Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Asset Acquisition

Asset Acquisition

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]

AlmataBio Transaction

On March 27, 2024, the Company acquired AVTX-009, an anti-IL-1β mAb, through a merger of AlmataBio, Inc. (“AlmataBio”) with and into its wholly owned subsidiary (the “AlmataBio Transaction”). The Company’s acquisition of AlmataBio was structured as a stock-for-stock transaction whereby all outstanding equity interests in AlmataBio were exchanged in a merger for a combination of the Company’s common stock and shares of the Company’s non-voting convertible preferred stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), resulting in the issuance of 171,605 shares of Company common stock and 2,412 shares of Series C Preferred Stock. Upon Company stockholder approval on August 13, 2024 and subject to beneficial ownership limitations, 2,063 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued to former AlmataBio stockholders automatically converted into 2,062,930 shares of common stock.

In addition to the shares issued, a cash payment of $7.5 million was due to the former AlmataBio stockholders upon the closing of a private placement. The private placement closed on March 28, 2024 and the Company paid the $7.5 million in April 2024. The Company is also required to pay potential development milestone payments to the former AlmataBio stockholders, including $5.0 million due upon the first patient dosed in a Phase 2 trial in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (“HS”) for AVTX-009, and $15.0 million due upon the first patient dosed in a Phase 3 trial for AVTX-009, both of which are payable in cash or Avalo stock at the election of the former AlmataBio stockholders, subject to the terms and conditions of the definitive merger agreement. In October 2024, the first development milestone was met and the Company paid the $5.0 million cash payment.

The Company is the acquiring company for accounting purposes. In connection with the AlmataBio Transaction, substantially all of the consideration paid is allocable to the fair value of acquired IPR&D, specifically AVTX-009, and as such the acquisition is treated as an asset acquisition. The Company initially recognized AlmataBio’s assets and liabilities by allocating the accumulated cost of the acquisition based on their relative fair values, as estimated by management. The net assets acquired as of the transaction date have been combined with the assets, liabilities, and results of operations of the Company on consummation of the AlmataBio Transaction. In accordance with ASC 730, Research and Development, the portion of the consideration allocated to the acquired IPR&D, specifically AVTX-009, based on its relative fair value, is included as an operating expense as there is no alternative future use.

Below is a summary of the total consideration, assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in connection with the AlmataBio Transaction (in thousands):


	Year Ended December 31, 2024
Stock consideration1	$	12,272
Milestone payment due upon close of private placement investment2	7,500
Milestone payment due upon first patient dosed in a Phase 2 trial2	5,000
Transaction costs	2,402
Total GAAP Purchase Price at Close	$	27,174

Acquired IPR&D	$	27,641
Cash	356
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	(823)
Total net assets acquired and liabilities assumed	$	27,174

1 Equal to the aggregate shares of common stock issued of 171,605 and the aggregate shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued of 2,412 (as-convertible to 2,412,000 shares of common stock), multiplied by the Company’s closing stock price of $4.75 on March 27, 2024. 2,063 of the 2,412 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were converted into 2,062,930 shares of common stock on August 13, 2024 upon Company stockholder approval and subject to beneficial ownership limitations.

2 Avalo deemed these milestones probable and estimable as of the transaction close date and therefore included them as part of the GAAP purchase price at close. The milestone payment due upon the close of the private placement was paid in April 2024. The milestone payment due upon the first patient dosed in a Phase 2 trial was paid in October 2024.

The cost to acquire the IPR&D asset related to AVTX-009 was expensed on the date of the AlmataBio Transaction as it was determined to have no future alternative use. Accordingly, costs associated with the AlmataBio Transaction to acquire the asset were expensed as incurred in acquired IPR&D.