Amendments to Bylaws (Form 8-K)

Amendment and Restatement of Certificate of Designation

As previously disclosed, on October 8, 2025, TransCode Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock (the "Prior Certificate") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in connection with that certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated as of October 8, 2025 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and between the Company and DEFJ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("DEFJ"), and that certain Investment Agreement dated as of October 8, 2025 (the "Investment Agreement"), by and between the Company and DEFJ.

On October 27, 2025, upon obtaining the consent of a majority of the holders of the Company's Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Series A Preferred Stock"), and Series B Non-Voting Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Series B Preferred Stock" and, together with the Series A Preferred Stock, the "Preferred Stock"), and the approval of the Company's Board of Directors, the Company filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock (the "Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

The Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation amended Section 6.1.1 of the Prior Certificate to clarify that for as long as the Purchase Agreement remains in effect and for as long as any shares of Preferred Stock remain outstanding, prior to receipt by the Company of the stockholders' approval of the conversion of the applicable series of Preferred Stock into shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), in accordance with the listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall not issue pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and Section 6.1.1 of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation more than an aggregate of 19.9% of the Common Stock outstanding as of October 8, 2025. In addition, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation removed the ability of a holder of Preferred Stock to convert, at the option of such holder, the Preferred Stock into Common Stock in the event of a delisting of Common Stock from Nasdaq.

The filing of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation was intended to amend and restate the terms mentioned above, and no additional securities were issued or sold as a result.

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Important Information About the Acquisition and Where to Find It

The Company expects to file a proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to (i) the approval of the conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the "Conversion Proposal") and (ii) the approval of a "change of control" under Nasdaq Listing Rules 5110 and 5635(b) (the "Change of Control Proposal" and, together with the Conversion Proposal, the "Meeting Proposals"). The definitive proxy statement will be sent to all Company stockholders as of the record date to be established for the shareholder meeting related to the Meeting Proposals. Before making any voting decision, investors and securityholders of the Company are urged to read the proxy statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the Meeting Proposals as they become available because they will contain important information about the Purchase Agreement, the Investment Agreement and the related transactions and the Meeting Proposals to be voted upon. Investors and securityholders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by the Company through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.