Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January 23, 2022, Revelation Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an institutional
investor ("Purchaser") pursuant to which Purchaser agreed to purchase, and the
Company agreed to issue and sell to Purchaser in a private placement, 1,293,126
shares of common stock at a gross purchase price of $3.00 per share (the
"Shares"), 1,293,541 unregistered pre-funded warrants to purchase common stock
(the "Pre-Funded Warrants") and 2,586,667 unregistered warrants to purchase
common stock (the "Common Warrants" and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants
and Placement Agent Warrants (as hereinafter defined), collectively, the
"Warrants"). The closing under the Securities Purchase Agreement was consummated
on January 25, 2022.The gross proceeds to the Company, before deducting
placement agent fees and other offering expenses, are approximately $7.76
million.
Each Pre-Funded Warrant has been funded to the amount of $3.00, with $0.00001
per share of common stock payable upon exercise, is immediately exercisable, may
be exercised at any time until exercised in full and is subject to customary
adjustments. Each Common Warrant has an exercise price of $3.29 per share of
common stock, is exercisable at any time after the sixth month anniversary of
the date of issuance, will expire five and one-half years from the date of
issuance and is subject to customary adjustments. The Pre-Funded Warrants may
not be exercised if the aggregate number of shares of the Company's common stock
beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates) would exceed
9.99% of the Company's outstanding common stock immediately after exercise. The
Common Warrants may not be exercised if the aggregate number of shares of the
Company's common stock beneficially owned by the holder (together with its
affiliates) would exceed 4.99% of the Company's outstanding common stock
immediately after exercise. However, in each case, the holder may increase (upon
61 days' prior notice from the holder to the Company) or decrease such
percentages, provided that in no event such percentage exceeds 9.99%.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement to
advance its clinical and preclinical pipeline and for general working capital
purposes.
Also on January 23, 2022 and in connection with the private placement, the
Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the "Registration Rights
Agreement") with the Purchaser, pursuant to which the Company agreed to use its
best efforts to file a registration statement on Form S-1 to register for resale
the Shares and any shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants by January 31, 2022, but in no event later than February 4,
2022.
ROTH Capital Partners, LLC (the "Placement Agent') was engaged by the Company to
act as its exclusive placement agent for the private placement. The Company
agreed to pay the Placement Agent a cash fee equal to 6.0% of the gross proceeds
received by the Company in the private placement, totaling approximately
$465,600. In addition, the Company agreed to issue to the Placement Agent
warrants to purchase up to 362,134 shares of common stock (representing 7.0% of
the aggregate number of shares of common stock sold in the private placement
(including shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of any of the
Warrants)) (the "Placement Agent Warrants"). The Placement Agent Warrants have
substantially the same terms as the Common Warrants.
The issuance and sale of the Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants, Common Warrants,
the Placement Agent Warrants and the shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants are not being registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), are not being offered pursuant to the
registration statement and are being offered pursuant to the exemption provided
in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) promulgated
thereunder.
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The Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement include customary
representations, warranties and covenants by the Company. The foregoing
descriptions of the Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Common Warrants, the
Placement Agent Warrants and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise
of the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Common Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants,
the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement do not purport to
be complete and are qualified by reference to the full text of such agreements,
which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3,
10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information in Item 1.01 related to the private placement of the Shares, the
Pre-Funded Warrants, the Common Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants and the
shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is incorporated by
reference into this Item 3.02.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 24, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the private
placement. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on
Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this
Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall be deemed "furnished"
and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall such
information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
4.1 Form of Unregistered Pre-Funded Common Stock Purchase Warrant
4.2 Form of Unregistered Common Stock Purchase Warrant
4.3 Form of Unregistered Placement Agent Warrant
10.1 Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 23, 2022 by and between
the Company and the Purchaser
10.2 Registration Rights Agreement dated January 23, 2022 by and between
the Company and the Purchaser
99.1 Press Release dated January 24, 2022
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