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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On September 3, 2021, a subsidiary of Vaccitech plc (the “Company”) entered into a lease agreement (the “Lease”) with The Harwell Science and Innovation Campus General Partner Limited, The Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Nominee Limited and The Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Limited Partnership (collectively, the “Landlord”), for the lease of approximately 31,000 square feet of the Zeus Building on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (the “Building”). The Company intends to use the Building as its corporate headquarters.
The Lease commenced on July 18, 2021 (the “Commencement Date”) and has a term of ten years from the Commencement Date. Annual rent due under the Lease will be £889,948. Pursuant to the Lease, the Landlord granted the Company an initial rent free period of three months. The Company has the option to renew the lease for an additional ten-year period.
The foregoing description of the Lease is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Lease, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.
SIGNATURE
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.
| Vaccitech plc | ||
| Date: September 7, 2021 | By: | /s/ William Enright |
| William Enright | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||