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): March 31, 2014

 

AETHLON MEDICAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

000-21846

(Commission File Number)

 

13-3632859

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

8910 University Center Lane, Suite 660

San Diego, California

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

92122

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 459-7800

 

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):

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Form 8-K and other reports filed by Registrant from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the "Filings") contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, Registrant's management as well as estimates and assumptions made by Registrant's management. When used in the Filings the words "anticipate,” "believe," "estimate," " expect ," "future," "intend," "plan" or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to Registrant or Registrant's management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of Registrant with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors relating to Registrant's industry, Registrant's operations and results of operations and any businesses that may be acquired by Registrant. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned.

 

Although Registrant believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, Registrant cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, Registrant does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

 

On March 31, 2014, Aethlon Medical, Inc. (“Registrant” or the “Company”) entered into separate Amendments to Convertible Notes and Warrants (collectively, the “Amendments”) with three accredited investors (collectively, the “Investors”) who own certain convertible promissory notes (collectively, the “Notes”) and warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”) previously issued by the Company on various dates between December 5, 2007 and September 23, 2011. The issuances of the Notes and Warrants were previously reported by the Company on Current Reports on Form 8-K dated December 11, 2007, August 25, 2009, September 3, 2010, April 7, 2011 and September 28, 2011.

 

Prior to the Amendments, the Notes were past maturity and were in default, resulting in the accrual of interest at the applicable default interest rate. The Amendments extended the maturity date of each of the Notes to April 1, 2016, which permits the Company to classify them as long-term liabilities. As a result of the Amendments, the Notes are no longer in default and the non-default interest rate for all of the Notes was set at twelve percent (12%) per annum, which represents a reduction from the default interest rates of fifteen percent (15%) and eighteen percent (18%) at which interest had been accruing. By entering into the Amendments, the Company also agreed to increase the currently outstanding principal amount of the Notes by 12% from a total of $693,260 to a total of $776,451.

 

During the period from October 2011 to February 2014, the Investors had converted, at conversion prices between $.0546 and $.07 per share, portions of principal and interest outstanding under the Notes and certain other convertible promissory notes previously issued to them by the Company. Certain antidilution provisions applicable to such notes should have resulted in such conversions being effected at a conversion price of $.042 per share. Accordingly, pursuant to the Amendments, the Company issued to the investors an aggregate of 4,507,105 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, which represents the additional shares of Common Stock that would have been issued to the Investors had such conversions been effected at $.042 per share.

 

The Amendments also provide that if all of the Company’s currently outstanding promissory notes and warrants that contain antidilution adjustment provisions (other than the Investors’ Notes and Warrants) are amended to remove, or the holders thereof waive, such provisions, then any similar antidilution provisions in the Investors’ Notes and Warrants will automatically be deemed removed. In addition, for so long as the Investors’ Notes and Warrants are outstanding, the Company will not be permitted to issue any Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents (or modify, with equivalent effect, any outstanding Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents) at a lower price than the then-current conversion price of the Notes and exercise price of the Warrants (with certain issuances to be excepted from this general provision). If the Company's other note and warrant holders agree to waive the antidilution provisions of their securities on the same basis as agreed to by the Investors, then the Company will no longer be required to report a derivative liability in its financial statements with the accompanying quarterly adjustments to its financial statements and will transfer the amount shown as a derivative liability to equity.

 

The Amendments also set the conversion price of the Notes, as well as the exercise price at which shares of the Company’s Common Stock can be purchased under the Warrants, at $.042 per share. By virtue of the Amendments, the expiration dates of the Warrants also were extended from dates between September 3, 2015 and September 23, 2016 to January 1, 2017.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendments does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirely by the form of Amendment of Convertible Notes and Warrants attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 2.03 CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT.

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated by this reference into this Item 2.03.

 

ITEM 3.02 UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated by this reference into this Item 3.02.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibit No. Description
10.1 Form of Amendment to Convertible Notes and Warrants dated March 31, 2014

 

 

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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.

 

 

         AETHLON MEDICAL, INC.
       
       

 

By:  /s/ James B. Frakes

        James B. Frakes
    Dated: April 4, 2014   Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

FORM OF

AMENDMENT TO

AETHLON MEDICAL, INC.

CONVERTIBLE NOTES AND WARRANTS

 

The Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Notes”) and Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the “Warrants”) set forth on Schedule A hereto, issued by Aethlon Medical, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), to _______________ (the “Holder”), hereby are amended as set forth herein:

 

The parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. All defined terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Notes or Warrants, as applicable.

 

2. The term “Maturity Date,” as defined in each of the Notes, shall mean April 1, 2016.

 

3. The non-default rate of interest that shall be payable under each of the Notes shall be twelve percent (12%) per annum.

