Statement”) to register any Registrable Shares that have been excluded (or, if applicable, the maximum number of such excluded Registrable Shares that the Company is permitted to register for resale on such Additional Registration Statement consistent with Commission guidance), if any, from being registered on the Mandatory Registration Statement; (d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such Additional Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable following the Additional Filing Date, such efforts to include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, preparing and filing with the Commission any financial statements or other information that is required to be filed prior to the effectiveness of any such Additional Registration Statement;


 
30 (e) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Resale Registration Statements and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Resale Registration Statements continuously effective and free from any material misstatement or omission to state a material fact therein until termination of such obligation as provided in Section 6.5 below, subject to the Company’s right to suspend pursuant to Section 6.4; (f) furnish to the Purchasers such number of copies of prospectuses in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and such other documents as the Purchasers may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of all or any of the Registrable Shares by the Purchasers; (g) file such documents as may be required of the Company for normal securities law clearance for the resale of the Registrable Shares in such states of the United States as may be reasonably requested by the Purchasers and use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain such blue sky qualifications during the period the Company is required to maintain effectiveness of the Resale Registration Statements; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection with this Section 1.6(g) to qualify as a foreign corporation or execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or has not so consented; (h) upon notification by the Commission that a Resale Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is not subject to further review by the Commission, the Company shall within five business days following the date of such notification request acceleration of such Resale Registration Statement (with the requested effectiveness date to be not more than two business days later); (i) upon notification by the Commission that that a Resale Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the Company shall file the final prospectus under Rule 424 of the Securities Act (“Rule 424”) within the applicable time period prescribed by Rule 424; (j) advise the Purchasers promptly: (i) of the effectiveness of a Resale Registration Statement or any post- effective amendments thereto; (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments to a Resale Registration Statement or amendments to the prospectus or for additional information relating thereto; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Resale Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Registrable Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes; and (iv) of the existence of any fact and the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in a Resale Registration Statement, the prospectus


 
31 and amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in a Resale Registration Statement or the prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading; (k) cause all Registrable Shares to be listed on each securities exchange, if any, on which equity securities by the Company are then listed; (l) bear all expenses in connection with the procedures in paragraphs (a) through (l) of this Section 6.2 and the registration of the Registrable Shares on such Resale Registration Statement and the satisfaction of the blue sky laws of such states; and (m) if (i) the initial Resale Registration Statement covering the Registrable Shares is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the Filing Date, (ii) the initial Resale Registration Statement or any other Resale Registration Statement, as applicable, is not declared effective by the Commission (or otherwise does not become effective) for any reason on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, (iii) after its Effectiveness Date, (A) such Registration Statement ceases for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Resale Registration Statement), to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Shares for which it is required to be effective, or (B) the Purchasers are not permitted to utilize the prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Shares or (iv) after the Filing Date, and only in the event a Resale Registration Statement is not effective or available to sell all Registrable Shares, the Company fails to file with the Commission any required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act such that it is not in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1), as a result of which the Purchasers who are not affiliates are unable to sell Registrable Shares without restriction under Rule 144 (any such failure or breach in clauses (i) through (iv) above being referred to as an “Event,” and, for purposes of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), the date on which such Event occurs, being referred to as an “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Purchasers may have hereunder or under applicable law on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company will pay to each Purchaser an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty (“Liquidated Damages”), equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement for any Registrable Shares held by such Purchaser on the Event Date. The Liquidated Damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event, except in the case of the first Event Date. Such payments shall constitute the Purchasers’ exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Purchasers to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to each Purchaser in cash no later than five (5) Business Days after the date payable (such applicable date, the “Payment Date”). Interest shall accrue on the amount of Liquidated Damages that are not be paid by the Payment Date at the rate of 1% per month, accruing daily from the date such Liquidated Damages are due until such amount, plus interest thereon, is paid in full. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, with respect to a Purchaser (i) the Filing Date and each Effectiveness Date for a Resale Registration Statement shall be extended, without default by or Liquidated Damages payable by the Company to such holder hereunder if the Company’s failure to make such filing or obtain such effectiveness results from the failure of such Purchaser to timely provide the Company with information requested by the Company and necessary to complete a Resale Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act (in which case any such deadline would be


 
32 extended with respect to all Registrable Shares held by such Purchaser until such time as the Purchaser provides such requested information), it being understood that the failure of such Purchaser to timely provide such information to the Company shall not affect the rights of other Purchasers herein, and (ii) in no event shall the aggregate amount of Liquidated Damages (or interest thereon) paid under this Agreement to any Purchaser exceed, in the aggregate, 5% of the aggregate purchase price of the Registrable Shares purchased by such Purchaser under this Agreement. 6.3 Rule 415; Cutback. If at any time the Staff takes the position that the offering of some or all of the Registrable Shares in a Registration Statement is not eligible to be made on a delayed or continuous basis under the provisions of Rule 415 under the Securities Act or requires any Purchaser to be named as an “underwriter,” the Company shall (in consultation with legal counsel to Purchaser) use its commercially reasonable efforts to persuade the Commission that the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement is a valid secondary offering and not an offering “by or on behalf of the issuer” as defined in Rule 415 and that none of the Purchasers is an “underwriter.” In the event that, despite the Company’s commercially reasonable efforts and compliance with the terms of this Section 6.3, the Staff refuses to alter its position, the Company shall (i) remove from the Registration Statement such portion of the Registrable Shares (the “Cut Back Shares”) and/or (ii) agree to such restrictions and limitations on the registration and resale of the Registrable Shares as the Staff may require to assure the Company’s compliance with the requirements of Rule 415 (collectively, the “SEC Restrictions”); provided, however, that the Company shall not agree to name any Purchaser as an “underwriter” in such Registration Statement without the prior written consent of such Purchaser. Any cutback imposed on the Purchasers pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be allocated among the Purchasers on a pro rata basis, unless the SEC Restrictions otherwise require or provide or the Purchasers holding a majority of the Registrable Shares otherwise agree. No liquidated damages shall accrue as to any Cut Back Shares until such date as the Company is able to effect the registration of such Cut Back Shares in accordance with any SEC Restrictions (such date, the “Restriction Termination Date” of such Cut Back Shares). From and after the Restriction Termination Date applicable to any Cut Back Shares, all of the provisions of this Section 6 shall again be applicable to such Cut Back Shares; provided, however, that (x) the Filing Deadline for the Registration Statement including such Cut Back Shares shall be 10 business days after such Restriction Termination Date, and (y) the Effectiveness Deadline with respect to such Cut Back Shares shall be the earlier of (A) the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Commission informs the Company (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) that no review of such Resale Registration Statement will be made or that the Commission has no further comments on such Resale Registration Statement and (B) 30th day immediately after the Restriction Termination Date (or the 90th day immediately after the Restriction Termination Date if the Commission reviews such Resale Registration Statement). 6.4 Prospectus Suspension. Each Purchaser acknowledges that there may be times when the Company must suspend the use of the prospectus forming a part of a Resale Registration Statement until such time as an amendment to a Resale Registration Statement has been filed by the Company and declared effective by the Commission, or until such time as the Company has filed an appropriate report with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act. Each Purchaser hereby covenants that it will not sell any Registrable Shares pursuant to said prospectus during the


