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What changed in Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc.'s 10-K2022 vs 2023

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Paragraph-level year-over-year comparison of Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc.'s 2022 and 2023 10-K annual filings, covering the Business, Risk Factors, Legal Proceedings, Cybersecurity, MD&A and Market Risk sections. Every new, removed and edited paragraph is highlighted side-by-side so you can see exactly what management changed in the 2023 report.

+1011 added221 removedSource: 10-K (2024-03-27) vs 10-K (2023-01-25)

Top changes in Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc.'s 2023 10-K

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Item 1. Business

Business — how the company describes what it does

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Biggest changeSuch events might delay distribution of some or all of our assets to the Public Shareholders. 1 Proposed Business Combination On July 4, 2022, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger agreement (as amended on July 21, 2022, the “Merger Agreement”) with HSAC Olympus Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Orchestra BioMed, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Orchestra”).
Biggest changeOn January 26, 2023, we consummated the business combination contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 4, 2022 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among HSAC2, a special purpose acquisition company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company in 2020 (“HSAC2”), HSAC Olympus Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of HSAC2 (“Merger Sub”), and Orchestra BioMed, Inc.
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ITEM 1. BUSINESS General Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2 (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a blank check company incorporated on May 25, 2020 as a Cayman Islands exempted company.
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Item 1. Business Our Vision Our vision is to accelerate medical innovation to patients through risk-reward-sharing partnerships with leading medical device companies. Our Company We are a biomedical innovation company accelerating high-impact technologies to patients through risk-reward sharing partnerships with leading medical device companies.
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We were incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this annual report as our initial business combination.
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Our partnership-enabled business model focuses on forging strategic collaborations with leading medical device companies to drive successful global commercialization of products we develop. We are led by a highly accomplished, multidisciplinary management team and a board of directors with extensive experience in all phases of therapeutic device development.
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Although there is no restriction or limitation on what industry our target operates in, it is our intention to pursue prospective targets that are focused on healthcare innovation. We are an emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies. Our sponsor is HSAC 2 Holdings, LLC (the “Sponsor”).
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Our business was formed in 2018 by assembling a pipeline of multiple late-stage clinical product candidates originally developed by our founding team. Our lead product candidate is BackBeat Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (“BackBeat CNT”) for the treatment of hypertension (“HTN”), the leading risk factor for death worldwide.
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The registration statement for our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) was declared effective on August 3, 2020.
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We have an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Medtronic, Inc. for the development and commercialization of BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN in patients indicated for a cardiac pacemaker. We are also developing the Virtue Sirolimus AngioInfusion Balloon (“Virtue SAB”) for the treatment of atherosclerotic artery disease, the leading cause of mortality worldwide.
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On August 6, 2020, we consummated an Initial Public Offering of 16,000,000 ordinary shares (the “Public Shares”), including the 2,086,956 Public Shares as a result of the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment option, at an offering price of $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds of $160.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $9.4 million, inclusive of $5.6 million in deferred underwriting commissions.
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We have a strategic collaboration with Terumo Medical Corporation (“Terumo”) for the development and commercialization of Virtue SAB for the treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease.
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Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated a private placement (the “Private Placement”) with the Sponsor of (i) 450,000 ordinary shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) at $10.00 per Private Placement Share (for a total purchase price of $4.5 million) and (ii) 1,500,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant (for a total purchase price of $1.5 million), generating gross proceeds of $6.0 million.
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Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) HSAC2 deregistered in the Cayman Islands in accordance with the Companies Act (2022 Revision) (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands and domesticated as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Domestication”) and (ii) Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Orchestra, with Legacy Orchestra as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Orchestra (the “Merger” and, together with the Domestication and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”).
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Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement (including the exercise of the over-allotment option), $160.0 million (or $10.00 per Public Share) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and held as cash or invested only in U.S.
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As part of the Domestication, the Company’s name was changed from “Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2” to “Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc.” BackBeat CNT, also known as Atrioventricular Interval Modulation (“AVIM”) therapy, is a bioelectronic therapy candidate designed to substantially and persistently lower blood pressure.
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“government securities,” within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of an initial business combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account.
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BackBeat CNT can be fully integrated as a firmware upgrade to standard cardiac pacemakers which, given HTN is the most common comorbidity in the pacemaker population affecting over 70% of the pacemaker-indicated patients, makes it a potentially attractive therapeutic solution for these patients.
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We paid a total of $3.2 million in underwriting discounts and commissions (not including the $5.6 million deferred underwriting commissions payable at the consummation of the initial business combination) and approximately $0.6 million for other costs and expenses related to our formation and the Initial Public Offering.
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A lthough there is no guarantee BackBeat CNT will be safe and effective, BackBeat CNT showed encouraging results in MODERATO II, a prospective, multi-center, randomized, double-blind pilot study of pacemaker patients with persistent HTN.
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We will have until February 6, 2023, or such later time as our shareholders may approve in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum (the “Combination Period”), or such later time as our shareholders may approve in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, to complete our initial business combination.
