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| Item 1.02 | Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. |
As previously disclosed in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2023, Finch Therapeutics, Inc., a subsidiary of Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Lease Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) with NRL WCS 200 Inner Belt Prop, LLC (the “Landlord”) on May 12, 2023 related to the Company’s office lease agreement, dated as of December 21, 2015, between North River II LLC and NextBiome, Inc. (as subsequently amended and assigned to NRL WCS 200 Inner Belt Prop, LLC and Finch Therapeutics, Inc., respectively, the “Lease”), pursuant to which the Company leased approximately 10,500 square feet on the first floor and 25,785 square feet on the fourth floor of office and laboratory space at 200 Inner Belt Road, Somerville, Massachusetts (the “Premises”). In accordance with the terms of the Termination Agreement, the Landlord executed a new lease agreement with a third-party tenant for the Premises, and as a result, the Lease terminated on June 30, 2023. In connection with the termination, the Company’s rent obligations ended on June 30, 2023. Pursuant to the Termination Agreement, the Landlord agreed to refund the Company for the full amount of the Company’s security deposit.
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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.
| FINCH THERAPEUTICS GROUP, INC. | ||||||
| Date: July 7, 2023 | By: | /s/ Matthew P. Blischak | ||||
| Matthew P. Blischak | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||