Company: HCWB
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-116745
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Company: HCW Biologics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form: S-1
Chunk 1
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 effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐ If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

| Large accelerated filer |     | ☐ |     | Accelerated filer         |     | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer   |     | ☑ |     | Smaller reporting company |     | ☑ |
|                         |     |   |     | Emerging growth company   |     | ☑ |

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐ The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, may determine.

Up to 655,308 Units, each consisting of: One Share of Common Stock or One Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase One Share of Common Stock and Two Common Stock Warrants each to Purchase up to One Share of Common Stock Up to 655,308 Shares of Common Stock or Shares of Common Stock Underlying Pre-Funded Warrants Up to 1,310,616 Shares of Common Stock Underlying Common Stock Warrants We are offering on a reasonable best efforts basis up to 655,308 units (“Units”) each consisting of one share of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (our “Common Stock”), and two warrants (each a “Common Stock Warrant” or “warrant”), each warrant to purchase one share of our Common Stock at an assumed public