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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): August 13, 2018
 
Pharma-Bio Serv, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
000-50956
 
20-0653570
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
6 Road 696, Dorado, Puerto Rico
00646
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
(787) 278-2709
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On August 13, 2018, Scienza Labs, Inc. (“Scienza Labs”), a subsidiary of Pharma-Bio Serv, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with Romark Global Pharma, LLC (“Romark”) to sell substantially all of the assets of Scienza Labs used in its laboratory business, except for certain excluded assets as set forth in the Purchase Agreement (the “Laboratory Assets”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the aggregate consideration to be paid by Romark for the Laboratory Assets, in addition to the assumption of certain assumed liabilities as set forth in the Purchase Agreement, is $5,000,000 payable at closing as follows: (i) $1,750,000 in cash (“Cash Consideration”), (ii) $3,000,000 in the form of a promissory note payable over two years (the “Promissory Note”), and (iii) the application of $250,000 previously paid by Romark as a deposit. In connection with the Purchase Agreement, Romark deposited the Cash Consideration into an escrow account pursuant to an Escrow Agreement, dated August 13, 2018 (the “Escrow Agreement”). The Company anticipates that the closing of the transaction will occur within sixty days of signing the Purchase Agreement, subject to customary closing conditions.
 
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, indemnification and termination provisions. The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the Purchase Agreement is attached as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Also, a copy of the Escrow Agreement and Promissory Note are included as Exhibit A and Exhibit D, respectively, to Exhibit 2.1, and the foregoing descriptions of the Escrow Agreement and Promissory Note are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Escrow Agreement and Promissory Note.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
 
Exhibit Description
 
 
 
 
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated August 13, 2018, by and between Scienza Labs, Inc. and Romark Global Pharma, LLC.(1)
 
(1)
The schedules and similar attachments to the Asset Purchase Agreement have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish copies of any such schedules and exhibits to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
PHARMA-BIO SERV, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
Date: August 17, 2018
By:  
/s/ Pedro J. Lasanta
 
 
 
Pedro J. Lasanta
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Finance and Administration and Secretary