As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2019
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EVOFEM BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 20-8527075 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
12400 High Bluff Drive, Suite 600
San Diego, CA 92130
(858) 550-1900
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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Saundra Pelletier
President and Chief Executive Officer
Evofem Biosciences, Inc.
12400 High Bluff Drive, Suite 600
San Diego, CA 92130
(858) 550-1900
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
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Adam C. Lenain, Esq. Melanie Ruthrauff Levy, Esq. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3580 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92130 Tel: (858) 314-1500 | Alexander A. Fitzpatrick, Esq. General Counsel Evofem Biosciences, Inc. 12400 High Bluff Drive, Suite 600 San Diego, CA 92130 Tel: (858) 550-1900 |
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. x
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer | ¨ | | Accelerated filer | ¨ |
Non-accelerated filer | x | | Smaller reporting company | x |
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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. x
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of each class of securities to be registered | | Amount to be registered (1) | | Proposed maximum offering price per share | | Proposed maximum aggregate offering price | | Amount of registration fee |
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share | | 1,188,032 (2) | | $3.32 (3) | | $3,944,266.24 | | $478.05 |
Total | | 1,188,032 | | $3.32 | | $3,944,266.24 | | $478.05 |
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(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock that become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of common stock of the registrant. |
(2) | Consists of (i) 1,188,029 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of common stock warrants issued by Evofem Biosciences, Inc. (the Company) pursuant to the terms of certain letter agreements, dated February 5, 2019, by and among the Company and the selling securityholders herein and (ii) three shares of common stock issued in connection with these common stock warrants.
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(3) | In accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, the aggregate offering price of the common stock is estimated solely for the calculation of the registration fee due for this filing. This estimate was based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant’s common stock reported by The Nasdaq Capital Market on March 6, 2019, which was $3.32. |
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES, AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.
Subject to Completion, dated March 11, 2019
PROSPECTUS
1,188,032 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the resale of up to (i) 1,188,029 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase shares of common stock (the Reload Warrants) previously issued by Evofem Biosciences, Inc. (the Company) pursuant to the terms of certain letter agreements dated February 5, 2019 (the Letter Agreements), by and between the Company and the persons and entities listed in the section titled “Selling Securityholders” appearing elsewhere in this prospectus (the selling securityholders) and (ii) three shares of common stock previously issued in connection with the Letter Agreements and Reload Warrants.
The shares of common stock offered under this prospectus by the selling securityholders will be issued upon the exercise of the Reload Warrants. We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of securities by the selling securityholders.
The selling securityholders may sell the shares of common stock described in this prospectus in a number of different ways and at varying prices. We provide more information about how a selling securityholder may sell its shares of common stock in the section titled “Plan of Distribution” appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. We will pay the expenses incurred in registering the securities covered by the prospectus, including legal and accounting fees.
Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “EVFM.” On March 6, 2019, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $3.26 per share.
Investing in our securities involves risks. See the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of this prospectus.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is , 2019.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We have not, and the selling securityholders have not, authorized anyone to provide you with additional or different information. These securities are not being offered in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of the document and that any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the documents incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our common stock. Unless the context otherwise requires, (i) references to “Evofem,” “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Evofem Biosciences, Inc. and our subsidiaries, and (ii) references to “Private Evofem” refer to Evofem Biosciences Operations, Inc. and its subsidiaries prior to the closing of the Merger as described in the section entitled “The Merger” appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following is only a summary. We urge you to read the entire prospectus, including the more detailed consolidated financial statements, notes to the consolidated financial statements and other information included herein or incorporated by reference from our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Investing in our securities involves risks. Therefore, please carefully consider the information provided in the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5.
Overview
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing innovative products to address unmet needs in women’s sexual and reproductive health. We exist to advance the lives of women by developing innovative solutions, such as woman-controlled contraception and potential protection from certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We are leveraging our proprietary Multi-purpose Vaginal pH Regulator TM (MVP-R) platform to develop Amphora, which if approved will be the first on-demand and female controlled MVP-R birth control method in the U.S.
