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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On August 6, 2024, Inozyme Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) under the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-275364) to register the offer and sale of the shares that can be sold under the Company’s existing at-the-market offering program (“At-the-Market Offering Program”) for which Jefferies LLC acts as sales agent, which prospectus supplement supersedes and replaces the sales agreement prospectus, dated August 23, 2021. Through the date hereof, the Company has issued and sold 4,364,440 shares of common stock under the At-the-Market Offering Program for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $26.2 million. The Company may sell the remaining shares of common stock under the At-the-Market Offering Program for an aggregate offering price of up to approximately $23.8 million.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Company, has issued a legal opinion relating to the shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued pursuant to the At-the-Market Offering Program under the Prospectus Supplement. A copy of such legal opinion, including the consent included therein, is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the shares of the Company’s common stock described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities law of such state or jurisdiction.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 5.1 | Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
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.
| INOZYME PHARMA, INC. | ||||||
| Date: August 6, 2024 | By: | /s/ Douglas A. Treco | ||||
| Name: | Douglas A. Treco | |||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||