Form 8-K - Current report

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 2, 2024

Cue Biopharma, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	001-38327	47-3324577
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)



40 Guest Street Boston, Massachusetts		02135 (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)

(617) 949-2680

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	CUE	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 October 2, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), Cue Biopharma, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a second amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to its Loan and Security Agreement dated as of February 15, 2022 with Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (“SVB”), as amended by that certain Waiver and First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April 10, 2023. As of the Effective Date, the Second Amendment removes the requirement for the Company to maintain in accounts of the Company at SVB cash equal to at least $20,000,000 (the “Threshold Amount”). The Second Amendment retains the requirement that the Company have at all times on deposit in accounts of the Company maintained with SVB, unrestricted and unencumbered cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Threshold Amount and (ii) 100% of the dollar value of the Company’s consolidated cash, in the aggregate, at all financial institutions.

The foregoing summary of the Second Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.


Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:



Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 2, 2024, by and between Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, and Cue Biopharma, Inc.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.



	Cue Biopharma, Inc.

Date: October 4, 2024	By:	/s/ Daniel R. Passeri
	Name: Daniel R. Passeri
	Title: Chief Executive Officer

SECOND AMENDMENT TO

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

This Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 2nd day of October, 2024 by and between Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (“Bank”) and Cue Biopharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), whose address is 21 Erie Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.

Recitals

Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of February 15, 2022, as amended by that certain Waiver and First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement between Bank and Borrower dated as of April 10, 2023 (as the same may from time to time be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Loan Agreement”).

Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.

Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to make certain revisions to the Loan Agreement as more fully set forth herein.

Bank has agreed to so amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below.

Agreement

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

Amendments to Loan Agreement.

2.1

Section 5.7 (Accounts). Section 5.7(a) is amended in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“5.7 (Accounts).

(a)

Commencing as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, maintain a portion of Borrower’s, any of its Subsidiaries’ (excluding Securities Corp.), and any Guarantor’s primary operating accounts, depository accounts and excess cash with Bank; provided that, Borrower shall at all times have on deposit in operating

and depository accounts maintained in the name of Borrower with Bank, unrestricted and unencumbered cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (i)

$20,000,000.00 (the “Threshold Amount”) and (ii) one hundred percent (100.0%) of the Dollar value of Borrower’s consolidated cash, including any Subsidiaries’, Affiliates’, or related entities’ cash, in the aggregate, at all financial institutions. So long as, in each case, Borrower maintains the Threshold Amount with Bank, Borrower shall be permitted to maintain accounts with other banks or financial institutions (other than Bank) (the “Permitted Accounts”); provided that such Permitted Accounts (other than the Excluded Accounts) shall be subject to a Control Agreement in favor of Bank pursuant to the terms of Section 5.7(c) and

5.13 hereof.”

2.2

Section 12.2 (Definitions). The following new defined term and its definition is hereby inserted alphabetically in Section 12.2:

“ “Second Amendment Effective Date” is October 2, 2024.”

2.3

Exhibit A (Compliance Statement). The Compliance Statement is amended in its entirety and replaced with the Compliance Statement in the form of Schedule 1 attached hereto.

Limitation of Amendments.

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 Bank 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, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank 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 as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

4.2

Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment;

4.3

The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Bank on the

Effective Date 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, have been duly authorized;

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 and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower;

4.6

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

4.7

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.

Reserved.

Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to conflicts of laws principles.

Integration. This Amendment and the Loan Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Amendment and the Loan Documents merge into this Amendment and the Loan Documents.

Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Each party hereto may execute this Amendment by electronic means and recognizes and accepts the use of electronic signatures and records by any other party hereto in connection with the execution and storage hereof.

Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective as of the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto.

[Signature page follows]

In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

BANK

FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY

By: /s/ John Sansone

Name: John Sansone

Title: Vice President

BORROWER

CUE BIOPHARMA, INC

By: /s/ Kerri-Ann Millar

Name: Kerri-Ann Millar

Title: Chief Financial Officer

Document And Entity Information	Oct. 02, 2024
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Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
Trading Symbol	CUE
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