Our MVP-R gel technology has both acid buffering and bio-adhesive properties and is designed to maintain an optimal vaginal pH of 3.5 to 4.5. This vaginal pH range is inhospitable to spermatozoa (sperm) as well as certain viral and bacterial pathogens associated with STIs, and it is integral to the survival of healthy bacteria in the vagina.
We are developing our lead MVP-R product candidate, Amphora (L-lactic acid, citric acid, and potassium bitartrate), for three potential indications: prevention of pregnancy, prevention of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection (chlamydia) in women and prevention of urogenital Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection (gonorrhea) in women.
In 2014, we completed a randomized, Phase 3 non-inferiority trial for Amphora as a contraceptive in 3,389 women. Amphora was shown to be non-inferior to control when the complete data set was analyzed in accordance with the pre-specified statistical analysis plan, with a six-month cumulative pregnancy rate of 10.5% with typical use and 4.1% with perfect use. It was well-tolerated with less than 2% of patients experiencing possible treatment-related adverse events (AEs) and no treatment-related serious adverse events (SAEs).
We conducted a second, single-arm Phase 3 trial for Amphora for the prevention of pregnancy in approximately 1,400 women in the United States (AMPOWER). The last patient exited the study in November 2018. We reported top-line data from AMPOWER in December 2018, which demonstrated a cumulative pregnancy rate of 14.0% over seven cycles of use (95% CI 10.0, 18.0) in the modified intention-to-treat population (referred to as “typical use”) which meets the pre-determined endpoint of this clinical trial. This corresponds to an 86.0% efficacy rate. In women who correctly used Amphora following the study protocol, the cumulative pregnancy rate was 1.3% over seven cycles of use (95% CI 0.4, 2.1), which corresponds to a 98.7% efficacy rate.
We plan to resubmit the New Drug Application (NDA) to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the second quarter of 2019. Subject to acceptance and timely approval of the NDA by the FDA, we plan to commercialize Amphora in early 2020.
We believe Amphora is highly differentiated from other birth control methods currently available or in development. Amphora is hormone-free and, based on clinical data collected to date, does not exhibit known side effects of traditional hormone-based contraceptives, such as weight gain, headaches, sore breasts, irregular periods, mood changes, decreased sexual desire and nausea. Amphora is self-administered and we intend to seek regulatory approval for product labeling stating Amphora can be used on-demand, immediately before or up to one hour before intercourse. In addition, we anticipate Amphora may provide additional benefits beyond its primary use for prevention of pregnancy, including its lubricant effect for enhanced sexual satisfaction.
We are also conducting a Phase 2b clinical trial of Amphora for the prevention of urogenital transmission of chlamydia (primary endpoint) and gonorrhea (secondary endpoint) in women. We refer to this trial as AMPREVENCE. The primary endpoint of AMPREVENCE is 40% reduction in the incidence of chlamydia in women treated with Amphora versus placebo. Enrollment is underway at approximately 50 study centers in the United States; as of February 22, 2019, AMPREVENCE was over 89% enrolled. We envision our STI program as developing label expansion opportunities to further differentiate Amphora from other contraceptive products in the market.
Preclinical studies conducted by Rush University Medical Center (Rush University) suggest that our MVP-R gel technology may suppress many of the pathogens responsible for sexually transmitted and commonly occurring bacterial infections. Amphora has been granted Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) designation by the FDA for the prevention of gonorrhea in women. Our MVP-R gel has also been granted QIDP designation by the
FDA for the prevention of the recurrence of bacterial vaginosis (BV). QIDP designation provides several key potential advantages, including qualification for the FDA Fast Track program and longer market exclusivity, among others. We also received Fast Track designation from the FDA for the development of Amphora for the prevention of chlamydia.
We are also advancing our MVP-R gel product candidate for the treatment of recurrent BV and intend to conduct a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate efficacy of this product candidate in this indication. In a Phase 1 dose-finding trial for this indication, the highest dose formulation of Amphora reduced vaginal pH for up to seven days following a single administration.