 
33 period commencing at the time at which the Company gives the Purchasers notice of the suspension of the use of said prospectus and ending at the time the Company gives the Purchasers notice that the Purchasers may thereafter effect sales pursuant to said prospectus; provided, that such suspension periods shall in no event exceed 30 consecutive trading days or 60 total trading days in any 12 month period (any such suspension, an “Allowed Delay”) and that, in the good faith judgment of the Company’s board, the Company would, in the absence of such delay or suspension hereunder, be required under state or federal securities laws to disclose any corporate development, a potentially significant transaction or event involving the Company, or any negotiations, discussions, or proposals directly relating thereto, in either case the disclosure of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect upon the Company or its stockholders. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as practicable and shall provide prompt written notice to Purchasers whose Registrable Shares are included in the Resale Registration Statement of the termination of an Allowed Delay and take such other reasonable actions to permit registered sales of Registrable Shares as contemplated hereby. 6.5 Termination of Obligations. The obligations of the Company pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof shall cease and terminate, with respect to any Registrable Shares, upon the earlier to occur of (a) such time such Registrable Shares have been resold, or (b) such time as such Registrable Shares no longer remain Registrable Shares pursuant to Section 1.6(b) hereof. 6.6 Reporting Requirements. (a) With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission that may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Shares to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, the Company agrees to: (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144; (ii) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and (iii) so long as a Purchaser owns Registrable Shares, to furnish to such Purchaser upon request (A) a written statement by the Company as to whether it is in compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, or whether it is qualified as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Commission Form S-3, (B) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Purchaser to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144. 6.7 Blue Sky. The Company shall obtain and maintain all necessary blue sky law permits and qualifications, or secured exemptions therefrom, required by any state for the offer and sale of Registrable Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.


 
34 ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS 7.1 No Waiver; Modifications In Writing. No failure or delay on the part of any Purchaser in exercising any right, power or remedy pursuant to the Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. No provision of the Documents may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and Purchasers holding a majority of the then outstanding principal under the Notes, or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. Any waiver of any provision of the Documents and any consent by any Purchaser to any departure by the Company from the terms of any provision of the Documents shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on the Company in any case shall entitle the Company to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. 7.2 Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by e-mail if sent during normal business hours of the recipient; if not, then on the next Business Day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt: If to Company: Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. 451 D Street, Suite 501 Boston, MA 02210 Attention: Legal Department, General Counsel Email: megan.filoon@elicio.com With copies to: (which shall not constitute notice): Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 Attention: William Hicks, Esq.; Daniel Bagliebter, Esq. Email: WCHicks@mintz.com; DABagliebter@mintz.com If to the Purchasers: To the address on each Purchaser’s signature page. With copies to: (which shall not constitute notice): Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP


 
35 222 Berkeley St #2000 Boston, MA 02116 Attention: Stephen Thau, Esq.; Albert Vanderlaan, Esq. Email: sthau@orrick.com; avanderlaan@orrick.com Any party hereto may from time to time change its address for notices by giving written notice of such changed address to the other party hereto. 7.3 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. (a) The Company shall pay any and all stamp, transfer and other similar taxes payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of the Documents and the Company agrees to hold the Purchasers harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes. If any suit or proceeding arising from any of the foregoing is brought against any Purchaser, Company, to the extent and in the manner reasonably directed by the Purchaser, will resist and defend such suit or proceeding or cause the same to be resisted and defended by counsel reasonably approved by such Purchaser. (b) The Company agrees (i) to treat the Notes as indebtedness and (ii) not to treat the Notes as (x) “contingent payment debt obligations” that have been issued with “original issue discount,” or (y) as accruing any imputed interest, in each case, for U.S. federal, and applicable state and local, income tax purposes, and the Company and the Purchasers shall not take any position inconsistent with such treatment on any tax return, report, form or other document, unless otherwise required by a change in law after the date hereof, a closing agreement with an applicable taxing authority, a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or any other “determination” as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code. 7.4 Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchasers, and the partners, members, managers, officers, directors, trustees, advisors, employees and agents of the Purchasers and each person, if any, who controls the Purchasers within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may become subject (under the Securities Act or otherwise) insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon, any material breach of this Agreement by the Company or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or arise out of any failure by the Company to fulfill any undertaking included in a Registration Statement and the Company will, as incurred, reimburse the Purchasers, and their partners, members, officers, directors or controlling Persons for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability (collectively, “Loss”) arises out of, or is based upon: (i) an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in such Registration


 
36 Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Purchasers, or their partners, members, officers, directors or controlling persons specifically for use in preparation of a Registration Statement; or (ii) any breach of this Agreement by the Purchasers; provided further, however, that the Company shall not be liable to the Purchasers (or any partner, member, officer, director or controlling Person of the Purchasers) to the extent that any such Loss is caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus if either (i) (A) any Purchaser failed to send or deliver a copy of the final prospectus with or prior to, or any Purchaser failed to confirm that a final prospectus was deemed to be delivered prior to (in accordance with Rule 172 of the Securities Act), the delivery of written confirmation of the sale by a Purchaser to the Person asserting the claim from which such Loss resulted and (B) the final prospectus corrected such untrue statement or omission, (ii) (X) such untrue statement or omission is corrected in an amendment or supplement to the prospectus and (Y) having previously been furnished by or on behalf of the Company with copies of the prospectus as so amended or supplemented or notified by the Company that such amended or supplemented prospectus has been filed with the Commission, in accordance with Rule 172 of the Securities Act, any Purchaser thereafter fails to deliver such prospectus as so amended or supplemented, with or prior to or a Purchaser fails to confirm that the prospectus as so amended or supplemented was deemed to be delivered prior to (in accordance with Rule 172 of the Securities Act), the delivery of written confirmation of the sale by a Purchaser to the person asserting the claim from which such Loss resulted or (iii) a Purchaser sold Conversion Shares in violation of such Purchasers’ covenant contained in Section 3.2. (b) The Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company (and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who signs a Registration Statement and each director of the Company), from and against any Losses to which the Company (or any such officer, director or controlling person) may become subject (under the Securities Act or otherwise), insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon, any material breach of this Agreement by the Purchasers or untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement (or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in each case, on the effective date thereof), if, and only to the extent, such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of the Purchasers specifically for use in preparation of a Registration Statement, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, will reimburse the Company (and each of its officers, directors or controlling persons) for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 6.4(b) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by the Purchasers upon the sale of such Registrable Shares (net of all expenses paid by such Purchaser in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6.4(b) and the amount of any damages such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission).


