Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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Upon delivery of a placement notice and subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, Jefferies may sell the Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an "at the market offering" as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company may sell the Shares in amounts and at times to be determined by the Company from time to time subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, but it has no obligation to sell any of the Shares under the Sales Agreement.
The Company or Jefferies may suspend or terminate the offering of Shares upon notice to the other party and subject to other conditions. Jefferies will act as sales agent on a commercially reasonable efforts basis consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal law, rules and regulations and the rules of Nasdaq.
The Company will pay Jefferies a cash commission of 3.0% of gross proceeds from the sale of the Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement. The Company has also agreed to provide Jefferies with customary indemnification and contribution rights.
The offering of Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of all Shares subject to the Agreement or (ii) termination of the Sales Agreement in accordance with its terms.
The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sales Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities law of such state or jurisdiction.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibit No. Description 5.1 Opinion ofFoley Hoag LLP , datedSeptember 3, 2020 10.1 Open Market Sale AgreementSM, datedSeptember 3, 2020 , by and betweenCyclerion Therapeutics, Inc. andJefferies LLC 23.1 Consent ofFoley Hoag LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 above) 2
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