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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM
10-K/A
 
 
(Amendment No. 1)
(Mark One)
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021
OR
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                TO
Commission File Number
001-39409
 
 
ALLOVIR, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
 
 
 
Delaware
 
83-1971007
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
1100 Winter Street
Waltham, MA
 
02451
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617)
433-2605
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
 
ALVR
 
The Nasdaq Global Select Market
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None 
 
 
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    YES  ☐    NO  ☒
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.    YES  ☐    NO  ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    YES  ☒    NO  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation
S-T
(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files).    YES  ☒    NO  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule
12b-2
of the @Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
       
Non-accelerated filer      Smaller reporting company  
       
         Emerging growth company  
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.  
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act).    YES  ☐    NO  
The aggregate market value of the voting and
non-voting
common equity held by
non-affiliates
of the Registrant was $598.9 million based on the closing price of the shares of common stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 30, 2021, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second quarter. In determining the market value of
non-affiliate
common stock, shares of the Registrant’s common stock beneficially owned by officers, directors and affiliates have been excluded. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.
The number of shares of Registrant’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, outstanding as of February 4, 2022 was 65,345,501.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Proxy Statement for the registrant’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Proxy Statement, which the Registrant intends to file pursuant to Regulation 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after the Registrant’s fiscal year end of December 31, 2021, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form
10-K.
 
 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
AlloVir, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form
10-K
(this “Amendment”) to amend its Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Original Form
10-K”),
originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 10, 2022.
We are filing this Amendment to (i) modify Part II, Item 9A. “Controls and Procedures,” to include Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, which was previously omitted from our Original Form
10-K,
and (ii) correct Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 with respect to paragraph 4(b) therein. As a result, this Amendment contains only the Cover Page to this Form
10-K/A,
this Explanatory Note, Item 8, Item 9A, the Exhibit Index, the Signature Page, the revised certifications in Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 and the required certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in connection with the filing of this Amendment.
Except as described above, this Amendment does not alter or affect any other part or other information set forth in the Original Form
10-K.
This Amendment does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the filing of the Original Form
10-K
or modify or update in any way disclosures made in the Original Form
10-K.
Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Form
10-K
and the Company’s other filings with the SEC. The filing of this Amendment is not an admission that the Original Form
10-K,
when filed, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make a statement not misleading.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Our consolidated financial statements, together with the independent registered public accounting firm report thereon, are presented beginning on page
F-1
of the Original Form
10-K.
Our independent public accounting firm is Deloitte & Touche LLP, Boston, MA, USA, PCAOB Auditor Firm ID 34.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rule
13a-15(e)
and Rule
15d-(e)
under the Exchange Act that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2021. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2021, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officers concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rules
13a-15(f)
and
15d-15(f)
under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, and effected by our board of directors, management, and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP), and includes those policies and procedures that:
 
   
pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets;
 
   
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors; and
 
   
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.
Under the supervision of and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework provided in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in (2013 Framework). Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2021.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
This Annual Report on Form
10-K
does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to an exemption established by the JOBS Act for “emerging growth companies”.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule
13a-15(e)
and Rule
15d-(e)
under the Exchange Act that occurred during the period covered by this Annual Report on Form
10-K
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
As a result of the
COVID-19
pandemic, certain employees began working remotely in March 2020. Notwithstanding these changes to the working environment, we have not identified any material changes in our internal control over financial reporting. We will continue to monitor and assess the
COVID-19
situation to determine any potential impact on the design and operating effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting.

Exhibit Index
 
Exhibit

Number
  
Description
3.1
  
3.2
  
4.1
  
4.2
  
10.1#
  
10.2#
  
10.3#
  
10.4#
  
10.5#
  
10.6#
  
10.7
  
10.8†
  
10.9†
  

10.10
  
10.11
  
10.12#
  
10.13#
  
10.14†
  
10.15#
  
10.16#
  
10.17#
  
10.18#
  
10.19#
  
10.20#
  
10.21†
  
10.22†
  
10.23†
  

10.24+
  
10.25+
  
21.1
  
23.1
  
31.1*
  
31.2*
  
32.1*
  
32.2*
  
101.INS
  
Inline XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH
  
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
  
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
  
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
  
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
  
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104
  
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
 
*
Filed herewith.
#
Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) have been omitted in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
+
Schedules to the Sublease and Lease have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation
S-K
because they contain information that is both (i) not material and (ii) of the type that the registrant treats as private and confidential. The registrant will furnish copies of any such schedules to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized
.
 
 
 
ALLOVIR, INC.
Date: March 30, 2022
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Diana Brainard
 
 
 
Diana Brainard
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
  
Title
  
Date
/s/ Diana Brainard, MD
  
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
  
March 30, 2022
Diana Brainard
  
  
/s/ Vikas Sinha
  
President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  
March 30, 2022
Vikas Sinha
  
  
*
  
Executive Director
  
March 30, 2022
David Hallal
  
  
*
  
Director
  
March 30, 2022
Jeffrey Bornstein
  
  
*
  
Director
  
March 30, 2022
Malcolm Brenner, MD, PhD
  
  
*
  
Director
  
March 30, 2022
Ansbert Gadicke, MD
  
  
*
  
Director
  
March 30, 2022
Morana Jovan-Embiricos, PhD
  
  
*
  
Director
  
March 30, 2022
Juan F. Vera, MD
  
  
*
  
Director
  
March 30, 2022
John Wilson
  
  
 
By:
 
/s/ Diana Brainard, MD
 
Diana Brainard
Attorney-in-Fact
* Pursuant to Power of Attorney
EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Diana Brainard, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of AlloVir, Inc.;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date: March 30, 2022     By:  

/s/ Diana Brainard

      Diana Brainard
     

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Vikas Sinha, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of AlloVir, Inc.;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 30, 2022     By:  

/s/ Vikas Sinha

      Vikas Sinha
     

President, Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of AlloVir, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2021, as amended, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

 

Date: March 30, 2022     By:  

/s/ Diana Brainard

      Diana Brainard
     

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of AlloVir, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2021, as amended, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

 

Date: March 30, 2022     By:  

/s/ Vikas Sinha

      Vikas Sinha
     

President, Chief Financial Officer and

Director

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)