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: March 5, 2021

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Oragenics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

FL   001-32188   59-3410522

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

4902 Eisenhower Boulevard, Suite 125

Tampa, FL

  33634
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

813-286-7900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock   OGEN   NYSE American

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company [  ]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

 

 

   

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Information.

 

ATM Offering

 

As previously announced, on February 1, 2021, Oragenics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”), with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (the “Agent” or “A.G.P.”), relating to the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”). On February 1, 2021, pursuant to the Sales Agreement, the Company filed a prospectus supplement pursuant to which it could offer and sell, from time to time, its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $20.0 million through A.G.P. As of February 12, 2021, the Company has issued and sold an aggregate of 15,406,618 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $20.0 million under the sales agreement. In addition, on March 5, 2021, the Company will file a prospectus supplement registering the offer and sale of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $17,462,500 from time to time through A.G.P. (the “Offering”), constituting the balance of the available Shares under the Company’s existing shelf registration statement such that the aggregate amount of common stock which the Company may sell through the Agent pursuant to the Sales Agreement, including sales that have already occurred to date, is $37.46 million.

 

Any Shares offered and sold in the Offering will be issued pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-235763) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 31, 2019 and declared effective on January 13, 2020 (the “Form S-3”), the base prospectus dated January 13, 2020 included in the Form S-3 and the prospectus supplement relating to the Offering, dated March 5, 2021, that will be filed with the SEC providing for up to $17,642,500 of sales of shares of common stock.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, the Agent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares from time to time, based upon the Company’s instructions. Under the Sales Agreement, the Agent may sell the Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

The Company has no obligation to sell any of the Shares, and may at any time suspend offers under the Sales Agreement. The Offering will terminate upon (a) the election of the Agent upon the occurrence of certain adverse events, (b) 10 days’ advance notice from one party to the other, or (c) the sale of all of the Shares.

 

Under the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Agent will be entitled to a commission at a fixed rate of 3.0% of the gross proceeds from each sale of Shares under the Sales Agreement. The Company will also reimburse the Agent for certain expenses incurred in connection with the Sales Agreement, and agreed to provide indemnification and contribution to the Agent with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to continue funding, our pre-clinical development of our SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, Terra CoV-2, and our lantibiotics program, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, research and development expenditures, regulatory affairs expenditures, clinical trial expenditures, and acquisitions of new technologies, investments, and business combinations.

 

The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sales Agreement, a copy of which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, counsel to the Company, has issued a legal opinion with respect to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares in the Offering (the “Legal Opinion”). A copy of the Legal Opinion, and the consent included therein, is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 5.1.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the Shares in any state or country in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or country.

 

   

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements related to expectations regarding the Offering and the expected use of proceeds from the Offering, if any. The risks and uncertainties involved include the Company’s ability to satisfy certain conditions to closing on a timely basis or at all, market conditions, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s periodic reports and other filings with the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are based on the Company’s current expectations and assumptions and speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company does not intend to revise or update any forward-looking statement in this Current Report on Form 8-K as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
1.1   Sales Agent Agreement dated February 1, 2021* (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 1.1 to Form 8-K filed on February 1, 2021).
     
5.1   Opinion of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP.
     
23.1   Consent of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

* Non-material schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby undertakes to furnish supplemental copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon request by the SEC.

 

   

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on this 5th day of March, 2021.

 

  ORAGENICS, INC. (Registrant)
   
  BY: /s/ Michael Sullivan
    Michael Sullivan
    Chief Financial Officer