Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 27, 2021, Baudax Bio, Inc., (the "Company"), entered into a
Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with institutional
investors named therein (the "Purchasers"), pursuant to which the Company agreed
to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering (the "Offering"), 42,289.3
shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
"Preferred Stock") and warrants to purchase 12,686,790 shares of common stock of
the Company, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") (the "Warrants," and
together with the Preferred Stock and the shares of Common Stock underlying the
Warrants, (the "Securities")). The shares of Preferred Stock will have a stated
value of $100.00 per share and are convertible, on the date after the issuance
thereof, into an aggregate of 16,915,720 shares of Common Stock at a conversion
price of $0.25 per share. The Warrants have an exercise price of $0.32 per
share. Each Warrant is exercisable for one share of Common Stock and will be
exercisable upon the six-month anniversary of their issuance. The Warrants will
expire five years following the initial exercise date.
In connection with the Offering and in accordance with the Purchase Agreement,
the Company plans to call a special meeting of shareholders to consider an
amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as
amended, to effect a reverse stock split of the Company's outstanding shares of
Common Stock by a ratio to be determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company, the implementation and timing of which shall be subject to the
discretion of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Reverse Split Proposal").
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company will file a certificate of
designation (the "Certificate of Designation") with the Secretary of State of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designating the rights, preferences and
limitations of the shares of Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Designation
will provide, in particular, that the Preferred Stock will have no voting
rights, other than the right to vote as a class on certain matters, and that
each share of Preferred Stock will have the right to cast 125,000 votes per
share of Preferred Stock on the Reverse Split Proposal, voting together with the
Common Stock as a single class; and in accordance with Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Listing Rules, the votes cast by holders of the Preferred Stock must be counted
by the Company in the same proportion as the aggregate shares of Common Stock
voted on the Reverse Split Proposal.
The holders of Preferred Stock will be entitled to dividends, on an as-if
converted basis, equal to dividends actually paid, if any, on shares of Common
Stock. The conversion price can be adjusted pursuant to the Certificate of
Designation for stock dividends and stock splits, subsequent rights offerings,
pro rata distributions of dividends or the occurrence of a fundamental
transaction (as defined in the Certificate of Designation). The Preferred Stock
can be converted at the option of the holder at any time after the date of
issuance thereof, provided, that shares of Preferred Stock cannot be converted
to Common Stock if the holder would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (or
9.99% upon the election of the holder thereof) of the Company's outstanding
Common Stock.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and
agreements of the Company and the Purchasers and customary indemnification
rights and obligations of the parties. The closing of the Offering is expected
to occur on December 28, 2021. The Company is expected to receive gross proceeds
of approximately $4.2 million in connection with the Offering, before deducting
placement agent fees and related expenses.
As compensation to H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the "Placement Agent") as
placement agent in connection with the Offering, the Company agreed to pay to
the Placement Agent a cash fee of 7.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in
the Offering, plus a management fee equal to 1.0% of the gross proceeds raised
in the Offering and reimbursement of certain expenses and legal fees. The
Company will also issue to designees of the Placement Agent warrants to purchase
up to 1,014,943 shares of Common Stock (the "Placement Agent Warrants"). The
Placement Agent Warrants have substantially the same terms as the Warrants,
except that the Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price equal to $0.32
per share. The Placement Agent Warrants will be exercisable upon the six-month
anniversary of their issuance and expire on December 27, 2026.
The foregoing summaries of the Purchase Agreement, the Warrants, the Placement
Agent Warrants and the Certificate of Designation do not purport to be complete
and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the forms of such
documents attached as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 3.1, respectively, to this
Current Report on Form 8-K (the "Report"), which are incorporated herein by
reference.
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The Securities in the Offering and the Placement Agent Warrants were offered by
the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-253117), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 16, 2021, amended on September 2, 2021, and was declared effective by
the Commission on September 2, 2021 (the "Registration Statement"). A copy of
the opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP relating to the legality of
the issuance and sale of the Securities in the Offering and the Placement Agent
Warrants is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto. This Report shall not constitute an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there
be any sale of securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of any such state.
Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.
The disclosure required by this Item and included in Item 1.01 of this Current
Report is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
The disclosure required by this Item and included in Item 1.01 of this Current
Report is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
Exhibit
No. Document
3.1 Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
4.1 Form of Warrant.
4.2 Form of Placement Agent Warrant.
5.1 Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.
10.1 Form of Securities Purchase Agreement.
23.1 Consent of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1).
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
document).
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