We have assembled a very strong management team with significant operational experience in the biopharmaceutical market. Specifically, our senior executives have a successful track record of developing and commercializing women’s health products including Mirena, Plan B One-Step, Yasmin, YAZ, NuvaRing, Paragard and Seasonique, among others.
Risks Associated with Our Business
Our business is subject to a number of risks of which you should be aware before making an investment decision. These risks include the following:
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• | We have incurred significant losses since our inception and anticipate we will continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future. |
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• | We must raise significant additional funds to finance our operations to remain a going concern. Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights. |
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• | We have never generated any revenue from product sales and may never be profitable. |
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• | Our success will depend heavily on whether we can develop our lead product candidate, Amphora, for prevention of pregnancy. Failure to develop Amphora for prevention of pregnancy would likely cause our business to fail. |
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• | To obtain regulatory approval, we must complete our preclinical studies and clinical trials in compliance with the regulatory approval requirements of the FDA and any applicable and comparable foreign regulators. If our clinical trials fail to satisfactorily demonstrate safety and efficacy of our product candidates to the FDA and other comparable foreign regulators, we may incur additional costs or experience delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development and commercialization of our product candidates. |
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• | Our rights to develop and commercialize our MVP-R gel product candidates, including our lead product candidate, Amphora, are subject, in part, to the terms and conditions of licenses granted to us by third parties. The patent protection and patent prosecution for our MVP‑R gel product candidates including our lead product candidate, Amphora, is dependent on third parties. |
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• | Our success relies on third-party suppliers and manufacturers. Any failure by these third parties, including failure to successfully perform and comply with regulatory requirements, could negatively impact our business and our ability to develop and market our product candidates, and our business could be substantially harmed. |
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• | If we are unable to establish sales and marketing capabilities or enter into agreements with third parties to market and sell our product candidates, we may be unable to generate any revenue. |
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• | The success of Amphora or any future contraceptive product candidate we may seek to develop will depend on the availability of contraceptive alternatives and women’s preferences, in addition to the market’s acceptance of our new form of prevention of pregnancy. |
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• | Changes in healthcare laws and regulations may eliminate current requirements for health insurance plans to cover and reimburse FDA-cleared or FDA-approved contraceptive products without cost sharing, which could reduce demand for products such as Amphora. Even if Amphora is approved for commercialization, our management expects our success will be dependent on the willingness or ability of patients to pay out-of-pocket should they not be able to obtain third-party reimbursement or should such reimbursement be limited. |
The Merger
On January 17, 2018, we completed a business combination in accordance with the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of October 17, 2017, by and among the Company, Nobelli Merger Sub, Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary (Merger Sub) and Private Evofem, pursuant to which the Merger Sub merged with and into Private Evofem, with Private Evofem surviving as our wholly owned subsidiary (the Merger). On January 17, 2018, in connection with and prior to the consummation of the Merger, we effected a 6:1 reverse stock split of our common stock. See Item 7- Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed on March 1, 2019 (the Annual Report) and Note 3 - Merger and Related Transactions of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 included in Item 15 of our Annual Report for more information regarding the Merger. Reload Warrants
On February 5, 2019, pursuant to the Letter Agreements, we offered the selling securityholders the opportunity to exercise previously issued and outstanding warrants to purchase common stock for cash at a reduced exercise price of $2.64 per share (the Reduced Exercise Price). In addition, on February 8, 2019, we issued the Reload Warrants to the selling securityholders which are exercisable for the number of shares of common stock equal to fifty percent of the shares of common stock issued upon exercise of the previously issued and outstanding warrants in the Letter Agreements. The Reload Warrants each have an exercise price of $5.20 per share, subject to adjustment for splits and recapitalizations as set forth in the Reload Warrants. The Reload Warrants may be exercised at all times beginning on the earlier of the six month anniversary of their respective issuance dates or the date of approval of the issuance of the Reload Warrants and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrants by our stockholders.
