LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION (NASDAQ:LTBR) Files An 8-K Other EventsItem 8.01 Other Events.
On January 24, 2018, Lightbridge Corporation (the “Company”) filed a prospectus supplement to update the amount of common stock the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, to the at-the-market issuance sales agreement (the “sales agreement”) with B. Riley FBR, Inc. (successor to FBR Capital Markets & Co. and MLV & Co. LLC) (the “Distribution Agent”) to reflect an increase of $5,892,000 in aggregate value of shares of its common stock that may be issued and sold from time to time through the Distribution Agent as the Company’s sales agent. No amendment to the sales agreement was required to reflect such increase. Sales of the Company’s common stock through the Distribution Agent, if any, will be made by any method that is deemed to be an “at-the-market” equity offering as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-204889) filed on June 11, 2015 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, the prospectus supplement dated July 12, 2017 and the prospectus supplement dated January 24, 2018.
A copy of the opinion of Gary R. Henrie relating to the legality of the shares of common stock that may be issued to the sales agreement is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
LIGHTBRIDGE Corp ExhibitEX-5.1 2 ltbr_ex51.htm OPINION ltbr_ex51.htmEXHIBIT 5.1 Gary R. Henrie Attorney at Law Licensed in the States of Utah and Nevada P.O. Box 107 Telephone: 309-313-5092 315 Kimball’s Garden Circle Nauvoo,…To view the full exhibit click here
About LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION (NASDAQ:LTBR)
Lightbridge Corporation is a nuclear fuel technology company. The Company participates in the nuclear power industry in the United States and internationally. Its segments include nuclear fuel technology business and nuclear energy consulting business. The nuclear fuel technology business develops next generation nuclear fuel technology that increases the power output of commercial reactors; generates nuclear energy and the amount of nuclear waste on a per-megawatt-hour basis, and enhances reactor safety and the proliferation resistance of spent fuel. The nuclear energy consulting business segment provides nuclear power consulting and strategic advisory services to commercial and governmental entities across the world. It provides integrated strategic advice across a range of areas, including, regulatory development, nuclear reactor site selection, procurement and deployment, reactor and fuel technology, international relations, program management and infrastructure development.