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| Related Party Transactions | 3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Paragon Therapeutics, Inc. and Paramora Holding LLC Paragon Therapeutics, Inc. (“Paragon”) and Paramora Holding LLC (“Paramora”) each beneficially own less than 5% of the Company’s capital stock through their respective holdings of Common Stock. Fairmount Funds Management LLC (“Fairmount”) beneficially owns more than 5% of the Company’s capital stock on an as-converted basis, has three seats on the board of directors and beneficially owns more than 5% of Paragon. Fairmount appointed Paragon’s board of directors and has the contractual right to approve the appointment of any executive officers. Paramora is an entity formed by Paragon as a vehicle to hold equity in Pre-Acquisition Damora (and, as a result of the Asset Acquisition, the Company) in order to share profits with certain employees of Paragon. In connection with the Asset Acquisition, the Company received the option to license certain intellectual property rights related to certain research programs (collectively, the “Option”), pursuant to the Antibody Discovery and Option Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2025, by and among Paragon, Paramora and Pre-Acquisition Damora (the “Paragon Option Agreement”). Under the Paragon Option Agreement, Pre-Acquisition Damora (and, as a result of the Asset Acquisition, the Company) is obligated to compensate Paragon for its services performed under each research program based on the actual costs incurred with mark-up costs pursuant to the terms of the Paragon Option Agreement. The Company is also obligated under the Paragon Option Agreement to issue Paramora annual equity grants in accordance with the Paramora Warrant Obligation (as defined below). On December 8, 2025, the Company exercised the Option available under the Paragon Option Agreement with respect to the DMR-001 research program, and expects to enter into the DMR-001 License Agreement. Following the execution of the DMR-001 License Agreement, the Company will be obligated to pay Paragon up to $22.0 million upon the achievement of specific development, regulatory and clinical milestones for the first product under each agreement, respectively, that achieves such specified milestones. The Company expects to be obligated to make a milestone payment of $2.5 million upon the first dosing of a human patient in a Phase 1 trial. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized expenses related to services provided by Paragon subsequent to the Asset Acquisition totaling $17.0 million, which included $5.0 million of stock-based compensation expense related to the Paramora Warrant Obligation, and were recorded as research and development expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2026, $12.0 million was unpaid and was included in Related party accounts payable and other current liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company made cash payments totaling $17.2 million to Paragon.
Paramora warrant obligation
Pursuant to the Paragon Option Agreement, the Company agreed to issue Paramora an annual equity grant of warrants, on the last business day of each of the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2026, to purchase 1% of the then outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock, on a fully diluted basis, during the term of the Paragon Option Agreement. See Note 4 and Note 9 for additional information on the Paramora Warrant Obligation. The following is the summary of Related party accounts payable and other current liabilities (in millions):
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