Corporate Information
Our corporate headquarters are located at 12400 High Bluff Drive, Suite 600, San Diego, California 92130, and our telephone number is (858) 550-1900. Our website is located at www.evofem.com. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) will be made available free of charge on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC on their website located at www.sec.gov. The contents of our website are not incorporated into this prospectus, and our reference to the URL for our website is intended to be an inactive textual reference only. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not a part of this prospectus.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of our initial public offering, (2) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, (3) the day we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as measured as of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, and (4) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period. We refer to the Jumpstart Our Business Startup Act of 2012 herein as the “JOBS Act,” and references herein to “emerging growth company” shall have the meaning associated with it in the JOBS Act.
For as long as we remain an “emerging growth company,” we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation and financial statements in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote to approve executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We may take advantage of one or more of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an “emerging growth company.”
THE OFFERING
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Common stock offered by the selling securityholders | 1,188,032 shares. |
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Common stock outstanding | 28,156,567 shares. |
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Use of proceeds | The selling securityholders may sell all or a portion of their shares through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices or privately negotiated prices. |
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Risk Factors | An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” of this prospectus and the similarly titled sections in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. |
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Nasdaq Capital Market symbol | EVFM |
Outstanding Shares
The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 28,156,567 shares of common stock outstanding as of February 22, 2019 and excludes:
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• | 5,772,002 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options outstanding as of February 22, 2019 at a weighted-average exercise price of $6.99 per share; |
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• | 2,399,824 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of common stock warrants outstanding as of February 22, 2019 at a weighted average exercise price of $4.42 per share; |
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• | 377,497 shares of common stock available for future issuance under our 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of February 22, 2019; |
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• | 1,106,047 shares of common stock available for future issuance under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2014 Plan) as of February 22, 2019; and |
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• | 156,000 shares of common stock available for future issuance under our 2018 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the Inducement Plan) as of February 22, 2019; and |
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• | 1,188,029 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrants and three shares of common stock issued in connection with these common stock warrants. |
RISK FACTORS
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully review and consider the risk factors in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” contained in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, which has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated by reference in this prospectus, as well as any updates thereto contained in subsequent filings with the SEC, and all other information contained in this prospectus and incorporated by reference into the prospectus before purchasing our securities. The risks and uncertainties described in these risk factors are not the only ones facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties of which we are unaware, or that we currently deem immaterial, also may become important factors that affect us. If any of these risks occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose some or all of your investment.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this prospectus, including statements regarding strategy, future operations, future financial position, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, are forward-looking statements. Words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “aim,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “design,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “suggest,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions or phrases, or the negative of those expressions or phrases, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this prospectus, we caution you that these statements are based on our projections of the future that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, to differ. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about:
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• | our projected financial position and estimated cash burn rate; |
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• | our estimates regarding expenses, future revenues and capital requirements; |
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• | our ability to continue as a going concern; |
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• | our need to raise substantial additional capital to fund our operations; |
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• | our ability to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals to market and commercialize our lead MVP-R product candidate, Amphora for prevention of pregnancy, prevention of urogenital transmission of chlamydia in women and prevention of urogenital transmission of gonorrhea in women, our MVP-R product candidate for reduction of recurrent BV, and any other product candidate we may seek to develop; |
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• | the success, cost and timing of our clinical trials; |
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• | our ability to obtain additional patent protection for our product candidates; |
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• | our dependence on third parties in the conduct of our clinical trials; |
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• | our ability to establish and develop sales and marketing capabilities or our ability to enter into agreements with third parties to market and sell any approved product candidates we may have; |
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• | the potential for changes to current regulatory mandates requiring health insurance plans to cover FDA-cleared or approved contraceptive products without cost sharing, our ability to obtain third-party payer coverage and adequate reimbursement, and our reliance on the willingness of patients to pay out-of-pocket absent full or partial third-party payer reimbursement; and |
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• | our ability to expand our organization to accommodate potential growth and our ability to retain and attract key personnel. |
Our current product candidates have not been approved by the FDA, the European Commission or any other regulatory commission. Our product candidates have not been, nor may they ever be, approved by any regulatory agency or competent authority nor marketed anywhere in the world.
