---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-048684"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BEAM"
cik: "0001745999"
company_name: "Beam Therapeutics Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:05:00.606936+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Beam Therapeutics secures standby direct license to Kobe University patents for base editing

## Summary
- Agreement dated Feb 9, 2026 among Beam, Bio Palette, and Kobe University ensures backup patent access.
- If Kobe-Bio Palette license terminates (barring Beam-caused breach), Kobe grants Beam an exclusive direct license.
- Beam will pay Kobe the same amounts it would have paid Bio Palette under the original sublicense.
- Beam assumes prosecution and maintenance costs for Kobe patents after the effective time.
- Standby license covers the same scope as Beam's current sublicense from Bio Palette.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-048684
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BEAM
- cik: 0001745999
- company_name: Beam Therapeutics Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1745999/000119312526048684/0001193125-26-048684-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1745999/000119312526048684/beam-20260209.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Beam Therapeutics Inc. entered into Standby License Agreement with Kobe University and Bio Palette Co., Ltd. (effective 2026-02-09).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: license
  - Counterparty: Kobe University and Bio Palette Co., Ltd.
  - Effective: 2026-02-09
  source text: on February 9, 2026, the Company entered into a standby license agreement (the “Standby License Agreement”) with Kobe and Bio Palette.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1745999/000119312526048684/0001193125-26-048684-index.htm

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