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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 21, 2024, NKGen Biotech, Inc. (the “Company” and formerly known as Graf Acquisition Corp. IV (“Graf”)) and Seller (defined below) entered into a fourth amendment (the “Amendment”) to the forward purchase agreement, dated as of September 22, 2023 (the “FPA”), initially among the Company, Graf Acquisition Corp. IV, (“Graf”), Meteora Strategic Capital, LLC (“MSC”), Meteora Capital Partners, LP (“MCP”) and Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP (“MSTO” with MSC, MCP, and MSTO collectively, “Seller”) for OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transactions, as amended on December 26, 2023, as further amended on January 2, 2024 and as further amended on January 11, 2024.
Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company and Seller agreed to increase (i) the Prepayment Shortfall (as defined in the Amendment) by $200,000 and (ii) to increase the Share Consideration Shares (as defined in the Amendment) by 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. All other terms and conditions remained unchanged.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 10.1 | Fourth Amendment to Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2024, among NKGen and Meteora Capital Partners, LP and certain of its affiliates. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| NKGEN BIOTECH, INC. | ||
| Date: February 22, 2024 | /s/ Paul Y. Song | |
| Name: | Paul Y. Song | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||