UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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 23, 2019

SELECTA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-37798	26-1622110
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

480 Arsenal Way

Watertown, MA 02472

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 923-1400

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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,	SELB	Nasdaq Global Market
$0.0001 par value per share

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 ý

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. ý

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 23, 2019, Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a lease (the “Lease”) with BRE-BMR Grove LLC (the “Landlord”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to lease approximately 25,078 rentable square feet of office and laboratory space located on the first floor of 65 Grove Street, Watertown, Massachusetts (the “Premises”).

The term of the Lease is estimated to begin on March 10, 2020 and end on April 30, 2028. The Lease provides that base rent for the Premises will be $137,929.00 per month, or $66.00 per square foot annually, subject to an annual upward adjustment of 3% of the then current rental rate, starting on the first anniversary of the first payment of rent under the Lease, and other potential adjustments based on the Company’s utilization of certain tenant improvement allowances. Rent payments under the Lease will commence on the later of (i) May 1, 2020, and (ii) one month after the term of the Lease commences if the term commences after March 31, 2020.

As previously disclosed, the terms of the Company’s existing lease agreements for its laboratory and office space located at 480 Arsenal Way, Watertown, Massachusetts and 75 North Beacon Street, Watertown, Massachusetts each expire in March 2020.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.  

(a) Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation.

The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

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.

	SELECTA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Date: July 26, 2019	By:	/s/ Carsten Brunn, Ph.D.
		Carsten Brunn, Ph.D.
		President and Chief Executive Officer