UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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):
May 24,
2017
CHROMADEX CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
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001-37752
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26-2940963
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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10005 Muirlands Boulevard, Suite G, Irvine, California,
92618
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(949) 419-0288
(Registrant's telephone number, including area
code)
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:
[
]Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[
]Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[
]Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[
]Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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
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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.
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As
previously disclosed, on April 26, 2017, ChromaDex Corporation (the
“Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain purchasers
named therein (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the
Company agreed to sell and issue up to $25.0 million of its Common
Stock at a purchase price of $2.60 per share in three tranches of
approximately $3.5 million, $16.4 million and $5.1 million,
respectively.
On May 24, 2017, the Company and the Purchasers entered into a
First Amendment to the Purchase Agreement (the “First
Amendment”) to provide for an allocation of the number of
shares each Purchaser may purchase in the second tranche under the
Purchase Agreement (the “Second Tranche”) and the third
tranche under the Purchase Agreement.
On May
24, 2017, the Second Tranche closed, pursuant to which the Company
issued 6,303,814 shares of its Common Stock to the Purchasers at a
purchase price of $2.60 per share.
The foregoing description of the First Amendment is not complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of
the First Amendment, a copy of which is attached to this Current
Report as Exhibit 99.1. On May 25, 2017, the Company also issued a
press release announcing the closing of the Second Tranche. A copy
of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2
hereto.
The
shares of the Company’s common stock sold pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement (the “Shares”) are not registered
under the Securities Act of the 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), or any state securities laws. The
Company has relied on the exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act by virtue of Section 4(a)(2)
thereof and Rule 506 of Regulation D thereunder. In connection with
the Purchasers’ execution of the Purchase Agreement, the
Purchasers represented to the Company that they are each an
“accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D of the
Securities Act and that the securities being purchased by them are
being acquired solely for their own account and for investment
purposes and not with a view to the future sale or
distribution.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The disclosures set forth in Item 1.01 above are incorporated
herein for this Item 3.02.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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First
Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 24, 2017, by
and among the Company and the Purchasers.
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99.2
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Press
Release dated May 25, 2017.
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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.
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CHROMADEX CORPORATION
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Dated:
May 25, 2017
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By:
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/s/
Thomas C. Varvaro
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Name:
Thomas C. Varvaro
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Chief
Financial Officer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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First
Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 24, 2017, by
and among the Company and the Purchasers.
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99.2
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Press
Release dated May 25, 2017.
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Exhibit 99.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS
FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this
“
Amendment
”), dated as of
May 24, 2017, is entered into by and among ChromaDex Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”), Champion River
Ventures Limited (“
Champion River
”) and
Pioneer Step Holdings Limited (“
Pioneer Step
” and
together with Champion River, the “
Purchasers
”). Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the
Purchasers and the Company are party to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2017 (the
“
Agreement
”), pursuant to
which, among other things, the Company has agreed to issue and sell
to the Purchasers certain equity interests in the Company, on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the
Purchasers and the Company now desire to amend the Agreement in
accordance with Section 5.4 of the Agreement as set forth
herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Amendment
to Signature Page of Champion River
. The signature page of
Champion River is hereby amended to provide for such
Purchaser’s applicable Subscription Amount at the Second
Closing and, if applicable, Third Closing, and the number of Second
Closing Shares and, if applicable, Third Closing Shares, issuable
thereto:
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Second Closing
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Third Closing
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Subscription
Amount
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$9,833,948.80
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$3,066,050.00
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Shares
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3,782,288
Second
Closing Shares
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1,179,250
Third
Closing Shares
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2.
Amendment to
Signature Page of Pioneer Step
. The signature page of
Pioneer Step is hereby amended to provide for such
Purchaser’s applicable Subscription Amount at the Second
Closing and, if applicable, Third Closing, and the number of Second
Closing Shares and, if applicable, Third Closing Shares, issuable
thereto:
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Second Closing
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Third Closing
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Subscription
Amount
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$6,555,967.60
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$2,044,034.20
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Shares
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2,521,526
Second
Closing Shares
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786,167
Third
Closing Shares
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3.
Miscellaneous
.
Except as expressly set forth herein, all terms and provisions
contained in the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
and are hereby ratified and confirmed. The provisions of this
Amendment shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of,
the successors and assigns of the Purchasers and the Company,
respectively. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, all of which
counterparts collectively shall constitute one agreement, binding
on the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties hereto are
not signatories to the same counterpart.
[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, the parties have
executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth
above.
