Company: TVRD
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001104659-25-014310
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Company: Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 424B3
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. Prior to CymaBay, Mr. Shah was a healthcare investment banker for Citigroup from 2010 to 2012 and Credit Suisse First Boston from 2004 to 2010, where he was responsible for managing client relationships and executing strategic and financing related transactions for clients focused on life sciences. Mr. Shah also serves as a director at Opthea Limited, an Australia based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Shah received an M.B.A. from the Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business, where he currently serves on the Business Board of Advisors, and M.S. and B.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University. We believe Mr. Shah’s extensive executive experience managing the operational and financial issues of biopharmaceutical companies provide him with the qualifications and skills to serve on the combined company board of directors.

#### Wallace Hall
has served as a member of Tvardi’s board of directors since June 2018. Mr. Hall cofounded and has served as the President of Wetland Partners, LP, which is primarily engaged in wetland mitigation banking and oil & gas investment from February 1999 to present. Mr. Hall also co-founded BioMatrix Partners, an investment partnership focused on public and private biotechnology companies, where he has served as Limited Partner from October 2013 to present. From February 2011 to February 2017, Mr. Hall served on the University of Texas System Board of Regents. Mr. Hall also serves as a director at Vooks, Inc., a private company. Mr. Hall received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. We believe Mr. Wallace is qualified to serve on the combined company board of directors because of his business expertise and experience serving as an investment partner to both public and private biotechnology companies.

#### Shaheen Wirk, M.D.
has served as a member of Tvardi’s board of directors since March 2024 and as a special advisor to management and the board since January 2021. Dr. Wirk is the founder of Palkon Capital Management, a health-care dedicated investment firm, where he has served as the Chief Investment Officer since August 2013. From May 2001 to 2012, Dr. Wirk served as a Healthcare Analyst at Bridger Capital LLC. Dr. Wirk received his M.D., M.B.A., and B.S. in Biology from Duke University. We believe Dr. Wirk is qualified to serve on