UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 13, 2021
BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-11460 | 31-1103425 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
140 58th Street, Building A, Suite 2100 | | |
| Brooklyn, New York | | 11220 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 582-1199
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading symbol | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.005 per share | | BTX | | NYSE American |
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On June 14, 2021, we announced that we had entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Novellus Therapeutics Limited, or Novellus, a privately held company that is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and that develops next-generation engineered mesenchymal stem cell therapies using patented mRNA cell reprogramming and gene editing technologies licensed from Factor Bioscience Limited. The letter of intent, which we entered into with Novellus on June 13, 2021, proposes that we would acquire all of the outstanding equity of Novellus or its parent entity in exchange for consideration valued at $125.0 million, of which $17.4 million would be paid in cash and $107.6 million would be paid by issuance of shares of common stock. In the letter of intent, we and Novellus expressed our intent to seek to close the transaction by July 15, 2021.
The terms of the letter of intent with respect to the proposed transaction — including the parties’ obligations to proceed with the transaction, the structure and timing of the transaction, and the consideration we would pay in the transaction — are not binding upon the parties. Either party may determine not to proceed with the transaction at any time in its discretion. The completion of the transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including completion of mutually satisfactory due diligence, execution of a definitive agreement and satisfaction of the conditions contained therein, and receipt of all required corporate, regulatory and other third‑party approvals. No assurances can be made that we will successfully negotiate and enter into a definitive agreement or that the proposed transaction will be closed on the terms or timeframe contemplated by the letter of intent, or at all.
Our wholly owned subsidiary Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics LLC is party to an exclusive license agreement dated April 26, 2021 with Factor Bioscience Limited and Novellus Therapeutics Limited, under which Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics LLC acquired an exclusive worldwide license to develop and commercialize certain cell-based therapies to treat cancer and rare blood disorders, including sickle cell disease, based on patented technology and know-how. For a further description of this license agreement, please see the Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2021.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. |
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| Dated: June 14, 2021 | By: | /s/ Howard J. Federoff |
| | Howard J. Federoff |
| | Chief Executive Officer and President |
