UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): June 7, 2019
WRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Delaware
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000-55838
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98-0551945
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File No.)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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4620 Arville
Street, Suite. E, Las Vegas, Nevada 89103
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(800)
583-2652
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(Registrant’s
Telephone Number)
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Not
Applicable
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(Former
name or address, if changed since last report)
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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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Written communications pursuant to
Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
Title of each
class
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Trading
Symbol(s)
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Name of each
exchange on which registered
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Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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WRTC
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Nasdaq
Capital Market
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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) ☒
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 reported, on October 30, 2018, Wrap
Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into subscription agreements with
certain accredited investors, pursuant to which it sold and issued
an aggregate of 4,561,074 units of the Company’s securities
(“Units”) for $5.00 per Unit, with each Unit
consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, par
value $0.0001 per share, and a two-year warrant
(“Warrant”) to purchase one share of the
Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per
share (the “October
Offering”). Katalyst
Securities LLC (“Katalyst”) acted as the Company’s lead
placement agent in connection with the October Offering pursuant to
an engagement letter. As compensation for services rendered in
connection with the October Offering, Katalyst and its co-placement
agent, in the aggrgate, received (i) a cash fee of approximately
$1,368,304, (ii) $100,000 in expenses, and (iii) a two-year warrant
to purchase 456,107 shares of common stock, or 10% of the Units
sold in the October Offering, at an exercise price of $3.00 per
share.
On June 7, 2019, the Company and Katalyst entered
into a supplemental engagement letter (the
“Supplemental Engagement
Letter”), pursuant to
which the Company has engaged Katalyst to approach holders of the
Warrants in order to facilitate the exercise of the Warrants. As
compensation for such services, the Company agreed to pay Katalyst
a cash fee equal to 8.0% of the gross proceeds received by the
Company from the exercise of any Warrants by investors approached
by Katalyst. The Supplemental Engagement Letter will expire by its
terms at the earlier to occur of (i) the exercise of all of the
outstanding Warrants, or (ii) December 31,
2019.
The
foregoing description of the Supplemental Engagement Letter does
not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the Supplemental Engagement Letter
filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On
June 12, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing that
it has entered into exclusive distributor agreements with seven
international distributors covering 12 countries and domestic
distributor agreements with nine domestic distributors representing
36 states in the U.S. A copy of the Company’s press release
is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and
is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
See
Exhibit Index.
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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WRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Date:
June 13, 2019
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By:
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/s/
James A. Barnes
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James
A. Barnes
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Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
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Description
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Supplemental
Engagement Letter by and between Wrap Technologies, Inc. and
Katalyst Securities LLC, dated June 7, 2019.
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Press
release, dated June 12, 2019.
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Exhibit 10.1
WRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
4620 ARVILLE STREET, SUITE E
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
89103
TEL: 800-583-2652
As of June 7, 2019
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Mr. Michael A. Silverman
Managing Director
Katalyst Securities LLC
630 Third Ave., 5th
Floor
New York, New York 10017
Dear Mr. Silverman:
Reference is made to that certain engagement
letter agreement, dated as of September 13, 2018, (the
“Engagement
Letter”), with respect to
the engagement of Katalyst Securities LLC
(“Katalyst”), registered broker dealer and member of
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(“FINRA”) and SIPC, as the exclusive placement agent
(hereinafter referred to as “Placement
Agent”), by Wrap
Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded corporation duly organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
“Company”). By entering into this letter (this
“Supplemental
Engagement”), the parties
wish to amend and supplement the Engagement Letter in order to
engage Katalyst to perform additional services for the Company in
connection with the private placement consummated by the Company
and Katalyst as placement agent on October 30, 2018 (the
“Prior
Offering”), as more
particularly set forth herein. Capitalized terms not defined in
this Supplemental Engagement have the meanings set forth in the
Engagement Letter.
The
Engagement Letter shall be supplemented as follows.
A.
