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): September 11, 2020
Vaxart, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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001-35285 |
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59-1212264 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
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385 Oyster Point Boulevard, Suite 9A, South San Francisco, California |
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94080 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 550-3500
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Common stock, $0.0001 par value |
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VXRT |
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The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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 revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 11, 2020, Vaxart, Inc. (the “Company”) and Kindred Biosciences, Inc. (“KindredBio”) entered into two statements of work (each, an “SOW” and together, the “SOWs”) pursuant to the Master Services Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2020, between the Company and KindredBio (the “KindredBio MSA” and, together with the SOWs, the “Agreements”), under which KindredBio will manufacture certain of the Company’s product candidates. The term of the KindredBio MSA is five years.
The SOWs are on a “take or pay basis” at a cost of up to an aggregate of approximately $20.5 million.
The Agreements also include terms and conditions relating to ordering, delivery, inspection and acceptance, and termination, among other matters.
The foregoing descriptions of the Agreements are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Agreements, copies of which will be filed as exhibits to the Company’s next periodic report.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 29, 2020, the Company entered into a Master Services Agreement (the “Attwill MSA”) with Attwill Vascular Technologies, LP for processing and lyophilizing certain compounds and tableting such lyophilized compounds for the Company’s oral COVID-19 vaccine.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Dated: October 8, 2020 |
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/s/ Andrei Floroiu |
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Andrei Floroiu |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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