Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January 5, 2022, CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a
Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with several
institutional investors for the sale by the Company of (i) 9,489,474 shares (the
"Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common
Stock"), (ii) pre-funded warrants (the "Pre-Funded Warrants") to purchase up to
an aggregate of 2,615,790 shares of Common Stock and (iii) warrants to purchase
up to an aggregate of 12,105,264 shares of Common Stock (the "Common Warrants"
and, collectively with the Pre-Funded Warrants, the "Warrants"), in a private
placement offering. The combined purchase price of one share of Common Stock (or
one Pre-Funded Warrant) and accompanying Common Warrant is $0.95.
Subject to certain ownership limitations, the Warrants are exercisable upon
issuance. Each Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable into one share of Common Stock
at a price per share of $0.001 (as adjusted from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof). Each Common Warrant is exercisable into one share of Common
Stock at a price per share of $0.82 (as adjusted from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof) and will expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of
issuance.
The closing of the sales of these securities under the Purchase Agreement is
expected to occur on or about January 10, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of
customary closing conditions.
The gross proceeds to the Company from the private placement are expected to be
approximately $11.5 million, before deducting the placement agent's fees and
other offering expenses, and excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise
of the Warrants. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering
to fund its clinical trials and preclinical programs, for other research and
development activities and for general corporate purposes.
In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered in a Registration
Rights Agreement and agreed to file by January 20, 2022 a resale registration
statement (the "Resale Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") covering all shares of Common Stock sold to
investors and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants,
and to cause the Resale Registration Statement to become effective by March 21,
2022, assuming "full review" of the Resale Registration Statement by the
Commission.
The Shares, the Warrants, and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
are being sold and issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), in reliance on the exemptions provided by
Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as transactions not involving a public
offering and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act as
sales to accredited investors, and in reliance on similar exemptions under
applicable state laws.
The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase
Agreement were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase
Agreement. In addition, such representations, warranties and covenants: (i) are
intended as a way of allocating the risk between the parties to the Purchase
Agreement and not as statements of fact, and (ii) may apply standards of
materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material by
stockholders of, or other investors in, the Company. Accordingly, the Purchase
Agreement is filed with this report only to provide investors with information
regarding the terms of transaction, and not to provide investors with any other
factual information regarding the Company. Information concerning the subject
matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the
Purchase Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully
reflected in public disclosures.
Pursuant to an engagement letter dated as of January 5, 2022, between the
Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC ("Wainwright") (the "Engagement Letter"),
the Company has agreed to pay Wainwright an aggregate fee equal to 7.0% of the
gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the securities in the
transaction. Pursuant to the Engagement Letter, the Company will also issue to
Wainwright or its designees warrants to purchase up to 5.0% of the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock sold in the transactions (the "Placement Agent
Warrants"), or 605,263 Placement Agent Warrants. The Placement Agent Warrants
have substantially the same terms as the Common Warrants, except that the
Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price equal to 125% of the offering
price, or $1.1875 per share, subject to adjustments. The Placement Agent
Warrants and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants
were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by
Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as transactions not involving a public
offering and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws. The
Company will also pay Wainwright $50,000 for non-accountable expenses and
$10,000 for legal fees and expenses.
The forms of the Purchase Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, the Warrant,
and the Pre-Funded Warrant are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 4.1 and 4.2,
respectively, and the Engagement Letter is filed as Exhibit 10.3, to this
Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing summaries of the terms of these
documents are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, such documents,
which are incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information contained above in Item 1.01 related to the Shares, Warrants and
Placement Agent Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder is
hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On January 6, 2022, the Company issued a press release regarding the
transactions described above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on
Form 8-K. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Exhibit Description
4.1 Form of Warrant .
4.2 Form of Pre-Funded Warrant
10.1 Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
10.2 Form of Registration Rights Agreement
10.3 Engagement Letter between CNS Pharmaceuticals Inc. and H.C.
Wainwright & Co., LLC, dated as of January 5, 2022
99.1 Press release dated January 5, 2022
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
document).
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