Amended Statement of Ownership (sc 13g/a)
September 22 2020 - 04:06PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC
20549
SCHEDULE 13G
UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO.
1)*
(Name of
Issuer)
Common stock, $0.0001 par
value per share
(Title of Class of
Securities)
(CUSIP
Number)
(Date of Event Which
Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate
box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is
filed:
o
Rule 13d-1(b)
x
Rule 13d-1(c)
o
Rule 13d-1(d)
*The remainder of this
cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information
which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover
page.
The information
required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all
other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
CUSIP
No. 007002108
1.
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Names of Reporting
Persons
Novartis Bioventures
Ltd.
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2.
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Check the Appropriate
Box if a Member of a Group (see instructions)
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(b)
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o
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3.
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SEC USE ONLY
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4.
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Citizenship or Place of
Organization
Switzerland
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Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With:
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5.
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Sole Voting
Power
0
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6.
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Shared Voting
Power
965,990
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7.
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Sole Dispositive
Power
0
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8.
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Shared Dispositive
Power
965,990
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9.
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Aggregate Amount
Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
965,990
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10.
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Check if the Aggregate
Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (see
instructions)
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o
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11.
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Percent of
Class Represented by Amount in Row 9
4.9%
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12.
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Type of Reporting
Person (see instructions)
CO
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2
CUSIP
No. 007002108
1.
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Names of Reporting
Persons
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical
Research, Inc.
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2.
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Check the Appropriate
Box if a Member of a Group (see instructions)
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(b)
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o
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3.
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SEC USE ONLY
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4.
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Citizenship or Place of
Organization
Delaware
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Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With:
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5.
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Sole Voting
Power
0
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6.
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Shared Voting
Power
288,748
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7.
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Sole Dispositive
Power
0
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8.
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Shared Dispositive
Power
288,748
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9.
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Aggregate Amount
Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
288,748
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10.
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Check if the Aggregate
Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (see
instructions)
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o
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11.
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Percent of
Class Represented by Amount in Row 9
1.5%
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12.
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Type of Reporting
Person (see instructions)
CO
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CUSIP
No. 007002108
1.
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Names of Reporting
Persons
Novartis AG
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2.
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Check the Appropriate
Box if a Member of a Group (see instructions)
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(b)
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o
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3.
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SEC USE ONLY
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4.
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Citizenship or Place of
Organization
Switzerland
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Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With:
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5.
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Sole Voting
Power
0
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6.
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Shared Voting
Power
1,254,738
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7.
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Sole Dispositive
Power
0
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8.
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Shared Dispositive
Power
1,254,738
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9.
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Aggregate Amount
Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
1,254,738
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10.
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Check if the Aggregate
Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (see
instructions)
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o
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11.
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Percent of
Class Represented by Amount in Row 9
6.4%
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12.
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Type of Reporting
Person (see instructions)
CO,
HC
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4
Item
1(a).
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Name
of Issuer:
Adicet
Bio, Inc.
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Item
1(b).
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Address of Issuer’s Principal
Executive Offices:
200 Constitution Drive,
Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Item
2(a).
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Name
of Person Filing:
This statement is filed
on behalf of the following persons with respect to the shares of
Common Stock of the Issuer:
(i) Novartis
Bioventures Ltd., a Swiss corporation (“NBV”), with respect to
shares held by it;
(ii) Novartis
Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“NIBRI”), with respect to shares held by it;
and
(ii) Novartis AG,
a Swiss corporation (“Novartis”), as the publicly owned parent of
NBV and NIBRI, with respect to the shares held by those
entities.
The foregoing persons
are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Reporting
Persons.”
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Item
2(b).
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Address of Principal Business
Office or, if none, Residence:
The address of the
principal business office of NBV and Novartis is Lichtstrasse 35,
4056 Basel, Switzerland. The address of the principal business
office of NIBRI is 250 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
02139.
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Item
2(c).
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Citizenship:
NBV is a corporation
organized under the laws of Switzerland and is an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of Novartis.
NIBRI is a corporation
organized under the laws of Delaware and is an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of Novartis.
Novartis is a
corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland and is the
publicly owned parent of NBV and NIBRI.
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Item
2(d).
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Title of Class of
Securities:
Common Stock, par value
$0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”).
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Item
2(e).
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CUSIP Number:
007002108
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Item
3.
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If
this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b), or
240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is
a:
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(a)
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o
Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15
U.S.C. 78o);
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(b)
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o
Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C.