We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Forward-looking statements should be regarded solely as our current plans, estimates and beliefs. We have included important factors in the cautionary statements included in this document, particularly in the section entitled “Risk Factors” appearing elsewhere in this prospectus relating to factors that we believe could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus or in any document or report incorporated by this prospectus are made as of the date of this prospectus or such documents or reports, and we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of securities by the selling securityholders pursuant to this prospectus. We may receive up to approximately $6.2 million in aggregate gross proceeds from the exercise of the Reload Warrants, if the Reload Warrants are exercised for cash, based on the per share exercise price of the Reload Warrants. Any proceeds we receive from the exercise of the Reload Warrants will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS
The shares of common stock being offered by the selling securityholders are those issuable to the selling securityholders upon exercise of the Reload Warrants and the three shares of common stock issued to certain selling securityholders in connection with the Letter Agreements. For additional information regarding the issuance of the warrants, see “Prospectus Summary — Reload Warrants” above. We are registering (i) 1,188,029 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Reload Warrants and (ii) three shares of common stock issued to certain selling securityholders in connection with the Letter Agreements, in order to permit the selling securityholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time.
The table below lists the selling securityholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) of the shares of common stock held by each of the selling securityholders. The second column lists the percentage of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the selling securityholders, based on their respective ownership of shares of common stock, as of February 22, 2019, assuming exercise of the Reload Warrants held by each such selling securityholder on that date but taking account of any limitations on exercise set forth therein. The percentage of shares beneficially owned prior to the offering is based on 28,156,567 shares of our common stock outstanding as of February 22, 2019. The number of shares in the column “Maximum Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Sold Pursuant to this Prospectus” represents all of the shares that the selling securityholder may offer under this prospectus and does not take into account any limitations on exercise.
Under the terms of certain of the Reload Warrants, entities affiliated with Invesco, Ltd. may not exercise the warrants to the extent (but only to the extent) such selling securityholder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own a number of shares of our common stock which would exceed 4.99% of the total number of shares of our common stock then issued or outstanding. The selling securityholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See the section titled “Plan of Distribution” elsewhere in this prospectus. |
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Selling Stockholder | | Number | Percentage | | Number | | Number | Percentage |
Entities affiliated with Invesco Ltd. | | 9,590,688 (1) | 34.1 | % | | 212,765 (2) | | 9,590,688 (3) | 33.8% |
Entities affiliated with Woodford Investment Management Limited* | | 12,996,229 (4) | 43.9 | % | | 975,264 (5) | | 12,020,965 (6) | 40.6% |
*Party to a Voting Agreement pursuant to which the stockholder agreed to vote certain shares of our common stock held by the stockholder or over which the stockholder has voting control subject to certain limitations. This Voting Agreement is included as Exhibit 4.8 of our Annual Report.
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(1) | Invesco Ltd., in its capacity as an investment adviser, may be deemed to beneficially own 9,590,688 shares. Invesco Ltd. is the parent issuer of Invesco UK limited, which is the parent issuer of Invesco Asset Management Limited, which is the manager of the funds and accounts that own the common stock consisting of (i) 5,441,748 shares of common stock owned by Invesco Perpetual High Income Fund (IPHIF), none of the shares issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrants issued to IPHIF as a result of the 4.99% Reload Warrant exercise restriction described above and (ii) 4,148,940 shares of common stock held by Invesco Perpetual Income Fund (IPIF) and none of the shares issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrants issued to IPIF as a result of the 4.99% Reload Warrant exercise restriction described above. Invesco Ltd.’s address is 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309.
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(2) | Consists of (i) 160,198 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrant issued to Invesco Perpetual High Income Fund and (ii) 52,567 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrant issued to Invesco Perpetual Income Fund.
