Director Wirk Shaheen was granted 4,191 shares and acquired 439,194 shares (SEC Form 4)
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Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Health Care
| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | |||||||||||||||||
| Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. [ TVRD ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 04/15/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 04/15/2025 | A | 4,191 | A | (1)(2) | 4,191 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 04/15/2025 | J(2)(3) | 176,030 | A | (2)(3) | 176,030 | I | Palkon Holdings, LLC(4) | ||
| Common Stock | 04/15/2025 | J(2)(5) | 263,164 | A | (2)(5) | 263,164 | I | Palkon TT Holdings, LLC(4) | ||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Stock Option (right to buy) | $0.68 | 04/15/2025 | A | 2,011 | (6) | 01/29/2031 | Common Stock | 2,011 | (7)(8) | 2,011 | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Received in exchange for 31,252 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. ("Legacy Tvardi") pursuant to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among, the Issuer, CT Convergence Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer ("Merger Sub") and Legacy Tvardi, as amended (the "Merger Agreement"). |
| 2. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, on April 15, 2025, Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Tvardi (the "Merger"), with Legacy Tvardi surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer. Upon the closing of the Merger, each share of Legacy Tvardi stock was converted into the right to receive 0.1341 of shares of the Issuer common stock. Subsequent to the Merger, the name of the Issuer was changed from Cara Therapeutics, Inc. to Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. |
| 3. Received in exchange for 1,312,508 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of Legacy Tvardi pursuant to Merger Agreement. |
| 4. The Reporting Person is a Managing Manager of the Palkon Holdings LLC and Palkon TT Holdings LLC (the "Palkon entities"). The Reporting Person may be deemed to share the power to direct the disposition and vote of the shares held by the Palkon entities, but disclaims beneficial ownership, except to any pecuniary interests therein. |
| 5. Received in exchange for 1,962,199 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of Legacy Tvardi pursuant to Merger Agreement. |
| 6. Fully vested and exercisable. |
| 7. Received in exchange for a stock option to acquire 15,000 shares of common stock of Legacy Tvardi with the exercise price of $0.09 per share pursuant the Merger Agreement. |
| 8. Under the terms of the Merger, with Legacy Tvardi surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer. Upon the closing of the Merger, each outstanding option to purchase shares of Legacy Tvardi common stock was assumed by the Issuer and converted into an option to purchase the Issuer's common stock. |
| /s/ Dan Conn, Attorney- in-Fact | 04/17/2025 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||