SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
MCDADE MARK

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O TOURMALINE BIO, INC.
27 WEST 24TH STREET, SUITE 702

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10010

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Tourmaline Bio, Inc. [ TRML ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/19/2023
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication

  
Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 10/19/2023 A 348,431 A (1) 348,431 I By Qiming U.S. Healthcare Fund III,L.P.(2)
Common Stock 10/19/2023 A(3) 518(3) A (3) 518 D
Common Stock 183,177(4) I By Qiming U.S. Healthcare Fund I,L.P.(5)
Common Stock 110,083(4) I By Qiming U.S. Healthcare Fund II,L.P.(6)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $2.54 10/19/2023 D(3) 20,500 (7) 06/13/2033 Common Stock 20,500 $0.00 0 D
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $9.46 10/23/2023 A 20,000 (8) 10/22/2033 Common Stock 20,000 $0.00 20,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Received in exchange for 4,367,945 shares of common stock of Tourmaline Bio, Inc. ("Tourmaline") pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 22, 2023 (the "Merger Agreement") by and among Tourmaline, the Issuer and Terrain Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer ("Merger Sub"). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, on October 19, 2023, Merger Sub merged with and into Tourmaline (the "Merger"), with Tourmaline surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer. Upon the closing of the Merger, each share of Tourmaline common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.07977 of a share of the Issuer's common stock, after giving effect to a reverse stock split of the Issuer's common stock of 10-for-1. Subsequent to the Merger, the name of the Issuer was changed from Talaris Therapeutics, Inc. to Tourmaline Bio, Inc.
2. The securities are directly held by Qiming U.S. Healthcare Fund III, L.P. ("Qiming III"). Qiming U.S. Healthcare GP III, LLC ("Qiming GP III") is the sole general partner of Qiming III. The Reporting Person is a managing member of Qiming GP III and may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the securities held by Qiming III. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
3. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Reporting Person's stock option to purchase 20,500 shares of Common Stock (prior to giving effect to the reverse stock split described in footnote (1)) was accelerated and cancelled at the effective time of the Merger. In consideration for such cancellation, the Reporting Person received a cash payment of $8,066 and 518 shares of Common Stock (after giving effect to the reverse stock split).
4. Reflects a 10-for-1 reverse stock split of the Issuer's Common Stock effected on October 19, 2023 immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.
5. The securities are directly held by Qiming U.S. Healthcare Fund I, L.P. ("Qiming"). Qiming U.S. Healthcare GP I, LLC ("Qiming GP") is the sole general partner of Qiming. The Reporting Person is a managing member of Qiming GP and may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the securities held by Qiming. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
6. The securities are directly held by Qiming U.S. Healthcare Fund II, L.P. ("Qiming II"). Qiming U.S. Healthcare GP II, LLC ("Qiming GP II") is the sole general partner of Qiming II. The Reporting Person is a managing member of Qiming GP II and may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the securities held by Qiming II. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
7. The shares underlying this option shall vest as follows: the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the date of grant or (ii) the date of the next Annual Meeting.
8. The shares subject to the option vest in substantially equal monthly installments over a three-year period measured from one month following October 23, 2023, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service on each such vesting date.
Remarks:
/s/ Brad Middlekauff, Attorney-in-Fact 10/23/2023
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

(For Executing Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5)

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Sandeep Kulkarni, Brad Middlekauff and Ryan Robinson of
Tourmaline Bio, Inc. (the "Company") and Katherine Denby, Pengli Li, Sam
Paullin, Neha Mehta, and Jill Simon of Cooley LLP, signing individually, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in fact and agents to:

	(1)	Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") Form ID and
Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including amendments thereto and joint filing agreements in
connection therewith) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director or beneficial owner of
more than 10% of a registered class of securities of the Company;

	(2)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that
may be necessary or desirable to prepare and execute any such Form ID and Forms
3, 4 or 5 (including amendments thereto and joint filing agreements in
connection therewith) and file such forms with the SEC and any stock exchange,
self-regulatory association or any similar authority; and

	(3)	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required of the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney
in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and their
substitutes, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming (nor is the Company assuming) any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest
to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Form ID or Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in fact or (c) as
to any attorney-in-fact individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer
employed by the Company or Cooley LLP, as applicable.

Date: September 26, 2023
By: /s/ Mark McDade
Name: Mark McDade