UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): February 28, 2023
SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-33958 | 20-8099512 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
7 Times Square, Suite 2503 New York, NY 10036 | ||||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) | ||||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 200-5278 |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | SLS | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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).
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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. ¨
ITEM 1.01 | Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On February 28, 2023, SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. (the “Company”) closed its previously announced underwritten offering (the “Offering”) of (i) 7,220,217 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 7,220,217 shares of common stock, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $18.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. In connection with closing of the Offering, the Company entered into amendments to an aggregate of 3,438,851 warrants issued by the Company on April 5, 2022 (the “Warrant Amendments”) to reduce the exercise price of such warrants to $3.62, the average closing price of the Company’s common stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market, for the five trading days immediately preceding the pricing of the Offering.
The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the Warrant Amendments, does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Warrant Amendment that is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number | Description | |
10.1 | Form of Amendment to the Common Stock Purchase Warrant | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. | |||
Date: March 1, 2023 | By: | /s/ Barbara A. Wood | |
Name: | Barbara A. Wood | ||
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |