The Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants, the Warrants, and the Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants, have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and were offered pursuant to the exemption from registration provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder.
Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company granted to the Purchasers certain registration rights, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will (i) file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-3 after each of the initial tranche and the second tranche to register for resale the shares of common stock issued (and the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued) in the applicable closing, within 30 calendar days following each closing, and (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have each registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable, and in any event no later than 90 days following the applicable closing date (or 120 days following the applicable closing date if the applicable registration statement is reviewed by the SEC). The registration rights covenants are subject to customary terms and conditions for a transaction of this type, including certain customary cash penalties on the Company for its failure to satisfy specified filing and effectiveness time periods.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated is acting as the sole placement agent in connection with the financing.
The foregoing description of the material terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the form of Pre-Funded Warrant, and the form of Warrant, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1, and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02 |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K related to the Shares, the Warrants, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01 |
Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On July 13, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the private placement. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”). MTEM disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements and claims the protection of the Act’s Safe Harbor for forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this report regarding strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected expenses, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. In addition, when or if used in this press release, the words “may,” “could,” “should,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “predict” and similar expressions and their variants, as they relate to MTEM may identify forward-looking statements. Examples of such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the anticipated shareholder approval of the proposed reverse stock split, the expected timing for the closing of either tranche of the private placement, the prospects that the second tranche will close at all, the prospect that the common stock warrants may be exercised, the potential proceeds to MTEM from the initial and second tranche closings and any exercise of the common stock warrants, and the expected use of proceeds from the private placement.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including, but not limited to the following: the actual shareholder vote regarding the proposed reverse stock split, the continued availability of financing on commercially reasonable terms, whether MTEM’s cash resources will be sufficient to fund its continuing operations; the results of MTEM’s ongoing clinical studies and its collaboration activities with BMS, the ability to effectively operate MTEM and retain key employees post-MTEM’s previously announced restructuring, the ability of MTEM to maintain the continued listing of its common stock on Nasdaq, and those risks identified under the heading “Risk Factors” in MTEM’s filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and MTEM specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.