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We estimate that the addressable annual market for pacemaker-indicated patients with HTN comprises more than 750,000 patients worldwide annually and represents a potential annual revenue opportunity of over $2 billion. We also believe BackBeat CNT may offer therapeutic benefit to select high-risk HTN patients not indicated for a pacemaker.
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If we do not complete an initial business combination by that date, it will trigger the Company’s automatic winding up, liquidation and dissolution and, upon notice from us, the trustee of the Trust Account will distribute the amount in the Trust Account to holders of the Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”).
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We estimate that this additional addressable annual market for high-risk HTN patients comprises more than 2.4 million patients worldwide and represents a potential annual revenue opportunity of more than $8 billion. 1 Table of Contents ​ On June 30, 2022, we entered into an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Medtronic, one of the largest medical device companies in the world, for the development of BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN in pacemaker-indicated patients (the “Medtronic Collaboration”).
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Concurrently, we shall pay, or reserve for payment, from funds not held in trust, our liabilities and obligations, although we cannot assure that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose.
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The Medtronic Collaboration provides us with development, clinical and regulatory support for the BACKBEAT pivotal study. Upon regulatory approval, if received, Medtronic will have the exclusive global rights to commercialize BackBeat CNT (AVIM therapy) for this target population.
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If there are insufficient funds held outside the Trust Account for such purpose, our Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or claims of vendors or other entities that are owed money by us for services rendered or contracted for or products sold to us and which have not executed a waiver agreement.
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If BackBeat CNT is approved and successfully commercialized, we will share meaningfully in the revenues generated from Medtronic’s sale of BackBeat CNT- enabled pacing systems. Medtronic has a right of first negotiation with respect to BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN in non-pacemaker patients.
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However, we cannot assure that the liquidator will not determine that he or she requires additional time to evaluate creditors’ claims (particularly if there is uncertainty over the validity or extent of the claims of any creditors).
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On September 19, 2023, we announced that the FDA granted us investigational device exemption (“IDE”) approval to initiate our planned BACKBEAT ( B radyc A rdia pa C ema K er with AVIM for B lood pr E ssure tre A tmen T ) pivotal study (the “BACKBEAT pivotal study”) to treat HTN in patients indicated for a pacemaker.
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We also cannot assure that a creditor or shareholder will not file a petition with the Cayman Islands Court which, if successful, may result in the Company’s liquidation being subject to the supervision of that court.
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On January 8, 2024, we announced that the first patient was enrolled and randomized into the BACKBEAT pivotal study in late December 2023.
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Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, a business combination between the Company and Orchestra (the “Orchestra Business Combination”) will be effected in two steps. First, before the closing of the Orchestra Business Combination, we will deregister in the Cayman Islands and domesticate as a Delaware corporation.
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For a detailed description of the BACKBEAT pivotal study, see “—BIOELECTRONIC PRODUCT CANDIDATES — BackBeat CNT (AVIM Therapy) for Hypertension and CNT-HF for Heart Failure—Clinical Results—Clinical, Regulatory and Commercialization Pathway—The BACKBEAT Global Pivotal Study.” On February 26, 2024, we announced new data showing sustained, clinically meaningful reduction in 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure (aSBP) in hypertensive pacemaker patients treated with AVIM therapy for over 3 years.
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Second, at the closing of the Orchestra Business Combination, Merger Sub will merge with and into Orchestra, with Orchestra surviving such merger as the surviving entity (the “Merger”). Upon consummation of the Orchestra Business Combination, Orchestra will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company will then change its name to “Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc.”.
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Reduction in aSBP measured at 6 months from randomization and therapy activation was the primary endpoint of the MODERATO II study, a European multi-center, double-blind, randomized pilot study involving 47 subjects.
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The Company, after giving effect to the Orchestra Business Combination, will be referred to as “New Orchestra”. The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties thereto. The consummation of the proposed Merger is subject to certain conditions as further described in the Merger Agreement.
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Patients randomized to AVIM therapy and antihypertension medication in that study experienced an 11.1 mmHg (p On March 6, 2024, we announced the presentation of results from a pressure-volume (“PV”) loop clinical study of AVIM therapy (also known as BackBeat CNT) in pacemaker-indicated patients with uncontrolled HTN despite the use of antihypertensive medication.
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Simultaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement, we and Orchestra entered into separate forward purchase agreements (the “Forward Purchase Agreements”) with certain funds managed by RTW Investments, LP (the “RTW Funds”) and Covidien Group S.à.r.l., an affiliate of Medtronic plc (“Medtronic” and the RTW Funds, each a “Purchasing Party”), pursuant to which each of the Purchasing Parties agreed to purchase approximately $10.0 million of the Company’s ordinary shares, for a total of approximately $20.0 million, less the dollar amount of the Company’s ordinary shares holding redemption rights that the Purchasing Party acquires and holds until immediately prior to the domestication.
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The new clinical data demonstrate the favorable hemodynamic impact of AVIM therapy as compared to standard right ventricular (RV) pacing on systolic blood pressure and overall cardiac function when delivered using both conduction system (CSP) as well as standard pacing lead locations.
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Simultaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the Forward Purchase Agreements, we, Orchestra, and the RTW Funds entered into a Backstop Agreement (the “Backstop Agreement”) pursuant to which the RTW Funds, jointly and severally, agreed to purchase such number of the Company’s ordinary shares at a price of $10.00 per share to the extent that the amount of Parent Closing Cash (as defined in the Merger Agreement) as of immediately prior to the closing of the Orchestra Business Combination is less than $60.0 million (inclusive of the $10.0 million commitment by the RTW Funds pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement described above).
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AVIM therapy with pacing leads placed in standard RV (“AVIM RV”) locations, as well as in conduction system pacing (“AVIM CSP”) locations targeting the left bundle branch area (LBBA) regions, respectively, was compared to standard atrial-ventricular (“AV”) sequential pacing (DDD mode pacing or “AV Pacing”).
