12/09/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/09/2025 16:18
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2025
Registration Statement No. 333-280705
Registration Statement No. 333-276250
Registration Statement No. 333-267171
Registration Statement No. 333-252049
Registration Statement No. 333-237795
Registration Statement No. 333-237354
Registration Statement No. 333-226107
Registration Statement No. 333-221844
Registration Statement No. 333-220336
Registration Statement No. 333-207409
Registration Statement No. 333-203679
Registration Statement No. 333-195055
Registration Statement No. 333-193144
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT TO
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-280705
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-276250
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-267171
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-252049
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-237795
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-237354
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-226107
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-221844
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-220336
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-207409
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-203679
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-195055
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-193144
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SONNET BIOTHERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 20-2932652 | |
|
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
100 Overlook Center, Suite 102
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
609-375-2227
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Raghu Rao
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Sonnet BioTherapeutics Holdings, Inc.
100 Overlook Center, Suite 102
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Steven M. Skolnick, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Tel: (212) 262-6700
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: N/A
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EXPLANATORY NOTE - DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment (the "Post-Effective Amendment") relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statements"), originally filed by Sonnet BioTherapeutics Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"):
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-280705 on Form S-3 relates to the offer and sale of up to 5,770,14 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock") issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on July 15, 2024; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-276250 on Form S-3 relates to the offer and sale of up to $100 million of Common Stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, subscription rights and/or units of the Company, in the aggregate by the Company, as declared effective by the SEC on January 4, 2024; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-267171 on Form S-3 relates to the offer and sale of up to 11,597,947 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on September 16, 2022; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-252049 on Form S-3 relates to the offer and sale of up to 11,329,463 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on January 21, 2021; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-237795 on Form S-3, as amended, relates to the offer and sale of up to 5,547,792 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on June 15, 2020; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-237354 on Form S-3 relates to the offer and sale of up to 4,149,564 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on April 2, 2020; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-226107 on Form S-3, as amended, relates to the offer and sale of up to 403,214 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on September 5, 2018; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-221844 on Form S-3 relates to the offer and sale of up to 499,857 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on December 21, 2017; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-220336 on Form S-3, as amended, relates to the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on October 27, 2017; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-207409 on Form S-3, as amended, relates to the offer and sale of up to 1,874,06 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on December 8, 2015; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-203679 on Form S-3, as amended, relates to the offer and sale of (i) up to $15,000,000 of shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the Company and (ii) up to 2,217,000 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on June 9, 2015; | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-195055 on Form S-3 relates to the offer and sale of up to 1,750,544 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on April 17, 2014; and | |
| ● | Registration Statement No. 333-193144 on Form S-3, as amended, relates to the offer and sale of up to 1,653,334 shares of the Common Stock, in the aggregate by the selling stockholders, as declared effective by the SEC on January 22, 2014. |
On December 2, 2025, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 11, 2025, by and among the Company, Rorschach I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Rorschach"), Hyperliquid Strategies Inc, a Delaware corporation ("HSI"), TBS Merger Sub Inc, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of HSI ("Company Merger Sub") and Rorschach Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of HSI ("Rorschach Merger Sub"), (i) Rorschach Merger Sub merged with and into Rorschach, with Rorschach surviving the Rorschach Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of HSI and (ii) immediately following the Rorschach Merger, Company Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the "Company Merger"), with the Company surviving the Company Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of HSI.
In connection with the Company Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to its existing Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933. In accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statements which remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statements and removes from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date of this Post-Effective Amendment. After giving effect to this Post-Effective Amendment, there will be no remaining securities registered by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statements. Each Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Princeton, State of New Jersey, on December 9, 2025.
| SONNET BIOTHERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Raghu Rao | |
| Name: | Raghu Rao | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Director | |