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EX-10.1 - FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT - MABVAX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.ex10-1.htm
EX-5.1 - OPINION - MABVAX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.ex5-1.htm
 

 
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 (Date of earliest event reported): October 10, 2017
 
 
MABVAX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
000-31265
 
93-0987903
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
 
(Commission File Number)
 
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
11535 Sorrento Valley Rd., Suite 400
San Diego, CA 92121
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 259-9405
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
 
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 Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On October 10, 2017, MabVax Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with select accredited investors relating to the Company’s registered direct offering, issuance and sale (the “Offering”) of 769,231 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share. The purchase price per Share was $0.65. The Company has not engaged an underwriter or placement agent in connection with the Offering.
 
Proceeds from the Offering shall be used to continue clinical studies currently underway for the Company’s therapeutic antibodies and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
 
 A copy of the form of Subscription Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
The net proceeds to the Company from the Offering, after deducting the Company’s estimated offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $470,000. The Offering is expected to close on or before October 12, 2017.
 
The Shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s previously filed and effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2017, as amended July 21, 2017, and declared effective July 27, 2017 (File No. 333- 219291). The Company filed a prospectus supplement (“Prospectus Supplement”) related to the registered direct offering dated October 10, 2017.
 
The foregoing summaries of the terms of the Subscription Agreement are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, such documents attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
A copy of the opinion of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP relating to the validity of the issuance and sale of the Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
Exhibit
 
 
No.
 
Description
5.1
 
Opinion of Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP
 
Form of Subscription Agreement, dated October 10, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MABVAX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
 
 
 
 
Dated: October 11, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gregory P. Hanson
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gregory P. Hanson
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer