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): October 8, 2022

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.)

10355 Science Center Drive, Suite 150
   
San Diego, California
 
92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 582-1199

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:

Title of each class
 
Trading symbol
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.005 per share
 
BTX
 
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
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 October 8, 2022, Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an option agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with Exacis Biotherapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Exacis”), pursuant to which Exacis granted the Company the option to negotiate and enter into an exclusive worldwide license to certain of the technology licensed by Exacis for the treatment of cancer in humans (the “Option”). The Option Agreement provides that the Company will pay Exacis a fee of $250,000 for the Option, which would be creditable against the fees or purchase price payable under any such license if entered into by the Company in accordance with Option Agreement. The Option Agreement provides for certain payments upon the execution of a definitive license agreement, which would become payable only upon execution, and in accordance with the terms, of the applicable license agreement, if any.
 
The foregoing description of the Option Agreement is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Option Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference in this Item 1.01.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
Option Agreement, dated October 8, 2022, by and between Exacis Biotherapeutics, Inc. and Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
104
 
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

*          Pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K, schedules and similar attachments to this exhibit have been omitted because they do not contain information material to an investment or voting decision and such information is not otherwise disclosed in such exhibit. The Company will supplementally provide a copy of any omitted schedule or similar attachment to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


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.
 
 
Dated: October 14, 2022
By:
/s/ Andrew Jackson
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer



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