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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

 

 

November 16, 2018

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Windtree Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

000-26422

94-3171943

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

 

2600 Kelly Road, Suite 100

Warrington, Pennsylvania 18976

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

(215) 488-9300

(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.

 

Effective as of November 19, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Loan Agreement (“Loan Agreement”) with LPH Investments Ltd., a Cayman Islands company organized and existing under the laws of Cayman Islands (“LPH”), and an affiliate of Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited.  Under the Loan Agreement, LPH agreed to lend the Company $350,000 (the “Loan”) to support the Company’s operations while the Company seeks to complete a strategic transaction (as defined in the Loan Agreement, the “Strategic Transaction”).  The Loan, which was funded in a single installment by wire transfer on November 19, 2018, will accrue interest at a rate of 6% per annum and will mature upon the earlier of (i) the closing date for the Strategic Transaction on terms defined in the Loan Agreement, or (ii) March 31, 2019.  If the Company is unable to complete the Strategic Transaction for any reason, based on the Company’s resources currently available to it, it likely will have insufficient resources to repay the Loan and may be forced to curtail some or all of its activities, and, ultimately, may be compelled to cease operations.

 

The Company agreed to secure its obligations with respect to the Loan under a previously-executed Security Agreement with LPH (the “Security Agreement”) dated March 1, 2018, pursuant to which the Company had granted to LPH a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Loan Agreement and Security Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the agreements.  A copy of the Loan Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.  A copy of the Security Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the SEC on March 5, 2018.  The Loan Agreement is being filed, and the Security Agreement was filed, to provide investors and the Company’s stockholders with information regarding the terms thereof and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”).  Pursuant to the Loan Agreement and Security Agreement, each of the parties thereto made customary representations, warranties and covenants, which were made by the parties to and solely for the benefit of each other and any expressly intended third party beneficiaries in the context of all of the terms and conditions of the agreements and in the context of the specific relationship between the parties.  Accordingly, investors and stockholders should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants as characterizations of the actual state of facts or continuing intentions of the parties since they were only made as of the dates of the Loan Agreement and Security Agreement.  Information concerning the subject matter of such representations, warranties and covenants may change, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s reports or other filings with the Commission.

 

 

Item 5.02 (e)

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Effective as of November 16, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an Executive Strategic and Retention Bonus Program (“Strategic and Retention Bonus”) that is intended to provide incentives to, and retain, certain key personnel, including the Company’s named executive officers (“NEOs”), while they focus on completing a strategic transaction (recognizing the significant effort such a strategic transaction would require) and, if successful, integrating and executing an expanded business plan. If completed, the strategic transaction would provide (i) access to additional late-stage potential pipeline products, diversify the Company’s product portfolio and potentially improve the Company’s ability to attract significant capital over time; and (ii) provide sufficient immediate funding to support continued development of the Company’s product candidates in the near to mid-term (“Strategic Transaction”).

 

Under the terms of the Strategic and Retention Bonus, an Eligible Transaction (as that term is defined under the program) means either (a) a Strategic Transaction consisting of a merger that would advance the strategic needs of the Company, including by potentially allowing for diversification of the Company’s product candidates, or (b) an acquisition; and, in addition, one or more financings within a nine-month period that in the aggregate results in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $30 million. The Strategic and Retention Bonus payments will vary depending upon the aggregate amount raised in the financings. An NEO’s maximum bonus amount would be determined by application of a multiplier to the NEO’s 2018 base salary and would be payable only if the Company were to complete an Eligible Transaction with gross proceeds of at least $45 million. An NEO’s minimum bonus amount would equal 20% of the maximum bonus amount and would be payable if the Company were to raise at least $30 million. For other amounts raised, the maximum bonus amount would be reduced in a stepped-down fashion as provided under the program. The bonus payments, if earned, would be paid in two equal installments to support retention of key executives. The potential Strategic and Retention Bonus amounts for Mr. Fraser, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, would range between 0.3 and 1.5 of base salary, yielding a potential bonus range of $132,082 - $660,411; for Mr. Tattory, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the range would be between 0.27 and 1.35 of base salary, yielding a potential bonus range of $88,540 - $442,700; and for Dr. Simonson, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, the range would be between 0.25-1.25 of his base salary, yielding a potential bonus range of $87,312 - $436,559. If earned, the Strategic and Retention Bonus would be payable in two equal installments, with the first installment due within five business days after the closing of the Eligible Transaction, and the second installment due on the nine-month anniversary of the closing of the Strategic Transaction, provided that each NEO is actively employed by the Company at the time of payment. The Strategic and Retention Bonus is the only cash bonus that may be paid to the NEOs for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, as they previously waived their rights to the regular Company annual bonus for this period.

 

Item 9.01.            Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)          Exhibits:

 

10.1       Loan Agreement between the Company and LPH Investments Ltd. effective as of November 19, 2018.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements:  

 

To the extent that statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K are not strictly historical, including statements as to business strategy, outlook, objectives, future milestones, plans, intentions, goals, future financial conditions, future collaboration agreements, the success of the Company’s product development or otherwise as to future events, such statements are forward-looking, and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. Such risks and others are further described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the most recent reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, and any amendments thereto.

 

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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.

 

Windtree Therapeutics, Inc.
 
By:         /s/ Craig Fraser                                 
Name:    Craig Fraser
Title:      President and Chief Executive Officer


 

 

Date:     November 21, 2018

 

 

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