 
37 (c) Promptly after receipt by any indemnified person of a notice of a claim or the beginning of any action in respect of which indemnity is to be sought against an indemnifying person pursuant to this Section 6.4, such indemnified person shall notify the indemnifying person in writing of such claim or of the commencement of such action, and, subject to the provisions hereinafter stated, in case any such action shall be brought against an indemnified person and such indemnifying person shall have been notified thereof, such indemnifying person shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it shall wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified person. After notice from the indemnifying person to such indemnified person of its election to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying person shall not be liable to such indemnified person for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified person in connection with the defense thereof; provided, however, that if there exists or shall exist a conflict of interest that would make it inappropriate in the reasonable judgment of the indemnified person for the same counsel to represent both the indemnified person and such indemnifying person or any affiliate or associate thereof, the indemnified person shall be entitled to retain its own counsel at the expense of such indemnifying person; provided, further, that no indemnifying person shall be responsible for the fees and expense of more than one separate counsel for all indemnified parties. The indemnifying party shall not settle an action without the consent of the indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.4 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any Losses referred to herein, the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall to the extent permitted by applicable law contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, that in no event shall any contribution by an indemnifying party hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such indemnifying party upon the sale of such Conversion Shares. 7.5 Counterparts; Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts, once they are executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement. This Agreement and the Documents may be executed by any party to this Agreement or any of the Documents by original signature, facsimile and/or electronic signature. 7.6 Binding Effects; Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each Purchaser, Company and their respective successors, assigns, representatives and heirs. Neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall assign any of its rights nor delegate any of its obligations under the Documents without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, that, Purchaser may transfer this Agreement to its Affiliates (with the definition of “Affiliate” for this purposes, and only this purpose, being modified to replace “ten percent (10%)” with “fifty percent (50%)”). 7.7 Headings. Captions contained in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit or extend the scope or intent of this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.


 
38 7.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Documents, contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and therein and supersedes all prior representations, agreements, covenants and understandings, whether oral or written, related to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other Documents. 7.9 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED EXCLUSIVELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS. 7.10 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. 7.11 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement. 7.12 JURISDICTION; WAIVER. EACH PARTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS BEING SIGNED BY EACH OTHER PARTY IN PARTIAL CONSIDERATION OF SUCH OTHER PARTY’S RIGHT TO ENFORCE IN THE JURISDICTION STATED BELOW THE TERMS AND PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE AND SOLE JURISDICTION IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND VENUE IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO CONTEST SAID JURISDICTION AND VENUE AND ANY OBJECTION THAT NEW YORK, NEW YORK IS NOT CONVENIENT. EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS TO COMMENCE ANY ACTION AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY IN ANY JURISDICTION EXCEPT NEW YORK, NEW YORK. EACH PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER WHATSOEVER RELATING TO, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE LOAN, THE DOCUMENTS AND/OR THE TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE DOCUMENTS. 7.13 Survival. The representations, and warranties of the Company and each Purchaser herein and/or in the other Documents shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the Closing Date; the obligations, Liabilities, agreements and covenants of the Company and each Purchaser set forth herein and/or in the other Documents shall survive the execution and delivery


 
39 hereof and the Closing Date, as shall all rights and remedies of the Company and each Purchaser set forth in this Agreement and/or in any of the other Documents. 7.14 No Integration. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate, will sell, offer for sale, or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate with respect to any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which will be integrated with the sale and/or issuance of any of the Securities in a manner which would require the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, or require stockholder approval, under the rules and regulations of the Trading Market for the Common Stock. The Company will take all action that is appropriate or necessary to assure that its offerings of other securities will not be integrated for purposes of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, with the issuance of Securities contemplated herein. 7.15 Termination. This Agreement can be terminated by the mutual written consent of the Company and the Purchasers. [BALANCE OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK; SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]


 
Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written. COMPANY: ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC. By: Name: Robert Connelly Title: Chief Executive Officer Docusign Envelope ID: DB159E90-5DF3-48CC-9403-51106210CEFF


 
Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC. SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above. Name of Purchaser: GKCC, LLC Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: Name of Authorized Signatory: Yekaterina Chudnovsky Title of Authorized Signatory: Manager Email Address of Authorized Signatory: yekatie@gmail.com Address for Notice to Purchaser: 501 Silverside Road, Suite 87AVA Wilmington, DE 19809 Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice): 18501 Collins Ave Unit 5004 Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 EIN Number: 47-2175589______________________ Principal Amount of Notes Purchased: $20,000,000_________________ DocuSign Envelope ID: EBAA77ED-BF49-447E-92A4-99EC819D2341


 
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Execution Version 4165-0321-4930.3 SECURITY AGREEMENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated August 12, 2024, by and between Elicio Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with headquarters located at 451 D Street, 5th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 (the “Debtor”), and the investors set forth on Schedule A hereof (collectively, the “Secured Party”). Debtor hereby agrees in favor of Secured Party as follows: 1. In consideration for loans made or to be made to Debtor evidenced by the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes of Debtor in the principal amounts set forth on Schedule A hereto, payable to the order of Secured Party (such Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes, as amended, modified, supplemented, replaced or substituted from time to time, being herein referred to as the “Notes”), Debtor hereby grants to Secured Party a continuing security interest in, lien upon and a right of setoff against, and Debtor hereby assigns to Secured Party, all of Debtor’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral described in Section 2, to secure the full and prompt payment, performance and observance of all present and future indebtedness, obligations, liabilities and agreements of any kind of Debtor to Secured Party arising under or in connection with the Notes, which are existing now or hereafter (all of the foregoing being herein referred to as the “Obligations”). 2. The Collateral is described on Schedule B annexed hereto as part hereof and on any separate schedule(s) identified as Collateral at any time or from time to time furnished by Debtor to Secured Party (all of which are hereby deemed part of this Security Agreement) and includes claims of Debtor against third parties for loss or damage to or destruction of any Collateral; provided that, until Debtor obtains all consents required in order for Debtor to grant Secured Party a security interest in Debtor’s intellectual property that is jointly owned by third parties pursuant to Section 8, the Collateral shall not include any intellectual property jointly owned by third parties and any related licenses or rights (the “Excluded Collateral”). 3. Debtor hereby warrants, represents, covenants and agrees (as of the date hereof and so long as any Obligation remains outstanding) that: (a) the chief executive office of Debtor, the books and records relating to the Collateral (except for such records as are in the possession or control of Secured Party) and the Collateral are located at 451 D Street, 5th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, and Debtor will not change any of the same, change its name or conduct the business under any trade, assumed or fictitious name without providing at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice of same to Secured Party (and in the case of the location of Collateral, will from time to time notify Secured Party of the locations thereof), or merge or consolidate with any person without prior written notice to and consent of Secured Party; (b) the Collateral is and will be used in the business of the Debtor; (c) the Collateral is now, and at all times will be, owned by Debtor free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances, except for Permitted Liens; (d) Debtor will not abandon or assign, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, nor will Debtor suffer or permit any of the same to occur with respect to, any Collateral, without prior written notice to and consent of a designated representative of the Secured Party, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of Debtor’s business or as permitted by the Securities Purchase Agreement; (e) Debtor will make payment or will provide for the payment, when due, of all taxes, assessments or contributions or other public or private charges which have been or may be levied or assessed


