Item 1.01.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On April 8, 2021, Yumanity Therapeutics, Inc., (the Company) entered into an Open Market Sale AgreementSM (the Agreement) with Jefferies LLC (Jefferies) under which the Company may offer and sell (the Offering), from time to time at its sole discretion through
Jefferies, as its sales agent, shares of the Companys common stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the Common Stock), having an aggregate offering price of up to $60,000,000.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, Jefferies has agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its normal sales and
trading practices and applicable law and regulations, to sell from time to time the Common Stock so designated by the Company as sales agent in accordance with the Companys instructions (including any price, time or size limits or other
customary parameters or conditions the Company may impose). The Company cannot provide any assurances that it will issue any Common Stock pursuant to the Agreement. The sales, if any, of the Common Stock under the Agreement will be made by any
method permitted that is deemed an at the market offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or in negotiated transactions or block transactions. The Agreement
provides that the commission payable to Jefferies for sales of Common Stock with respect to which Jefferies acts as sales agent shall be up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of such Common Stock sold pursuant to the Agreement. The
Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Company has agreed to indemnify Jefferies against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company will also reimburse Jefferies for certain expenses incurred in connection with the Agreement. The Offering will terminate upon the earliest of (a) the sale of the
maximum number or amount of Common Stock permitted to be sold under the Agreement and (b) the termination of the Agreement by the parties thereto.
The Company currently intends to use any net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes.
The foregoing description of the Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is
filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Common Stock
will be offered and sold pursuant to the Companys effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-228529) filed by the Company (formerly
known as Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc.) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on November 23, 2018 and declared effective on December 4, 2018. On April 8, 2021, the Company filed a prospectus
supplement with the SEC in connection with the offer and sale of the Common Stock pursuant to the Agreement.
The legal opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Common Stock in the Offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. This Current Report on Form
8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the securities in any state or country
in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or country.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously disclosed, in April 2020, Yumanity Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company) entered into an unsecured promissory note with Silicon Valley
Bank, as lender, for a loan (the Loan) in the principal amount of $1,123,067.00 pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the PPP) under the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES
Act). The PPP is administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration. On April 3, 2021, the Company received a notice of forgiveness of the full balance of the Loan, including all accrued interest, in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the CARES Act.