Company: HCWB
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-082835
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Company: HCW Biologics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 77
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 securities of many companies. These fluctuations have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Broad market and industry factors, as well as general economic, political, regulatory and market conditions, may negatively affect the market price of the Company’s shares of Common Stock, regardless of the Company’s actual operating performance. Volatility in the Company’s share price could subject the Company to securities class action litigation. In the past, securities class action litigation has often been brought against a company following a decline in the market price of its securities. If the Company faces such litigation, it could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could harm its business. A “short squeeze” due to a sudden increase in demand for shares of our Common Stock that largely exceeds supply and/or focused investor trading in anticipation of a potential short squeeze have led to, may be currently leading to, and could again lead to, extreme price volatility in shares of our Common Stock. Investors may purchase shares of our Common Stock to hedge existing exposure or to speculate on the price of our Common Stock. Speculation on the price of our Common Stock may involve long and short exposures. To the extent aggregate short exposure exceeds the number of shares of our Common Stock available for purchase on the open market, investors with short exposure may have to pay a premium to repurchase shares of our Common Stock for delivery to lenders of our Common Stock. Those repurchases may, in turn, dramatically increase the price of shares of our Common Stock until additional shares of our Common Stock are available for trading or borrowing. This is often referred to as a “short squeeze.” With the recent substantial increase in volume of our shares being traded and trading price, the proportion of our Common Stock that may be traded in the future by short sellers may increase the likelihood that our Common Stock will be the target of a short squeeze. A short squeeze and/or focused investor trading in anticipation of a short squeeze have led to, may be 48

currently leading to, and could again lead to volatile price movements in shares of our Common Stock that may be unrelated or disproportionate to our financial performance or prospects and, once investors purchase the shares of our Common Stock necessary to cover their short positions, or if investors no longer believe a short squeeze is viable, the price of our Common Stock may rapidly decline. Investors that purchase shares of our Common Stock during a short squeeze may lose a significant portion of their investment. Under the circumstances, we caution you against investing in our Common Stock, unless you are prepared to incur