Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Evergreen Provision

Pursuant to the terms of an annual evergreen provision in the 2014 Plan, the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2014 Plan shall automatically increase on January 1 of each year by at least seven percent (7%) of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding on December 31st of the preceding calendar year, or, pursuant to the terms of the 2014 Plan, in any year, the Board of Directors may determine that such increase will provide for a lesser number of shares. In accordance with the terms of the 2014 Plan, effective as of January 1, 2022, the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2014 Plan increased by 8,766,162 shares, such amount being seven percent (7%) of the outstanding shares of common stock on December 31, 2021. As of January 1, 2022, the 2014 Plan had a total reserve of 34,337,004 shares and there were 16,760,151 shares available for future grants.

Venn Litigation

On November 18, 2021, Venn Therapeutics, LLC (“Venn”), filed a complaint (the “Complaint”) against us in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The Complaint asserts claims for trade secret misappropriation under federal law and state law, a claim for breach of contract, and state law claims for unfair competition, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and intentional interference with advantageous business relations. On November 24, 2021, Venn filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, which requests that the court preliminarily enjoin us from using Venn’s trade secrets and/or confidential information without Venn’s consent, including by conducting any further development work of our immunotherapy program based on CRB-601, until further order of the court. On January 7, 2022, we filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint in its entirety and an opposition to Venn’s motion for a preliminary injunction.

We believe that the Complaint and Venn’s preliminary injunction motion are without merit and intend to vigorously defend the Company against these claims; however, there can be no assurance that we will prevail in such proceedings.