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On October 21, 2022, the Backstop Agreement and the Forward Purchase Agreement with the RTW Funds were amended to provide that: (1) the per share purchase price under each of the Backstop Agreement and the Forward Purchase Agreement will not exceed the redemption price available to Public Shareholders exercising redemption rights at the shareholder meeting held to approve the business combination; (2) any shares purchased pursuant to the Backstop Agreement or the Forward Purchase Agreement, or otherwise acquired by the RTW Funds outside of the existing redemption offer, will not be voted in favor of approving the business combination; and (3) the RTW Funds will waive redemption rights with respect to such purchases in the vote to approve the business combination.
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Overall mean results for each variable were calculated using paired measurements for each individual patient using AVIM RV, AVIM CSP and AV Pacing, respectively: ​ ● AVIM therapy generated statistically significant reductions ( p ) in systolic blood pressure (“SBP”), end diastolic volume (“EDV”), end diastolic pressure (“EDP”), and end systolic volume (“ESV”) using both AVIM RV and AVIM CSP pacing lead locations compared to AV Pacing. o SBP was reduced by 17.1 mmHg and 19.2 mmHg compared to 1.6 mmHg o EDV was reduced by 12.6 mL and 18.6 mL compared to 1.4 mL o EDP was reduced by 2.3 mmHg and 3.6 mmHg compared to an increase of 0.3 mmHg o ESV was reduced by 11.0 mL and 14.1 mL compared to an increase of 1.8 mL ● AVIM therapy drove statistically significant ( p ) reductions in stroke work (SW) without significantly reducing stroke volume (SV) compared to AV Pacing. o Stroke work (SW) was reduced by 1596 mL and 1870 mL compared to 42 mL o Stroke volume (SV) was not significantly reduced by AVIM RV, AVIM CSP or AV Pacing 2 Table of Contents ​ ● AVIM therapy drove statistically significant ( p ) reductions in total peripheral resistance (“TPR”, measured as change in effective arterial elastance or “Ea”) and no change in contractility (measured as change in end-systolic elastance or “Ees”) compared to AV Pacing. o Effective arterial elastance (“Ea”, a measure of TPR) was reduced by 0.23 mmHg/mL and 0.31 mmHg/mL compared to an increase of 0.04 mmHg/mL o Ees remained unchanged with AVIM RV, AVIM CSP and AV Pacing Virtue SAB is a proprietary drug/device combination product candidate for the treatment of artery disease that is designed to deliver a proprietary, investigational, extended-release formulation of sirolimus (“SirolimusEFR”) to the vessel wall during balloon angioplasty without the need for balloon coating or a permanent implant.
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The amendments have been filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K on October 21, 2022. The Forward Purchase Agreement with Medtronic was not amended.
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Although there is no guarantee Virtue SAB will prove to be safe and effective, Virtue SAB demonstrated promising three-year clinical data in the treatment of coronary In-Stent Restenois (“ISR”) in the prospective, multi-center SABRE Study.
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The closing under the Forward Purchase Agreement with the RTW Funds occurred on July 22, 2022, pursuant to which the RTW Funds purchased 1,000,000 of our ordinary shares at a price of $10.01 per share from an accredited investor in a privately negotiated transaction.
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Virtue SAB was granted Breakthrough Device designation by the FDA, for specific indicat ions relating to the treatment of coronary ISR, coronary small vessel disease and peripheral artery disease below-the-knee.
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The closing under the Forward Purchase Agreement with Medtronic and the closing under the Backstop Agreement, if any, will occur immediately prior to the domestication.
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We estimate that these indications will represent an annual global addressable market opportunity of at least $4 billion, based on approximately 3.2 million procedures, as discussed below under “— FOCAL THERAPIES — Virtue SAB for Artery Disease and SirolimusEFR for Local Inflammation in Multiple Indications. — Targeted Unmet Needs and Market Opportunity for Virtue SAB.” On August 8, 2023, we announced that the FDA granted us investigational device exemption approval with conditions to initiate our planned Virtue ISR-US pivotal study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Virtue SAB for the treatment of patients with coronary ISR.
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The Sponsor and the Purchasing Parties will have registration rights pursuant to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement with respect to the Company’s ordinary shares, received in the domestication. 2 In addition, the Sponsor has agreed that 25% or 1,000,000 shares of its New Orchestra common stock received in the domestication will be forfeited to New Orchestra on the first business day following the fifth anniversary of the closing unless, as to 500,000 shares, the VWAP (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of the New Orchestra common stock is greater than or equal to $15.00 per share over any 20 Trading Days (as defined in the Merger Agreement) within any 30-Trading Day period, and as to the remaining 500,000 shares, the VWAP of the New Orchestra common stock is greater than or equal to $20.00 per share over any 20-Trading Days within any 30-Trading Day period.
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The conditional approval permits us to initiate enrollment of the Virtue ISR-US pivotal study following completion of clinical trial initiation activities, including clinical center Institutional Review Board approvals. We are also required to submit additional information to the FDA.
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In addition, subject to the closing of the Orchestra Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to forfeit 50% of its Private Placement Warrants, comprising 750,000 Private Placement Warrants, for no consideration.
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We have a strategic partnership with Terumo, a global leader in medical technology, for the development and commercialization of Virtue SAB to treat coronary artery disease (“CAD”) or peripheral artery disease (“ PAD”).
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Further, the Sponsor and the other shareholders of the Company as of immediately prior to our Initial Public Offering (the “Initial Stockholders”) have agreed to subject the 4,000,000 shares of New Orchestra common stock to be received in the domestication in exchange for the 4,000,000 ordinary shares held or controlled by the Initial Shareholders prior to the Initial Public Offering (the “Insider Shares”) and 450,000 shares of New Orchestra common stock to be received in the domestication in exchange for the 450,000 Private Placement Shares, to a lock-up for up to 12 months.
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Under the terms of our partnership, it is expected that Terumo will assume financial and execution responsibility for substantially all future clinical and regulatory development, with the exception of the Virtue ISR-US pivotal study, for which we are responsible.
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See the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed by us with the SEC on December 13, 2022 for additional information.
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Terumo will also be responsible for device manufacturing, commercial sales, marketing and distribution for Virtue SAB for coronary and peripheral vascular indications globally. If Virtue SAB is successfully developed and approved, we will share meaningfully in future commercial revenues of Virtue SAB through double-digit royalties on net sales and per unit payments as the exclusive supplier of SirolimusEFR.
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Extension, Redemptions and Private Purchase On July 26, 2022, we held an extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders, where the shareholders approved a special resolution (the “Extension Proposal”) to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (i) extend from August 6, 2022 (the “Original Termination Date”) to November 6, 2022 (the “Extended Date”), the date by which, if we had not consummated an initial business combination, the Company must liquidate and dissolve, and (ii) allow us, without another shareholder vote, to elect to extend the date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to three times by an additional one month each time after the Extended Date, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadlines, until February 6, 2023 or a total of up to six months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of our initial business combination shall have occurred.
