|
Item 1.01.
|
Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement.
|
On July 4, 2016, Northwest
Biotherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with
certain investors (the “Purchasers”), for a registered direct offering (the “Offering”) of 7,400,000 shares
of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) at the purchase price of $0.50
per share, and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase an additional 3,700,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise
price of $0.60 per share (the “Warrant Shares”, collectively with the Common Stock and the Warrants, the “Securities”).
The Warrants shall expire in five years.
The Company and the
Purchasers consummated the purchase and sale of the Securities (the “Closing”) on July 6, 2016. The Company raised
gross proceeds of $3,700,000 and net proceeds of approximately $3,300,000, after deducting aggregate placement agent fees of $296,000,
attorneys’ fees, and other expenses.
The
offer and sale of the Securities in the registered direct offering is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-207976),
which became effective on December 22, 2015, and Form S-3 MEF (File No. 333- 209895) which was filed and effective on March 2,
2016.
The Company, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission a prospectus supplement relating to the Offering. The Securities were issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the issuance thereof.
The
exercise price of the Warrants is subject to adjustment in the case of customary events such as stock splits, stock dividends or
other distributions on shares of common stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of common stock,
stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our Common Stock, and also, subject to limitations, upon any
distribution of assets, including cash, stock or other property to our stockholders. The exercise of the Warrants is subject to
certain beneficial ownership and other limitations set forth in the Warrants.
In
connection with the Offering and the concurrent private placement, the Company engaged
Chardan Capital Markets LLC
(the “Placement Agent”) to act as its exclusive placement agent. The Company agreed to pay the Placement Agent a cash
placement fee equal to 8% of the gross proceeds received by the Company in the registered offering, plus a non-accountable expense
allowance equal to $25,000.
The foregoing is only
a summary of the material terms of the documents related to the Offering. The foregoing description of the Agreement is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated
herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Warrants is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Common Stock Purchase
Warrant, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference. The applicable
Placement Agent Agreement with Chardan Capital Markets LLC is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively,
which is incorporated herein by reference.