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): July 8, 2019

 

  SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-33958   20-8099512
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

15 West 38th Street, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10018

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (917) 438-4353

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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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 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share SLS The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

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. ¨

 

 

 

 

  

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement .

 

On July 8, 2019, SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a series of Investor Agreements (each, an “Agreement” and collectively, the “Agreements”) with certain purchasers of securities (each an “Investor”) in connection with the Company’s underwritten public offering consummated on June 18, 2019 (the “Offering”). In connection with the Agreements, the parties thereto agreed to, among other things, (i) amend the expiration date of those certain leak-out agreements previously entered into with certain Investors in connection with the Offering from August 2, 2019 until August 15, 2019, (ii) amend the warrants issued to such Investors in connection with the Offering such that they shall become cashlessly exercisable pursuant to terms thereof on July 10, 2019 (the “Warrant Amendment”), and (iii) amend the warrant agreement entered into with Computershare on June 18, 2019 (the “Warrant Agreement”) to reflect the terms of the Warrant Amendment. Pursuant to the Agreements, the Investors have also agreed to vote their shares of the Company’s common stock held on the applicable record date in favor of one or more future proposals that the Company expects to ask its stockholders to approve in connection with a contemplated reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, at a ratio to be determined in the future by the Company’s board of directors.

 

In addition, on July 8, 2019, the Company entered into an amendment to the Warrant Agreement with Computershare, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company N.A. (together, “Computershare”) to reflect the terms of the Warrant Amendment with respect to the adjustment of the cashless exercise period as discussed above (the “Warrant Agreement Amendment”).

 

The form of Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and the form of the Warrant Agreement Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the description of the terms of the Agreement and the Warrant Agreement Amendment are qualified in their entirety by reference to such exhibits.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders .

 

The information contained above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits .

 

(d)  

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
10.1   Form of Investor Agreement
10.2   Amendment to Warrant Agreement

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.  
     
       
Date: July 9, 2019 By: /s/ Barbara A. Wood  
    Name: Barbara A. Wood  
    Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel  

   

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

FORM OF

 

INVESTOR AGREEMENT

 

This Investor Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of July [__], 2019, by and among SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and [_______] (the “ Investor ”).

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS , on June 18, 2019, the Company consummated an underwritten public offering (the “ Offering ”) of (i) 26,367,200 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), (ii) 73,632,800 pre-funded warrants exercisable for shares of Common Stock, and (iii) accompanying Common Stock warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrants ”, and collectively with the Common Stock and the pre-funded warrants exercisable for shares of Common Stock, the “ Securities ”);

 

WHEREAS , the Investor purchased Securities in the Offering, pursuant to which the Company issued to the Investor a Warrant to purchase [______] shares of Common Stock;

 

[ WHEREAS , in connection with its purchase of Securities in the Offering, the Company and the Investor entered into that certain Leak-Out Agreement dated June 14, 2019 (the “ Leak-Out Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Investor agreed to certain limitations with respect to its ability to sell, dispose or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, any sales, short sales, swaps or any derivative transactions that would be equivalent to any sales or short positions), shares of Common Stock (as well as the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the pre-funded warrants exercisable for shares of Common Stock) on or before August 2, 2019;] 1

 

WHEREAS , on or before October 1, 2019, the Company intends to hold a special meeting of its stockholders (the “ Meeting ”) at which the Company’s stockholders of record as of a date to be determined in the future (the “ Record Date ”) shall be asked to adopt and/or approve, among other things, an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Common Stock, at a ratio to be determined in the future by the Company’s board of directors (the “ Split Proposal ”); and

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Investor beneficially owns or has sole or shared voting power with respect to certain shares of Common Stock, and is willing to agree to vote all of the shares of Common Stock that it owns as of the Record Date in favor of the Split Proposal.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:

 

1. [Leak -Out Agreement . Effective as of the date hereof, the parties agree that the Leak-Out Agreement shall be amended such that the reference to the date “August 2, 2019” in the first sentence of the third paragraph of the Leak-Out Agreement shall hereby be deleted in its entirety and the following date substituted in lieu thereof: “ August 15, 2019 ”.] 2

 

 

 

1 To be included where applicable
2 To be included where applicable

 

 

 

 

2. Warrant; Warrant Agent Agreement .

 

a. Effective as of the date hereof, the parties agree that the Warrant shall be amended such that the language in the first sentence of Section 1(d) of the Warrant stating “if, between June 18, 2019 and the fifteen (15) month anniversary thereof” shall hereby be deleted in its entirety and the following substituted in lieu thereof:

