Company: HCWB
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-073723
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Company: HCW Biologics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: S-1
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| BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES                        |     | 57 |
| SELLING STOCKHOLDERS                                      |     | 58 |
| CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS      |     | 60 |
| DESCRIPTION OF OUR SECURITIES                             |     | 62 |
| SECURITIES ACT RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE OF COMMON STOCK     |     | 67 |
| PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION                                      |     | 68 |
| TAXATION                                                  |     | 69 |
| LEGAL MATTERS                                             |     | 73 |
| EXPERTS                                                   |     | 73 |
| WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION                       |     | 73 |

The registration statement containing this prospectus, including the exhibits to the registration statement, provides additional information about us and the Common Stock offered under this prospectus. The registration statement, including the exhibits, can be read on our website and the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission. See “Where You Can Find More Information.” Information contained in, and that can be accessed through our web site, www.HCWB.com, shall not be deemed to be part of this prospectus or incorporated herein by reference and should not be relied upon by any prospective investors for the purposes of determining whether to purchase the Common Stock offered hereunder. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” “HCW Biologics,” “HCWB,” and “our business” refer to HCW Biologics Inc. and “this offering” refers to the offering contemplated in this prospectus. Neither we nor the selling stockholders authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the shares offered hereby, but only under the circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus or in any applicable free writing prospectus is current only as of its date, regardless of its time of delivery or any sale of shares of our Common Stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date. We are not, and the selling stockholders are not,