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): September 18, 2019

 

NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware    000-54716    27-0863354
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

10901 Red Circle Dr., Suite 150, Minnetonka, MN 55343

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

952-426-1383

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

 

 

(Registrant’s 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:

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which
registered
N/A   N/A   N/A

  

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).

 

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.

 

As previously disclosed, on October 1, 2014, NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Exclusive Start-Up Company License Agreement with Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (“WARF”), as amended on February 22, 2017 and March 30, 2019 (the “Original WARF License”).

 

Under the Original WARF License, WARF had a termination right upon 90 days’ notice if NeuroOne failed to have commercial sales of one or more FDA-approved products by September 30, 2019 (“WARF Termination Option Date”). On September 18, 2019, WARF and the Company entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Original WARF License extending the WARF Termination Option Date to March 31, 2020.

 

The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On September 23, 2019, the Company issued a press release reporting the first sale of its sEEG depth electrode. The sEEG depth electrode has not yet received FDA approval, and the sale was for non-human research purposes. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished, shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit   Description
     
10.1   Amendment to Exclusive Start-Up Company License Agreement by and between Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the Company, dated September 18, 2019
     
99.1   Press Release dated September 23, 2019 announcing Company’s first sale of sEEG depth electrode

 

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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.

 

  NEUROONE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION

 

Dated: September 23, 2019 By: /s/ David Rosa
    David Rosa
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

Agreement No. 14-00333C

 

AMENDMENT TO EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment to Exclusive Start-Up Company License Agreement (“Amendment”) is made effective the 18th day of September 2019, by and between the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (“WARF”), a nonstock, nonprofit Wisconsin corporation, and NeuroOne, Inc. (“Licensee”), a corporation a Delaware corporation.

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, WARF and Licensee entered into an Exclusive Start-Up Company License Agreement (Agreement No. 14-00333) made effective October 1, 2014, as amended on February 22, 2017 (Agreement No. 14-00333A), and amended on March 30, 2019 (Agreement No. 14-00333B) (the “Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Agreement obligates the Licensee to meet Date of First Commercial Sale by September 30, 2019;

 

WHEREAS, the Parties would each like to amend the Agreement to extend the date by which WARF may terminate the Agreement if the Date of First Commercial Sale has not been met.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth below and in the Agreement, the parties covenant and agree as follows:

 

1. Section 7E is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

“E. WARF may terminate this Agreement by giving Licensee at least ninety (90) days’ written notice if the Date of First Commercial Sale does not occur by March 31, 2020.”

 

2. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Amendment, all terms and conditions previously set forth in the Agreement shall remain in effect as set forth therein. In the event that this Amendment and the Agreement are inconsistent, the terms and provisions of this Amendment shall supersede the terms and provisions of the Agreement, but only to the extent necessary to satisfy the purpose of this Amendment. Each party hereto represents to the other that it has the full authority to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment in accordance with its terms. The persons signing on behalf of WARF and Licensee hereby warrant and represent that they have authority to execute this Amendment on behalf of the party for whom they have signed.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment on the dates indicated below.

 

WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATON

 

  By: /s/ Leigh Cagan   Date: 9/18/2019
    Leigh Cagan, Chief Technology
Commercialization Officer
   

 

NEUROONE, INC.

 

  By: /s/ Dave Rosa   Date: 9/18/2019
    Dave Rosa, Chief Executive Officer    

 

14-00333C NeuroOne, Inc. Page 1 of 1

 

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundaton

Exhibit 99.1

 

NeuroOne™ Medical Technologies Corporation Announces First Sale of sEEG Depth Electrode

 

Company’s sEEG Electrode will be used for non-human research purposes by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation

 

MINNETONKA, MN / ACCESSWIRE / September 23, 2019 / NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation (OTCQB: NMTC), a medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of thin film electrode technology for recording brain activity, stimulation and ablation solutions for patients suffering from Epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease, and back pain, today announced its first product sale to the Cleveland Clinic for non-human research applications. The NeuroOne sEEG combination depth and ablation electrode is not currently cleared or approved for human use in the United States or internationally and has not yet been reviewed by FDA nor any international regulatory bodies.

 

The device is intended to be used to perform recording of brain activity up to 30 days, short term brain tissue stimulation and offer radio frequency tissue ablation properties all within the same device.

 

“This is a very exciting day for everyone associated with NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation,” stated Dave Rosa, NeuroOne’s President and CEO. “Although the device is not yet FDA cleared for sale for human use in the United States, we are honored to have the Cleveland Clinic purchase the device for pre-clinical research and development purposes. We believe that this is the first of many more exciting milestones the Company will achieve in the future.”

 

About NeuroOne

 

NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation is a developmental stage company committed to providing minimally invasive and hi-definition solutions for EEG recording, brain stimulation and ablation solutions for patients suffering from Epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremors and other related neurological disorders that may improve patient outcomes and reduce procedural costs.

 

Forward Looking Statement

 

This press release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Except for statements of historical fact, any information contained in this presentation may be a forward-looking statement that reflects the Company’s current views about future events and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “objective,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “target,” “seek,” “contemplate,” “continue” and “ongoing,” or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology intended to identify statements about the future. Forward-looking statements may include statements regarding the Company’s regulatory submissions, potential regulatory approval, commercialization of the technology, business strategy, market size, potential growth opportunities, plans for product applications and product development, future operations, future efficiencies, and other financial and operating information. Although the Company believes that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement, we caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known by us and our expectations of the future, about which we cannot be certain. Our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect due to factors largely outside our control, including our ability to raise additional funds, uncertainties inherent in the development process of our technology, changes in regulatory requirements or decisions of regulatory authorities, the size and growth potential of the markets for our technology, our ability to serve those markets, the rate and degree of market acceptance of our products, clinical trial patient enrollment, the results of clinical trials, future competition, the actions of third-party clinical research organizations, suppliers and manufacturers, our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future.

 

Investor Relations Contact:

Leah Noaeill

Sr. Director of Marketing

NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation

leahn@neurooneinc.com