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 4, 2025
180 LIFE SCIENCES CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | | 001-38105 | | 90-1890354 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
3000 El Camino Real, Bldg. 4, Suite 200 Palo Alto, CA | | 94306 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 507-0669
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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, par value $0.0001 per share | | ATNF | | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
| Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock | | ATNFW | | 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).
Emerging growth company ☐
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 5, 2025, 180 Life Sciences Corp. (the “Company”) entered into a First Amendment to Separation and Release Agreement with James N. Woody, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and director (the “First Amendment”). Pursuant to the First Amendment, Dr. Woody agreed to amend the terms of that certain Separation and Release Agreement dated May 7, 2024, entered into between Dr. Woody and the Company, as described in greater detail in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2024, to terminate the prior requirement of the Company set forth therein to pay Dr. Woody a bonus of $50,000 (the “Future Contingent Payment”), [A] if the Company, within the 24 months following the date of Dr. Woody’s resignation, complete any corporate transaction, including but not limited to any merger, reverse merger, acquisition, disposal, joint-venture and/or investment involving the Company, which results in a change of control; or [B] if the Company raises at least $5 million from any source within 12 months from Dr. Woody’s resignation date. Instead, pursuant to the First Amendment, Dr. Woody agreed to accept $60,000 in shares of restricted common stock of the Company (or 43,166 shares of common stock, based on the closing sales price of the Company’s common stock on February 5, 2025, which closing price was $1.39 per share, the “Separation Shares”), in lieu of the Future Contingent Payment which obligation was terminated. The Separation Shares include piggyback registration rights for a resale registration statement relative to the Separation Shares for a period of six (6) months.
The First Amendment also required Dr. Woody to enter into a Voting Agreement with the Company. Pursuant to the Voting Agreement, which was entered into on February 5, 2025, by Dr. Woody, the Company, and Blair Jordan, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, solely for the benefit of the Company, Dr. Woody agreed to vote the Separation Shares as recommended by the Board of Directors of the Company, at any meeting of stockholders or via any written consent of stockholders, which may occur prior to February 5, 2026; the date after August 5, 2025, that Dr. Woody has sold all of the Separation Shares; or the date that the Company terminates the Voting Agreement. In order to enforce the terms of the Voting Agreement, and solely for the benefit of the Company, Dr. Woody provided Mr. Jordan (or his assigns) an irrevocable voting proxy to vote the Separation Shares pursuant to the guidelines set forth above at any meeting of stockholders or via any written consent of stockholders. The Voting Agreement also provides a restriction on Dr. Woody’s sale or transfer of any of the Separation Shares until August 5, 2025.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information contained above in Item 1.01 related to the Separation Shares is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The Separation Shares were issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on the exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as a transaction not involving a public offering and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 4, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company: (1) appointed independent director Ryan Smith, as Lead Independent Director of the Company, and agreed to pay Mr. Smith an additional $20,000 per year for his services in such role; and (2) approved the appointment of Mr. Blair Jordan as Chief Executive Officer of the Company (previously Mr. Jordan was Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company). Additionally, also on February 4, 2025, with the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors approved an increase in Mr. Jordan’s compensation to $240,000 per year, effective January 1, 2025.
As Lead Independent Director, Mr. Smith: will preside at any meetings of the independent directors, including executive sessions, and as appropriate; will (a) assist in the recruitment of board candidates; (b) have active involvement in board evaluations; (c) have active involvement in establishing committee membership and committee chairs; and (d) have active involvement in the evaluation of the chief executive officer; will work with committee chairs as necessary to ensure committee work is conducted at the committee level and appropriately reported to the board; will communicate with the independent directors between meetings when appropriate; and will recommend consultants and outside advisors to the board as necessary or appropriate. The lead director may also attend meetings of committees on which the lead director is not a member.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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.
| | 180 LIFE SCIENCES CORP. |
| | | |
| Date: February 7, 2025 | By: | /s/ Blair Jordan |
| | | Blair Jordan |
| | | Chief Executive Officer |
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