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As previously disclosed, we have been negotiating with Terumo for mutually agreeable adjustments to our distribution agreement with Terumo (the “Terumo Agreement”) with the purpose of restructuring milestone payments as well as making other potential material modifications to that agreement, including additional financial commitments by Terumo to Orchestra and the Virtue SAB program.
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On October 31, 2022, November 15, 2022, and December 15, 2022, our board of directors of elected to extend the deadline until December 6, 2022, January 6, 2023, and February 6, 2023, respectively.
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We have delayed initiation of our Virtue ISR-US pivotal study until such time as we and Terumo restructure the Terumo Agreement in a manner that provides us with a satisfactory amount of additional capital, whether from milestone payments or other financial arrangements.
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In connection with the vote to approve the Extension Proposal, the holders of 9,237,883 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.02 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $92.6 million.
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In addition, in light of the recent FDA approval of Boston Scientific Corporation’s AGENT™ paclitaxel-coated balloon for the treatment of coronary ISR, we and Terumo are reviewing the design for the Virtue ISR-US pivotal study and considering alternative clinical study designs with input from our clinical steering committee for Virtue SAB.
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As such, approximately 57.7% of the Public Shares were redeemed and approximately 42.3% of the Public Shares remain outstanding. After the satisfaction of such redemptions, the balance in our Trust Account was $67.8 million. See the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed by us with the SEC on December 13, 2022 for additional information.
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If negotiations are not completed to our satisfaction or to the satisfaction of Terumo, clinical study, product development, and commercialization plans for Virtue SAB may continue to be adversely impacted. 3 Table of Contents ​ History of Caliber and BackBeat We were incorporated in Delaware in January 2017 and were formed to acquire operating and other assets as well as to raise capital to support further development of acquired assets.
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Business Combination Meeting On January 24, 2023, we held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “General Meeting”) for the purpose of considering and voting upon, among other things, the Orchestra Business Combination. Each of the proposals presented at the General Meeting, as more fully described in the proxy statement/prospectus dated December 16, 2022, was approved.
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We had limited activity in 2017. In May 2018, we concurrently completed a recapitalization and mergers with Caliber Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation that has, among other things, the rights to the Virtue SAB product candidate and BackBeat Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation that has, among other things, the rights to the BackBeat CNT product candidate.
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The submission of the Orchestra Business Combination to the shareholders entitled holders of Public Shares to redeem their shares for their pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account. In connection with the General Meeting, as of January 24, 2023, we received requests for redemption from holders with respect to 1,597,888 Public Shares.
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Caliber Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in October 2005 and began development of its lead product candidate, Virtue SAB, in 2008. BackBeat Medical, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in January 2010 and began development of its lead product candidate, BackBeat CNT, that same year.
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The closing date of the Orchestra Business Combination is anticipated to be in January 2023.
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Conversion of Caliber and BackBeat Limited Liability Companies On December 26, 2019, we completed the conversions of Caliber Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to Caliber Therapeutics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and BackBeat Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to BackBeat Medical, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
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Shareholder Approval of Business Combination In connection with the Orchestra Business Combination, we are seeking shareholder approval of our initial business combination at a general meeting called for such purpose at which public shareholders may seek to convert their public shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed business combination, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account (net of taxes payable).
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References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to “Caliber” refer to Caliber Therapeutics, Inc. prior to its conversion to a limited liability company and to Caliber Therapeutics, LLC after its conversion to a limited liability company, as applicable.
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See the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed by us with the SEC on December 13, 2022 for additional information. 3 In connection with the Orchestra Business Combination, we will: ● permit shareholders to convert their shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules, and ● file proxy materials with the SEC.
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References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to “BackBeat” refer to BackBeat Medical, Inc. prior to its conversion to a limited liability company and to BackBeat Medical, LLC after its conversion to a limited liability company, as applicable.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, our initial shareholders have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, not to convert any public shares held by them into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account.
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Partnership-Enabled Business Model Our business was formed specifically to pursue a partnership-enabled business model that seeks to apply strategies typically used by the biopharmaceutical industry to the medical device market where product developers are typically challenged with the financial and execution burdens of also needing to commercialize the products they are developing in order to achieve a value inflection event for their shareholders.
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We will consummate our initial business combination only if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company will be required to approve the business combination..
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Our goal is to accelerate and improve the likelihood of its product innovations reaching patients and providers worldwide by sharing the risks and rewards of developing and commercializing these product candidates with established multinational companies, such as Medtronic and Terumo.
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Our initial shareholders, including our officers and directors, have agreed (1) to vote any ordinary shares owned by them in favor of any proposed business combination, subject to applicable law, (2) not to convert any ordinary shares into the right to receive cash from the trust account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a proposed initial business combination or a vote to amend the provisions of our memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (3) not to sell any ordinary shares in any tender in connection with a proposed initial business combination.

