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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): October 4, 2024

 

Precigen, Inc. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Virginia 001-36042 26-0084895

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer  

Identification No.)  

 

20374 Seneca Meadows Parkway, Germantown, Maryland 20876 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(301) 556-9900 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class  

Trading  

Symbol(s)  

 

Name of each exchange  

on which registered

Common Stock, No Par Value   PGEN   Nasdaq Global Select 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 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

 

As previously disclosed, on April 3, 2023, Precigen, Inc. (“Precigen” or the “Company”), entered into an Amended and Restated License Agreement (the “A&R License Agreement”) with Alaunos Therapeutics, Inc. (“Alaunos”), which amended and restated in its entirety the License Agreement, dated October 5, 2018, by and among the same parties, for the grant of certain licenses by Precigen to Alaunos. On October 4, 2024, the A&R License Agreement was terminated. Following the termination of the A&R License Agreement, Precigen has regained all rights previously licensed to Alaunos and Alaunos retains no rights to utilize any of Precigen’s technology.

  

 

 

 

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.

 

  Precigen, Inc.
   
   
  By:

/s/ Donald P. Lehr 

    Donald P. Lehr
    Chief Legal Officer

 

Dated: October 10, 2024