COMPANY
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CHROMADEX
CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Frank
Jaksch
Name:
Frank Jaksch
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
[Signature Page to Amendment to Securities Purchase
Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, the parties have
executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth
above.
PURCHASER
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CHAMPION RIVER
VENTURES LIMITED
By:
/s/ Pau Yee Wan
Ezra
Name:
Pau Yee Wan Ezra
Title:
Director
[Signature Page to Amendment to Securities Purchase
Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, the parties have
executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth
above.
PURCHASER
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PIONEER
STEP HOLDINGS LIMITED
By:
/Ng Ngar Bun
Raymond
Name:
Ng Ngar Bun Raymond
Title:
Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Amendment to Securities Purchase
Agreement]
Exhibit 99.2
ChromaDex Announces Closing of Second Tranche of the $25 Million
Strategic Investment Led by Mr. Li Ka-shing
IRVINE, Calif., May 25, 2017
– ChromaDex Corp.
(NASDAQ:
CDXC
), an
innovator of proprietary health, wellness and nutritional
ingredients that creates science-based solutions for dietary
supplement, food and beverage, skin care, sports nutrition, and
pharmaceutical products, announced today the closing of the $16.4
million second tranche of the strategic investment of up to $25
million led by Hong Kong business leader Mr. Li
Ka-shing.
Through Horizons Ventures, Mr. Li has invested in many innovative
companies in the last decade, including Facebook, Spotify,
DeepMind, Siri, Impossible Foods and Modern Meadow. With Horizons
Ventures’ strong global presence, the new investment will be
able to support future ChromaDex developments in the global
marketplace.
The
$16.4 million second tranche follows the initial $3.5 million
tranche that closed on April 27, 2017. The $5.1 million third
tranche has not yet closed.
Ladenburg
Thalmann & Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Ladenburg Thalmann
Financial Services Inc. (NYSE MKT: LTS), is acting as exclusive
placement agent in the private placement.
The
shares of common stock sold in the private placement are not
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Act”). Accordingly, such shares may not be
offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an
effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from
the registration requirements under the Act. In connection
with the private placement, ChromaDex entered into a registration
rights agreement with the investors. Additional details about
the transaction are included in a Form 8-K filed by ChromaDex
concurrently with this release.
About ChromaDex:
ChromaDex
leverages its complementary business units to discover, acquire,
develop and commercialize patented and proprietary ingredient
technologies that address the dietary supplement, food, beverage,
skin care and pharmaceutical markets. In addition to our ingredient
technologies unit, we also have business units focused on natural
product fine chemicals (known as "phytochemicals"), chemistry and
analytical testing services, and product regulatory and safety
consulting. As a result of our relationships with leading
universities and research institutions, we are able to discover and
license early stage, IP-backed ingredient technologies. We then
utilize our in-house chemistry, regulatory and safety consulting
business units to develop commercially viable ingredients. Our
ingredient portfolio is backed with clinical and scientific
research, as well as extensive IP protection. Our portfolio of
patented ingredient technologies includes
NIAGEN
®
nicotinamide riboside;
pTeroPure
®
pterostilbene;
PURENERGY
®
,
a caffeine-pTeroPure
®
co-crystal;
IMMULINA
™
,
a spirulina extract; and
AnthOrigin
™
,
anthocyanins derived from a domestically-produced, water-extracted
purple corn. To learn more about ChromaDex, please visit
www.ChromaDex.com
.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This
release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, including statements related to the total anticipated
proceeds to be received in the strategic investment and whether the
strategic investment will be able to support future ChromaDex
developments in the global marketplace. Statements that are not a
description of historical facts constitute forward-looking
statements and may often, but not always, be identified by the use
of such words as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "estimates",
"plans", "potential", "possible", "probable", "believes", "seeks",
"may", "will", "should", "could" or the negative of such terms or
other similar expressions. More detailed information about
ChromaDex and the risk factors that may affect the realization of
forward-looking statements is set forth in ChromaDex's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016,
ChromaDex's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings
submitted by ChromaDex to the SEC, copies of which may be obtained
from the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov
.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof,
and actual results may differ materially from those suggested by
these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements
are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement and
ChromaDex undertakes no obligation to revise or update this release
to reflect events or circumstances after the date
hereof.
ChromaDex Investor Relations Contact:
Andrew
Johnson, Director of Investor Relations
949-419-0288
andrewj@chromadex.com
ChromaDex Public Relations Contact:
Breah
Ostendorf, Director of Marketing
949-537-4103
breaho@chromadex.com
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