Exhibit (a)(1)(iii)
Offer to Purchase for Cash
All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
of
FORTE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
at
$77.00 Net per Share of Common Stock
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase Dated August 6, 2026
by
AVENA MERGER SUB INC.
a wholly owned subsidiary of
ARGENX BV
a wholly owned subsidiary of
ARGENX SE
THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE ONE MINUTE FOLLOWING 11:59 P.M.,
EASTERN TIME, ON AUGUST 26, 2026, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER
TERMINATED.
August 6, 2026
To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:
We have been engaged by Avena Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”), and a wholly owned subsidiary of argenx BV, a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap) organized under Belgian law (“Parent”), to act as the information agent (the “Information Agent”) in connection with Purchaser’s offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of Forte Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Forte”), at a purchase price of $77.00 per Share in cash, without interest (the “Offer Price”), subject to any applicable withholding of taxes, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated August 6, 2026 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”) and the related Letter of Transmittal (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”) enclosed herewith.
Please furnish copies of the enclosed materials to those of your clients for whose accounts you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee.
Enclosed herewith for your information and forwarding to your clients for whose accounts you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee are copies of the following documents:
1. | The Offer to Purchase. |
2. | The related Letter of Transmittal for the information of your clients only, together with the included IRS Form W-9 and instructions providing information relating to federal income tax backup withholding. |
3. | A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Offer. |
4. | Forte’s Tender Offer Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 dated August 6, 2026. |
YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE ONE MINUTE FOLLOWING 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON AUGUST 26, 2026, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED AS PERMITTED BY THE MERGER AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED BELOW) (AS SUCH TIME MAY BE EXTENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MERGER AGREEMENT, THE “EXPIRATION TIME”).