
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during thepreceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of RegulationS-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerginggrowth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer☐Accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☒Smaller reporting company☒Emerging growth company☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revisedfinancial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control overfinancial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262 (b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its auditreport.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflectthe correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any ofthe registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, as of June 30, 2024, was $69.0million. Such aggregate market value wascomputed by reference to the closing price of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 30,2024. For purposes of making thiscalculation only, the registrant has defined affiliates as including only (1) directors, (2) executive officers and (3) certain stockholders, if any, that hold greater than10% of the voting stock of the registrant, in each case, as of June 30, 2024. Shares of common stock held by other persons, including certain other holders of morethan 10% of the registrant’s outstanding common stock, if any, have not been excluded from the above calculation in that such persons are not deemed to beaffiliates. The determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes. As of March 14, 2025, there were7,503,385shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K incorporates information by reference to portions of the definitive proxy statement for the Company’s Annual Meetingof Stockholders to be held in2025, to be filed within 120 days of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC.TABLE OF CONTENTS PagePART IItem 1.Business1Item 1A.Risk Factors20Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments33Item 1C.Cybersecurity33Item 2.Properties34Item 3.Legal Proceedings34Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures34PART IIItem 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of EquitySecurities35Item 6.[Reserved]35Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations36Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk48Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data48Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure48Item 9A.Controls and Procedures48Item 9B.Other Information48Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections48PART IIIItem 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance49Item 11.Executive Compensation49Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters49Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence50Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services50Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules51Item 16.Form 10-K Summary53Financial StatementsF-1 References to Assembly Bioscie