Akouos

Akouos
Akouos
Company Information
Company Description

Akouos is a precision genetic medicine company dedicated to developing gene therapies with the potential to restore, improve, and preserve high-acuity physiologic hearing for people worldwide who live with disabling hearing loss. Leveraging its precision genetic medicine platform that incorporates a proprietary adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector library and a novel delivery approach, Akouos is focused on developing precision therapies for forms of sensorineural hearing loss. 

Industries
Biotechnology, Health Diagnostics, Pharmaceutical

Please note, it is important to assess the company’s business activities against Section 1202(e)(3) which specifies certain industries that are not considered a “qualified trade or business.”

Entity Type
C Corporation

A C corporation is a qualified legal entity for QSBS.

Incorporation Date

2017

Incorporation State
Massachusetts
Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) Details

Exemption Level

Given the Company was incorporated after September 27, 2010, all shares could be eligible for up to a 100% tax exclusion if the other QSBS criteria are met.

Any individual owning stock purchased or received directly from the company could potentially be eligible for the QSBS capital gains tax exclusion or the Section 1045 gain rollover if the QSBS standards as per IRC Section 1202 were met at the time of issuance.

In order to assess whether stock issued previously may qualify, the Company would also have to have not taken actions that invalidate QSBS status such as a certain level of redemptions, and would have to satisfy the active business requirement.

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IPO Details
IPO Date
Symbol
AKUS
IPO Raised
$212,500,000.00
IPO Price
$17.00
IPO Date Adjusted Closing Price
$22.00

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