 
2 4165-0321-4930.3 against Debtor, with respect to the Collateral or with respect to any wages or salaries paid by the Debtor (except for any taxes, assessments, contributions or charges being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been made or as otherwise would not have a material adverse effect on the Collateral), and will deliver to Secured Party, on demand, certificates or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party attesting thereto; (f) Debtor will use the Collateral for lawful purposes only, with all reasonable care and caution and in conformity in all material respects with all applicable laws, ordinances and regulations; (g) Debtor will, at Debtor’s sole cost and expense, keep the Collateral in good order, repair, running condition and in substantially the same condition as on the date hereof, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and Debtor will not, without the prior written consent of Secured Party, alter or remove any identifying symbol or number upon any of the Collateral; (h) Secured Party shall at all times have reasonable access to and right of inspection of any Collateral, upon reasonable prior notice and during regular business hours) and any papers, instruments and records pertaining thereto (and the right to make extracts from and to receive from Debtor originals or true copies of such records, papers and instruments upon request therefor) and Debtor hereby grants to Secured Party a security interest in all such records, papers and instruments to secure the payment, performance and observance of the Obligations; (i) the Collateral is now and shall remain personal or intangible property, and Debtor will not permit any other types of Collateral to become a fixture without prior written notice to and consent of Secured Party (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and without first making all arrangements, and delivering, or causing to be delivered, to Secured Party all instruments and documents, including, without limitation, waivers and subordination agreements by any landlords or mortgagees, requested by and reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party to preserve and protect the primary security interest granted herein against all persons; (j) Debtor will, at its sole cost and expense, perform all acts and execute all documents reasonably requested by Secured Party from time to time to evidence, perfect, maintain or enforce Secured Party’s security interest granted herein or otherwise in furtherance of the provisions of this Security Agreement; (k) at any time and from time to time, Debtor shall, at its sole cost and expense, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to Secured Party such financing statements pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”), applications for certificate of title and other papers, documents or instruments as may reasonably be requested by Secured Party in connection with this Security Agreement, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, Debtor hereby authorizes Secured Party to execute and file at any time and from time to time one or more financing statements or copies thereof or of this Security Agreement with respect to the Collateral signed only by Secured Party, and Debtor agrees to pay (or cause to be paid) any recording tax or similar tax arising in connection with the filing of any such financing statement and further agrees to pay any additional recording or similar tax which is incurred in connection therewith; (l) Debtor assumes all responsibility and liability arising from the Collateral; (m) in their discretion, Secured Party may, at any time and from time to time, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default (as hereinafter defined), demand, sue for, collect or receive any money or property at any time payable or receivable on account of or in exchange for, or make any compromise or settlement deemed desirable by Secured Party with respect to, any Collateral, and/or extend the time of payment, arrange for payment in installments, or otherwise modify the terms of, or release, any of the Obligations and/or the Collateral, or any obligor, maker, endorser, acceptor, surety or guarantor of, or any Party to, any of the Obligations or the Collateral, all without notice to or consent by Debtor and without otherwise discharging or affecting the Obligations or the Collateral; (n) in their discretion, Secured Party may, at any time and from time to time, for the


 
3 4165-0321-4930.3 account of Debtor, pay any amount or do any act required of Debtor hereunder that Debtor fails to do or pay, and any such payment shall be deemed an advance by Secured Party to Debtor payable on demand together with interest at the highest rate then payable on any of the Obligations; (o) Debtor will promptly pay Secured Party for any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket sums, costs, and expenses which Secured Party may pay or incur pursuant to the provisions of this Security Agreement or in perfecting, defending, protecting or enforcing this Security Agreement or the security interest granted herein or in enforcing payment of the Obligations or otherwise in connection with the provisions hereof, including, but not limited to, all search, filing and recording fees, taxes, fees and expenses for the service and filing of papers, premium on bonds and undertakings, fees of marshals, sheriffs, custodians, auctioneers, court costs, collection charges, travel expenses, and reasonable attorneys’ fees, all of which together with interest at the highest rate then payable on any of the Obligations, shall be part of the Obligations and be payable on demand; and (p) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, at Secured Party’s option and following written notice to Debtor, any proceeds of the Collateral received by Debtor shall not be commingled with other property of Debtor, but shall be segregated, held by Debtor in trust for Secured Party, and promptly delivered to Secured Party in the form received, duly endorsed in blank where appropriate to effectuate the provisions hereof, the same to be held by Secured Party as additional Collateral hereunder or, at Secured Party’ option, to be applied to payment of the Obligations, whether or not due and in any order. Whenever any act is referred to herein as being taken by the Secured Party, it shall mean by the Agent appointed by the Secured Party pursuant to Section 6 hereof. 4. The term “Default” as used in this Security Agreement shall mean any Event of Default, as such term is defined in the Notes. 5. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default, Secured Party may, without notice to (except as herein set forth) or demand upon Debtor, declare any Obligations immediately due and payable, and Secured Party shall have the following rights and remedies (to the extent permitted by applicable law) in addition to all rights and remedies of a Secured Party under the UCC or of Secured Party under the Obligations, all such rights and remedies being cumulative, not exclusive and enforceable alternatively, successively or concurrently: (a) Secured Party may, at any time and from time to time, with or without judicial process or the aid and assistance of others, (i) enter upon any premises in which any Collateral may be located and, without resistance or interference by Debtor, take possession of the Collateral, (ii) dispose of any part or all of the Collateral on any such premises, (iii) require Debtor to assemble and make available to Secured Party at the expense of Debtor any part or all of the Collateral at any place and time designated by Secured Party which is reasonably convenient to both parties, (iv) remove any part or all of the Collateral from any such premises for the purpose of effecting sale or other disposition thereof (and if any of the Collateral consists of motor vehicles, Secured Party may use Debtor’s license plates), and (v) sell, resell, lease, assign and deliver, grant options for or otherwise dispose of any part or all of the Collateral in its then condition or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing, at public or private sale or proceedings or otherwise, by one or more contracts, in one or more parcels, at the same or different times, with or without having the Collateral at the place of sale or other disposition, for cash and/or credit, and upon any terms, at such place(s) and time(s) and to such person(s) as Secured Party deems best, all without demand, notice or advertisement whatsoever, except that where an applicable statute


