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): December 4, 2017
NEOTHETICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36754 | 20-8527075 | ||
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
9171 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92122
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)
(858) 750-1008
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
9171 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 270, San Diego, CA 92122
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On December 7, 2017, Neothetics, Inc. (the “ Company ”) entered into a Twelfth Amendment to the Lease (the “ Lease Amendment ”) with LJ Gateway Office LLC (the “ Landlord ”), dated December 4, 2017. The Lease Amendment amends the Lease dated July 3, 2008, as amended (collectively, the “ Lease ”), for the office space located at Suite No. 270, 9171 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, California containing approximately 11,107 rentable square feet (the “ Original Premises ”) and additional space consisting of approximately 3,580 rentable square feet located at Suite No. 250, 9171 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, California (the “ New Premises ”). The Company currently occupies the New Premises as its headquarters while subleasing the entire Original Premises to Abacus Data Systems, Inc. (“ Abacus ”) pursuant to the terms of the Sublease Agreement dated January 31, 2017.
The Lease Amendment provides for a termination of the lease with respect to the approximately 11,107 rentable square feet located at Suite No. 270, 9171 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, California. The termination is contingent upon the mutual execution and delivery of a new lease between an affiliate of Landlord and Abacus, which the Company expects to occur in the first quarter of 2018..
The foregoing description of the terms of the Lease Amendment and Sublease does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Lease, which has been filed previously by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) as an exhibit to its Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on October 17, 2014, the Eleventh Amendment to the Lease and Sublease, which has been filed previously by the Company with the SEC as an exhibit to its Form 8-K filed on February 10, 2017, and the Lease Amendment, of which a copy is filed as an exhibit hereto.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits .
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Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 10.1 | Twelfth Amendment, dated as of December 4, 2017, by and between Neothetics, Inc. and LJ Gateway Office LLC. | |
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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.
| NEOTHETICS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: December 8, 2017 | By: |
/s/ Susan A. Knudson |
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Susan A. Knudson |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 10.1
TWELFTH AMENDMENT
THIS TWELFTH AMENDMENT (the “ Amendment ”) is made and entered into as of December 4, 2017, by and between LJ GATEWAY OFFICE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Landlord ”), and NEOTHETICS, INC. , a Delaware corporation (“ Tenant ”).
RECITALS
| A. |
Landlord (as successor in interest to California Diversified LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and as successor in interest to WW&LJ Gateways, LTD., a California limited partnership) and Tenant (formerly known as Lithera, Inc., a Delaware corporation and Lipothera, Inc., a Delaware corporation) are parties to that certain lease dated July 3, 2008, which lease has been previously amended by a First Amendment dated February 6, 2009, a Second Amendment dated February 16, 2010, a Third Amendment dated February 1, 2011, a Fourth Amendment dated April 20, 2011, a Fifth Amendment dated April 10, 2012, a Sixth Amendment dated October 31, 2012, a Seventh Amendment dated April 30, 2013, an Eighth Amendment dated November 8, 2013, a Ninth Amendment dated April 21, 2014, a Tenth Amendment dated January 20, 2015 and an Eleventh Amendment dated January 31, 2017 (collectively, the “ Lease ”). Pursuant to the Lease, Landlord has leased to Tenant space currently containing approximately 14,687 rentable square feet (the “ Premises ”) described as Suite No. 270 comprising approximately 11,107 rentable square feet on the 2 nd floor (“ Suite 270 ”) and Suite No. 250 comprising approximately 3,580 rentable square feet on the 2 nd floor of the building located at 9191 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, California (the “ Building ”). |
| B. |
Landlord and Tenant desire to terminate the Lease with respect to 11,107 rentable square feet known as Suite 270 only subject to the following terms and conditions. |
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the above recitals which by this reference are incorporated herein, the mutual covenants and conditions contained herein and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant agree as follows:
| I. |
Termination of Suite 270 . Subject to satisfaction of the contingency in Section II below, Landlord and Tenant agree that effective as of midnight on the day preceding the commencement date of a new lease between Landlord’s affiliate, Eastgate Summit Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Abacus Data Systems, Inc., the Lease with respect to Suite 270 only shall terminate (the “ Suite 270 Termination Date ”). Not later than the Suite 270 Termination Date, Tenant shall cause Suite 270 to be vacated and surrendered broom clean condition and shall not be obligated to remove any cabling or restore Suite 270. All rent and other costs due under the Lease with respect to Suite 270 shall be due and payable by Tenant to Landlord through the Suite 270 Termination Date. |
| II. |
Contingency . Tenant understands and agrees that the effectiveness of this Amendment is contingent upon the mutual execution and delivery of a new lease between Landlord’s affiliate, Eastgate Summit Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Abacus Data Systems, Inc. for space containing approximately 64,832 rentable square feet at Eastgate Summit. |
| III. |
Effect of Partial Termination . The termination of Suite 270 pursuant to this Amendment shall not be deemed to relieve either party of any obligation under the Lease that would otherwise survive its expiration or sooner termination. |
IV. GENERAL .
| A. |
Effect of Amendments . The Lease shall remain in full force and effect except to the extent that it is modified by this Amendment. |
| B. |
Entire Agreement . This Amendment embodies the entire understanding between Landlord and Tenant and can be changed only by a writing signed by Landlord and Tenant. |
| C. |
Counterparts; Digital Signatures . If this Amendment is executed in counterparts, each is hereby declared to be an original; all, however, shall constitute but one and the same amendment. In any action or proceeding, any photographic, photostatic, or other copy of this Amendment may be introduced into evidence without foundation. The parties agree to accept a digital image (including but not limited to an image in the form of a PDF, JPEG, GIF file, or other e-signature) of this Amendment, if applicable, reflecting the execution of one or both of the parties, as a true and correct original. |
| D. |
Defined Terms . All words commencing with initial capital letters in this Amendment and defined in the Lease shall have the same meaning in this Amendment as in the Lease, unless they are otherwise defined in this Amendment. |
| E. |
Authority . If Tenant is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, or is comprised of any of them, each individual executing this Amendment for the corporation, limited liability company or partnership represents that he or she is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment on behalf of such entity and that this Amendment is binding upon such entity in accordance with its terms. |
| F. |
Attorneys’ Fees . The provisions of the Lease respecting payment of attorneys’ fees shall also apply to this Amendment. |
| G. |
Execution of Amendment . Submission of this Amendment by Landlord is not an offer to enter into this Amendment but rather is a solicitation for such an offer by Tenant. Landlord shall not be bound by this Amendment until Landlord has executed and delivered the same to Tenant. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Landlord and Tenant have duly executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.
| LANDLORD: | TENANT: | |
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LJ GATEWAY OFFICE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By /s/ Steven M. Case
Steven M. Case EVP Office Properties
By /s/ Pamela Van Nort
Pamela Van Nort Vice President, Portfolio Operations Office Properties
/s/ AH |
NEOTHETICS, INC., a Delaware corporation
/s/ Susan Knudson
Printed Name Susan Knudson Title Chief Financial Officer
By
Printed Name Title |