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CUSIP No. 29014R103 | | SCHEDULE 13D | | Page 7 of10 Pages |
| ITEM 3. | SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION |
The information set forth or incorporated under the heading “Explanatory Note” and in Items 4 and 5 is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 3.
The source of funds used by OPKO for each of its acquisitions of securities of the Issuer and companies subsequently acquired by the Issuer was working capital or the exchange, exercise or conversion of securities previously acquired by OPKO of the Issuer or a company acquired by the Issuer. For information with respect to Dr. Frost and FGIT, please refer to the Schedule 13D filed on May 29, 2014, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed June 20, 2014, Amendment No. 2 filed on December 29, 2014, Amendment No. 3 filed on October 16, 2015, Amendment No. 4 filed on February 9, 2017 and Amendment No. 5 filed on December 27, 2017, each of which is incorporated by reference herein.
On May 31, 2017, the Issuer, Sevion Sub Ltd., an Israeli company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer (“Acquisition Sub”), and Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Ltd., an Israeli company (“Eloxx”), entered into an Agreement, as amended on August 1, 2017 and November 23, 2017 (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which, Acquisition Sub merged with and into Eloxx, with Eloxx as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer (the “Transaction”). The Transaction closed on December 19, 2017, at which time all of the issued and outstanding ordinary and preferred shares of Eloxx stock were converted, on a pro rata basis, into the right to receive 20,316,656 shares of the Issuer’s common stock, after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split (as defined below). In connection with the Transaction, the Issuer effected a1-for-20 reverse stock split, effective as of 4:00 pm on December 19, 2017 (the “Reverse Stock Split”), and changed its corporate name to “Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.” All share amounts contained herein reflect the Reverse Stock Split. Upon closing of the Transaction, pursuant to a subscription agreement by and between the Issuer and the Frost Gamma Investment Trust (“FGIT”), dated as of May 31, 2017 (the “Subscription Agreement”), FGIT received approximately 497,563 shares of the Issuer. The Agreement was filed as an exhibit to the Issuer’s Current Report on Form8-K on June 6, 2017, and a form of the Subscription Agreement was filed as an exhibit to the Issuer’s Current Report on Form8-K on August 3, 2017.
| ITEM 4. | PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION |
The information set forth or incorporated under the heading “Explanatory Note” and in Items 2, 3 and 5 is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 4.
Steven D. Rubin, who serves as Executive Vice President – Administration and a director of OPKO, is a director of the Issuer.
Each of the Reporting Persons may, at any time or from time to time, formulate plans or proposals regarding the Issuer or its securities to the extent deemed advisable by the Reporting Persons in light of each of their general investment policies, market conditions, subsequent developments affecting the Issuer, the general business and future prospects of the Issuer, or other factors. The Reporting Persons intend to review their investments in the Issuer on a continuing basis. Depending on various factors, including, without limitation, the Issuer’s financial position and strategic direction, actions taken by the board of directors, price levels of shares of the Common Stock, other investment opportunities available to the Reporting Persons, concentration of positions in the portfolios managed by the Reporting Persons, market conditions and general economic and industry conditions, the Reporting Persons may in the future take such actions with respect to their investments in the Issuer as they deem appropriate, including, without limitation, purchasing additional shares of the Common Stock or other financial instruments related to the Issuer or selling some or all of their beneficial or economic holdings, engaging in hedging or similar transactions with respect to the securities relating to the Issuer and/or otherwise changing their intention with respect to any and all matters referred to in Item 4 of Schedule 13D.