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Description of Organization and Business Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Description of Organization and Business Operations

Note 1 — Description of Organization and Business Operations

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (formerly known as Helix Acquisition Corp.) (the “Company”) was a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 13, 2020. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”).

The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

Business Combination

On April 5, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), MoonLake Immunotherapeutics, a Cayman Islands exempted company (formerly known as Helix Acquisition Corp.) (prior to the Closing Date, “Helix” and after the Closing Date, “MoonLake”) consummated the previously announced business combination (the “Closing”) pursuant to that certain Business Combination Agreement dated October 4, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Helix, MoonLake Immunotherapeutics AG, a Swiss stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland under the number CHE-433.093.536 (“MoonLake AG”), the existing equity holders of MoonLake AG set forth on the signature pages to the Business Combination Agreement and the equityholders of MoonLake AG that executed joinders to the Business Combination Agreement (collectively, the “ML Parties”), Helix Holdings LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company and the sponsor of Helix (the “Sponsor”), and the representative of the ML Parties (such transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, collectively, the “Business Combination”). In connection with the Closing, the registrant changed its name from Helix Acquisition Corp. to MoonLake Immunotherapeutics.

The Business Combination Agreement provided for, among other things, the following transactions:

(i)

Two business days prior to the Closing Date, the ML Parties and MoonLake AG effectuated a restructuring of MoonLake AG’s share capital to, among other things, (x) convert the existing Series A preferred shares of MoonLake AG, par value of CHF 0.10 per share, into an equal number of common shares of MoonLake AG with a par value CHF 0.10 per share (the “MoonLake AG Common Shares”), such that the ML Parties held a single class of capital stock of MoonLake AG immediately prior to the Closing and (y) approve a capital increase for the issuance of 4,006,736 Class V Voting Shares of MoonLake AG, par value CHF 0.01 per share (“MoonLake AG Class V Voting Shares”), to Helix, each Class V Voting Share due to its lower par value having ten times the voting power of a MoonLake AG Common Share (the “Restructuring”).

(ii)

At the Closing, 2,875,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of Helix, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”), constituting all of the then-outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares, were automatically converted into Class A Ordinary Shares of Helix, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) on a one-for-one basis.

(iii)

At the Closing, Helix amended and restated its existing memorandum and articles of association to, among other things, establish a share structure consisting of the Class A Ordinary Shares, which carry economic and voting rights, and Class C Ordinary Shares of Helix, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class C Ordinary Shares”), which carry voting rights but no economic rights.

(iv)

On the Closing Date, Helix paid all unpaid transaction expenses and contributed $134,646,009 to MoonLake AG, including a $15,000,000 loan repayment that was assigned from Cormorant Asset Management LP to Helix on March 31, 2022.

(v)

On the Closing Date, following the Restructuring, Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P., Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P., and Biotechnology Value Trading Fund OS, L.P. (collectively, the “BVF Shareholders”) assigned all of their MoonLake AG Common Shares to Helix and Helix issued to the BVF Shareholders 18,501,284 Class A Ordinary Shares.

(vi)

On the Closing Date, following the Restructuring, Helix issued 15,775,472 Class C Ordinary Shares to the ML Parties (other than the BVF Shareholders).

Additionally, on the Closing Date, Helix issued to the PIPE Investors (as defined below) an aggregate of 11,700,000 Class A Ordinary Shares.

The transactions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement constituted a “Business Combination” as contemplated by Helix’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.

The material provisions of the Business Combination Agreement are described in Helix’s revised definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 4, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”) in the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal—The Business Combination Agreement” beginning on page 112.

Investment Agreement

On October 4, 2021, concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, Helix, MoonLake AG and each of the ML Parties entered into an Investment Agreement (as amended, the “Investment Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement, two business days prior to the Closing Date, the existing shareholders of MoonLake AG held an extraordinary shareholders meeting to (i) approve the conversion of MoonLake AG Series A Preferred Shares into MoonLake AG Common Shares, (ii) approve the increase of the nominal statutory capital of MoonLake AG through the issuance of the MoonLake AG Class V Voting Shares to Helix, (iii) waive such existing MoonLake AG shareholders’ subscription rights with respect to the nominal capital increase and the issuance of the MoonLake AG Class V Voting Shares to Helix, (iv) approve the amendment of MoonLake AG’s articles of association to reflect such conversion and capital increase, and (v) elect one director nominated by Helix.

The foregoing description of the Investment Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Investment Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Subscription Agreements and PIPE Investment (Private Placement)

On October 4, 2021, concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, and subsequently on March 31, 2022 and April 4, 2022, Helix entered into subscription agreements (collectively, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (collectively, the “PIPE Investors,” which includes affiliates of the Sponsor and certain existing equityholders of MoonLake AG) pursuant to which, and on the terms and subject to the conditions of which, the PIPE Investors have collectively subscribed for 11,700,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “PIPE”), 11,600,000 shares of which were issued at a price of $10.00 per share for gross proceeds of $116,000,000, and 100,000 shares of which were issued to placement agents of the PIPE in satisfaction of an aggregate of $1,000,000 of fees owed by Helix to such placement agents.

The PIPE Subscription Agreements contain customary representations and warranties of Helix, on the one hand, and each PIPE Investor, on the other hand, and customary conditions to closing, including the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement. The PIPE was consummated substantially concurrent with the Closing of the Business Combination. The PIPE Subscription Agreements provide for certain customary registration rights for the PIPE Investors.

The foregoing description of the PIPE Subscription Agreements and the PIPE is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the forms of PIPE Subscription Agreements.

Amended Sponsor Agreement

On October 4, 2021, Helix, the Sponsor, and the officers and directors of Helix (the “Insiders”) entered into an amendment (the “Amended Sponsor Agreement”) to the letter agreement among the parties dated October 19, 2020. Pursuant to the Amended Sponsor Agreement, the Sponsor and Insiders (i) waived the anti-dilution and conversion price adjustments set forth in Helix’s existing amended and restated memorandum and articles of association with respect to the Helix Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor and Insiders and (ii) voted in favor of approval of the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement, the Business Combination, and each other proposal presented by Helix for approval by Helix’s stockholders.

Business Prior to the Business Combination

All activity for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, identifying a target company for a Business Combination and consummating the acquisition of MoonLake AG.

The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on October 19, 2020. On October 22, 2020 the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 11,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Public Shares”) at $10.00 per Public Share, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 1,500,000 Public Shares, at $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000, which is described in Note 3.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 430,000 private placement shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share in a private placement to Helix Holdings, LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $4,300,000, which is described in Note 4.

Transaction costs charged to equity amounted to $6,750,447, consisting of $2,300,000 of underwriting fees, $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $425,447 of other offering costs.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 22, 2020, $115,000,000 ($10.00 per Public Share) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Shares was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) and will be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earliest of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had approximately $101 million in its operating bank accounts and working capital deficit of approximately $5.8 million.

The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its Business Combination. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management addressed this issue with the consummation of the Business Combination agreement on April 5, 2022 with MoonLake AG and has raised sufficient capital for its operations.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15. “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management believes that the funds which the Company has available following the completion of the Business Combination agreement will enable it to sustain operations for at least the next two years from the issuance date of these condensed financial statements. Accordingly, substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as disclosed in previously issued condensed financial statements has been alleviated.