SCOPE OF SUPPLEMENTAL ENGAGEMENT
During the Term (as defined below) of this
Supplemental Engagement, the parties agree that in addition to
those services included in Section A of the Engagement Letter, the
Company hereby engages Katalyst to approach the holders of warrants
(“Warrants”) issued to investors in the Prior Offering
in order facilitate the exercise of their Warrants pursuant to the
terms set forth in the Warrants. Katalyst hereby accepts such
engagement on a best efforts basis upon the terms and conditions
set forth in this Supplemental Engagement.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that Katalyst’s engagement
hereunder is not an agreement or commitment, express or implied, by
Katalyst or any of its affiliates to underwrite or purchase any
securities or otherwise provide financing. Any investors who choose
to exercise their Warrants shall remit payment directly to the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Warrants.
The
Company hereby agrees to pay Katalyst (or its designees), as
compensation for their services hereunder, a cash fee equal to
Eight Percent (8.0%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company
from any exercise of Warrants by investors that were approached by
Katalyst on or after the date hereof to exercise such Warrants
during the Term, and such exercise was the result of efforts of
Katalyst. Katalyst shall not be entitled to receive any fees in
connection with the exercise of Warrants by investors that were not
directly approached by Katalyst on or after the date hereof, or the
exercise of Warrants that occurs after the Term has
expired.
C.
TERM AND TERMINATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL ENGAGEMENT
The term of this Supplemental Engagement begins on
the date hereof, and shall end automatically upon the earlier to
occur of (i) the exercise by investors of all of the outstanding
Warrants, and (ii) December 31, 2019. Notwithstanding the Term of
this Supplemental Engagement, this Supplemental Engagement may be
earlier terminated immediately by the Company or Katalyst in the
event of either of the parties’ failure to perform any of its
material obligations hereunder or fraud, illegal or willful
misconduct or gross negligence (the “Termination
Date”). Notwithstanding
any such expiration or termination, the terms of this Supplemental
Engagement other than paragraphs A and D, and the terms of the
Engagement Letter other than paragraphs A, D and E, shall remain in
full force and effect and be binding on the parties hereto,
including the exculpation, indemnification and contribution
obligations of the Company and Katalyst, and the right of Katalyst
to receive any earned by unpaid fees hereunder.
D. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS.
Katalyst represents and warrants to, and agrees
with, the Company that Katalyst’s communications with the
investors shall be limited to that information included in those
reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange
Act”) (the
“Exchange Act
Reports”), and shall not
include any material non-public information. In no event shall
Katalyst provide information to investors that is inconsistent
with, or in addition to, disclosure included in the Company’s
Exchange Act Reports.
E. INDEMNIFICATION
Katalyst agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, officers,
directors, employees, agents and controlling persons (each an
“Indemnified
Person”) from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses, to which any such Indemnified
Person may become subject arising out of or in connection with, an
breach of the representations, warranties and covenants set forth
in this Supplemental Engagement; provided that the foregoing
indemnification will not, as to any Indemnified Person, apply to
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses to the extent that
they are finally judicially determined to have resulted primarily
and directly from the fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct
of an Indemnified Person; and provided, further, that the foregoing
indemnification will not apply to any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense arising out of or based upon any written
information furnished to Katalyst by the Company specifically for
disclosure to investors in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Supplemental Engagement. These provisions will apply regardless of whether
any Warrants are exercised by investors.
Except
as amended by this Supplemental Engagement, the Engagement Letter
remains unmodified and in full force and effect. In the event that
any of the terms set forth in this Supplemental Engagement conflict
with those terms set forth in the Engagement Letter, the terms set
forth in this Supplemental Engagement shall govern and shall
supersede those terms set forth in the Engagement
Letter.
This
Supplemental Engagement shall be deemed to have been made and
delivered in New York City and shall be governed as to validity,
interpretation, construction, effect and in all other respects by
the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to
principles of conflicts of law thereof.
This
Supplemental Engagement may be executed in counterparts (including
facsimile or in pdf format counterparts), each of which shall be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one
and the same instrument.
[Signature Page To Follow]
In
acknowledgment that the foregoing correctly sets forth the
understanding reached by the Placement Agent and the Company,
please sign in the space provided below, whereupon this
Supplemental Engagement to the Engagement Letter shall constitute a
binding agreement as of the date first indicated
above.
WRAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ David
Norris
Name: David Norris
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
KATALYST SECURITIES LLC
By: /s Michael A.