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Item 2. Properties

Properties — owned and leased real estate

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES We currently maintain our principal executive offices at 40 10 th Avenue, Floor 7, New York, NY 10014. The cost for this space is included in the $10,000 per-month fee (subject to deferral as described herein) payable to HSAC 2 Holdings, LLC, for office space, utilities and secretarial services.
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Item 2. Properties Our headquarters are located at 150 Union Square Drive New Hope, Pennsylvania 18938, where we lease approximately 8,052 rentable square feet of office and laboratory space under a lease that terminates on September 30, 128 Table of Contents ​ 2024.
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Our agreement with HSAC 2 Holdings, LLC provides that, commencing on the date that our ordinary shares were first listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market and until we consummate a business combination, such office space, as well as utilities and secretarial services, will be made available to us as may be required from time to time.
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We believe that our existing facilities are adequate to meet our current needs, and that suitable additional alternative spaces will be available in the future on commercially reasonable terms.
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We believe that the fee charged by HSAC 2 Holdings, LLC is at least as favorable as we could have obtained from an unaffiliated person. We consider our current office space, combined with the other office space otherwise available to our executive officers, adequate for our current operations.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

Legal Proceedings — active lawsuits and investigations

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Biggest changeITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS We may be subject to legal proceedings, investigations and claims incidental to the conduct of our business from time to time. We are not currently a party to any material litigation or other legal proceedings brought against us.
Biggest changeItem 3. Legal Proceedings From time to time, we may become involved in various claims and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business.
We are also not aware of any legal proceeding, investigation or claim, or other legal exposure that has a more than remote possibility of having a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings and are not aware of any pending or threatened legal proceeding against us that we believe would have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity

Market for Common Equity — stock, dividends, buybacks

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Biggest changeThe payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of a business combination. The payment of any dividends subsequent to a business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time.
Biggest changeAny future determination to pay dividends will be made at the discretion of our Board, subject to applicable laws. Such determination will depend on a number of factors, including our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, contractual, legal, tax and regulatory restrictions, general business conditions, and other factors that our Board may deem relevant.
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES Our ordinary shares began to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “HSAQ” on August 4, 2020.
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Company Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Market Information Our common stock is currently listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “OBIO”.
Dividends We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of an initial business combination.
Dividend Policy We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date. We anticipate that we will retain all of our future earnings, if any, for the development, operation and expansion of our business and we do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future.
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Holders of Record As of January 23, 2023, there were 11,212,117 of our ordinary shares issued and outstanding held by 7 holders of record.
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Prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, HSAC2’s ordinary shares were listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “HSAQ.” Holders As of March 22, 2024, there were 595 holders of record of our common stock, which amount does not include participants of The Depository Trust Company or beneficial owners holding shares through nominee names.
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The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of ordinary shares whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies.
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Should we decide in the future to do so, as a holding company, our ability to pay dividends on our capital stock and meet other obligations depends upon the receipt of dividends or other payments from our operating subsidiaries, including Legacy Orchestra.
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It is the present intention of our board of directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, our board of directors does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any share dividends in the foreseeable future.
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In addition, the ability to pay cash dividends may be restricted by the terms of debt financing arrangements, as any future debt financing arrangement likely will contain terms restricting or limiting the amount of dividends that may be declared or paid on our securities.
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Further, if we incur any indebtedness, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith. Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans None. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities None.
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Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans Information about our equity compensation plans in Item 12 of Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference. ​ Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities The following sets forth information as to all of equity securities sold during the year ended December 31, 2023 which were not registered under the Securities Act: Warrants Issued to Avenue 129 Table of Contents ​ In June 2022, Legacy Orchestra entered into a loan and security agreement (the “2022 Loan and Security Agreement”) with Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P.
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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers Extension Proposal On July 26, 2022, we held an extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders, where the shareholders approved a special resolution (the “Extension Proposal”) to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (i) extend from August 6, 2022 (the “Original Termination Date”) to November 6, 2022 (the “Extended Date”), the date by which, if we had not consummated an initial business combination, the Company must liquidate and dissolve, and (ii) allow us, without another shareholder vote, to elect to extend the date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to three times by an additional one month each time after the Extended Date, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadlines, until February 6, 2023 or a total of up to six months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of our initial business combination shall have occurred.
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(“Avenue I”) and Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P. (“Avenue II,” and, collectively with Avenue I, “Avenue”). On October 6, 2023, the 2022 Loan and Security Agreement was repaid in full and terminated.
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On October 31, 2022, November 15, 2022, and December 15, 2022, our board of directors of elected to extend the deadline until December 6, 2022, January 6, 2023, and February 6, 2023, respectively.
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In connection with the repayment and termination of the 2022 Loan and Security Agreement, on October 6, 2023, the Company issued two warrants to purchase an aggregate of 27,707 shares of common stock to Avenue at an exercise price of $7.67 per share.
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In connection with the vote to approve the Extension Proposal, the holders of 9,237,883 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.02 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $92.6 million.
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The warrants were issued in lieu of a cash payment of $212,500 due with respect to certain fees under the 2022 Loan and Security Agreement. The Company issued these securities in a transaction not involving an underwriter and not requiring registration under Section 5 of the Securities Act in reliance on the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) thereof.
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As such, approximately 57.7% of the Public Shares were redeemed and approximately 42.3% of the Public Shares remain outstanding. After the satisfaction of such redemptions, the balance in our Trust Account was $67.8 million.
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Business Combination Meeting On January 24, 2023, we held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “General Meeting”) for the purpose of considering and voting upon, among other things, the Orchestra Business Combination. Each of the proposals presented at the General Meeting, as more fully described in the proxy statement/prospectus dated December 16, 2022, was approved.
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The submission of the Orchestra Business Combination to the shareholders entitled holders of Public Shares to redeem their shares for their pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account. In connection with the General Meeting, as of January 24, 2023, we received requests for redemption from holders with respect to 1,597,888 Public Shares.
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The closing date of the Orchestra Business Combination is anticipated to be in January 2023.