 

if, between July 10, 2019 and September 18, 2020

 

b. Effective as of the date hereof, the parties agree that that certain Warrant Agent Agreement entered into by and among the Company and Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. on June 18, 2019 (the “ Warrant Agent Agreement ”) shall be amended such that the language in the first sentence of Section 3.3.8 of the Warrant Agent Agreement stating, “if, between June 18, 2019 and the fifteen (15) month anniversary thereof” shall hereby be deleted in its entirety and the following substituted in lieu thereof:

 

if, between July 10, 2019 and September 18, 2020

 

3. Split Proposal . The Investor, solely in the Investor’s capacity as a stockholder of the Company, agrees to vote (or cause to be voted) all of the Investor’s shares of Common Stock that it owns as of the Record Date, at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof, and/or in any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company, in favor of (i) the Split Proposal and (ii) any other matter relating to the Split Proposal. The Investor hereby agrees not to grant any proxy with respect to such shares of Common Stock or to enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust or agreement or other arrangement of any kind that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants .

 

(a)       The Investor represents, warrants and agrees that (i) the Investor has all necessary power and authority to enter into this Agreement, (ii) this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Investor, and (iii) this Agreement is enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)       The Company represents, warrants and agrees that (i) the Company has all necessary power and authority to enter into this Agreement, (ii) this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, and (iii) this Agreement is enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

(c)       The Company represents to the Investor that the Investor has not been provided with any material, non-public information from the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents.

 

5. Continued Validity . Except as expressly modified herein, each of the [Leak-Out Agreement, ]the Warrant Agent Agreement and the Warrant is hereby ratified and confirmed and remains in full force and effect. In the event that there is any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the [Leak-Out Agreement, ]the Warrant Agent Agreement or the Warrant, the terms of this Agreement shall govern. All references in the Warrant Agent Agreement to “this Warrant Agreement” shall be deemed to refer to the Warrant Agent Agreement, as amended hereby. All references in any Warrant to "the Warrant Agreement" or “this Warrant” shall be deemed to refer to the Warrant Agent Agreement, as amended hereby or the Warrant, as amended hereby, respectively.

 

 

 

 

6. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together will constitute an executed agreement.

 

7. Governing Law . This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties to it are governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York; provided that , with respect to Section 3 only, the rights and obligations of the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware.

 

8. Amendments and Waivers . Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

    SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP, Inc.
     
     
    By:  
      Name:  
      Title:  

  

    [INVESTOR]
     
     
    By:  
      Name:  
      Title:  

  

[Signature Page to Investor Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

AMENDMENT TO

 

WARRANT AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment to Warrant Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2019 (this “ Amendment ”), by and among SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. (the “ Company ”), and Computershare Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Warrant Agent (collectively, the “ Warrant Agent ”), amends that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2019 (the “ Warrant Agreement ”), by and among the Company and the Warrant Agent.

 

For good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.        Amendment to Warrant Agreement .

 

1.01 Subsection (i) of the first paragraph of Section 3.3.8 of the Warrant Agreement shall be and hereby is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

(i) in whole or in part for a whole number of Warrant Shares, if, between July 10, 2019 and September 18, 2020, the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Exercise Date fails to exceed the initial Exercise Price (subject to adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations and similar events) in which event, in lieu of the formula below, the aggregate number of Warrant Shares issuable in such cashless exercise pursuant to any given Exercise Notice electing to effect a Cashless Exercise shall equal the product of (x) the aggregate number of Warrant Shares for which the Warrants are exercised as if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a Cashless Exercise and (y) one (1) .

 

2.        Miscellaneous .

 

2.01        Effect. Except as amended hereby, the Warrant Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. In the event that there is any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Amendment and the terms of the Warrant Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall govern. All references in the Warrant Agreement to “this Warrant Agreement” shall be deemed to refer to the Warrant Agreement, as amended hereby.

 

2.02        No Waiver . This Amendment is effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is executed and shall not be considered a waiver or agreement to amend as to any provision of the Warrant Agreement in the future.

 

2.03        Defined Terms . All capitalized terms used but not specifically defined herein shall have the same meanings given such terms in the Warrant Agreement unless the context clearly indicates or dictates a contrary meaning.

 

2.04        Governing Law . This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to any rule or principle that would result in application of the law of any other jurisdiction) and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such State.

 

2.05        Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and each of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any of such counterparts.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

  SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP, INC.
       
       
  By:  
    Name: Barbara Wood
    Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel
       
       
       
  COMPUTERSHARE INC.
       
  COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
       
       
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title: