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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):  November 23, 2018

 

GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

1-13627

 

26-4413382

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or
organization)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

350 Indiana Street, Suite 800

Golden, Colorado 80401

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 839-5060

 

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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2 of this chapter).  Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 


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Item 1.01

Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

 

 

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Item 1.01                          Entry Into a Definitive Material Agreement .

 

On November 23, 2018, Golden Minerals Company (the “ Company ”) entered into an agreement (the “ Amendment ”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“ H.C. Wainwright ”) to amend the At The Market Offering Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2016, as previously amended on September 29, 2017, between the Company and H.C. Wainwright (the “ ATM Agreement ”). The Amendment extended the term of the ATM Agreement so that it shall remain in full force and effect until the earlier of December 20, 2020 and such date that the ATM Agreement is terminated pursuant to other terms of the ATM Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

 

Item 9.01                          Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

 

Amendment to the At The Market Offering Agreement, dated November 23, 2018, between Golden Minerals Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Date: November 23, 2018

 

 

Golden Minerals Company

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert P. Vogels

 

 

Name:

Robert P. Vogels

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

November 23, 2018

 

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

 

Robert P. Vogels

Golden Minerals Company

350 Indiana Street, Suite 800

Golden, Colorado 80401

 

Dear Mr. Vogels:

 

This letter (the “Amendment”) constitutes an agreement between Golden Minerals Company (the “Company”) and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (now known only as “H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC”) (the “Manager”) to amend the At The Market Offering Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2016, as amended on September 29, 2017, between the Company and the Manager (the “ATM Agreement”), as follows:

 

1.               Section 8(c) of the ATM Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

“This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the earlier of December 20, 2020 and such date that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Sections 8(a) or (b) above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; provided that any such termination by mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to provide that Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14 shall remain in full force and effect.”

 

Except as expressly set forth above, all of the terms and conditions of the ATM Agreement shall continue in full force and effect after the execution of this Amendment and shall not be in any way changed, modified or superseded by the terms set forth herein.

 

This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts and by facsimile or “.pdf” signature or otherwise, and each of such counterparts shall be deemed an original and all of such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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In acknowledgment that the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding reached by the Manager and the Company, please sign in the space provided below, whereupon this Amendment shall constitute a binding amendment to the ATM Agreement as of the date indicated above.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

H.C. WAINWRIGHT & CO., LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark Viklund

 

Name:

Mark Viklund

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

Accepted and Agreed:

 

 

 

GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert P. Vogels

 

 

 

Name:

Robert P. Vogels

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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