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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): September 19, 2018
GI DYNAMICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 000-55195 | 84-1621425 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
P.O. Box 51915
Boston, MA 02205
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (781) 357-3300
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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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).
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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.
On September 19, 2018 ET (which is September 20, 2018 AET), GI Dynamics, Inc. (the Company) announced that it had received commitments for a private placement of 347,222,250 fully paid CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) of the Company (representing 6,944,445 shares of common stock) at an issue price of A$0.020 per CDI to sophisticated and professional investors in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, consisting of U.S. and non-U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S (Regulation S) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act)) to raise approximately A$6.944 million (the Private Placement). The issue of CDIs under the Private Placement is expected to occur in two tranches. The first tranche closed on September 20, 2018 (US ET), pursuant to which the Company issued 150,000,000 CDIs (representing 3,000,000 shares of common stock) (the Tranche 1 CDIs). The second tranche, in which the Company expects to issue 197,222,250 CDIs (representing 3,944,445 shares of common stock), is subject to shareholder approval.
92,498,257 of the Tranche 1 CDIs were issued under the Companys 15% placement capacity under Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Listing Rule 7.1 and the remaining 57,501,743 of the Tranche 1 CDIs were issued under the Companys additional 10% placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A. All of the CDIs issued or expected to be issued in this Private Placement will rank equally in all respects with the Companys CDIs on issue at the date of allotment.
The securities sold and to be sold in the Private Placement have not been registered under the Securities Act and have been issued or are to be issued, as applicable, under an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act afforded by Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act with respect to purchasers who are U.S.-persons and Regulation S with respect to purchasers who are non-U.S. persons.
The press release issued by the Company announcing the Private Placement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 As a result of the closing of the first tranche of the Private Placement, (i) the conversion price in the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note issued to Crystal Amber Fund Limited on May 30, 2018 decreased from US$0.018 (not US $0.18 as inadvertently stated in the press release) to US $0.0144 (not US $0.144 as inadvertently stated in the press release), and (ii) the exercise price in the Warrant issued to Crystal Amber Fund Limited on May 30, 2018 decreased from US$0.018 (not US $0.18 as inadvertently stated in the press release) to US $0.0144 (not US $0.144 as inadvertently stated in the press release).
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
99.1 | Press release issued by the Company on September 19, 2018 (September 20, 2018 AET). |
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.
GI DYNAMICS, INC. | ||||
Dated: September 24, 2018 | /s/ Scott Schorer | |||
Scott Schorer | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer |