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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
As previously disclosed, on May 31, 2023, Cibus, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with certain persons identified therein. Capitalized terms used in this Current Report on Form 8-K but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Rights Agreement.
On December 27, 2023, the Company and a Cibus Global Majority-in-Interest entered into the First Amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement (the “First Amendment”). The First Amendment amends the Registration Rights Agreement to clarify that at any time in which the Shelf Registration Statement required pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) is effective, “piggyback” registration rights shall be inapplicable in respect of any primary Registration of offering thereunder of securities by the Company.
The foregoing description of the First Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the First 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. |
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| 10.1 | First Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 27, 2023, by and between Cibus, Inc. and a Cibus Global Majority-in-Interest | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Cibus, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 29, 2023
| CIBUS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Rory Riggs | |
| Name: | Rory Riggs | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | |