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Item 8.01Other Events.
On February 1, 2021, bluebird bio, Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its current and former directors entered into a settlement agreement with a stockholder of the
Company to resolve a lawsuit brought derivatively on behalf of the Company in the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court”) challenging the compensation paid to the Company’s non-employee directors between 2015 and 2018 (the “Derivative Action”). Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement, the Company has implemented or agreed to implement and maintain certain changes to its director compensation policies and practices. The settlement also provides for a release of claims related to the allegations in the Derivative Action with no admission of any wrongdoing. As part of the settlement, the Company will
be responsible for the payment of attorney’s fees. The Court must approve the settlement of the Derivative Action. Assuming that the settlement terms are approved, as a result of the settlement, all of the claims asserted in the Derivative Action will be dismissed. As required by the Court, a copy of the Notice of Pendency of Settlement of Action is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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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.