 
4 4165-0321-4930.3 requires reasonable notice of sale or other disposition, Debtor hereby agrees that the sending of ten days’ notice by overnight mail, postage prepaid, to Debtor in accordance with Section 15 of this Security Agreement shall be deemed reasonable notice thereof. If any Collateral is sold by Secured Party upon credit or for future delivery, Secured Party shall not be liable for the failure of the purchaser to pay for same, and in such event Secured Party may resell or otherwise dispose of such Collateral. Secured Party may buy any part or all of the Collateral at any public sale and, if any part or all of the Collateral is of a type customarily sold in a recognized market or is of the type which is the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations, Secured Party may buy such Collateral at private sale and in each case may make payment therefor by any means, whether by credit against the Obligations or otherwise. Secured Party may apply the cash proceeds actually received from any sale or other disposition to the reasonable and documented expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for sale, selling, leasing and the like, to reasonable and documented external attorneys’ fees and all legal, travel and other expenses which may be incurred by Secured Party in attempting to collect the Obligations, proceed against the Collateral or enforce this Security Agreement or in the prosecution or defense of any action or proceeding related to the Obligations, the Collateral or this Security Agreement; and then to the Obligations in such order and as to principal or interest as Secured Party may desire; and Debtor shall remain liable and will pay Secured Party on demand for any deficiency remaining, together with interest thereon at the highest rate then payable on the Obligations and the balance of any expenses unpaid, with any surplus to be paid to Debtor, subject to any duty of Secured Party imposed by law to the holder of any subordinate security interest in the Collateral known to Secured Party. (b) Secured Party may, at any time and from time to time, as appropriate, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default set off and apply to the payment of the Obligations, any Collateral in or coming into the possession of Secured Party or their agents, without notice to Debtor and in such manner as Secured Party may in their discretion determine. 6. Secured Party and Debtor may mutually designate and appoint a collateral agent (“Agent”), as attorney-in-fact of Debtor, irrevocably and with power of substitution, with authority to do anything which the Debtor is required to do under this Security Agreement in relation to the creation, administration, protection, preservation or enforcement of the rights of the Secured Party in the Collateral, including: endorse the name of Debtor on any notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders, instruments or other evidences of Collateral that may come into Secured Party’s possession; sign the name of Debtor on any invoices, documents, assignments; execute proofs of claim and loss; execute endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer; and adjust and compromise any claims under insurance policies or otherwise; execute releases. Neither Secured Party nor the Agent shall be liable for any acts of commission or omission done in good faith, for any error of judgment or for any mistake of fact or law. This power of attorney being coupled with an interest is irrevocable while any Obligations shall remain unpaid. 7. With respect to the enforcement of Secured Party’s rights under this Security Agreement, absent gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct by the Secured Party or the Agent as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment, Debtor hereby releases Secured Party and Agent from any claims, causes of action and demands at any time arising out of or with respect to this Security Agreement, the Obligations, the Collateral and its use and/or any actions taken or omitted to be taken by Secured Party or Agent in good faith


 
5 4165-0321-4930.3 with respect thereto, and Debtor hereby agrees to hold Secured Party and Agent harmless from and with respect to any and all such claims, causes of action and demands. 8. Debtor agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents in order to facilitate the inclusion of any intellectual property jointly owned by third parties as Collateral, within a hundred and twenty (120) days following the date hereof; provided that such a hundred and twenty (120) day period shall be automatically extended in additional thirty (30) day increments so long as Debtor is using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consents. 9. Secured Party’s prior recourse to any Collateral shall not constitute a condition of any demand, suit or proceeding for payment or collection of the Obligations nor shall any demand, suit or proceeding for payment or collection of the Obligations constitute a condition of any recourse by Secured Party to the Collateral. Any suit or proceeding by Secured Party to recover any of the Obligations shall not be deemed a waiver of, or bar against, subsequent proceedings by Secured Party with respect to any other Obligations and/or with respect to the Collateral. No act, omission or delay by Secured Party shall constitute a waiver of their rights and remedies hereunder or otherwise. No single or partial waiver by Secured Party of any covenant, warranty, representation, Default or right or remedy which they may have shall operate as a waiver of any other covenant, warranty, representation, Default, right or remedy or of the same covenant, warranty, representation, Default, right or remedy on a future occasion. Debtor hereby waives presentment, notice of dishonor and protest of all instruments included in or evidencing any Obligations or Collateral, and all other notices and demands whatsoever (except as expressly provided herein). 10. Debtor hereby agrees to pay, on demand, all reasonable and documented out-of- pocket expenses incurred by Secured Party in connection with the enforcement of the Notes, this Security Agreement, and the Obligations and in connection with any amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to Secured Party. 11. In the event of any litigation with respect to any matter connected with this Security Agreement, the Obligations, the Collateral or the Notes, Debtor hereby waives the right to a trial by jury and all rights of setoff. Debtor hereby waives personal service of any process in connection with any such action or proceeding and agrees that the service thereof may be made by certified or registered mail directed to Debtor in accordance with Section 15 of this Security Agreement. In the alternative, Secured Party may in their discretion effect service upon Debtor in any other form or manner permitted by law. 12. Upon the payment in full of the Notes and satisfaction of all Obligations in accordance with the Notes, this Security Agreement and the security interest granted hereby in the Collateral shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral under this Agreement shall revert to Debtor. Upon any such termination, the Debtor shall have the right to file UCC–3 financing statement releases or other documents of release reasonably required to reflect the termination of the security interest contemplated hereby. 13. Secured Party may assign their rights and obligation hereunder to any Affiliate of Secured Party, provided that such Affiliate assumes all of the liabilities or obligations of Secured


 
6 4165-0321-4930.3 Party hereunder. For purposes of this section, “Affiliate” of any person means any other person or entity which, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by that person, or is under common control with that person or entity. “Control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person or entity, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 14. All terms herein shall have the meanings as defined in the UCC, or Securities Purchase Agreement unless the context otherwise requires. No provision hereof shall be modified, altered, waived, released, terminated or limited except by a written instrument expressly referring to this Security Agreement and to such provision, and executed by the party to be charged. The execution and delivery of this Security Agreement has been authorized by any necessary vote or consent of Debtor. This Security Agreement and all Obligations shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Debtor and shall, together with the rights and remedies of Secured Party hereunder, inure to the benefit of Secured Party, their executors, administrators, successors, permitted endorsees and permitted assigns. This Security Agreement and the Obligations shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed and to be performed in such state. If any term of this Security Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity of all other terms hereof shall in no way be affected thereby. Secured Party is authorized to annex hereto any schedules referred to herein. 15. All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when delivered personally, by e-mail, by overnight mail or delivery service or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the parties as set forth in the Notes. [BALANCE OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK; SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]


 
Signature Page to Security Agreement IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused this security agreement to be executed on the date first above set forth. DEBTOR: ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC. By: Name: Robert Connelly Title: Chief Executive Officer Docusign Envelope ID: DB159E90-5DF3-48CC-9403-51106210CEFF


 
Signature Page to Security Agreement Secured Party: GKCC, LLC By: ___________________________________ Name: Yekaterina Chudnovsky Title: Manager DocuSign Envelope ID: EBAA77ED-BF49-447E-92A4-99EC819D2341


 
4165-0321-4930.3 Schedule A GKCC, LLC


 
4165-0321-4930.3 Schedule B “Collateral” shall mean all of the Debtor’s tangible and intangible property, including the following, whether now owned or now due, or in which the Debtor has an interest, or hereafter, at any time in the future, acquired, arising or to become due, or in which the Debtor obtains an interest, and all products, proceeds, replacements, substitutions and accessions of or to any of the following: (i) all equipment and all warranties, express or implied, related thereto, (ii) all accounts and accounts receivable, (iii) all inventory, (iv) all general intangibles (including payment intangibles, software, trademarks, patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights of the Debtor), (v) all goods, (vi) all investment property, (vii) all cash and cash equivalents, (viii) all deposit accounts and securities accounts, (ix) all instruments, chattel paper, letters of credit and letter-of-credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced in writing), (x) all commercial tort claims, (xi) all fixtures, (xii) all documents, (xiii) all money and any rights to the payment of money, (xiv) all books, records and information relating to the Collateral, (xv) all insurance proceeds, refunds and premium rebates, including proceeds of fire and credit insurance, whether any of such proceeds, refunds and premium rebates arise out of any of the foregoing or otherwise, and (xvi) all proceeds and products of each of the foregoing, all supporting obligations related thereto, and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for any of the foregoing.


