On June 16, 2023, HilleVax, Inc. entered into a First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, which amended the Companyâs existing Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2022, with Hercules Capital, Inc., as administrative and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto. Under the Existing Loan Agreement, the Company had the right to borrow (i) an additional $15.0 million of term loans until June 30, 2023 (âTerm Loan Tranche 1â), (ii) an additional $20.0 million of term loans until June 30, 2023 (âTerm Loan Tranche 2â), and (iii) subject to the achievement of certain clinical development milestones by the Company, an additional $25.0 million until March 31, 2024 (âTerm Loan Tranche 3â). In connection with the First Amendment, the Company borrowed an additional $10.0 million under Term Loan Tranche 1. The First Amendment, among other things, (i) with respect to the remaining $5.0 million under Term Loan Tranche 1, modified the period during which the Company may borrow thereunder to start on December 1, 2023 and end May 31, 2024, (ii) with respect to Term Loan Tranche 2, modified the period during which the Company may borrow thereunder to start on December 1, 2023 and end May 31, 2024 and (iii) with respect to Term Loan Tranche 3, (a) added as a new condition to borrow thereunder that (x) the Companyâs Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of HIL-214 in infants (the âHIL-214 Vaccine Trialâ) has achieved the protocol-specified primary efficacy endpoint and (y) HIL-214 has demonstrated acceptable safety results in the HIL-214 Vaccine Trial, and, as a result, the Company supports the initiation of a Phase 3 registrational trial as the next immediate step in the development of HIL-214 (the âTranche 3 Milestoneâ) and (b) modified the period during which the Company may borrow thereunder to start on the date the Company achieves the Tranche 3 Milestone and end on the earlier of (x) June 15, 2024 and (y) 30 days following the date the Company achieves the Tranche 3 Milestone.