UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 29, 2024
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CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Nevada | 001-39126 | 82-2318545 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2100 West Loop South, Suite 900
Houston, Texas 77027
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 946-9185
Not Applicable
(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 Symbols(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common stock, par value $0.001 per share | CNSP | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On July 29, 2024, CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into Exclusive License Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Cortice Agreements”) with Cortice Biosciences, Inc. (“Cortice”) pursuant to which Cortice granted the Company an exclusive license to the intellectual property rights related to certain patents around the compound TPI 287 in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Japan. The term of the license will expire, other than due to a breach of the Cortice Agreements, at the end of the royalty term with respect to any licensed product in any of the included territories, which begins upon the first commercial sale in such territory and ends on the latest of (i) ten years after such sale, (ii) the expiration of regulatory or marketing exclusivity for such licensed product in such country, or (c) the expiration of the last to expire valid patent claim in such country covering such licensed product.
Pursuant to the Cortice Agreements, the Company agreed to issue Cortice 573,368 shares of Company common stock upon the closing of the transaction, and 43,330 shares of Company common stock upon the receipt of shareholder approval of such issuance as required by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Company also agreed to make milestone payments to Cortice in either cash or shares of Company common stock (at Cortice’s option) upon: (i) meeting the primary endpoint a pivotal trial for a licensed product – either $15.0 million or 411,132 shares of Company common stock; (ii) FDA acceptance of an New Drug Application for a licensed product – either $30.0 million or 822,264 shares of Company common stock; (iii) the first commercial sale in the United States of a licensed product – either $45.0 million or 1,233,395 shares of Company common stock; and (iv) the first commercial sale in Japan of a licensed product – either $10.0 million or 205,566 shares of Company common stock. The Company’s obligation to pay the above milestones in Company common stock is subject to the receipt of shareholder approval as required by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Company also agreed to pay Cortice royalties on sales of licensed products of between 3.0%-7.5%. Finally, to the extent Cortice is required to pay any milestone payments to the original holder of the intellectual property rights licensed, the Company has agreed to make such payments to Cortice.
The forms of the Exclusive License Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreemet are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing summaries of the terms of these documents are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, such documents, which are incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 3.02. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference herein. The shares of Company common stock issuable pursuant to the Cortice Agreements will be offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder and have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD. |
On July 30, 2024, the Company issued a press release regarding the transactions described above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated by reference.
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| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description |
| 10.1* | Exclusive License Agreement between CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Cortice Biosciences, Inc. |
| 10.2 | Stock Purchase Agreement between CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Cortice Biosciences, Inc. |
| 99.1 | Press release dated July 30, 2024 |
| 104 | Cover page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
* Pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, certain portions of this exhibit have been redacted. The Company hereby agrees to furnish supplementally to the SEC, upon its request, an unredacted copy of this exhibit.
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Signature
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.
CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | |||
| By: | /s/ Chris Downs | ||
| Chris Downs | |||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||
| Dated: July 30, 2024 | |||
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