Item 7. Management's Discussion & Analysis

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Biggest changeThe following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Biggest changeThe following discussion should be read together with “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements, together with the related notes thereto, included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Consolidated Financial Statements”).
We were formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this annual report as our initial business combination.
Closing of Business Combination Prior to January 26, 2023, the Company was a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. On January 26, 2023, we consummated the business combination contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS References to the “Company,” “Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to “Orchestra,” “Orchestra’s,” “the Company,” “we,” “its” and “our” refer to Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. All references to years, unless otherwise noted, refer to the Company’s fiscal years, which end on December 31.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events.
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In addition to historical financial information, this discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon our current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” herein.
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These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
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Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) HSAC2 deregistered in the Cayman Islands in accordance with the Companies Act (2022 Revision) (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands and domesticated as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Domestication”) and (ii) Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Orchestra, with Legacy Orchestra as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Orchestra (the “Merger” and, together with the Domestication and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”).
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In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other U.S.
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As part of the Domestication, we changed our name from “Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2” to “Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc.” On January 27, 2023, our common stock (“Company Common Stock”) began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “OBIO.” For additional information, see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings Overview We are a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on May 25, 2020.
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Reverse Recapitalization The Business Combination is accounted for as a reverse recapitalization (the “Reverse Recapitalization”) in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Under this method of accounting, HSAC2 is treated as the “acquired” company and Legacy Orchestra is treated as the acquirer for financial reporting purposes.
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Although there is no restriction or limitation on what industry our target operates in, it is our intention to pursue prospective targets that are focused on healthcare innovation. We are an emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies. Our sponsor is HSAC 2 Holdings, LLC (the “Sponsor”).
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As a result, the consolidated assets, liabilities and results of operations prior to the Reverse Recapitalization are those of Legacy Orchestra. Additionally, the shares and corresponding capital amounts and losses per share, prior to the Business Combination, have been retroactively restated based on the exchange ratio established in the Merger Agreement (the “Exchange Ratio”).
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The registration statement for our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) was declared effective on August 3, 2020.
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For additional information on the Business Combination and the Exchange Ratio, see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Overview We are a biomedical innovation company accelerating high-impact technologies to patients through risk-reward sharing partnerships with leading medical device companies.
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On August 6, 2020, we consummated an Initial Public Offering of 16,000,000 ordinary shares (the “Public Shares”), including the 2,086,956 Public Shares as a result of the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment option, at an offering price of $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds of $160.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $9.4 million, inclusive of $5.6 million in deferred underwriting commissions.
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Our partnership-enabled business model focuses on forging strategic collaborations with leading medical device companies to drive successful global commercialization of products we develop. We are led by a highly accomplished, multidisciplinary management team and a board of directors with extensive experience in all phases of therapeutic device development.
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Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated a private placement (the “Private Placement”) with the Sponsor of (i) 450,000 ordinary shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) at $10.00 per Private Placement Share (for a total purchase price of $4.5 million) and (ii) 1,500,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant (for a total purchase price of $1.5 million), generating gross proceeds of $6.0 million.
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Our business was formed in 2018 by assembling a pipeline of multiple late-stage clinical product candidates originally developed by our founding team. Our lead product candidate is BackBeat Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (“BackBeat CNT”) for the treatment of hypertension (“HTN”), the leading risk factor for death worldwide.
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Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement (including the exercise of the over-allotment option), $160.0 million (or $10.00 per Public Share) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and held as cash or invested only in U.S.
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We have an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Medtronic, Inc. for the development and commercialization of BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN in patients indicated for a cardiac pacemaker. We are also developing the Virtue Sirolimus AngioInfusion Balloon (“Virtue SAB”) for the treatment of atherosclerotic artery disease, the leading cause of mortality worldwide.
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“government securities,” within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of an initial business combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account. 11 We paid a total of $3.2 million in underwriting discounts and commissions (not including the $5.6 million deferred underwriting commissions payable at the consummation of the initial business combination) and approximately $0.6 million for other costs and expenses related to our formation and the Initial Public Offering.
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We have a strategic collaboration with Terumo 131 Table of Contents ​ Medical Corporation (“Terumo”) for the development and commercialization of Virtue SAB for the treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease.
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We will have until February 6, 2023, or such later time as our shareholders may approve in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum (the “Combination Period”), or such later time as our shareholders may approve in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, to complete our initial business combination.
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Since Legacy Orchestra’s inception, we have devoted the substantial majority of our resources to performing research and development and clinical activities in support of our product development and collaboration efforts.
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If we do not complete an initial business combination by that date, it will trigger the Company’s automatic winding up, liquidation and dissolution and, upon notice from us, the trustee of the Trust Account will distribute the amount in the Trust Account to holders of the Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”).
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We have funded our operations primarily through the issuance of convertible preferred stock and proceeds from the Business Combination, as well as through proceeds from the Terumo Agreement, borrowings under debt arrangements and, to a lesser extent, from product revenue from our subsidiary, FreeHold Surgical, LLC. (“FreeHold”).
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Concurrently, we shall pay, or reserve for payment, from funds not held in trust, our liabilities and obligations, although we cannot assure that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose.
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We have raised a cumulative $166.8 million in gross proceeds through the issuance of convertible preferred stock, $70.0 million in gross proceeds from the Business Combination, and have received $30.0 million from the Terumo Agreement through December 31, 2023. We have incurred net losses each year since inception.
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If there are insufficient funds held outside the Trust Account for such purpose, our Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or claims of vendors or other entities that are owed money by us for services rendered or contracted for or products sold to us and which have not executed a waiver agreement.
