Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 12, 2020, Trevena, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Guggenheim Securities, LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the "Underwriters") relating to the public offering (the "Offering") of 21,739,131 shares of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), at a price to the public of $2.30 per share. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company also granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,260,869 shares of Common Stock. The offering is expected to close on August 14, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. The net proceeds to the Company from the Offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, are expected to be approximately $46.7 million.

The shares of Common Stock are being offered and sold pursuant to the Company's shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-225685) (the "Registration Statement"), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on June 29, 2018, as supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement, dated August 11, 2020, and a final prospectus supplement, dated August 12, 2020, filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), as amended.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities.

The Underwriting Agreement has been filed with this report to provide information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement.

The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement, does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement that is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.




Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 12, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing pricing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with the Offering, the legal opinion as to the legality of the Common Stock sold is being filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein and into the Registration Statement by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.






(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit
No.                                       Description
             Underwriting Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2020, by and between
  1.1      Trevena, Inc. and Guggenheim Securities, LLC
  5.1        Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
             Consent of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (contained in Exhibit
  23.1     5.1)
  99.1       Press Release dated August 12, 2020
                 The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in
           104   Inline XBRL

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