Company: TVRD
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001104659-25-014310
Chunk: 530

Company: Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 424B3
Chunk 530
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 Tvardi’s equity incentive plans are to attract, retain and motivate selected employees, consultants and directors through the granting of stock-based compensation awards.

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Health and safety: Tvardi supports the health and safety of its employees by providing comprehensive insurance benefits, an employee assistance program, company-paid holidays, a personal time-off program and other additional benefits which are intended to assist employees to manage their well-being.

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Inclusion and diversity: Tvardi is committed to efforts to increase diversity and foster an inclusive work environment that supports its workforce.

#### Facilities
Tvardi’s corporate headquarters is located in Sugar Land, Texas, where it leases approximately 5,900 square feet of space. Tvardi’s lease expires in August 2027. Tvardi believes its facilities are adequate and suitable for its current needs and that should it be needed, suitable additional or alternative space will be available to accommodate its operations.

#### Legal Proceedings
From time to time, Tvardi may become involved in material legal proceedings or be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of its business. Tvardi is currently not party to any legal proceedings material to its operations or of which any of its property is the subject, nor is it aware of any such proceedings that are contemplated by a government authority. Regardless of outcome, such proceedings or claims can have an adverse impact on Tvardi because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of resources, and other factors, and there can be no assurances that favorable outcomes will be obtained.

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### CARA MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

### FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion of Cara’s financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with Cara’s financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this proxy statement/ prospectus. In addition to historical financial information, this discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Cara’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus, particularly in the section titled “Risk Factors.” All share and per share prices in this section give effect to the one-for-12 reverse stock split of Cara’s common stock in December 2024.

In Cara Management’s Discussion