Silverman
Name: Michael A. Silverman
Title: Managing
Director
Exhibit 99.1
Wrap
Signs Distribution Agreements with International and Domestic
Distributors
Agreements
Include Distributors Covering 12 Countries and 36 States in the
US
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 12, 2019 -- Wrap Technologies, Inc.
(the “Company” or “Wrap”) (Nasdaq: WRTC),
an innovator of modern policing solutions, today announced that the
Company has signed exclusive distributor agreements with seven
international distributors covering 12 countries and domestic
distributor agreements with nine distributors representing 36
states in the US. Countries represented by the international
distributors include Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, South Korea,
Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and
Canada.
Export
licenses for these countries have been approved by the US
Department of Commerce, with export licenses for other countries
currently pending approval.
The
Company’s strategy is to partner with established
distribution companies that are already selling products to law
enforcement agencies in their respective regions, enabling the
Company to reach more police departments at a quicker pace while
also providing a larger infrastructure of support to law
enforcement agencies.
“We
are excited to announce our partnerships with multiple distributors
around the globe,” said Tom Smith, President of Wrap
Technologies. “I have been able to leverage past
relationships in order to expedite the process of building our
distribution network, and I am confident in their capabilities to
support the high demand for the BolaWrap.”
In late
May, the company hosted ten distributors for a private training
session on use of the BolaWrap. This is an important step enabling
them to professionally represent the BolaWrap line of products and
accessories.
“I
am pleased with the speed at which we have been able to build our
distribution network since Tom has joined as President,” said
David Norris, CEO of Wrap Technologies. “We look forward to
being able to provide the BolaWrap solution to law enforcement
agencies throughout the United States and across the
world.”
Video
highlights of the distributor training session can be seen
here.
About Wrap Technologies (Nasdaq: WRTC)
Wrap Technologies is an innovator of modern policing solutions. The
Company’s BolaWrap 100 product is a patented, hand-held
remote restraint device that discharges an eight-foot bola style
Kevlar® tether to entangle an individual at a range of 10-25
feet. Developed by award winning inventor Elwood Norris, the
Company’s Chief Technology Officer, the small but powerful
BolaWrap 100 assists law enforcement to safely and effectively
control encounters, especially those involving an individual
experiencing a mental crisis. For information on the Company please
visit www.wraptechnologies.com. Examples of recent media
coverage are available as links under the “Media” tab
of the website.
Trademark Information: BolaWrap is a trademark of Wrap Technologies, Inc.
All other trade names used herein are either trademarks or
registered trademarks of the respective
holders.
Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements – Safe Harbor
Statement
This press release contains “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the “safe
harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to statements
regarding the Company’s overall business, total addressable
market and expectations regarding future sales and expenses. Words
such as “expect,” “anticipate,”
“should,” “believe,” “target,”
“project,” “goals,” “estimate,”
“potential,” “predict,” “may,”
“will,” “could,” “intend,”
variations of these terms or the negative of these terms and
similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of
risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or
circumstances that are beyond the Company’s control. The
Company’s actual results could differ materially from those
stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of
factors, including but not limited to: the Company’s ability
to successful implement training programs for the use of its
products; the Company’s ability to manufacture and produce
product for its customers; the Company’s ability to develop
sales for its new product solution; the acceptance of existing and
future products; the availability of funding to continue to finance
operations; the complexity, expense and time associated with sales
to law enforcement and government entities; the lengthy evaluation
and sales cycle for the Company’s product solution; product
defects; litigation risks from alleged product-related injuries;
risks of government regulations; the ability to obtain export
licenses for counties outside of the US; the ability to obtain
patents and defend IP against competitors; the impact of
competitive products and solutions; and the Company’s ability
to maintain and enhance its brand, as well as other risk factors
included in the Company’s most recent quarterly report on
Form 10-Q and other SEC filings. These forward-looking statements
are made as of the date of this press release and were based on
current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections as well
as the beliefs and assumptions of management. Except as required by
law, the Company undertakes no duty or obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of
new information, future events or changes in its
expectations.
WRAP TECHNOLOGIES’ CONTACT:
Investor Relations
800-583-2652, Ext #515
IR@wraptechnologies.com