Solid Biosciences (SLDB) 8-K Solid Biosciences Announces $90 Million Private Placement

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): December 10, 2020

Solid Biosciences Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	001-38360	90-0943402
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

141 Portland Street, Fifth Floor

Cambridge, MA 02139

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 337-4680

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock $0.001 par value per share	SLDB	The Nasdaq Global Select Market

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Securities Purchase Agreement

On December 10, 2020, Solid Biosciences Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Investors in a private placement an aggregate of 24,324,320 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), at a price of $3.70 per share (the “Offering”).

The Offering is expected to close on or about December 15, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions. The Company expects to receive aggregate gross proceeds from the Offering of approximately $90 million, before deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses, and aggregate net proceeds from the Offering of approximately $86.4 million, after deducting placement agent fees. Barclays acted as the exclusive placement agent for the Offering.

The Company has granted the Investors indemnification rights with respect to its representations, warranties, covenants and agreements under the Securities Purchase Agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement

Also on December 10, 2020, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to register for resale the Shares. Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale by the Investors of their Shares (the “Registrable Securities”) by the earlier of (i) 15 days following the Company disclosing any material non-public information that the Company may have provided the Investors in connection with the Offering and (ii) 120 days following the closing of the Offering (the “Filing Date”). The Company has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable and to keep such registration statement effective until the date the Shares covered by such registration statement have been sold or cease to be Registrable Securities. The Company has agreed to be responsible for all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities.

In the event (i) the registration statement has not been filed by the Filing Date, (ii) the registration statement is not declared effective prior to the earlier of (a) five business days after the date on which the Company is notified by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that the registration statement will not be reviewed by the SEC staff or is not subject to further comment by the SEC staff, (b) the 15^th day following the Filing Date, if the SEC staff determines not to review the registration statement, or (c) the 60^th day following the Filing Date, if the SEC staff determines to review the registration statement, or (iii) after the registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC, sales cannot be made pursuant to the registration statement for any reason, subject to certain limited exceptions, then the Company has agreed to make pro rata payments to each Investor as liquidated damages in an amount equal to 1% of the aggregate amount invested by each such Investor in the Registrable Securities per 30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof for each such month during which such event continues, subject to certain caps set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

The Company has granted the Investors customary indemnification rights in connection with the registration statement. The Investors have also granted the Company customary indemnification rights in connection with the registration statement.

The foregoing descriptions of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.

The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement were made solely for the benefit of the parties thereto and the placement agent expressly named as a third-party beneficiary thereto and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are incorporated herein by reference only to provide investors with information regarding the terms thereof and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company or its business, and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in the Company’s periodic reports and other filings with the SEC.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information contained above in Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. Based in part upon the representations of the Investors in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the offering and sale of the Shares will be exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Shares have not been

registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and the Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. The sale of the securities will not involve a public offering and will be made without general solicitation or general advertising. The Investors represented that they are accredited investors, as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act, and that they are acquiring the Shares for investment purposes only and not with a view to any resale, distribution or other disposition of the Shares in violation of the United States federal securities laws.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 11, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the Offering. The full text of the press release issued in connection with this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

The Company believes that its existing cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2020, together with the anticipated net proceeds from the Offering, the proceeds of $40 million received from the sale of shares of its common stock to Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. in October 2020 as well as the net proceeds of $23.2 million received from the sale of shares of its common stock in October 2020 pursuant to an at-the-market sales agreement, will enable it to fund its operating expenses into the first quarter of 2022. The Company has based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and the Company could use its available capital resources sooner than it currently anticipates.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those regarding: the expected closing of the Offering, anticipated proceeds from the Offering and the Company’s plans to file a registration statement to register the resale of the Shares and other statements containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “would,” “working,” and similar expressions. Any forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, whether the conditions for the closing of the Offering will be satisfied; and risks associated with the Company’s ability to resume and/or continue IGNITE DMD on the timeline expected or at all, obtain and maintain necessary approvals from the FDA and other regulatory authorities, obtain and maintain the necessary approvals from investigational review boards at IGNITE DMD clinical trial sites and the IGNITE DMD data safety monitoring board, enroll patients in IGNITE DMD, continue to advance SGT-001 in clinical trials, replicate in clinical trials positive results found in preclinical studies and earlier stages of clinical development, advance the development of its product candidates under the timelines it anticipates in current and future clinical trials, successfully optimize and scale its manufacturing process, obtain, maintain or protect intellectual property rights related to its product candidates, compete successfully with other companies that are seeking to develop Duchenne treatments and gene therapies, manage expenses, and raise the substantial additional capital needed, on the timeline necessary, to continue development of SGT-001, achieve its other business objectives and continue as a going concern. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause the Company’s actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the “Risk Factors” section, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties and other important factors, in the Company’s most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K represent the Company’s views as of the date hereof and should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause the Company’s views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Securities Purchase Agreement, dated December 10, 2020, by and among the Company and the other parties thereto.
10.2	Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 10, 2020, by and among the Company and the other parties thereto.
99.1	Press Release, dated December 11, 2020.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

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.

	SOLID BIOSCIENCES INC.
Date: December 11, 2020	By:	/s/ Jennifer Ziolkowski
	Name:	Jennifer Ziolkowski
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer