Company: TVRD
Filing Date: 2025-10-07
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001104659-25-097519
Chunk: 284

Company: Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-07
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 284
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 shares of preferred stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series and to determine or alter for each such series, such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers and such designation, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other rights and such qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof. The board of directors can also increase or decrease the number of shares of any series, but not below the number of shares of that series then outstanding, without any further vote or action by the Company’s stockholders. The board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of the common stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of the Company or other corporate action and may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the voting and other rights of the holders of common stock.

Board of Directors

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that, subject to any special rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors, our authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of our board of directors. Our board of directors currently has seven members. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the directors shall be divided into three classes, with each class having a three-year term expiring on a staggered basis.

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Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Equiniti Trust Company, LLC. The transfer agent’s address is 1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101, Mendota Heights, MN 55120.

Listing

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “TVRD.”

Antitakeover Effects of Provisions of Charter Documents and Delaware Law

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws, and certain provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) contain provisions, which are summarized in the following paragraphs, that are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of the board of directors. These provisions are intended to avoid costly takeover battles, reduce our vulnerability to a hostile or abusive change of control and enhance the ability of