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(3) | The number of shares in this column assumes that all of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrants are sold in this offering, but that each of IPHIF and IPIF has retained all of its other shares of common stock owned.
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(4) | Consists of (i) 9,138,505 shares of common stock held by LF Woodford Equity Income Fund, a sub fund of LF Woodford Investment Fund (WEIF) and 907,712 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrant issued to WEIF, (ii) 477,295 shares of common stock held by Omnis Income & Growth Fund, a sub fund of Omnis Portfolio Investments ICVC (OIGF) and 46,276 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrant issued to OIGF, (iii) 1,887,611 shares of common stock held by Woodford Patient Capital Trust, Plc (WPCT) and 475,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by WPCT and (iv) 42,554 shares of common stock held by Quilter Investors UK Equity Income II Fund (QEIF) and 21,276 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrant issued to QEIF. Woodford Investment Management Limited acts as agent for and on behalf of WEIF, OIGF, WPCT and QEIF, each as a discretionary managed client. Woodford Investment Management Limited has the power to direct the vote and disposition of the common stock held by WEIF, OIGF, WPCT and QEIF. Accordingly, Woodford Investment Management Limited may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of an aggregate amount of 12,996,229 shares of common stock, consisting of the shares held by WEIF, OIGF, WPCT and QEIF, as described above. Woodford Investment Management Limited’s address is 9400 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2HN, United Kingdom.
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(5) | Consists of (i) 907,712 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrant issued to WEIF, (ii) 46,276 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrant issued to OIGF and (iii) 21,276 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrant issued to QEIF. |
(6) | The number of shares in this column assumes that all of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Reload Warrants are sold in this offering, but that each of WEIF, OIGF, WPCT and QEIF has retained all of its other shares of common stock owned.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each selling securityholder and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on The Nasdaq Capital Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A selling securityholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:
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• | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
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• | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
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• | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
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• | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
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• | privately negotiated transactions; |
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• | in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security; |
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• | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
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• | a combination of any such methods of sale; or |
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• | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The selling securityholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling securityholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling securityholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.
In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the selling securityholders may also enter into other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The selling securityholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each selling securityholder has informed us that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.
Because selling securityholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder. In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus. The selling securityholders have advised us that there is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale securities by the selling securityholders.
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the selling securityholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for us to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale
securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the selling securityholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the common stock by the selling securityholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the selling securityholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities we are offering will be passed upon for us by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., San Diego, California.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Evofem Biosciences, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by reference (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern). Such financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
The SEC maintains an Internet website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. You may access the registration statement, of which this prospectus form is a part, at the SEC’s Internet website. Our reports on Forms 10-K, 10‑Q and 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, are also available for download, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after these reports are filed with the SEC, at our website at www.evofem.com. The content contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not a part of this prospectus. In addition, our common stock is listed for trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “EVFM.”
This prospectus is only part of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 that we have filed with the SEC under the Securities Act, and therefore omits certain information contained in the Registration Statement. We have also filed exhibits and schedules with the Registration Statement that are excluded from this prospectus, and you should refer to the applicable exhibit or schedule for a complete description of any statement referring to any contract or other document. You may obtain a copy of these documents and contracts from the SEC’s web site or our web site.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus and information we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the documents listed below and any future filings made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (1) after the date of this prospectus and prior to the time that we sell all of the securities offered by this prospectus or the earlier termination of the offering, and (2) after the date of the initial registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement (except in each case the information contained in such documents to the extent “furnished” and not “filed”). The documents we are incorporating by reference as of their respective dates of filing are:
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• | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2019; |
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• | Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 3, 2019, January 7, 2019, February 11, 2019 and March 1, 2019 (except for the information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 and the exhibits thereto); |
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• | all other reports filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to above (in each case, except for the information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 in any Current Report on Form 8-K); and |
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• | The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on November 18, 2014 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and any amendment or report filed with the SEC for purposes of updating such description. |
All documents filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such documents as set forth therein. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document, which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement.
