13D Filings
Assembly Biosciences, Inc.
ASMB
Amendment
Ownership

29.90%

Total Shares

2,209,471

Issuer CIK

1426800

CUSIP

045396108

Event Date

Dec 18, 2024

Accepted

Dec 23, 2024, 08:17 PM

Reporting Persons (1)
NameType% of ClassAggregateSole VotingShared Voting
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
CO
29.90%2,209,4712,209,4710
Disclosure Items (7)

Security Title

Common Stock, par value $0.001

Issuer Name

Assembly Biosciences, Inc.

Issuer Address

Two Tower Place, 7th Floor, South San Francisco, CA, 94080

Principal Occupation

Item 2(c) is amended to replace each reference to "Schedule I" with "Exhibit 99".

Convictions

Item 2(e) is amended to replace the reference to "Schedule I" with "Exhibit 99".

Citizenship

Item 2(f) is amended to replace each reference to "Schedule I" with "Exhibit 99".

Item 3 is amended to add the following paragraph immediately following the last paragraph: On December 19, 2024, Gilead purchased 940,499 shares of Common Stock from the Issuer at a purchase price of $21.37 per share, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The total consideration for such purchase was approximately $20.1 million, and such consideration was obtained from the available cash resources of Gilead.

Item 4 is amended to add the following immediately following the last paragraph: On December 19, 2024, Gilead purchased 940,499 shares of Common Stock from the Issuer at a purchase price of $21.37 per share, pursuant to Gilead's option to purchase additional shares of Common Stock from the Issuer in an amount that results in Gilead owning 29.9% of the Issuer's then outstanding voting capital stock, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

Percentage of Class

Number of shares beneficially owned: Gilead Sciences, Inc. - 2,209,471 Shares Percent of class: Gilead Sciences, Inc. - 29.9% The percentage ownership was calculated based upon 7,389,535 shares of common stock of the Issuer issued and outstanding, which 7,389,535 shares is equal to the sum of (i) 6,449,036 shares of common stock of the Issuer issued and outstanding as of December 18, 2024, as represented by the Issuer to Gilead on December 18, 2024, plus (ii) 940,499 shares of common stock issued by the Issuer to Gilead on December 19, 2024.

Number of Shares

(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: Gilead Sciences, Inc. - 2,209,471 shares (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: Gilead Sciences, Inc. - 0 shares (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: Gilead Sciences, Inc. - 2,209,471 shares (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: Gilead Sciences, Inc. - 0 shares To the best knowledge of the Reporting Person, none of the individuals listed on Exhibit 99 beneficially owns any of the Issuer's Common Stock. The Reporting Person beneficially owns a warrant to purchase 179,500 shares of Common Stock (the "Warrant") that was acquired from the Issuer on June 17, 2024. The Warrant held by the Reporting Person is subject to a limitation pursuant to which the Reporting Persons may not exercise the Warrant if such exercise would cause the Reporting Person to beneficially own Common Stock in an amount exceeding the "Beneficial Ownership Limitation" (as defined in the Warrant) then in effect. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation is subject to adjustment upon 61 days' notice by the holder of the Warrant to the Issuer and, as of the date of this Amendment No. 2, was 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. As a result, none of the 179,500 shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrant are deemed to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.

Transactions

Except as reported in this Amendment No. 2, neither the Reporting Person nor, to the best knowledge of the Reporting Person, any of the individuals listed on Exhibit 99 have effected any transactions in the Common Stock during the past sixty (60) days.

Shareholders

Not applicable.

Date of 5% Ownership

Not applicable.

Except as disclosed in Items 3 and 4 of this Amendment No. 2, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) to which the Reporting Person is a party with respect to the securities of the Issuer.

Exhibit 99 - List of Executive Officers and Directors of Gilead Sciences, Inc.

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