When ALMR insiders can sell
Alamar Biosciences, Inc. · IPO prospectus filed 2026-04-17 · Single cliff · 180-day lock-up
That is the calendar date the clause computes to, counted from the prospectus date. It is the only date computable without knowing a future earnings date, which is why everything that could pull it earlier is printed below it on this page rather than folded into it.
How much stock, against how much trades
"Absorb days" is the shares coming free divided by average daily volume: how many full sessions of ALMR's entire turnover the release amounts to. It is a ratio, not a forecast — it does not know who wants to sell, and a founder with no intention of selling counts the same as a fund that has been waiting six months.
Exactly 55,271,425 shares, against 805,275 shares a day averaged over 20 sessions. Volume source: yahoo-finance2 daily bars (symbol not in our price table), through 2026-11-06. Dollar volume $22.6M a day. Middle third — no call.
Why there is no call on this deal
The numbers above are published, but no dated call was issued. A call only goes in the ledger when the expiry falls 15 to 45 days out, the prospectus states or implies a share count, and there are at least 20 sessions of volume — and the middle third of the cohort gets no call at all, because a call on every deal is not a call. Publishing one here would be padding the scoreboard with a coin flip.
Issued 2026-09-27, 17 days before the expiry, as call ALMR-2026-10-14. The ledger is append-only and lives in git, so the date on that row cannot be moved after the fact — which is the entire reason these calls are published ahead of the event instead of tested afterwards.
The lock-up clause, in the issuer's words
Every other free lock-up calendar tells you 180 days and moves on. This is the actual sentence the date above was computed from, so that if the words do not support the number, the number is wrong and the filing is one click away.
Our directors and executive officers, and substantially all of our shareholders (such persons, the "lock-up parties") have entered into lock-up agreements with the underwriters prior to the commencement of this offering pursuant to which each lock-up party, with limited exceptions, for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus (such period, the "restricted period"), may not (and may not cause any of their direct or indirect affiliates to), without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of our common stock or any securities convertible into or exe…
Where the share count comes from
55,271,425 shares — derived: shares outstanding after the offering, less the shares sold in it. A count the prospectus prints and a count derived from two of its other numbers are not the same quality of claim, so which one this is gets said rather than implied.
| Shares outstanding after the offering | 66,521,425 |
| Shares sold in the offering | 11,250,000 |
| Locked up, coming free at expiry | 55,271,425 |
Total common stock to be outstanding immediately after this offering 66,521,425 shares (or 68,208,925 shares if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full). Use of proceeds We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $171.5 million (or approximately $198.2 million if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full), based on the initial public offering price of $17.00 per share, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
Exceptions written into the lock-up (4)
Each of these is a route by which ALMR shares can move before 2026-10-14. The 10b5-1 carve-out is the one worth reading twice: it lets insiders put a selling plan in place during the lock-up, so the first sales can be automatic and immediate rather than discretionary and later.
- 10b5-1 plan
- bona fide gift or charitable transfer
- estate planning or family transfer
- option exercise or RSU settlement
Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plans Our directors and executive officers may adopt written plans, known as Rule 10b5-1 plans, in which they will contract with a broker to buy or sell shares of our common stock on a periodic basis. Under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, a broker executes trades pursuant to parameters established by the director or executive officer when entering into the plan, without further direction from them. The director or executive officer may amend a Rule 10b5-1 plan in some circumstances and may terminate a Rule 10b5-1 plan at any time.
…up agreements between the underwriters and the lock-up parties do not apply, subject in certain cases to various conditions, to certain transactions, including (a) transfers or dispositions of lock-up securities: (i) as bona fide gifts, or for bona fide estate planning purposes, (ii) by will, other testamentary document or intestacy, (iii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the lock-up party or any immediate family member, (iv) to a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which the lock-up party and its immediate family members are the legal and beneficial owner of all of the outstandin…
…as of December 31, 2023 and 2024, and in which any of our directors, executive officers or, to our knowledge, beneficial owners of more than 5% of our capital stock at the time of such transaction, or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than equity and other compensation, termination, change in control and other arrangements, which are described in the sections titled "Executive and director compensation" and "Executive and director compensation—Non-employee director compensation." 2026 convertible promissory notes financing On January 8, 2026, we issued unsecured convertible loan notes to certain investors in an aggregate principal amount of $56.5 million.
…ach as defined below), as if each had occurred as of December 31, 2025, and excludes: 5,842,551 shares of our Class B common stock (to be redesignated as common stock in the Common Stock Redesignation) issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options issued under our 2018 Stock Plan (the "2018 Plan") as of December 31, 2025, with a weighted-average exercise price of $3.18 per share; 1,769,592 shares of our Class B common stock (to be redesignated as common stock in the Common Stock Redesignation) issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options granted under the 2018 Plan subsequent to December 31, 2025, with a weighte…
How this call scored
| Horizon | ALMR | SPY | Excess | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5 sessions | +24.0% | +0.5% | +23.5% | miss |
How this reading of ALMR could be wrong
The lock-up period is restated 2 times in this prospectus. Issuers repeat the clause on the cover, in the summary, in the risk factors and in the underwriting section, and the wording is not always identical. The parser resolved them to one period; if a reader finds a restatement that disagrees, the quote above is the one it used.
The volume is a vendor's, not ours. ALMR is not in our own price table, so average daily volume comes from yahoo-finance2 daily bars (symbol not in our price table). Vendor bars for recently listed symbols are the ones most likely to be wrong.
Only 20 sessions of volume history. This is a recent IPO, and early volume is dominated by the offering itself. An average over 20 sessions of a stock that has barely traded is the weakest input on the page, and absorb days inherits every bit of that weakness.
The parser can misread a filing. That is why every number here is printed next to the words it came from. Earlier versions of this parser read the underwriters' 30-day over-allotment window as a 30-day lock-up on five deals, and double-counted one issuer's share total because the offering summary appears on both the cover and in the summary section.
Also unlocking in 2026-10 (10)
Lock-ups cluster, because IPOs cluster: these priced in the same window as ALMR and come free in the same month. Several heavy releases landing together is a different situation from one.
| Deal | Expiry | Shares free | Absorb days |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKHY SK hynix Inc. | 2026-10-08 | — | — |
| ARXS Arxis, Inc. | 2026-10-13 | 23.2M | 24.0 sessions |
| KLRA Kailera Therapeutics, Inc. | 2026-10-14 | 84.6M | 83.0 sessions |
| AVEX AEVEX Corp. | 2026-10-17 | 95.6M | 34.5 sessions |
| ELMT Elmet Group Co. | 2026-10-20 | 20.3M | 43.0 sessions |
| YSWY Yesway, Inc. | 2026-10-20 | — | — |
| XE X-Energy, Inc. | 2026-10-24 | 348.1M | 54.2 sessions |
| AVLN Avalyn Pharma Inc. | 2026-10-27 | 25.1M | 60.1 sessions |
| SPTX Seaport Therapeutics, Inc. | 2026-10-28 | 38.9M | 160 sessions |
| COAG Hemab Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. | 2026-10-28 | — | — |
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