 
EX-10.3 5 ex103elicio-ipsecurityag.htm EX-10.3 ex103elicio-ipsecurityag
Execution Version 4166-0387-8226.2 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT This Intellectual Property Security Agreement (“Agreement”) is executed on August 12, 2024 by Elicio Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Grantor”), in favor of GKCC, LLC (the “Secured Party”). RECITALS A. Grantor issued senior secured convertible promissory notes as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, (the “Notes”) to Secured Party pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended and restated from time to time) (the “Purchase Agreement”). B. In exchange for the purchase of the Notes Grantor shall grant to Secured Party (i) a security interest in certain Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents (as each term is described below) and (ii) a security interest in certain collateral of the Grantor, as set forth in that certain Security Agreement entered into on the date hereof (the “Security Agreement”), in each case, to secure the obligations of Grantor under the Notes. C. Pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement, Grantor has granted to Secured Party a security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest, whether presently existing or hereafter acquired, in, to and under all of the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement). NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment when due of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, Grantor hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees as follows: AGREEMENT 1. Grant of Security Interest. To secure its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, Grantor grants and pledges to Secured Party a security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under its intellectual property other than Excluded Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) (all of which shall collectively be called the “Intellectual Property Collateral”), including, without limitation, the following: (a) Any and all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work or authorship and derivative work thereof, whether published or unpublished and whether or not the same also constitutes a trade secret, now or hereafter existing, created, acquired or held, including without limitation those set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively, the “Copyrights”); (b) All patents, patent applications and like protections including, without limitation, improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions and continuations-in-part of the same, including without limitation the patents and patent applications set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto (collectively, the “Patents”); and (c) Any trademark and servicemark rights, whether registered or not, applications to register and registrations of the same and like protections, and the entire goodwill of the business of Grantor connected with and symbolized by such trademarks, including without limitation those set forth on Exhibit C attached hereto (collectively, the “Trademarks”), provided that the term “Intellectual Property Collateral” shall not include intent-to-use trademark applications until such time as a statement of use is filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with respect to such intent-to-use trademark application; 2. Recordation; Notice. Grantor authorizes the Commissioner for Patents, the Commissioner for Trademarks and the Register of Copyrights (collectively, the "Registers") and any other government officials to record and register this Agreement upon request by Secured Party, provided that Secured Party shall not record this agreement against any intent-to-use trademark applications. The Grantor shall


 
4166-0387-8226.2 promptly notify Secured Party of any material additions to the Intellectual Property Collateral with respect to which recordation with one or more of the Registers is appropriate. 3. Authorization. Grantor hereby authorizes Secured Party to (a) modify this Agreement unilaterally by amending the exhibits to this Agreement to include any Intellectual Property Collateral which Grantor obtains subsequent to the date of this Agreement, and (b) file a duplicate original of this Agreement containing amended exhibits reflecting such new Intellectual Property Collateral. 4. Loan Documents. This Agreement has been entered into pursuant to and in conjunction with the Purchase Agreement, which is hereby incorporated by reference. The provisions of the Purchase Agreement shall supersede and control over any conflicting or inconsistent provision herein. The rights and remedies of Secured Party with respect to the Intellectual Property Collateral are as provided by the Purchase Agreement, Security Agreement and related documents, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit such rights and remedies. 5. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. 6. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. 7. Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the United States and the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction). 8. Amendments; Waivers. Other than as provided for in Section 3 of this Agreement, no provisions of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed by the Secured Party. Signature Pages Follow.


 
Signature Page to IP Security Agreement IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Intellectual Property Security Agreement to be duly executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized as of the first date written above. GRANTOR: ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC. By: Name: Robert Connelly Title: Chief Executive Officer Docusign Envelope ID: DB159E90-5DF3-48CC-9403-51106210CEFF


 
Signature Page to IP Security Agreement IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Intellectual Property Security Agreement to be duly executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized as of the first date written above. SECURED PARTY GKCC, LLC By: Name: Yekaterina Chudnovsky Title: Manager DocuSign Envelope ID: EBAA77ED-BF49-447E-92A4-99EC819D2341


 
4166-0387-8226.2 EXHIBIT A Copyrights None


 
4166-0387-8226.2 EXHIBIT B Patents Company Owned Patent Applications Title Country Application No. Filing Date Status COMPOUNDS INCLUDING A MUTANT KRAS SEQUENCE AND A LIPID AND USES THEREOF U.S. 62/637,879 02-Mar-2018 Expired PCT PCT/US2019/020404 01-Mar-2019 Expired United Arab Emirates P6001242/2020 01-Mar-2019 Pending Australia 2019226586 01-Mar-2019 Pending Brazil BR112020017645-1 01-Mar-2019 Pending Canada 3,092,679 01-Mar-2019 Pending China 201980028790.5 (Patent No. ZL201980028790.5) 01-Mar-2019 Granted China 202410551083.7 01-Mar-2019 Pending Europe 19761691.5 01-Mar-2019 Pending Hong Kong via China 62021032906.1 01-Mar-2019 Pending Hong Kong via Europe 62021033145.5 01-Mar-2019 Pending Israel 277100 01-Mar-2019 Pending India 202017041091 01-Mar-2019 Pending Japan 2020-568946 (Patent No. 7419268) 01-Mar-2019 Granted Japan 2024-001725 01-Mar-2019 Pending South Korea 10-2020-7028273 01-Mar-2019 Pending Mexico MX/a/2020/009149 01-Mar-2019 Pending Malaysia PI2020004500 01-Mar-2019 Pending Nigeria NG/PT/C/2020/4876 01-Mar-2019 Pending New Zealand 768282 01-Mar-2019 Pending Russia 2020132290 (Patent No. 2809161) 01-Mar-2019 Granted Saudi Arabia 520420064 01-Mar-2019 Allowed Singapore 11202008433Q (Patent No. 11202008433Q) 01-Mar-2019 Granted Thailand 2001004948 01-Mar-2019 Pending U.S. 16/977,155 01-Sep-2020 Allowed Ukraine a202303732 01-Mar-2019 Pending South Africa 2020/05841 01-Mar-2019 Pending Title Country Application No. Filing Date Status CPG AMPHIPHILES AND USES THEREOF U.S. 62/637,824 02-Mar-2018 Expired PCT PCT/US2019/020398 01-Mar-2019 Expired Title Country Application No. Filing Date Status ALK POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF U.S. 62/288,972 29-Jan-2016 Expired PCT PCT/US2017/015422 27-Jan-2017 Expired Canada 3,012,764 27-Jan-2017 Pending U.S. 16/072,699 (U.S. Patent 11,623,002) 25-Jul-2018 Granted U.S. 18/176,013 28-Feb-2023 Pending


