| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
| Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KINETA, INC./DE [ KANT ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 06/30/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 06/30/2025 | D(1)(2) | 31,000 | D | (3) | 0 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 06/30/2025 | D(1)(2) | 1,748,473 | D | (3) | 0 | I | By RLB Holdings Connecticut, LLC(4) | ||
| Common Stock | 06/30/2025 | D(1)(2) | 1,001 | D | (3) | 0 | I | By son | ||
| Common Stock | 06/30/2025 | D(1)(2) | 1,000 | D | (3) | 0 | I | By daughter | ||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Stock Option (Right to Buy) | $3.28 | 06/30/2025 | D(1)(2) | 12,500 | (5) | (5) | Common Stock | 12,500 | $0 | 0 | D | ||||
| Stock Option (Right to Buy) | $26.16 | 06/30/2025 | D(1)(2) | 3,440 | (5) | (5) | Common Stock | 3,440 | $0 | 0 | D | ||||
| Stock Option (Right to Buy) | $29.06 | 06/30/2025 | D(1)(2) | 6,192 | (5) | (5) | Common Stock | 6,192 | $0 | 0 | D | ||||
| Stock Option (Right to Buy) | $23.25 | 06/30/2025 | D(1)(2) | 10,320 | (5) | (5) | Common Stock | 10,320 | $0 | 0 | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. This Form 4 reports securities disposed of pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 11, 2024, by and among TuHURA Biosciences, Inc. ("TuHURA"), Hura Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of TuHURA ("Merger Sub I"), Hura Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of TuHURA ("Merger Sub II,") and together with Merger Sub I, the "Merger Subs"), Kineta, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Kineta") and Craig Philips, solely in his capacity as the representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the stockholders of Kineta, and as amended by that certain First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 5, 2025 (as amended, the "Merger Agreement"). |
| 2. This footnote is a continuation of footnote 1 above. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) Merger Sub I merged with and into Kineta (the "First Merger"), with Kineta surviving the First Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of TuHURA (the "Surviving Corporation"), and (ii) the Surviving Corporation merged with and into Merger Sub II (the "Second Merger" and together with the First Merger, the "Mergers"), with Merger Sub II surviving the Second Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of TuHURA. |
| 3. At the effective time of the First Merger (the "Effective Time"), each one (1) issued and outstanding share of Kineta's common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Kineta Common Stock"), was cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.185298 share of common stock of TuHURA, par value $0.001 per share ("TuHURA Common Stock"). Also pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each one (1) share of Kineta Common Stock is also entitled to (i) its pro rata portion of 1,129,884 shares of TuHURA Common Stock to be issued six months following the closing of the Mergers, subject to adjustment for losses incurred or accrued during the six month period from the closing of the Mergers, and (ii) the right to its pro rata share of cash consideration received by Kineta pursuant to disposed asset payments related to legacy Kineta assets. |
| 4. The Reporting Person is a managing member of RLB Holdings Connecticut, LLC ("RLB") and shares voting and dispositive power over the shares held by RLB. As such, the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own such shares held by RLB. |
| 5. At the Effective Time, each option to purchase shares of the Kineta Common Stock that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that had an exercise price per share greater than $0.64 was canceled and extinguished for no consideration. |
| /s/ Albert W. Vanderlaan, as Attorney-in-Fact | 07/02/2025 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
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