UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

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 7, 2020

 

SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

California

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-36747

02-0692322

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

12744 San Fernando Road, Suite 400
Sylmar, California 91342

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(818) 833-5000

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

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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 Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). 

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

EYES

 

Nasdaq

Warrants

 

EYESW

 

Nasdaq

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Item 1.01      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On July 7, 2020, Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a lease with Sylmar Biomedical Park, LLC, to lease a smaller portion of its present facility.  The new lease allows the Company to significantly reduce its rent while maintaining operations and its current address.  The term of the lease is from June 16, 2020 until December 31, 2020 and automatically renews monthly thereafter unless terminated by either party with 30 days notice.  The monthly rent is $15,931.80 inclusive of a proportionate share of the building’s maintenance cost.  The prior rent was $37,662.76, plus a proportionate share of the building’s maintenance cost, which averaged approximately $20,000 per month in 2019.  The facility will support the Company’s current staff and operations, including continuation of its Orion early feasibility study, with six subjects at UCLA and Baylor College of Medicine, and other Orion research.  

 

 

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 10, 2020

 

SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

 

/s/ John T. Blake

By: John T. Blake

Chief Financial Officer