Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Use of Proceeds from Initial Public Offering
On March 16, 2020, we completed our IPO, pursuant to which we issued and sold all 4,700,000 shares of our registered common stock at the public offering price of $16.00 per share. On April 13, 2020, the underwriters exercised their option in full to purchase 705,000 additional shares of our registered common stock at the public offering price of $16.00 per share. The aggregate gross proceeds of our IPO, inclusive of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, were $86.5 million. The offering commenced on March 11, 2020 and did not terminate until the sale of all of the shares offered.
The offer and sale of all of the shares of our common stock in our IPO were registered under the Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-236465), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 11, 2020. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and SVB Leerink LLC. acted as joint book-running managers for our IPO.
We received aggregate net proceeds from the IPO, inclusive of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, of approximately $76.5 million, after deducting $6.1 million of underwriting discounts and commissions and $3.9 million of other offering expenses payable by us. None of the underwriting discounts and commissions or offering expenses were paid directly or indirectly to any directors or officers of ours or their associates or to persons owning 10% or more of any class of equity securities or to any affiliates of ours. We have used approximately $25.2 million of the net proceeds from the IPO as of September 30, 2021. We have invested the unused net proceeds from the offering in money market accounts. There has been no material change in our planned use of the net proceeds from our IPO as described in our final prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act with the SEC on March 12, 2020.
Item 5. Other Items.
Amendments to Letter Agreements
On November 5, 2021, we entered into amendments to our letter agreements with Rahul D. Ballal, Ph.D., our President and Chief Executive Officer (the “Ballal Amendment”), and Michael P. Gray, our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (the “Gray Amendment”), to modify the severance benefits to be received by Dr. Ballal and Mr. Gray if either is terminated in connection with a change of control of Imara.
Under the Ballal Amendment, if Dr. Ballal’s employment is terminated by us without cause or by Dr. Ballal with good reason within twelve months following a change of control, each as defined in Dr. Ballal’s letter agreement, Dr. Ballal will be entitled, subject to his execution and nonrevocation of a release of claims in our favor and his continued compliance with certain restrictive covenants, to (i) continue receiving his then-current annual base salary for a period of eighteen months following the date his employment with us is terminated, (ii) reimbursement of COBRA premiums for health benefit coverage for a period of up to eighteen
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months following the date that his employment with us is terminated and (iii) one hundred and fifty percent of his annual bonus target amount for the year in which the termination occurs, payable as a lump sum.
Under the Gray Amendment, if Mr. Gray’s employment is terminated by us without cause or by Mr. Gray with good reason within twelve months following a change of control, each as defined in Dr. Gray’s letter agreement, Mr. Gray will be entitled, subject to his execution and nonrevocation of a release of claims in our favor and his continued compliance with certain restrictive covenants, to (i) continue receiving his then-current annual base salary for a period of twelve months following the date his employment with us is terminated, (ii) reimbursement of COBRA premiums for health benefit coverage for a period of up to twelve months following the date that his employment with us is terminated and (iii) one hundred percent of his annual bonus target amount for the year in which the termination occurs, payable as a lump sum.
Copies of the Ballal Amendment and the Gray Amendment are attached as Exhibit 10.1 Exhibit 10.2, respectively, to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing descriptions of the Ballal Amendment and the Gray Amendment do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to such exhibits.
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Item 6. E xhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Letter Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2021, by and between the Registrant and Rahul D. Ballal, Ph.D.
10.2
First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Letter Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2021, by and between the Registrant and Michael P. Gray.
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS
Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
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The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, has been formatted in Inline XBRL
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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.
IMARA Inc.
Date: November 9, 2021
By:
/s/ Rahul D. Ballal, Ph.D.
Rahul D. Ballal, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: November 9, 2021
By:
/s/ Michael P. Gray
Michael P. Gray
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
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