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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-20-008703
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200303
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200304
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200304

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARCA biopharma, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000907654
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	IN VITRO & IN VIVO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES [2835]
		IRS NUMBER:				363855489
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22873
		FILM NUMBER:		20687851

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11080 CIRCLEPOINT ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 140
		CITY:			WESTMINSTER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80020
		BUSINESS PHONE:		720-940-2200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11080 CIRCLEPOINT ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 140
		CITY:			WESTMINSTER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80020

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NUVELO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030203

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HYSEQ INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970610
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:6.67%;"><a name="_DV_M20"></a>Under the terms of the Amended Lease, ARCA continues to lease approximately 5,300 square feet of office facilities in Westminster, Colorado for an additional 6 month term beginning April 1, 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;Minimum lease payments committed under the Amended Lease through September 2020 are approximately $51,000. Under the Amended Lease, ARCA has no further rights to extend or renew this lease agreement. </p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">THIRD AMENDMENT TO OFFICE LEASE AGREEMENT</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO OFFICE LEASE AGREEMENT (this &#8220;Amendment&#8221;), dated as of the 24th day of February, 2020, is entered into by and between CIO CIRCLE POINT, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership (&#8220;Landlord&#8221;), and <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">ARCA BIOPHARMA, INC.</font>, a Delaware corporation (&#8220;Tenant").</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">A.<font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font>Landlord&#8217;s predecessor in interest and Tenant entered into that certain Office Lease Agreement (&#8220;Base Lease&#8221;) dated July 21, 2013, as amended by that certain Confirmation of Commencement Date (&#8220;Confirmation&#8221;) dated October 10, 2013, that certain Amendment to Office Lease Agreement (&#8220;First Amendment&#8221;) dated March 2, 2016, and that certain Second Amendment to Office Lease Agreement (&#8220;Second Amendment&#8221;) dated October 10, 2019 (the Base Lease, as amended by the Confirmation, the First Amendment and the Second Amendment, is referred to herein as the &#8220;Lease&#8221;), pertaining to approximately 5,326 rentable square feet of space known as Suite&#160;140 (the &#8220;Premises&#8221;) in the building known as CirclePoint Corporate Center II (the &#8220;Building&#8221;) having an address of 11080 CirclePoint Road, Westminster, Colorado 80021.&nbsp;&nbsp;Initially capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the same meaning as in the Lease.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">B.<font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font>The Term of the Lease is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2020, and the parties desire to extend the Term of the Lease upon the terms set forth herein.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">C.<font style="margin-left:36pt;">Landlord and Tenant desire to </font>memorialize the extension of the Term of the Lease, and otherwise amend the Lease in the manner and form hereinafter set forth. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1.<font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font>The Term of the Lease is hereby extended for a period of six (6) calendar months (the &#8220;Second Extension Term&#8221;), commencing on April 1, 2020 (&#8220;Second Extension Commencement Date&#8221;), and expiring on September 30, 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;Tenant has no further rights to extend or renew the Term of the Lease, and any such rights set forth in the Lease are hereby deleted in their entirety. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:15.38%;text-indent:7.69%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Period</font><font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Rate per RSF/Year</font><font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Minimum Monthly Rent</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">3.<font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font>For the duration of the Term, as hereby extended, in addition to Minimum Monthly Rent, Tenant shall be obligated to pay all other sums payable by Tenant in accordance with the Lease applicable to the Premises, including, without limitation, payment of Operating Cost Rent and all other Additional Rent and other charges payable by Tenant pursuant to the Lease. </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">4.<font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font>Landlord has no obligation to make or pay for alterations or improvements to the Premises and Tenant hereby accepts the Premises as of the date of this Amendment and for the duration of the Second Extension Term in its current &#8220;as is&#8221; condition.</p>
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