Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 20, 2022, between Selecta Biosciences, Inc., Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent and as a Lender, and Silicon Valley Bank, as a Lender

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Exhibit 10.2
THIRD AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS THIRD AMENDMENT to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of September 20, 2022, by and among OXFORD FINANCE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with an office located at 115 South Union Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 (“Oxford”), as collateral agent (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”), the Lenders listed on Schedule 1.1 to the Loan Agreement (as defined below) or otherwise a party thereto from time to time including Oxford in its capacity as a Lender and SILICON VALLEY BANK, a California corporation with an office located at 3003 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (“Bank” or “SVB”) (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”), and SELECTA BIOSCIENCES, INC., a Delaware corporation with offices located at 65 Grove Street, Suite 101, Watertown, MA 02472 (“Borrower”).
A.WHEREAS, Collateral Agent, Borrower and Lenders have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 31, 2020 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 7, 2021, as amended by that certain Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 21, 2022, and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) pursuant to which Lenders have provided to Borrower certain loans in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof; and
B.WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Collateral Agent and Lenders make certain revisions to the Loan Agreement as more fully set forth herein; and
C.WHEREAS, Borrower, the Lenders party to this Amendment (constituting the Required Lenders) and Collateral Agent desire to amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement as provided herein and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower, Lenders and Collateral Agent hereby agree as follows:
1.Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.
2.Amendments to Loan Agreement.
2.1    Section 6.6 (Operating Accounts). The last sentence of Section 6.6(c) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:
“The provisions of the previous sentence shall not apply to deposit accounts exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage benefit payments to or for the benefit of Borrower’s, or any of its Subsidiaries’, employees or deposit accounts exclusively used as cash collateral to secure letters of credit permitted by clause (l) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, in each case identified to Collateral Agent by Borrower as such in the Perfection Certificates.”
2.2    Definition of Permitted Indebtedness. The definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” in Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “and” from the end of clause (i) and replacing clause (j) and adding new clause (k) as follows:
“(j) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Million Six Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,625,000) issued to landlords as credit support for Borrower’s real property leases; and




(k) extensions, refinancings, modifications, amendments and restatements of any items of Permitted Indebtedness (a) through (j) above, provided that the principal amount thereof is not increased or the terms thereof are not modified to impose more burdensome terms upon Borrower, or its Subsidiary, as the case may be.”

2.3    Definition of Permitted Liens. The definition of “Permitted Liens” in Section 13.1 of Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “and” from the end of clause (j) and replacing clause (k) and adding new clause (l) as follows:
“(k) Liens consisting of Permitted Licenses; and
(l) deposits of cash collateral to secure letters of credit permitted by clause (j) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and in an amount not to exceed One Million Six Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,625,000).”

3.Limitation of Amendment.
3.1    The amendments set forth above are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right, remedy or obligation which Lenders or Borrower may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document, as amended hereby.
3.2    This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.
4.Representations and Warranties. To induce Collateral Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Collateral Agent and Lenders as follows:
4.1    Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date) and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
4.2    Borrower has the power and due authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment;
4.3    The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Collateral Agent on the Effective Date, and updated pursuant to subsequent deliveries by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;
4.4    The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not contravene (i) any material law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (ii) any material contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (iii) any material order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (iv) the organizational documents of Borrower;
4.5    The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made;
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4.6    This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.
5.Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective as of the date hereof upon the due execution of this Amendment by the parties thereto.
6.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by electronic transmission (e.g. “.pdf”) of an executed counterpart of this Amendment shall be effective as a manually executed counterpart signature thereof.
7.Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

BORROWER:
SELECTA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
By:/s/ Kevin Tan
Name:Kevin Tan
Title:Chief Financial Officer
COLLATERAL AGENT AND LENDER:
OXFORD FINANCE LLC
By:/s/ Colette H. Featherly
Name:Colette H. Featherly
Title:Senior Vice President
LENDER:
SILICON VALLEY BANK
By:/s/ Lauren Cole
Name:Lauren Cole
Title:Director







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