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
GENITOPE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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000-50425
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77-0436313 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(510) 284-3000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
General Electric Capital Corporation Agreements
On
December 22, 2006, Genitope Corporation (the
“Company”) issued a promissory note to General
Electric Capital Corporation (
“GECC”) in the amount of $1,553,589 (the
“Promissory Note”) for an
additional borrowing under a Master Security Agreement entered into with GECC on
October 31, 2006
with respect to the financing of laboratory, manufacturing and information technology equipment and
furniture (the
“Master Security Agreement”). The Promissory Note is repayable over 36 months and
bears a fixed interest rate of 9.88% per annum.
The Company provided 25% of the funded loan amount as a cash security deposit pursuant to a
Securities Deposit Pledge Agreement (the
“Pledge Agreement”). In addition to the $1.5 million
borrowed on
December 22, 2006, approximately $3.9 million of the total $6.7 million line of credit
was borrowed under the Master Security Agreement on
October 31, 2006.
The above descriptions of the Promissory Note and Pledge Agreement are qualified in their
entirety by the text of the Promissory Note and Pledge Agreement, copies of which are filed as
exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement.
Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K contains a description of the material terms of
the Promissory Note and Pledge Agreement
the Company entered into with GECC, which description is
hereby
incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Dr. Bonnie Charpentier Severance Agreement
As reported on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by
the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on
December 11, 2006, Dr. Bonnie Charpentier resigned as Vice President,
Regulatory Affairs, on
December 5, 2006. In connection with Dr. Charpentier’s resignation, the
Company entered into a Severance Agreement with Dr. Charpentier, dated
December 22, 2006 (the
“Severance Agreement”), which did not become effective and enforceable until
December 29, 2006.
Under the terms of the Severance Agreement, Dr. Charpentier is entitled to receive, as severance
pay, regular installments of her final base salary for a nine-month period (the
“Payment Period”),
aggregating $183,000, less applicable taxes. Under the terms of the Severance Agreement, Dr. Charpentier
also is entitled to continue receiving Company-sponsored healthcare insurance benefits during the
Payment Period. In addition, the Severance Agreement extends the period during which Dr.
Charpentier may exercise her vested stock options from
March 5, 2007 to
December 31, 2007.
This description of the Severance Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the text of the
Severance Agreement, a copy of which is filed as
Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.