This Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) amends the Schedule 13D originally filed on December 1, 2020 (the “Schedule 13D”) jointly by METP Holdings, LLC (“METP”), JCP III SM AIV, L.P. (“JCP III AIV”), Juggernaut Partners III GP, L.P. (“JCP III GP”), Juggernaut Partners III GP, Ltd. (“JCP III GP Ltd”), and John D. Shulman (together with JCP III AIV, JCP III GP, and JCP III GP Ltd., the “Reporting Persons”) with respect to Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Petros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Issuer”).
Responses to each item of this Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D are incorporated by reference into the response to each other item, as applicable.
Items 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended to the extent hereinafter expressly set forth. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Statement on Schedule 13D.
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meaning attributed to them in the Schedule 13D.
ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION
Item 3 is hereby supplemented as follows:
On March 23, 2021, MT distributed the 273,213 shares of Common Stock held of record by MT to its respective members. As a result of JCP III AIV’s 67.9% interest in MT, JCP III AIV received 185,414 shares of Common Stock from MT.
On April 8, 2021, Mr. Shulman received options (the “Options”) to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to director compensation arrangements. The shares of Common Stock underlying the options vested 25% on the date of grant, 25% upon the six-month anniversary of the date of grant and the remainder shall vest in equal installments over the following four fiscal quarters. As of the date of this Amendment No.1, 25,000 shares of Common Stock underlying the Options had vested.
On October 13, 2021, the Issuer entered into that certain Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with JCP III AIV and certain purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (together with JCP III AIV, the “Purchasers”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer agreed to sell in a registered direct offering (the “Registered Direct Offering”) 3,323,616 shares of Common Stock to the Purchasers at an offering price of $1.715 per share of Common Stock. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, in a concurrent private placement (together with the Registered Direct Offering, the “Offerings”), the Issuer agreed to sell to the Purchasers unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,323,616 shares of Common Stock, representing 100% of the shares of Common Stock that may be purchased in the Registered Direct Offering. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on October 18, 2021, JCP III AIV was issued that certain Common Stock Purchase Warrant to purchase 1,661,807 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant”). The Warrant is exercisable at an exercise price of $1.715 per share of Common Stock, is exercisable immediately upon issuance and has a term of exercise equal to five years from the date of issuance. The total contribution by JCP III AIV in exchange for the Common Stock and Warrant was $2,849,999.
ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
Item 4 is hereby amended as follows:
The 13,648 shares of Common Stock that are held of record by METP and 6,705,930 shares of Common Stock that are held of record by JCP III AIV and that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons, and the Common Stock underlying the Options that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Shulman, as reported herein, were acquired for investment purposes. The Reporting Persons retain the right to change their investment intent, from time to time, to acquire additional shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Issuer, or to sell or otherwise dispose of all or part of the Common Stock or other securities of the Issuer, if any, beneficially owned by them, in any manner permitted by law. The Reporting Persons may engage from time to time in ordinary course transactions with financial institutions with respect to the securities described herein.
Except as described above, none of the Reporting Persons currently has any other plans or proposals that would be related to or would result in any of the matters described in Items 4(a)-(j) of the Instructions to Schedule 13D. However,
as part of the ongoing evaluation of investment and investment alternatives, the Reporting Persons may consider such matters and, subject to applicable law, may formulate a plan with respect to such matters, and, from time to time, may hold discussions with or make formal proposals to management or the Board of Directors of the Issuer or other third parties regarding such matters.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
Item 5 is hereby amended as follows:
METP is the holder of record of 13,648 shares of Common Stock. JCP III AIV is the holder of record of 6,705,930 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Shulman is the holder of record of 25,000 shares of Common Stock. Each of JCP III GP, JCP III GP Ltd and Mr. Shulman disclaim beneficial ownership of any shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock owned of record by JCP III AIV, in each case except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any such entity is the beneficial owner of or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
(a) See also the information contained on the cover pages of this Statement on Schedule 13D, which is incorporated herein by reference. On October 13, 2021, the Issuer entered into the Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Issuer agreed to a registered direct offering of 3,323,616 shares of Common Stock and a private placement of warrants to purchase 3,323,616 shares of Common Stock with institutional investors. The percentage of Common Stock reported as beneficially owned by each Reporting Person is based on 13,175,215 shares of Common Stock, which includes: (i) 9,826,599 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 9, 2021, as disclosed in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2021, (ii) the 1,661,807 shares of Common Stock purchased by JCP III AIV in the Registered Direct Offering, (iii) the 1,661,807 shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants purchased by JCP III AIV pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and (iv) the 25,000 shares of Common Stock underlying the Options.
(b) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
0 for all Reporting Persons
Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
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METP: | 0.10% |
JCP III AIV: | 51.00%1 |
JCP III GP: | 51.00%1 |
JCP III GP Ltd: | 51.00%1 |
Mr. Shulman: | 51.19%1,2 |
1 Includes 1,661,807 shares of Common Stock underlying exercisable warrants held by JCP III AIV. |
2 Includes presently exercisable options for the purchase of 25,000 shares of Common Stock issued to Mr. Shulman. |
Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
0 for all Reporting Persons
(c) The information set forth in Item 3 above is incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) On March 23, 2021, MT ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities.
ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
Item 6 is hereby amended as follows:
To the extent applicable, the information provided in Items 4 and 5 above is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS
Exhibit | Description |
Exhibit A | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2021, by and among Petros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and each purchaser identified on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 15, 2021). |
Exhibit B | Form of Investor Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 15, 2021). |
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: October 20, 2021