---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-447550"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RLYB"
cik: "0001739410"
company_name: "Rallybio Corp"
filed_at: "2026-11-04T21:58:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-04T22:00:05.786514+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rallybio holders approve Avenzo merger and $13.90/share cash distribution; close expected Nov. 6

## Summary
- All eight annual-meeting proposals passed; Proposal 1, issuing Rallybio stock to Avenzo holders (>20% and a change of control), won 4,506,703 for vs 15,979 against.
- Special cash distribution set at $83.6 million, or $13.90 per share, to holders of record Nov. 5, 2026; transfer agent payment expected Nov. 13, 2026.
- Stock trades with due bills Nov. 5-6, 2026 ahead of the Nov. 9 ex-dividend date; investors must hold through the Nov. 6 close to receive the distribution.
- Merger expected to close Nov. 6, 2026; Rallybio will be renamed Avenzo Therapeutics, raise authorized shares to 500M from 200M, with a 1-for-2 to 1-for-9 reverse split not done pre-close.
- Avenzo 2026 Equity Incentive Plan reserve equals 18% of post-merger shares outstanding; 2026 ESPP reserve 1%, each with annual evergreen increases through 2036.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-447550
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RLYB
- cik: 0001739410
- company_name: Rallybio Corp
- filed_at: 2026-11-04T21:58:47+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739410/000119312526447550/0001193125-26-447550-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739410/000119312526447550/d164725d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-447550
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-447550.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-447550.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.