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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 the Merger. These expenses must be paid regardless of whether the Merger is consummated.

The Exchange Ratio will not be adjusted based on the market price of Cara common stock, so the consideration at the closing of the Merger may have a greater or lesser value than at the time the Merger Agreement was signed.

The Exchange Ratio will not change based on changes in the trading price of Cara common stock. Therefore, if before the completion of the Merger, the market price of Cara common stock increases from the market price on the date of the Merger Agreement, Tvardi stockholders could then receive merger consideration with substantially higher value for their shares of Tvardi common stock than the parties had negotiated when they established the Exchange Ratio. The Merger Agreement does not include a price-based termination right. Immediately following the Merger, the pre-Merger equityholders of Cara are expected to hold approximately 15.25% of the shares of Cara common stock, the pre-Merger equityholders of Tvardi are expected to hold approximately 72.21% of the shares of Cara common stock, and the holders of the Convertible Notes are expected to hold approximately 12.54% of the shares of Cara common stock, in each case, on a fully diluted basis (subject to further adjustment as further described below), subject to certain adjustments, including based upon Cara Net Cash at Closing. The calculation of Cara Net Cash at Closing includes, among other things, a credit or reduction for cash proceeds that Cara receives or pays from the Asset Disposition. The Net Cash Condition means that Cara Net Cash must be no less than $18.0 million in order for Tvardi to be required to complete the Merger. For a more complete description of the Merger, please see the section titled “ The Merger Agreement — Merger Consideration ” beginning on page 191of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Cara’s net cash may be less than $22.875 million at the Closing, which would result in Cara’s stockholders owning a smaller percentage of the combined company and, if Cara’s net cash is less than $18.0 million as of the End Date, could even result in the termination of the Merger Agreement.

For purposes of the Merger Agreement, net cash is subject to certain reductions, including, without limitation, for payments made in connection with the sale, transfer, license, assignment or other divestiture

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