 
Active\1604903321.6 4166-0387-8226.2 United Arab Emirates P6001243/2020 01-Mar-2019 Pending Australia 2019227988 01-Mar-2019 Pending Brazil BR112020017778-4 01-Mar-2019 Pending Canada 3,092,693 01-Mar-2019 Pending China 201980028828.9 01-Mar-2019 Pending Europe 19761384.7 01-Mar-2019 Allowed Hong Kong via China 62021032907.9 01-Mar-2019 Pending Hong Kong via Europe 62021034295.7 01-Mar-2019 Pending Israel 277101 01-Mar-2019 Allowed India 202017041094 01-Mar-2019 Pending Japan 2020-568945 01-Mar-2019 Pending Japan 2023-222587 01-Mar-2019 Pending South Korea 10-2020-7028281 01-Mar-2019 Pending Mexico MX/a/2020/009150 01-Mar-2019 Pending Malaysia PI2020004499 01-Mar-2019 Pending Nigeria NG/PT/C/2020/4879 (Patent No. NG/PT/C/2020/4879) 01-Mar-2019 Granted New Zealand 768283 01-Mar-2019 Pending Russia 2020132295 01-Mar-2019 Allowed Saudi Arabia 520420065 (Patent No. 14888) 01-Mar-2019 Granted Singapore 11202008432X (Patent No. 11202008432X) 01-Mar-2019 Granted Thailand 2001004949 01-Mar-2019 Pending U.S. 16/977,185 01-Sep-2020 Pending Ukraine a202006353 01-Mar-2019 Pending South Africa 2020/05842 01-Mar-2019 Pending Title Country Application No. Filing Date Status COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST CORONAVIRUS U.S. 63/044,773 26-Jun-2020 Expired U.S. 63/064,836 12-Aug-2020 Expired U.S. 63/124,200 11-Dec-2020 Expired U.S. 63/145,200 03-Feb-2021 Expired PCT PCT/US2021/039134 25-Jun-2021 Expired Australia 2021294342 25-Jun-2021 Pending Brazil BR112022026580-8 25-Jun-2021 To be Abandoned Canada 3,183,735 25-Jun-2021 Pending China 202180052389.2 25-Jun-2021 Pending Europe 21829804.0 25-Jun-2021 Pending Hong Kong (via China) 62024086017.6 25-Jun-2021 Pending India 202317002553 25-Jun-2021 To be Abandoned Japan 2022-580180 25-Jun-2021 Pending South Korea 10-2023-7002322 25-Jun-2021 Pending Mexico MX/a/2023/000041 25-Jun-2021 Pending U.S. 18/012,343 25-Jun-2021 Pending


 
Active\1604903321.6 4166-0387-8226.2 Title Country Application No. Filing Date Status USES OF AMPHIPHILES IN IMMUNE CELL THERAPY AND COMPOSITIONS THEREFOR U.S. 63/159,237 10-Mar-2021 Expired U.S. 63/255,829 14-Oct-2021 Expired U.S. 63/286,854 07-Dec-2021 Expired U.S. 63/306,247 03-Feb-2022 Expired PCT PCT/US2022/019723 10-Mar-2022 Expired Australia 2022235271 10-Mar-2022 Pending Canada 3,211,565 10-Mar-2022 Pending Europe 22767982.6 10-Mar-2022 Pending Hong Kong 62024093485.6 02-Jul-2024 Pending Japan 2023-555329 10-Mar-2022 Pending New Zealand 804267 10-Mar-2022 Pending U.S. 18/281,112 08-Sep-2023 Pending Title Country Application No. Filing Date Status COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING POLYNUCLEOTIDE AMPHIPHILES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF U.S. 63/233,570 16-Aug-2021 Expired U.S. 63/286,952 07-Dec-2021 Expired PCT PCT/US2022/040317 15-Aug-2022 Expired Australia 2022329730 15-Aug-2022 Pending Canada 3,228,856 15-Aug-2022 Pending Europe 22858990.9 15-Aug-2022 Pending Japan 2024-509092 15-Aug-2022 Pending New Zealand 808710 15-Aug-2022 Pending U.S. 18/684,014 15-Feb-2024 Pending Title Country Application No. Filing Date Status COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING POLYNUCLEOTIDE AND POLYPEPTIDE AMPHIPHILES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF U.S. 63/461,974 26-Apr-2023 Expired PCT PCT/US2024/026241 25-Apr-2024 Pending Title Country Application No. Filing Date Status COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING MUTANT P53 PEPTIDE AMPHIPHILES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF U.S. 63/504,262 25-May- 2023 Expired U.S. 63/546,841 01-Nov- 2023 Expired PCT PCT/US2024/031064 24-May- 2024 Pending


 
4166-0387-8226.2 EXHIBIT C Trademarks None


 
EX-10.4 6 ex104elicio-subsidiarygu.htm EX-10.4 ex104elicio-subsidiarygu
Execution Version 4158-1528-3538.1 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE This SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE, dated as of August 12, 2024 (this “Guarantee”), is made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the “Guarantors”), in favor of the holders (together with their permitted assigns, the “Purchasers”) of the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the principal amount of $20,000,000.00 (the “Notes”) of Elicio Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed to sell and issue to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company the Notes, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Purchasers as follows: 1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement. The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Guarantee shall refer to this Guarantee as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Guarantee, and Section and Schedule references are to this Guarantee unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. The following terms shall have the following meanings: “Event of Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Notes. “Guarantee” means this Subsidiary Guarantee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. “Holder” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Notes. “Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a). “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble. “Obligations” means, in addition to all other costs and expenses of collection incurred by Purchasers in enforcing any of such Obligations and/or this Guarantee, all of the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing to, of the Company or any Guarantor to the Purchasers, including, without limitation, all obligations under this Guarantee, the Notes, the Documents, and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from any of the Purchasers as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without limitation: (i) principal of, interest, and any other amounts owed on the Notes as set forth in the Notes; (ii) any and all obligations due under the Documents; (iii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Company or any Guarantor from time to time under or in connection with this Guarantee, the Notes, the Documents, and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; (iv) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Company or any Guarantor; and (v) all foreign assets of the Company or any Guarantor.