You may request, orally or in writing, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference. These documents will be provided to you at no cost, by calling us at 858-550-1900 or by contacting: Evofem Biosciences, Inc., Attn: Investor Relations, 12400 High Bluff Drive, Suite 600, San Diego, California 92130. In addition, copies of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference may be accessed at our website at www.evofem.com. The information on such website is not incorporated by reference and is not a part of this prospectus.
You should rely only on the information provided or incorporated by reference in this registration statement or any related prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in this registration statement or any related prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the document.
1,188,032 Shares of Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
, 2019
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth the Company’s estimates (other than the SEC registration fee) of the expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered.
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SEC registration fee | | $ | 478.05 |
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Legal fees and expenses | | * |
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Accounting fees and expenses | | * |
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Printing fees | | * |
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Miscellaneous fees and expenses | | * |
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Total | | $ * |
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* These expenses are not presently known and cannot be estimated at this time as they are based upon the amount and type of security being offered, as well as the number of offerings. The aggregate amount of these expenses will be reflected in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of our directors or officers or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, or trustee of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by us to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the DGCL, against all expense, liability, and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such.
Section 145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit, or proceeding brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no reason to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, or an action brought by or on behalf of the corporation, indemnification may be provided only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or settlement of such an action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be provided if such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine that the defendant is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
Pursuant to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Article 12 of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation eliminates the liability of a director to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for such a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liabilities arising:
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• | from any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; |
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• | from acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |
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• | under Section 174 of the DGCL; and |
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• | from any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. |
The foregoing discussion of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws, indemnification agreements, and Delaware law is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such certificate of incorporation, bylaws, indemnification agreements, or law.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. These indemnification agreements may require us, among other things, to indemnify our directors and officers for some expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director or officer in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her service as one of our directors or officers, or any of our subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at our request.
Insofar as the forgoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, executive officers, or persons controlling us for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, we have been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 16. Exhibits
(a) Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX |
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Exhibit No. | Exhibit Title | Filed Herewith | Incorporated by Reference |
Form | | File No. | | Date Filed |
4.1 | | | 8-K | | 001-36754 | | 02/11/2019 |
4.2 | | | 8-K | | 001-36754 | | 02/11/2019 |
10.1 | | | 8-K | | 001-36754 | | 02/11/2019 |
10.2 | | | 8-K | | 001-36754 | | 02/11/2019 |
5.1 | | X | | | | | |
23.1 | | X | | | | | |
23.2 | Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1). | X | | | | | |
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on signature page). | X | | | | | |
Item 17. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: |
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(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
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(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering |
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
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(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
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(2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
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(3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
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(4) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: |
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(i) | Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and |
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(ii) | Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date |
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(5) | That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: |
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(a) | The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
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(i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
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(ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
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(iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
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(iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
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(b) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
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(c) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report, to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
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(d) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in San Diego, California, on March 11, 2019.
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EVOFEM BIOSCIENCES, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Saundra Pelletier
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Name: | Saundra Pelletier
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Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Evofem Biosciences, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Saundra Pelletier and Justin J. File, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them for her or him and in her or his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (or any other registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as she or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or her or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. |
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Signature | Title | Date |
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/s/ Saundra Pelletier
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Saundra Pelletier | President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | March 11, 2019 |
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/s/ Justin J. File | | |
Justin J. File | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | March 11, 2019 |
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/s/ Thomas Lynch | | |
Thomas Lynch | Chairman of the Board of Directors | March 11, 2019 |
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/s/ Colin Rutherford
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Colin Rutherford | Director | March 11, 2019 |
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William Hall, Ph.D., M.D | Director | |
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/s/ Gillian Greer
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Gillian Greer, Ph.D. | Director | March 11, 2019 |
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/s/ Kim P. Kamdar | | |
Kim P. Kamdar, Ph.D. | Director | March 11, 2019 |
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/s/ Anthony O’Brien
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Anthony O’Brien | Director | March 11, 2019 |