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Our net losses were $49.1 million and $33.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We expect to continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future. As of December 31, 2023, we had an accumulated deficit of $248.9 million.
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However, we cannot assure that the liquidator will not determine that he or she requires additional time to evaluate creditors’ claims (particularly if there is uncertainty over the validity or extent of the claims of any creditors).
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Legacy Orchestra, our wholly owned subsidiary, was incorporated in Delaware in 2017 and completed a recapitalization and mergers with Caliber Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation that has, among other things, the rights to the Virtue SAB product candidate and BackBeat Medical, Inc., a Delaware Corporation that has, among other things, the rights to the Backbeat CNT product candidate, in 2018.
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We also cannot assure that a creditor or shareholder will not file a petition with the Cayman Islands Court which, if successful, may result in the Company’s liquidation being subject to the supervision of that court. Such events might delay distribution of some or all of our assets to the Public Shareholders.
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Legacy Orchestra completed the conversions of Caliber Therapeutics, Inc. to Caliber Therapeutics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and BackBeat Medical, Inc. to BackBeat Medical, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in 2019.
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Proposed Business Combination On July 4, 2022, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger agreement (as amended on July 21, 2022, the “Merger Agreement”) with HSAC Olympus Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and our wholly owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), and Orchestra BioMed, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Orchestra”).
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Recent Developments On January 8, 2024, we announced that in late December 2023 the first enrolled patient was randomized into the BACKBEAT (BradycArdia paCemaKer with atrioventricular interval modulation for Blood prEssure treAtmenT) pivotal study (the “BACKBEAT pivotal study”) of BackBeat CNT, also known as Atrioventricular Interval Modulation (“AVIM”) therapy, to treat hypertension in patients indicated for a pacemaker.
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Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, a business combination between us and Orchestra (the “Orchestra Business Combination”) will be effected in two steps. First, before the closing of the Orchestra Business Combination, we will deregister in the Cayman Islands and domesticate as a Delaware corporation.
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This is following the FDA granting us IDE approval, which was announced on September 19, 2023.
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Second, at the closing of the Orchestra Business Combination, Merger Sub will merge with and into Orchestra, with Orchestra surviving such merger as the surviving entity (the “Merger”). Upon consummation of the Orchestra Business Combination, Orchestra will become our wholly owned subsidiary. We will then change our name to “Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc.”.
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For a detailed description of the BACKBEAT pivotal study, see the information in under the heading “BIOELECTRONIC PRODUCT CANDIDATES – BackBeat CNT (AVIM Therapy) for Hypertension and CNT-HF for Heart Failure – Clinical Results – Clinical, Regulatory and Commercialization Pathway – The BACKBEAT Global Pivotal Study” in Item 1 (Business) of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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We refer to the Company, after giving effect to the Orchestra Business Combination, as “New Orchestra”. The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties thereto. The consummation of the proposed Merger is subject to certain conditions as further described in the Merger Agreement.
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On February 26, 2024, we announced new data showing sustained, clinically meaningful reductions in 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure (aSBP) in hypertensive pacemaker patients treated with AVIM therapy for over 3 years.
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Simultaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement, we and Orchestra entered into separate forward purchase agreements (the “Forward Purchase Agreements”) with certain funds managed by RTW Investments, LP (the “RTW Funds”) and Covidien Group S.à.r.l., an affiliate of Medtronic plc (“Medtronic” and the RTW Funds, each a “Purchasing Party”), pursuant to which each of the Purchasing Parties agreed to purchase approximately $10.0 million of our ordinary shares, for a total of approximately $20.0 million, less the dollar amount of our ordinary shares holding redemption rights that the Purchasing Party acquires and holds until immediately prior to the domestication.
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For more information, please see “BIOELECTRONIC PRODUCT CANDIDATES – BackBeat CNT (AVIM Therapy) for Hypertension and CNT-HF for Heart Failure – Clinical Results – Chronic Clinical Studies: - the MODERATO II Long-Term Follow Up Study:” in Item 1 (Business) of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. “Our Company” in Item 1 (Business) of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Simultaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the Forward Purchase Agreements, we, Orchestra, and the RTW Funds entered into a Backstop Agreement (the “Backstop Agreement”) pursuant to which the RTW Funds, jointly and severally, agreed to purchase such number of our ordinary shares at a price of $10.00 per share to the extent that the amount of Parent Closing Cash (as defined in the Merger Agreement) as of immediately prior to the closing of the Orchestra Business Combination is less than $60.0 million (inclusive of the $10.0 million commitment by the RTW Funds pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement described above). 12 On October 21, 2022, the Backstop Agreement and the Forward Purchase Agreement with the RTW Funds were amended to provide that: (1) the per share purchase price under each of the Backstop Agreement and the Forward Purchase Agreement will not exceed the redemption price available to Public Shareholders exercising redemption rights at the shareholder meeting held to approve the business combination; (2) any shares purchased pursuant to the Backstop Agreement or the Forward Purchase Agreement, or otherwise acquired by the RTW Funds outside of the existing redemption offer, will not be voted in favor of approving the business combination; and (3) the RTW Funds will waive redemption rights with respect to such purchases in the vote to approve the business combination.
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On March 6, 2023, we announced the presentation of results from a clinical study demonstrating favorable hemodynamics effects of AVIM therapy in hypertensive pacemaker patients.
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The amendments have been filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K on October 21, 2022. The Forward Purchase Agreement with Medtronic was not amended.
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For more information, see “BIOELECTRONIC PRODUCT CANDIDATES – BackBeat CNT (AVIM Therapy) for Hypertension and CNT-HF for Heart Failure – Clinical Results – Acute Clinical Study (Prague):” in Item 1 (Business) of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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The closing under the Forward Purchase Agreement with the RTW Funds occurred on July 22, 2022, pursuant to which the RTW Funds purchased 1,000,000 of our ordinary shares at a price of $10.01 per share from an accredited investor in a privately negotiated transaction.
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Registration Statement The holders of an aggregate of 17,148,494 shares of common stock (not including 1,310,000 shares underlying warrants), or approximately 47.9% of our outstanding common stock as of March 22, 2024 are entitled to registration rights under the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement entered into in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, and the Company expects to file on the date hereof an amendment to the registration statement 132 Table of Contents ​ that registers, among other things, the resale of those outstanding shares of common stock as well as the issuance of shares of common stock underlying warrants (the “Registration Statement”), which has the potential to significantly impact the market for our common stock.
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The closing under the Forward Purchase Agreement with Medtronic and the closing under the Backstop Agreement, if any, will occur immediately prior to the domestication. The Sponsor and the Purchasing Parties will have registration rights pursuant to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement with respect to our ordinary shares, received in the domestication.
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When a large number of shares become available for sale, it can create an imbalance between supply and demand, potentially resulting in downward pressure on the market price of the stock. The increased supply of shares from the resale could outweigh the existing demand, leading to a potential decline in the market price of our common stock.