 

4. The principal amount of each of the Notes shall be increased to the amount calculated by multiplying (x) the principal amount outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment by (y) 1.12.

 

5. In the event that the Company intends to pay in cash, on or after the Maturity Date (as redefined in Section 2 above), any amount owing under a Note, the Company shall provide five (5) days’ prior written notice of such intent (the “Payment Notice”) to the Holder. The Payment Notice shall include proof of funds and confirmation of the Company’s ability to pay the amount stated in the Payment Notice and shall provide for payment to the Holder, ______________ and ____________________ on a pro rata basis. The Company shall not issue a Payment Notice at any time during which an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes), other than a failure to pay principal and interest due at the Maturity Date, shall have occurred and remains outstanding. The Holder shall have the option, exercisable on one occasion by written notice delivered to the Company within five (5) days after the Holder’s receipt of the Payment Notice, to extend the Maturity Date to the later of (x) July 1, 2016 and (y) the date that is three (3) months following the date of the Holder’s receipt of the Payment Notice. In the event that the Holder exercises such option, thereafter the Company shall not make any payment on such Note prior to the Maturity Date, as extended. Further, the Holder’s right to convert the Note, at the Holder’s election, shall continue in full effect during such extended period.

 

6. In connection with any conversions under the Notes effected by the Holder during the period from October 1, 2011 through the effective date hereof, the Company shall issue to the Holder that number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), equal to the difference between (x) that number of shares of Common Stock that were issued to the Holder upon such conversion and (y) that number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issuable to the Holder if such conversion had been effected at a conversion price of $.042 per share. As of the date hereof, in accordance with the foregoing formula, the Holder is entitled to be issued an aggregate of ______________ shares of Common Stock, which shall be issued promptly after execution of this Amendment.

 

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7. The “Conversion Price,” as defined in each of the Notes, shall be $.042 per share, subject to further adjustment as provided in each such Note.
   
8. The “Expiration Date,” as defined in each of the Warrants, shall be January 1, 2017.
   
9. The “Purchase Price,” as defined in each of the Warrants, shall be $.042 per share, subject to further adjustment as provided in each such Warrant.
   
10. In the event that all outstanding promissory notes and warrants issued by the Company to the persons listed on Schedule B hereto shall have been amended to remove, or the holders thereof shall have waived, any provisions contained therein which would act to reduce the conversion or exercise price of such notes or warrants if the Company were to issue any Common Stock, other than Excepted Issuances (as defined in the subscription agreement under which the applicable Note or Warrant was purchased), at a price below such conversion or exercise price, then any similar anti-dilution protection to which the then-outstanding Notes and Warrants are subject shall automatically be deemed removed and, until such Notes and Warrants are no longer outstanding, the Company shall be prohibited from issuing any Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock (“Common Stock Equivalents”) (or modifying, with equivalent effect, any of the foregoing that may be outstanding), other than Excepted Issuances, at a price below the Conversion Price of such Notes and Purchase Price of such Warrants. Other than those issued to the persons listed on Schedule B hereto, there are no other outstanding promissory notes or warrants or Common Stock Equivalents with provisions that would act to reduce the conversion or exercise price of such notes or warrants or Common Stock Equivalents if the Company were to issue any Common Stock, other than Excepted Issuances, at a price below such conversion or exercise price.
   
11. The Company represents and warrants that, assuming that all other relevant conditions to reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied, the holding period, for Rule 144 purposes, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any principal and interest due under the Notes, other than any shares issuable upon conversion of that portion of the Notes that represents the increase set forth in Section 4 hereof, will tack back to the original issuance date of the applicable Note and that the holding period, for Rule 144 purposes, of the shares of Common Stock issuable under Section 6 hereof similarly will tack back to the original issuance date of the applicable Note. The Company further covenants that it will not take a position contrary to this Section 11 and agrees that taking such contrary position will be an Event of Default under the Notes.
   
12. The effective date of the foregoing amendments to the Notes and the Warrants is March 31, 2014. The Company acknowledges that the Holder has not waived any rights except for those specifically waived herein and that the Holder reserves all such non-waived rights, including anti-dilution rights and remedies upon the occurrence of an Event of Default not waived in this Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, all other terms of the Notes and the Warrants shall remain in full force and effect without modification, amendment or restatement.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed by it duly authorized officer on the 31st day of March, 2014.

 

  AETHLON MEDICAL, INC.
   
   
   
  By:                                      
  James B. Frakes
  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Accepted and agreed to by the Holder:

 

 

 

By: ________________________

Name: ________________________

Title: ________________________

Address:

 

________________________

________________________

________________________

 

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