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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):
January 4, 2024
Verastem,
Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Charter)
Delaware |
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001-35403 |
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27-3269467 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
117 Kendrick Street, Suite 500, Needham, MA |
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02494 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: (781) 292-4200
(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:
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under
the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b)
of the Act:
Title of each class |
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Trading Symbol(s) |
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Name
of each exchange on which registered |
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share |
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VSTM |
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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 January 4, 2024, Verastem, Inc. (the “Company”) amended
its Loan and Security Agreement, dated March 25, 2022 (as amended, the “Loan Agreement”) with Oxford Finance LLC, as collateral
agent and a lender, and the other lenders identified on the signature pages thereto.
The amendment extends the outside date for the period during which
the Company may draw the Term C Loan (as defined in the Loan Agreement) from March 31, 2024, to March 31, 2025.
A copy of the amendment is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The forgoing summary of the amendment does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the amendment and the Loan Agreement.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial
Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
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.
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VERASTEM, INC. |
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Dated: January 8, 2024 |
By: |
/s/ Daniel W. Paterson |
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Daniel W. Paterson |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 10.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of January 4, 2024, by and among OXFORD FINANCE LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company with an office located at 115 South Union Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314 (“Oxford”),
as collateral agent (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”), the Lenders party thereto including Oxford in its capacity
as a Lender, OXFORD FINANCE FUNDING III LLC, OXFORD FINANCE FUNDING XIII LLC, OXFORD FINANCE FUNDING TRUST 2022-1, OXFORD FINANCE FUNDING
TRUST 2023-1, OXFORD FINANCE CREDIT FUND II LP, by its manager Oxford Finance Advisors, LLC, and OXFORD FINANCE CREDIT FUND III LP, by
its manager Oxford Finance Advisors, LLC, each with an office located at 115 South Union Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA
22314 (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and VERASTEM, INC., a Delaware corporation
with offices located at 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 500, Needham, MA 02494 (“Borrower”).
A. Collateral
Agent, Borrower and Lenders have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 25, 2022, as amended by
that certain Limited Waiver Under Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 8, 2023 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, including by this Amendment, the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which Lenders have provided
to Borrower certain loans in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.
B. Borrower,
Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders desire to amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement as provided herein and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
Agreement
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower, the Collateral Agent and Required Lenders hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.
2. Amendments
to Loan Agreement.
2.1 Section 2.5(f) (First
Amendment Fee). Subsection 2.5(f) is hereby added to the end of Section 2.5 of the Loan Agreement as follows:
“(f) First
Amendment Fee. A fully earned, non-refundable amendment fee in an aggregate amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00)
to be shared between the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares and due and payable on the First Amendment Effective
Date.”
2.2 Section 13
(Definitions). The following defined term in Section 13 of the Loan Agreement is amended and restated as follows:
“Term C Draw Period”
is the period commencing on the date of the occurrence of the Term C Milestone and ending on the earliest of (i) the date that is
sixty (60) days after the occurrence of the Term C Milestone, (ii) March 31, 2025 and (iii) the occurrence of an Event
of Default; provided, however, that the Term C Draw Period shall not commence if on the date of the occurrence of the Term C Milestone
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
2.3 Section 13
(Definitions). The following defined term is added to Section 13 of the Loan Agreement in appropriate alphabeltical order:
“First Amendment Effective
Date” means January 4, 2024.
3. Limitation
of Amendment.
3.1 The
amendments set forth in Section 2 above are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as
written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any
Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Collateral Agent or any Lender may now have or may have in the
future under or in connection with any Loan Document.
3.2 This
Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.
4. Representations
and Warranties. To induce Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents
and warrants to Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders as follows:
4.1 Immediately
after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and
complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier
date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such date) and (b) no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing;
4.2 Borrower
has the power and due authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended
by this Amendment;
4.3 The
Operating Documents of Borrower delivered to Collateral Agent on the Effective Date, and updated pursuant to subsequent deliveries by
or on behalf of Borrower to the Collateral Agent, remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated
and are and continue to be in full force and effect;
4.4 The
execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended
by this Amendment do not contravene (i) any material law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (ii) any material contractual
restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (iii) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body
or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (iv) the Operating Documents of Borrower;
4.5 The
execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended
by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration
with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, except as already has
been obtained or made; and
4.6 This
Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium
or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.
