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8-K filed April 16, 2026, 7:59 PM ET ticker MGTX CIK 0001735438
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MeiraGTx Holdings plc (MGTX): M&A transaction — MeiraGTx acquires bota-vec gene therapy from Janssen for XLRP treatment

MeiraGTx Holdings plc

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M&A Transactions SEC 8-K Item 2.01/5.01 confidence 0.9

MeiraGTx Holdings plc completed an acquisition involving Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for upfront cash purchase price of $25,000,000 (closed 2026-04-15).

Action
acquisition
Counterparty
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Consideration
upfront cash purchase price of $25,000,000
Closing
2026-04-15
Exact text from the filing
to mutations in the RPGR gene (the “RPGR Product”), and other related assets as described in the Asset Purchase Agreement. Buyer agreed to pay an upfront cash purchase price of $25,000,000 to Seller. Additionally, pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement, Buyer agreed to pay Seller a one-time, future contingent
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Material Agreements SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02 confidence 0.9

MeiraGTx Holdings plc entered into Asset Purchase Agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. valued at $25,000,000 (effective 2026-04-15).

Action
entry
Agreement
asset purchase
Counterparty
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Value
$25,000,000
Effective
2026-04-15
Exact text from the filing
On April 15, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), MeiraGTx Holdings plc (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary MeiraGTx Ocular UK Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (“MeiraGTx Ocular” and together with the Company, collectively the “Buyer”), entered into and consummated an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Seller”), pursuant to which Seller sold and assigned to Buyer, and Buyer purchased and assumed, that certain License Agreement, dated February 5, 2019, by and between UCL Business Plc (now UCL Business Ltd.) and Janssen (the “UCL License Agreement”), relating to the research, development, manufacture and exploitation of Seller’s gene therapy product for the treatment of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa related to mutations in the RPGR gene (the “RPGR Product”), and other related assets as described in the Asset Purchase Agreement. Buyer agreed to pay an upfront cash purchase price o
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Material Agreements SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02 confidence 0.9

MeiraGTx Holdings plc terminated Original Asset Purchase Agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (effective 2026-04-15).

Action
termination
Agreement
asset purchase
Counterparty
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Effective
2026-04-15
Exact text from the filing
Seller and Buyer entered into a Termination Agreement on April 15, 2026 (the “Termination Agreement”) terminating that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2023 (the “Original Asset Purchase Agreement”), by and among Seller and the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary MeiraGTx UK II Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (“MeiraGTx UK II”), that certain Supply Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2023 by and between MeiraGTx UK II and Seller, and certain other documents related to the Original Asset Purchase Agreement.
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accession 0001104659-26-044028
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