Nevada Plan of Conversion
Exhibit 2.2
PLAN OF CONVERSION
This Plan of Conversion (this Plan) is adopted as of April 28, 2025 and sets forth certain terms of the conversion of Jade Biosciences, Inc. (formerly known as Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the Delaware Corporation), to a Nevada corporation (the Nevada Corporation), pursuant to the terms of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as amended, the DGCL) and Chapters 78 and 92A of the Nevada Revised Statutes (as amended, the NRS).
RECITALS:
A. The Delaware Corporation was incorporated on July 27, 2018.
B. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Plan, and in accordance with Section 266 of the DGCL and Section 92A.195 of the NRS, the Delaware Corporation will be converted to a Nevada Corporation.
C. The Board of Directors of the Delaware Corporation (the Board) has unanimously (i) determined that the Conversion (as defined below) is advisable and in the best interests of the Delaware Corporation and its stockholders and recommended the approval of the Conversion by the stockholders of the Delaware Corporation and (ii) approved and adopted this Plan, the Conversion, and the other documents and transactions contemplated by this Plan, including the Nevada Articles of Incorporation, the Nevada Certificate of Designation, the Nevada Bylaws, the Delaware Certificate of Conversion and the Nevada Articles of Conversion (as each is defined below).
D. The stockholders of the Delaware Corporation have approved and adopted this Plan, the Conversion, and the other documents and transactions contemplated by this Plan, including the Nevada Articles of Incorporation, the Nevada Certificate of Designation, the Nevada Bylaws, the Delaware Certificate of Conversion and the Nevada Articles of Conversion.
E. In connection with the Conversion, at the Effective Time (as defined below), each share of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Delaware Common Stock), and each share of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Delaware Preferred Stock), of the Delaware Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Nevada Common Stock), and one share of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Nevada Preferred Stock), respectively, of the Nevada Corporation.
F. The mode of carrying out the Conversion into effect shall be as described in this Plan.
ARTICLE I
THE CONVERSION
1.1 Conversion. At the Effective Time, the Delaware Corporation will be converted to the Nevada Corporation, pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 266 of the DGCL and Section 92A.195 of the NRS (the Conversion), whereupon the Delaware Corporation will continue its existence in the organizational form of the Nevada Corporation, which will be subject to the laws of the State of Nevada. The Board and the stockholders of the Delaware Corporation have approved and adopted this Plan, the Conversion, and the other documents and transactions contemplated by this Plan, including the Nevada Articles of Incorporation, the Nevada Certificate of Designation, the Nevada Bylaws, the Delaware Certificate of Conversion and the Nevada Articles of Conversion.
1.2 Certificate of Conversion. The Delaware Corporation shall file a certificate of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Delaware Certificate of Conversion) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the Delaware Secretary of State) and shall file articles of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Nevada Articles of Conversion), articles of incorporation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the Nevada Articles of Incorporation) and the Certificate of Designation of Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock attached hereto as Exhibit D (the Nevada Certificate of Designation) with the Nevada Secretary of State, and the Delaware Corporation or the Nevada Corporation, as applicable, shall make all other filings or recordings required by the DGCL or the NRS in connection with the Conversion.
1.3 Effective Time. The Conversion will become effective upon the filing of the Delaware Certificate of Conversion with the Delaware Secretary of State and the Nevada Articles of Conversion and Nevada Articles of Incorporation filed with the Nevada Secretary of State or at a such later time as specified in the Delaware Certificate of Conversion and the Nevada Articles of Conversion (the Effective Time).
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
2.1 Nevada Governing Documents. At the Effective Time, the Nevada Articles of Incorporation, including the Nevada Certificate of Designation, and the Bylaws of the Nevada Corporation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (together with the Nevada Articles of Incorporation and the Nevada Certificate of Designation, the Nevada Governing Documents) shall govern the Nevada Corporation until amended and/or restated in accordance with the Nevada Governing Documents and applicable law.
2.2 Directors and Officers. From and after the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Delaware Corporation or its stockholders, the members of the Board and the officers of the Delaware Corporation holding their respective offices in the Delaware Corporation existing immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue in their respective offices as members of the Board and officers of the Nevada Corporation.
ARTICLE III
EFFECT OF THE CONVERSION
3.1 Effect of Conversion. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Conversion will be as provided by this Plan and by the applicable provisions of the DGCL and the NRS. Without limitation of the foregoing, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware and Nevada, all of the rights, privileges, and powers of the Delaware Corporation, and all property, real, personal, and mixed, and all debts due to the Delaware Corporation, as well as all other things and causes of action belonging to the Delaware Corporation, shall remain vested in the Nevada Corporation and shall be the property of the Nevada Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, and duties of the Delaware Corporation shall remain attached to the Nevada Corporation, and may be enforced against the Nevada Corporation to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities, and duties had originally been incurred or contracted by the Nevada Corporation.
3.2 Conversion of Shares. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action by the Delaware Corporation or the stockholders, (i) each share of Delaware Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of Nevada Common Stock, and all options, warrants or other entitlement to receive a share of Delaware Common Stock shall automatically be converted into an option, warrant or other entitlement to receive a share of Nevada Common Stock and (ii) each share of Delaware Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of Nevada Preferred Stock, and all options, warrants or other entitlement to receive a share of Delaware Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into an option, warrant or other entitlement to receive a share of Nevada Preferred Stock.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
4.1 Abandonment or Amendment. At any time prior to the filing of the Delaware Certificate of Conversion with the Delaware Secretary of State, the Delaware Corporation may abandon the proposed Conversion and terminate this Plan to the extent permitted by law or may amend this Plan.
4.2 Captions. The captions in this Plan are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part, or to affect the construction or interpretation, of any provision of this Plan.
4.3 Tax Reporting. The Conversion is intended to be a reorganization for purposes of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and this Plan of Conversion is hereby adopted as a plan of reorganization for purposes of the Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code.
4.4 Governing Law. This Plan shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Plan has been executed on behalf of the Delaware Corporation by its officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date set forth above.
JADE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Tom Frohlich | |
Name: | Tom Frohlich | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT A
DELAWARE CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION
EXHIBIT B
NEVADA ARTICLES OF CONVERSION
EXHIBIT C
NEVADA ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
EXHIBIT D
NEVADA CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
EXHIBIT E
NEVADA BYLAWS