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): February 5, 2021

APPLIED MOLECULAR TRANSPORT INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1 Tower Place, Suite 850

South San Francisco, CA 94080

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 392-0420

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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  ☒

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.  ☐

On February 5, 2021, Applied Molecular Transport Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Lease Agreement, effective October 1, 2021 (the “Lease”), with ARE-East Jamie Court, LLC (the “Landlord”).

The property subject to the Lease is located at 450 East Jamie Court, South San Francisco, California and consists of approximately 84,321 square feet of space for laboratory, manufacturing, warehouse and office use.

The term of the Lease commences on October 1, 2021 and terminates on October 1, 2029. Under the Lease, the Company will pay $458,150 per month consisting of $423,500 (the “Original Base Rent”) and $34,650.00 (the “Additional Base Rent”). The Original Base Rent will be subject to a 3% annual adjustment and the Additional Base Rent will not be subject to annual increases. The Company will also make a security deposit of $916,300.

The foregoing description of the terms of the Lease does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Lease, a copy of which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits.

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.

Date: February 9, 2021