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): June 19, 2020

 

GT Biopharma, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		000-08092		94-1620407
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

9350 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 203

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Phone: (800) 304-9888

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of

registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol		Name of exchangeon which registered
N/A		N/A		N/A

 

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Settlement Agreement

 

On June 19, 2020, GT Biopharma, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Empery Asset Master Ltd., Empery Tax Efficient, LP and Empery Tax Efficient II, LP (collectively, the “Empery Funds”), Anthony Cataldo and Paul Kessler resolving all remaining disputes between the parties pertaining to certain convertible notes (the “Original Notes”) and warrants to purchase common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “common stock”) (the “Original Warrants” and, together with the Original Notes, the “Original Securities”) issued by the Company to the Empery Funds in January 2018. As previously disclosed, the Empery Funds made various allegations regarding failures by the Company to take certain actions required by the terms of the Original Securities.

 

As a result of the Settlement Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay the Empery Funds cash payments in an aggregate amount of $200,000. In addition, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company has agreed to issue the Empery Funds, solely in exchange for the outstanding Original Securities, (i) an aggregate of 3,500,000 shares of common stock (the “Settlement Shares”), (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 5,500,000 shares of common stock (the “Settlement Warrants”) and (iii) senior convertible notes in an aggregate principal amount of $450,000 (the “Settlement Notes” and, together with the Settlement Shares and the Settlement Notes, the “Settlement Securities”). In connection with the exchange, the Original Securities will be cancelled and extinguished.

 

The Settlement Agreement also contains certain representations and warranties and covenants, including rights of participation for the Empery Funds to participate in certain future financing transactions of the Company and limitations on future variable rate transactions and “at-the-market offerings.”

 

Settlement Notes

 

The Settlement Notes are convertible, at the option of the applicable Empery Fund, at any time into shares of common stock at an initial conversion rate of $0.20 per share, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations. The conversion price is also subject to adjustment due to certain events, including stock dividends, stock splits and in connection with the issuance by the Company of common stock or common stock equivalents at an effective price per share lower than the conversion rate then in effect. The Settlement Notes have a term of six months, maturing on December 19, 2020, and bear interest at a rate of 10% per annum, subject to increase to 18% per annum upon and during the occurrence of an event of default. Interest is payable in cash or, at the holder’s option, in shares of common stock based on the conversion price then in effect.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Notes, the Company is required to make an offer to repurchase, at the option of each Empery Fund, the Settlement Notes at price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Note plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase following the consummation by the Company of a capital raising transactions, or a series of transactions, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company in excess of $7.5 million. The Company may not otherwise prepay the Settlement Notes without the prior written consent of the applicable Empery Funds.

 

The Settlement Notes contain a number of other affirmative and negative covenants and events of default (including events of default related to certain change of control and other fundamental change transactions). Following an event of default, the Settlement Notes will become immediately due and payable in cash at a mandatory default amount equal to 130% of the outstanding principal amount of the Settlement Notes plus all other amounts, costs and expenses due in respect of the Settlement Notes.

 

  

Settlement Warrants

 

The Settlement Warrants expire on June 19, 2025 and provide for the purchase of up to an aggregate of 5,500,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.20 per share, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. The aggregate exercise price of the Settlement Warrants was deemed to be pre-funded to the Company in conjunction with each Empery Fund’s exchange of the Original Securities pursuant to the Settlement Agreement. Exercise of the warrant is subject to certain additional terms and conditions, including certain beneficial ownership limitations.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Settlement Agreement, Settlement Notes and Settlement Warrants do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Settlement Agreement, form of Settlement Note and form of Settlement Warrant attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01. Each Empery Fund was issued a Settlement Note and Settlement Warrant in the amounts set forth on Schedule I to the Settlement Agreement.

 

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

The issuance of the Settlement Securities in exchange for the Original Securities is being made in reliance in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

(d)           Exhibits

10.1	Settlement Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2020, among GT Biopharma, Inc., Empery Asset Master Ltd., Empery Tax Efficient, LP and Empery Tax Efficient II, LP, Anthony Cataldo and Paul Kessler.
10.2	Form of Convertible Note, dated June 19, 2020 (included in Exhibit 10.1).
10.3	Form of Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated June 19, 2020 (included in Exhibit 10.1).

 

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE

 

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	GT Biopharma, Inc.
Dated: June 19, 2020		By:	/s/ Steven Weldon
			Steven Weldon
			Chief Financial Officer