Form 8-K

 

 

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 31, 2019

 

 

Regulus Therapeutics Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35670   26-4738379

(State

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

10614 Science Center Drive

San Diego, CA

  92121
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 202-6300

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

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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).

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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 31, 2019, we entered into an amendment to our Loan and Security Agreement (the “Fifth Amendment”) with Oxford Finance LLC, as the collateral agent and a lender (the “Lender”), dated June 17, 2016, as amended, pursuant to which the Lender lent us $20.0 million in a term loan (the “Term Loan”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Fifth Amendment, our required monthly payment to the Lender for the month of February 2019 is comprised of interest only. Amortization payments will recommence in March 2019.

The maturity date of the Term Loan remains unchanged and the Term Loan is required to be paid in full on June 1, 2020.

The foregoing is only a summary of the material terms of the Fifth Amendment, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Fifth Amendment, a copy of which is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.1.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.1    Fifth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated January 31, 2019, by and between the Registrant and Oxford Finance LLC.


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.

 

    Regulus Therapeutics Inc.
Date: February 1, 2019     By:    

/s/ Joseph P. Hagan

      Joseph P. Hagan
      President and Chief Executive Officer