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In addition, the Sponsor has agreed that 25% or 1,000,000 shares of its New Orchestra common stock received in the domestication will be forfeited to New Orchestra on the first business day following the fifth anniversary of the closing unless, as to 500,000 shares, the VWAP (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of the New Orchestra common stock is greater than or equal to $15.00 per share over any 20 Trading Days (as defined in the Merger Agreement) within any 30-Trading Day period, and as to the remaining 500,000 shares, the VWAP of the New Orchestra common stock is greater than or equal to $20.00 per share over any 20-Trading Days within any 30-Trading Day period.
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Due to the significant number of redemptions of HSAC2’s ordinary shares in connection with the Business Combination, there was a significantly lower number of HSAC2 ordinary shares that converted into shares of our common stock in connection with the Business Combination.
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In addition, subject to the closing of the Orchestra Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to forfeit 50% of its Private Placement Warrants, comprising 750,000 Private Placement Warrants, for no consideration.
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As a result, the shares of our common stock being registered for resale (a portion of which may not be resold until the expiration of the applicable lock-up period) are anticipated to constitute a considerable percentage of our public float.
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Further, the Sponsor and the other shareholders as of immediately prior to our Initial Public Offering (the “Initial Stockholders”) have agreed to subject the 4,000,000 shares of New Orchestra common stock to be received in the domestication in exchange for the 4,000,000 ordinary shares held or controlled by the Initial Shareholders prior to the Initial Public Offering (the “Insider Shares”) and 450,000 shares of New Orchestra common stock to be received in the domestication in exchange for the 450,000 Private Placement Shares, to a lock-up for up to 12 months.
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Additionally, a significant portion of the shares of our common stock being registered for resale were originally purchased by selling securityholders pursuant to investments in Legacy Orchestra at prices considerably below the current market price of our common stock.
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See the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed by us with the SEC on December 13, 2022 for additional information.
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This discrepancy in purchase prices may have an impact on the market perception of our common stock’s value and could increase the volatility of the market price of our common stock or result in a significant decline in the public trading price of our common stock.
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Extension, Redemptions and Private Purchase On July 26, 2022, we held an extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders, where the shareholders approved a special resolution (the “Extension Proposal”) to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (i) extend from August 6, 2022 (the “Original Termination Date”) to November 6, 2022 (the “Extended Date”), the date by which, if we had not consummated an initial business combination, the Company must liquidate and dissolve, and (ii) allow us, without another shareholder vote, to elect to extend the date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to three times by an additional one month each time after the Extended Date, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadlines, until February 6, 2023 or a total of up to six months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of our initial business combination shall have occurred.
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The registration of these shares for resale creates the possibility of a significant increase in the supply of our common stock in the market. The increased supply, coupled with the potential disparity in purchase prices, may lead to heightened selling pressure, which could negatively affect the public trading price of our common stock.
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On October 31, 2022, November 15, 2022, and December 15, 2022, our board of directors of elected to extend the deadline until December 6, 2022, January 6, 2023, and February 6, 2023, respectively. 13 In connection with the vote to approve the Extension Proposal, the holders of 9,237,883 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.02 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $92.6 million.
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The exercise prices of our warrants, in certain circumstances, may be higher than the prevailing market price of the underlying common stock. The cash proceeds to us associated with the exercise of our warrants are contingent upon our stock price.
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As such, approximately 57.7% of the Public Shares were redeemed and approximately 42.3% of the Public Shares remain outstanding. After the satisfaction of such redemptions, the balance in our Trust Account was $67.8 million. See the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed by us with the SEC on December 13, 2022 for additional information.
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The value of our common stock may fluctuate and may not align with the exercise price of the warrants at any given time. If the warrants are “out of the money,” meaning the exercise price is higher than the market price of our common stock, there is a high likelihood that warrantholders may choose not to exercise their warrants.
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Business Combination Meeting On January 24, 2023, we held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “General Meeting”) for the purpose of considering and voting upon, among other things, the Orchestra Business Combination. Each of the proposals presented at the General Meeting, as more fully described in the proxy statement/prospectus dated December 16, 2022, was approved.
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As a result, we may not receive any proceeds from the exercise of such warrants. Components of Our Results of Operations Partnership Revenue To date, our partnership revenues have related to the Terumo Agreement described below.
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The submission of the Orchestra Business Combination to the shareholders entitled holders of Public Shares to redeem their shares for their pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account. In connection with the General Meeting, as of January 24, 2023, we received requests for redemption from holders with respect to 1,597,888 Public Shares.
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In future periods, partnership revenues may also include revenues related to the Exclusive License and Collaboration Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2022, by and among, Legacy Orchestra, BackBeat Medical, LLC and Medtronic, Inc. (an affiliate of Medtronic plc) (the “Medtronic Agreement”), discussed in Note 5, Medtronic Agreement , to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Liquidity and Going Concern As of December 31, 2022, we had approximately $175,000 of cash in our operating account and a working capital deficit of approximately $1.8 million.
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Legacy Orchestra entered into the Terumo Agreement in June 2019, and has determined that the arrangement represents a contract with a customer and is therefore in scope of ASC 606, Revenues from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”).
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Prior to the completion of the Initial Public Offering, our liquidity needs had been satisfied through a payment of $28,750 from our Sponsor to exchange for the issuance of 3,593,750 ordinary shares to the Sponsor, and a loan of $300,000 pursuant to a promissory note originally issued to our Sponsor on June 11, 2020 (the “Note”), which was repaid in full on August 7, 2020.
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Under the Terumo Agreement, Legacy Orchestra received an upfront payment of $30.0 million in 2019 and an equity commitment of up to $5 million of which $2.5 million was invested in June 2019 as part of the Legacy Orchestra Series B-1 financing and $2.5 million was invested in June 2022 as part of the Legacy Orchestra Series D-2 financing.
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Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, our liquidity needs have been satisfied with the proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in the Trust Account.
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Under the Terumo Agreement, we were initially eligible for certain milestone payments in the amount of $65 million from Terumo upon completion of certain minimum enrollments in clinical studies, making certain filings and submissions, and obtaining certain regulatory approvals and certifications, and are also eligible to earn royalties on future sales by Terumo based on royalty rates ranging from 10 - 15%.
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In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination, the Sponsor may, but is not obligated to, provide us loans (the “Working Capital Loans”). As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, there were no Working Capital Loans available or outstanding.
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Of these milestone payments, $35 million relate to achieving certain milestones by specified target achievement dates. As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have already passed the target achievement dates for two $5 million milestone payments, in each case, without achieving the related milestones.

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