5. Loan
Document. Borrower, Lenders and Collateral Agent agree that this Amendment shall be a Loan Document. Except as expressly set forth
herein, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect without alteration or amendment. This
Amendment and the Loan Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements.
6. Release
by Borrower.
6.1 FOR
GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, Borrower hereby forever relieves, releases, and discharges Collateral Agent and each Lender and their
respective present or former employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, attorneys, and each of them, from any and all claims,
debts, liabilities, demands, obligations, promises, acts, agreements, costs and expenses, actions and causes of action, of every type,
kind, nature, description or character whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, absolute or contingent, arising
out of or in any manner whatsoever connected with or related to facts, circumstances, issues, controversies or claims existing or arising
from the beginning of time through and including the date of execution of this Amendment solely to the extent such claims arise out of
or are in any manner whatsoever connected with or related to the Loan Documents, the Recitals hereto, any instruments, agreements or documents
executed in connection with any of the foregoing or the origination, negotiation, administration, servicing and/or enforcement of any
of the foregoing (collectively “Released Claims”).
6.2 By
entering into this release, Borrower recognizes that no facts or representations are ever absolutely certain and it may hereafter discover
facts in addition to or different from those which it presently knows or believes to be true, but that it is the intention of Borrower
hereby to fully, finally and forever settle and release all matters, disputes and differences, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected
in relation to the Released Claims; accordingly, if Borrower should subsequently discover that any fact that it relied upon in entering
into this release was untrue, or that any understanding of the facts was incorrect, Borrower shall not be entitled to set aside this release
by reason thereof, regardless of any claim of mistake of fact or law or any other circumstances whatsoever. Borrower acknowledges that
it is not relying upon and has not relied upon any representation or statement made by Collateral Agent or Lenders with respect to the
facts underlying this release or with regard to any of such party’s rights or asserted rights.
6.3 This
release may be pleaded as a full and complete defense and/or as a cross-complaint or counterclaim against any action, suit, or other proceeding
that may be instituted, prosecuted or attempted in breach of this release. Borrower acknowledges that the release contained herein constitutes
a material inducement to Collateral Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, and that Collateral Agent and the Lenders would
not have done so but for Collateral Agent’s and the Lenders’ expectation that such release is valid and enforceable in all
events
7. Effectiveness.
This Amendment shall be deemed effective as of the date hereof upon the due execution of this Amendment by the parties hereto.
8. Counterparts.
This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which, taken together,
shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by electronic transmission (e.g. “.pdf”) of an executed counterpart
of this Amendment shall be effective as a manually executed counterpart signature thereof.
9. Governing
Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
[Balance of Page Intentionally Left
Blank]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered as of the date first written above.
BORROWER: |
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VERASTEM, INC. |
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By |
/s/ Dan Paterson |
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Name: Dan Paterson |
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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{Signature Page Continues}
[Signature
Page to First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement]
COLLATERAL AGENT AND LENDER: |
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OXFORD FINANCE LLC |
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By |
/s/ Colette H. Featherly |
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Name: Colette H. Featherly |
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Title: Senior Vice President |
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LENDERS:
OXFORD FINANCE FUNDING III LLC
OXFORD FINANCE
FUNDING XIII LLC
OXFORD FINANCE FUNDING TRUST 2022-1
OXFORD FINANCE FUNDING TRUST 2023-1
By |
/s/ Colette H. Featherly |
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Name: Colette H. Featherly |
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Its: Secretary |
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OXFORD FINANCE CREDIT FUND II LP |
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By: Oxford Finance Advisors, LLC,
its manager |
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By |
/s/ Colette H. Featherly |
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Name: Colette H. Featherly |
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Its: Senior Vice President |
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OXFORD FINANCE CREDIT FUND III LP |
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By: Oxford Finance Advisors, LLC,
its manager |
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By |
/s/ Colette H. Featherly |
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Name: Colette H. Featherly |
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Its: Senior Vice President |
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