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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 9, 2024

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bluebird bio, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Delaware	001-35966	13-3680878
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

455 Grand Union Boulevard, Somerville, MA		02145
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(339) 499-9300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	BLUE	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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Item 1.01			Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 9, 2024, bluebird bio, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to its Loan and Security Agreement (the “LSA”), dated as of March 15, 2024, as amended on April 30, 2024, by and among the Company, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities party thereto, as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and Hercules Capital, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Agent”).

Pursuant to the Second Amendment, the Company, the Agent and the Lenders agreed to, among other things: (i) extension of the period during which the Company will provide revised monthly financial reporting metrics to the Lenders; and (ii) extension of the deadlines by which the Company must provide to the Lenders financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 and for each of the quarters ended March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024. Further, the Second Amendment provides that the Company’s late delivery and filing of its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024 shall not be deemed a violation of the Company’s covenant to maintain compliance with applicable law, so long as such documents are filed by the extended deadlines.

The foregoing description of the Second Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Second Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this Current Report that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements regarding the Company’s expectations with respect to the filing of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024 and its performance of obligations under the LSA. Statements using words such as “expect”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “may”, “will” and similar terms are also forward-looking statements. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as updated by its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to the Company’s compliance with the LSA, including the risk that operating restrictions under the LSA adversely affect the Company’s ability to conduct its business, the risk that the Company will not achieve milestones required to access future tranches under the LSA, and the risk that the Company will fail to comply with covenants under the LSA, including with respect to required revenue levels, which could result in an event of default. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligations to make any revisions to the forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report or to update them to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this Current Report, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.


Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.						Description
10.1						Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of July 9 , 2024, by and among the Company, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities party thereto, as lenders, and Hercules Capital, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent.
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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.



Date: July 11, 2024	bluebird bio, Inc.

	By:	/s/ O. James Sterling
	Name:	O. James Sterling
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

bluebird bio Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits