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):
July 24, 2023
TENON MEDICAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-41364 | 45-5574718 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer | ||
| of incorporation) | Identification No.) |
| 104 Cooper Court | ||
| Los Gatos, CA | 95032 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(408) 649-5760
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On July 24, 2023, Tenon Medical, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”), under which, subject to specified terms and conditions, the Company may sell to Lincoln Park up to $10 million of shares of common stock from time to time during the term of the Purchase Agreement.
Additionally, on July 24, 2023, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with Lincoln Park, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), covering the resale of shares of common stock issued to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement.
The Company cannot sell any shares to Lincoln Park until the date that a registration statement covering the resale of shares of common stock that have been and may in the future be issued to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement, which the Company agreed to file with the SEC pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, is declared effective by the SEC and a final prospectus in connection therewith is filed and all of the other conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement are satisfied (such date, the “Commencement Date”).
Beginning on the Commencement Date and for a period of 24 months thereafter, under the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement, from time to time, at the Company’s discretion, the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase, up to $10 million of shares of common stock, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Specifically, from time to time from and after the Commencement Date, the Company may, at its discretion, direct Lincoln Park to purchase on any single business day on which the closing price of its common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) is equal to or greater than $0.15 up to 100,000 shares of common stock (a “Regular Purchase”); provided, that the Company may direct Lincoln Park to purchase in a Regular Purchase (i) up to 125,000 shares of common stock, if the closing sale price of its common stock on Nasdaq on such business day is at least $1.50 per share and (ii) up to 150,000 shares of common stock, if the closing sale price of its common stock on Nasdaq on such business day is at least $2.50 per share. In no case, however, will Lincoln Park’s commitment with respect to any single Regular Purchase exceed $500,000; provided, that the parties may mutually agree at any time to increase the maximum number of shares of common stock the Company may direct Lincoln Park to purchase in any single Regular Purchase to up to 1,000,000 shares or any number of shares that shall not exceed 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of common stock. The foregoing share amounts and per share prices will be adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction occurring after the date of the Purchase Agreement with respect to our common stock. The purchase price per share for each such Regular Purchase will be based on prevailing market prices of the Company’s common stock immediately preceding the time of sale, as determined under the Purchase Agreement.
If the Company directs Lincoln Park to purchase the maximum number of shares of common stock that the Company may sell in a Regular Purchase, then in addition to such Regular Purchase, and subject to certain conditions and limitations in the Purchase Agreement, the Company may direct Lincoln Park to purchase additional shares of common stock in an “accelerated purchase” (each, an “Accelerated Purchase”) and an “additional accelerated purchase” (each, an “Additional Accelerated Purchase”) (including multiple Additional Accelerated Purchases on the same trading day) as provided in the Purchase Agreement. The purchase price per share for each Accelerated Purchase and Additional Accelerated Purchase will be based on market prices of the common stock on the applicable purchase date for such Accelerated Purchases and such Additional Accelerated Purchases. Lincoln Park has no right to require the Company to sell any common stock to Lincoln Park, but Lincoln Park is obligated to make purchases as the Company directs, subject to conditions and limitations set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
The Purchase Agreement also prohibits the Company from directing Lincoln Park to purchase any shares of common stock if those shares, when aggregated with all other shares of common stock then beneficially owned by Lincoln Park and its affiliates, would result in Lincoln Park and its affiliates having beneficial ownership, at any single point in time, of more than 4.99% of the then total outstanding shares of common stock.
Under applicable rules of Nasdaq, the Company may not issue or sell to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement more than 19.99% of the shares of the common stock outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the Purchase Agreement unless (i) stockholder approval is obtained or (ii) the issuances and sales of common stock pursuant to the Purchase Agreement are not deemed to be “below market” in accordance with the applicable rules of Nasdaq.
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Lincoln Park may not assign or transfer its rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement. The Company may elect to terminate the Purchase Agreement at any time, without any cost or penalty. The Purchase Agreement does not include any of the following: (i) limitations on the Company’s use of amounts it receives as the purchase price for shares of common stock sold to Lincoln Park; (ii) financial or business covenants; (iii) restrictions on future financings (other than restrictions on its ability to enter into other equity line of credit transactions or transactions that are similar thereto); (iv) rights of first refusal; or (v) participation rights or penalties.
The Company’s net proceeds under the Purchase Agreement will depend on the frequency of sales and the number of shares sold to Lincoln Park and the prices at which the Company sells shares to Lincoln Park. The Company expects that any net proceeds it receives from such sales to Lincoln Park will be used for general corporate purposes, including working capital. As consideration for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase up to $10 million of shares of common stock under the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 989,087 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park (the “Commitment Shares”).
The foregoing summaries of the Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, such documents attached as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”), which are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.
The information contained above in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The offering and sale of the issuance of the Commitment Shares to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement is exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D thereunder. Lincoln Park represented in the Purchase Agreement that it is an accredited investor, as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D under the Securities Act, and that it is acquiring the Commitment Shares for its own account and not with a view to any resale, distribution or other distribution of such securities in violation of the federal securities laws or applicable state securities laws.
Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Purchase Agreement dated as of July 24, 2023, by and between Tenon Medical, Inc. and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC | |
| 10.2 | Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 24, 2023, by and between Tenon Medical, Inc. and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL). |
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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.
| Date: July 28, 2023 | TENON MEDICAL, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Steven M. Foster | |
| Name: | Steven M. Foster | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President | |
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