Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
As previously reported, on March 15, 2023, SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to the Purchaser, in a series of up to four closings, senior unsecured convertible notes (the “Notes”), convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), in a principal amount of up to approximately $9.8 million and warrants (the “Warrants”, and together with the Notes, the “Securities”) to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Convertible Note Financing”). In connection with the Convertible Note Financing, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreements, dated March 15, 2023 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), with the Purchaser. Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agreed to file a resale registration statement with the SEC and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC within certain time frames. Under certain circumstances, if the Company fails to meet its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, it would be required to pay liquidated damages.
On August 7, 2023, the Company and the Purchaser entered into that First Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA Amendment”), pursuant to which the provisions of the third closing in the Purchase Agreement are amended and, commencing after the Second Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and except for the Initial Funding (as defined below), the Purchaser shall have the discretion to purchase additional Securities in an aggregate principal amount, including the Initial Funding, of $2 million, provided that the Purchaser shall purchase additional Securities in an aggregate principal amount of $1 million in two tranches no later than September 5, 2023 (the “Initial Funding”). On August 7, 2023, the Company issued a Note, convertible into shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion price of $0.20, in a principal amount of $543,478.26, and a Warrant to purchase up to 738,791 shares of Common Stock.
Also on August 7, 2023, the Company and the Purchaser entered into that First Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement (the “RRA Amendment”), pursuant to which, commencing on the 91st calendar day after the effective date of the RRA Amendment, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file a resale registration statement within 15 calendar days after the Purchaser’s request therefor and to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC within certain time frames.
In connection with the SPA Amendment and RRA Amendment, the Company and the Purchaser entered into that certain letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) providing for, among other things, (i) certain adjustment mechanisms for the Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) of the existing Notes and additional Notes issued or to be issued under the Purchase Agreement, as amended, (ii) a 6-months waiver period of any cash payment obligations of the Company under each existing Note on each installment date and/or interest date, and (iii) the issuance of an additional Warrant to purchase an aggregate of 4,765,620 shares of Common Stock.
The foregoing descriptions of the SPA Amendment, the RRA Amendment, and the Letter Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Amendments of Promissory Notes
Also on August 7, 2023, the Company entered into certain amendment and waiver (the “Waivers” and each, a “Waiver”) with each of Maxim Group LLC, LM Funding America, Inc. and LMFAO Sponsor, LLC (each, a “Lender”), with respect to certain promissory notes issued to each Lender, pursuant to which each Lender (i) waives its right to receive any mandatory prepayment for any proceeds received by the Company in the Convertible Note Financing and (ii) agrees to extend the maturity date under the applicable promissory note to 91 days after the last maturity date applicable to any of the Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, as amended.
The foregoing descriptions of the Waivers to each Lender do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.