Apricus Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:APRI) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementItem 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March21, 2018, Apricus Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a warrant amendment (the “Warrant Amendment”) with the holders (the “Holders”) of the Company’s warrants to purchase common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), issued in February 2015 (the “February 2015 Warrants”) and January 2016 (together with the February 2015 Warrants, the “Warrants”), to which, among other things, (i) the exercise price of the Warrants was reduced from $8.80 to $0.71 per share, and (ii) certain provisions of the Warrants were amended such that the Warrants, effective as of the Warrant Amendment, will be equity-classified and the Company will no longer be required to account for the Warrants as a liability on its consolidated balance sheets, thereby increasing the Company's stockholders' equity.
The foregoing summary of the Warrant Amendment is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Warrant Amendment, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 3.02 |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
To the extent required by Item 3.02 of Form 8-K, the information regarding the Warrant Amendment set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.
The shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, were issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on the exemptions provided by Section4(a)(2)of the Securities Act as transactions not involving a public offering and Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act as sales to accredited investors, and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws.
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Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. |
Description |
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4.1 |
Amendment to Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 of Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-2223353) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2018). |
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About Apricus Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:APRI)
Apricus Biosciences, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company, which develops pharmaceutical products. The Company primarily focuses on the development and commercialization of products and product candidates in the areas of urology and rheumatology. The Company’s drug delivery technology is a permeation enhancer called NexACT. The Company has over two product candidates in Phase II development, fispemifene for the treatment of symptomatic male secondary hypogonadism and RayVa for the treatment of Raynaud’s phenomenon, secondary to scleroderma. The Company has a commercial product, Vitaros for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), which is in development in the United States, approved in Canada and marketed throughout Europe.
