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| Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
Effective as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time on October 2, 2024, Eliem Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) amended its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), to effect a change of the Company’s name from “Eliem Therapeutics, Inc.” to “Climb Bio, Inc.” (the “Name Change”).
The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved the Name Change pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The Name Change does not affect the rights of the Company’s stockholders, and there were no other changes to the Certificate of Incorporation. A copy of the certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to affect the Name Change is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with the Name Change, the Board also approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws solely to reflect the Name Change (as amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) effective as of October 2, 2024. A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
Following the Name Change, the new trading symbol for the Company’s common stock on The Nasdaq Global Market will be “CLYM”. Trading of the Company’s common stock under the new name and trading symbol is expected to commence on October 3, 2024. The CUSIP number for the Company’s common stock will not change in connection with the Name Change.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation | |
| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Climb Bio, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: October 2, 2024 | By: | /s/ Aoife Brennan | ||||
| Aoife Brennan, M.B., Ch.B. | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||