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): May 9, 2018

PARETEUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 37^th Floor

New York, NY 10036

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 984-1096

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

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On May 9, 2018, Pareteum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with select accredited investors relating to a registered direct offering, issuance and sale (the “Offering”) of an aggregate of 2,440,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.00001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $2.50 per share.

The Shares are being 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 September 9, 2016, as amended October 21, 2016 and November 10, 2016, and declared effective November 14, 2016 (File No. 333-213575). The Company will file a prospectus supplement related to the registered direct offering dated May 9, 2018.

The gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering, before deducting the Company’s estimated offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $6,100,000. The Offering is expected to close on or about May 11, 2018. Proceeds from the Offering shall be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Dawson James Securities, Inc. (the “Placement Agent”) acted as placement agent on a best-efforts basis in connection with the Offering, pursuant to a placement agency agreement (the “Placement Agreement”) that was entered into on May 9, 2018. The Placement Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by us and the Placement Agent. We also agreed in the Placement Agreement to pay the Placement Agent a commission, to reimburse the Placement Agent’s out-of-pocket expenses, to issue the Placement Agent, in a private transaction, a warrant to purchase 122,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to 125% of the offering price per share, and to indemnify the Placement Agent against certain liabilities.

The foregoing summaries of the terms of the Purchase Agreement and Placement Agreement are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the full text of the Form of Purchase Agreement and Form of Placement Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

A copy of the opinion of Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP relating to the validity of the issuance and sale of the Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

The information contained above in Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

On May 9, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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.