78c);
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(c)
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o
Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)19) of the Act (15
U.S.C. 78c);
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(d)
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o
Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8);
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(e)
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o
An investment adviser in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
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(f)
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o
An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
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(g)
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o
A parent holding company or control person in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
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(h)
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o
A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
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(i)
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o
A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment
company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
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(j)
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o
A non-U.S. institution in accordance with
§240.13d—1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
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(k)
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o
Group, in accordance with §240.13d—1(b)(1)(ii)(K).
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If filing as a non-U.S.
institution in accordance with §240.13d—1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please
specify the type of
institution:
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Item
4.
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Ownership
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(a)
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Amount Beneficially
Owned:
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NBV is the beneficial
owner of 965,990 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. NIBRI is the
beneficial owner of 288,748 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer.
As the indirect parent of NBV and NIBRI, Novartis may be deemed to
beneficially own these securities. Each of NBV and NIBRI
expressly disclaim beneficial ownership of shares beneficially
owned by the other entity.
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On September 15,
2020, the Issuer (previously known as “resTORbio, Inc.”),
Adicet Bio, Inc. (“Adicet”) and Project Oasis Merger
Sub, Inc., a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer
(“Merger Sub”), the Issuer completed the previously announced
acquisition of Adicet, by means of a merger of Merger Sub with and
into Adicet, with Adicet surviving such merger as a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Issuer (the “Merger”). In connection with
the Merger, and immediately prior to the effective time of the
Merger, the Issuer effected a reverse stock split of the Common
Stock at a ratio of 1-for-7 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). Also, in
connection with the Merger, the Issuer changed its name from
“resTORbio, Inc.” to “Adicet Bio, Inc.”, and Adicet
changed its name from “Adicet Bio, Inc.” to “Adicet
Therapeutics, Inc.” As a former shareholder of Adicet,
NBV acquired beneficial ownership of the Common Stock reported
herein as beneficially owned by it in the Merger. The shares
of Common Stock reported herein as beneficially owned by NIBRI
represent a reduction in the number of shares previously reported
as beneficially owned by NIBRI as a result of the Reverse Stock
Split.
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(b)
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Percent of
Class:
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NBV, NIBRI and Novartis
beneficially own 4.9%, 1.5% and 6.4%, respectively, of the Issuer’s
outstanding Common Stock, based upon 19,589,828 shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding as of September 15, 2020, as
reported by the Issuer in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15,
2020.
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(c)
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Number of shares as to
which the person has:
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(i)
Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: Not
applicable as to each Reporting Person.
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6
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(ii)
Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: please see row 6 of the
cover sheet to this Schedule 13G for each Reporting Person, which
information is incorporated herein by reference.
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(iii)
Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: Not
applicable as to each Reporting Person.
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(iv)
Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: please see
row 8 of the cover sheet to this Schedule 13G for each Reporting
Person, which information is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item
5.
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Ownership of 5 Percent or Less
of a Class
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If this statement
is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the
reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than
5 percent of the class of securities, check the following
¨.
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Item
6.
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Ownership of More than 5
Percent on Behalf of Another Person
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Not
Applicable
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Item
7.
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Identification and
Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control
Person.
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Not
Applicable
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Item
8.
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Identification and
Classification of Members of the Group
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Not
Applicable
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Item
9.
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Notice of Dissolution of a
Group
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Not
Applicable
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Item
10.
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Certification
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Each of the Reporting
Persons hereby makes the following certification:
By signing below I
certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the
securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for
the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the
control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and
are not held in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having that purpose or effect.
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7
Signatures
After reasonable
inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.
Date:
September 22, 2020
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NOVARTIS BIOVENTURES
LTD.
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/s/ Bart
Dzikowski
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Name: Bart
Dzikowski
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Title: Secretary of the
Board
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/s/ Beat
Steffen
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Name: Beat
Steffen
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Title:
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NOVARTIS INSTITUTES
FOR
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BIOMEDICAL
RESEARCH, INC.
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/s/ Scott A.
Brown
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Name: Scott A.
Brown
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Title: General Counsel
and Chief Administrative Officer
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NOVARTIS AG
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/s/ Bart
Dzikowski
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Name: Bart
Dzikowski
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Title: Authorized
Signatory
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/s/ Beat
Steffen
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Name: Beat
Steffen
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Title: Authorized
Signatory
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8
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
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Exhibit Description
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1
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Power of
Attorney
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2
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Evidence of Signatory
Authority
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3
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Joint Filing
Agreement
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