 
2 4158-1528-3538.1 2. Guarantee. (a) Guarantee. (i) The Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantee to the Purchasers and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations. (ii) Anything herein or in the Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws, including laws relating to the insolvency of debtors, fraudulent conveyance or transfer or laws affecting the rights of creditors generally (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2(b)). (iii) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Purchasers hereunder. (iv) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been satisfied by indefeasible payment in full. (v) No payment made by the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Purchasers from the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full. (vi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Guarantee, with respect to any defaulted non- monetary Obligations the specific performance of which by the Guarantors is not reasonably possible (e.g. the issuance of the Company’s Common Stock), the Guarantors shall only be liable for making the Purchasers whole on a monetary basis for the Company’s failure to perform such Obligations in accordance with the Documents. (b) Right of Contribution. Subject to Section 2(c), each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2(c). The provisions of this Section 2(b) shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Purchasers and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Purchasers for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder. (c) No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Purchasers, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Purchasers against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Purchasers for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Purchasers by the Company on account of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust


 
3 4158-1528-3538.1 for the Purchasers, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Purchasers in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Purchasers, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Purchasers may determine. (d) Amendments, Etc. With Respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Purchasers may be rescinded by the Purchasers and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Purchasers, and the Purchase Agreement and the Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Purchasers may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Purchasers for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. The Purchasers shall have no obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by them as security for the Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto. (e) Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Purchasers upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Company and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Purchasers, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives to the extent permitted by law diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Company or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment and performance without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Purchase Agreement or any of the Documents, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Purchasers, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance or fraud by Purchasers) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Company or any other Person against the Purchasers, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Company or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Purchasers may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as they may have against the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Purchasers to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Purchasers against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof, “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings. (f) Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Purchasers upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Company or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.


 
4 4158-1528-3538.1 (g) Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Purchasers without set-off or counterclaim in U.S. dollars at the address set forth or referred to in the signature pages to the Purchase Agreement. 3. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor hereby makes the following representations and warranties to Purchasers as of the date hereof: (a) Organization and Qualification. The Guarantor is an entity duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 1, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Guarantor is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or in the aggregate, (x) adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of this Guarantee in any material respect, (y) have a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, or financial condition of the Guarantor or (z) adversely impair in any material respect the Guarantor’s ability to perform fully on a timely basis its obligations under this Guarantee (a “Material Adverse Effect”). (b) Authorization; Enforcement. The Guarantor has the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee, and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Guarantee by the Guarantor and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Guarantor. This Guarantee has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application. (c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Guarantee by the Guarantor and the consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of its Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws or formation documents, or (ii) conflict with, constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Guarantor is a party that has not been waived, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Guarantor is subject (including Federal and State securities laws and regulations), or by which any material property or asset of the Guarantor is bound or affected that has not been waived, except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. The business of the Guarantor is not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Material Adverse Effect. (d) Consents and Approvals. The Guarantor is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental authority or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guarantee. (e) Purchase Agreement. The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Purchase Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct as of each time such representations are deemed to be made pursuant to such Purchase Agreement, and the Purchasers shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the Company’s knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 3, be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor’s knowledge.


 
5 4158-1528-3538.1 4. Covenants. (a) Each Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Purchasers that, from and after the date of this Guarantee until the Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full, such Guarantor shall take, and/or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each commercially reasonable action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Guarantor. (b) So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding, unless the Holders shall otherwise consent in writing, each Guarantor will not directly or indirectly on or after the date of this Guarantee: i. enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, other than Permitted Indebtedness; ii. enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, other than Permitted Liens; iii. amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as to adversely affect any rights of any Purchaser; iv. repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its securities or debt obligations; v. pay cash dividends on any equity securities of the Company; vi. enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Guarantor which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing of the Company with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or vii. enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing. 5. Miscellaneous. (a) Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in writing by the Holders and the Company. (b) Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Company, the Guarantors or the Purchasers hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in the Purchase Agreement, provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to the Company at its notice address set forth Section 5.4 of the Purchase Agreement. (c) No Waiver By Course Of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. The Purchasers shall not by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 5(a)), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any default under the Documents or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Purchasers, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Purchasers of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Purchasers would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law. (d) Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (i) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, or reimburse the Purchasers for, all its costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Guarantee and the Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Purchasers.


 
6 4158-1528-3538.1 (ii) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee. (iii) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Guarantee to the extent the Company would be required to do so pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. (iv) The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Purchase Agreement and the Documents. (e) Successor and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchasers and their respective successors and assigns; provided that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. (f) Set-Off. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Purchasers at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default under any of the Documents shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Guarantor or any other Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits, credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Purchasers to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as the Purchasers may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor to the Purchasers hereunder and claims of every nature and description of the Purchasers against such Guarantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement, any Document or otherwise, as the Purchasers may elect, whether or not the Purchasers have made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. The Purchasers shall notify such Guarantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the Purchasers of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of the Purchasers under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the Purchasers may have. (g) Counterparts. This Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Guarantee on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. (h) Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. (i) Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof. (j) Integration. This Guarantee and the Documents represent the agreement of the Guarantors and the Purchasers with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Purchasers relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the Documents. (k) Governing Laws. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Guarantee shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agree that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners,


 
7 4158-1528-3538.1 members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Guarantee and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby. (l) Acknowledgements. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that: (i) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Guarantee and the Documents to which it is a party; (ii) the Purchasers have no fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Guarantor arising out of or in connection with this Guarantee or any of the Documents, and the relationship between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and (iii) no joint venture is created hereby or by the Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Guarantors and the Purchasers. (m) Release of Guarantors. Each Guarantor will be released from all liability hereunder concurrently with the indefeasible repayment in full of all amounts owed under the Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the Documents. (n) Seniority. The Obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder rank senior in priority to any other Indebtedness of such Guarantor. (o) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH GUARANTOR AND, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF, THE PURCHASERS, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN. [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]


 
Signature Page to Subsidiary Guarantee IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written. ELICIO OPERATING COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation By: Name: Robert Connelly Title: Chief Executive Officer and President ELICIO SECURITIES CORP., a Massachusetts corporation By: Name: Robert Connelly Title: President, Secretary, Treasurer and Sole Director Docusign Envelope ID: DB159E90-5DF3-48CC-9403-51106210CEFF


 
9 4158-1528-3538.1 SCHEDULE 1 GUARANTORS The following are the names and jurisdictions of organization of each Guarantor: Entity Jurisdiction of Organization or Incorporation 1. Elicio Operating Company, Inc. Delaware 2. Elicio Securities Corp. Massachusetts


 
EX-31.1 7 ex311_eltx-09302024x10xq.htm EX-31.1 Document

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Robert Connelly, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Elicio Therapeutics, Inc.;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and




b.     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.







ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By: /s/ ROBERT CONNELLY
Date: November 13, 2024
Robert Connelly
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer, Principal
Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer)

EX-32.1 8 ex321eltx-09302024x10xq.htm EX-32.1 Document

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)

The undersigned officer of Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) certifies to such officer’s knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.    The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended September 30, 2024 (the “Quarterly Report”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

2.    The information contained in this Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.





ELICIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By: /s/ ROBERT CONNELLY
Date: November 13, 2024
Robert Connelly
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer, Principal
Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer)