UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

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):  August 29, 2017

 

Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-53072

 

41-2254389

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

21250 Hawthorne Boulevard, Suite 800, Torrance, CA 90503

(Address, including zip code, off principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 310-214-0065

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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o

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01                                           Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On August 29, 2017, Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” “Emmaus” or the “company”) signed a distributor agreement, effective as of August 23, 2017, with Megapharm Ltd., an Israeli Corporation (“Megapharm”), under which we granted Megapharm the exclusive rights to distribute Endari™ (L-glutamine oral powder) in Israel and the Palestinian Authority, or the territories.

 

The term of the distributor agreement is for seven years from the product registration approval in the territories, unless earlier terminated as provided therein, and will renew automatically for successive one-year terms unless terminated by either party by written notice to the other party no less than 60 days prior to the date the term would renew.

 

In the distributor agreement, Megapharm agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to actively and diligently promote the sale of Endari™ in the territories and to maintain a competent and experienced sales force to serve each of the territories.  Megapharm also agrees in the distributor agreement to purchase from us specified annual minimum quantities of Endari™ during each of the first five years of the term.

 

The distributor agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and customary mutual indemnification provisions.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

Date: September 6, 2017

EMMAUS LIFE SCIENCES, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ WILLIS C. LEE

 

Name:

Willis C. Lee

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer

 

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