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Issuer:     LianBio (LIANY)
CIK:        0001831283
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001831283-24-000004
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.05, 3.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

LianBio to wind down operations, delist from Nasdaq, pay $4.80 special dividend
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- Board approves wind-down; workforce reduction of ~50% (over 50 employees) in Q1 2024.
- Voluntary delisting from Nasdaq; last trading day expected March 18, 2024; OTC trading planned.
- Special cash dividend of $4.80 per ordinary share/ADS (~$528M aggregate); record date Feb 27, payable ~March 11.
- Estimated wind-down costs ~$17.2M, primarily severance; full dissolution expected first half 2027.
- Company will pursue sale of remaining pipeline assets; any profits to be distributed to shareholders.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831283/000183128324000004/0001831283-24-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831283/000183128324000004/lian-20240209.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001831283-24-000004

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