SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. (NASDAQ:EYES) Files An 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 7.01.Regulation FD Disclosure.
On March 24, 2021, Second Sight Medical Products, Inc, (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing a private placement of common stock (the “Private Placement”) that will result in gross proceeds to the Company of $27.9 million, before deducting placement offering and other expenses. The Company will issue 4,650,000 shares of common stock at a price of $6.00 per share. The private placement is expected to close on March 26, 2021. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
The information under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities thereof, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or under the Securities Act of 1933, except to the extent specifically provided in any such filing.
Item 8.01 Other Events
As previously announced, the Company entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on January 5, 2021, (the “MOU”) with Pixium Vision SA (“Pixium”) that contemplated, among other matters, a business combination between the Company and Pixium. Under the MOU, the Company covenanted that, with certain exceptions, the Company would not issue any shares or other equity instruments of the Company prior to the planned business combination unless otherwise approved in writing by Pixium. Furthermore, Pixium’s obligations to close the transactions contemplated by the MOU (the “Pixium Transactions”) are subject to certain conditions, including the continued veracity of the Company’s capitalization representations in the MOU and the compliance by the Company of all covenants in the MOU.
Following a request to Pixium for its consent to the Private Placement, Pixium asserted on March 23, 2021 that the Private Placement would constitute a material breach of the MOU and that it is not willing to provide its consent to the Private Placement under the terms presented to it. As a result, certain Pixium closing conditions in the MOU may not be satisfied or waived. Consequently, the consummation of the Private Placement without Pixium’s consent may give rise to legal proceedings and the assertion of other rights and remedies of Pixium, including, without limitation, seeking to terminate the MOU and receive a termination fee of up to $1 million, as well as causing the Company to incur legal and other fees in connection therewith. No assurance can be made that the Company will successfully resolve any disagreement with Pixium.
Also in connection with the Private Placement, on March 23, 2021, the Company entered into a Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) with Hudson Bay Capital Management (“HB”) to which, in consideration of a payment of $1,350,000 to HB and reimbursement of an additional $50,000 in legal fees (as well as HB’s participation in the Private Placement), HB agreed to terminate and waive its rights under a Term Sheet for Offering of Preferred Shares and Warrants between HB and the Company that was entered into on or around March 7, 2021 (the “Term Sheet”). Under the exclusivity provisions of the Term Sheet, the Company was prohibited from negotiating or entering into a financing transaction for a specified period with a party other than HB, and in the event of the consummation of an alternative financing transaction during such specified period, HB would be entitled, at its option, to receive a payment of $2,500,000 from the Company or participate for up to 50% of the securities offered in the alternative financing transaction. Under the Termination Agreement, HB waived its rights under the Term Sheet and agreed to terminate the Term Sheet.
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Non-Solicitation
This press release does not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed transactions. This press release also does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. No offering of securities will be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.
Additional Information and Where to Find it
This communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed transaction between the Company and Pixium. The Company intends to file with the SEC preliminary and definitive proxy statements in connection with the proposed business combination and other matters and will mail a definitive proxy statement to its shareholders as of the record date established for voting on the proposed business combination. THE COMPANY’S SHAREHOLDERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO READ, ONCE AVAILABLE, THE PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO AND, ONCE
AVAILABLE, THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT, IN CONNECTION WITH the company’S SOLICITATION OF PROXIES FOR ITS SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD TO APPROVE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION, BECAUSE THESE DOCUMENTS WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THE COMPANY, PIXIUM AND THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION. The Company’s shareholders may also obtain a copy of the preliminary or definitive proxy statement, once available, as well as other documents filed with the SEC by the Company, without charge, at the SEC’s website located at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., 13170 Telfair Avenue, Sylmar CA 91342.
Participants in the Solicitation
The Company and its respective directors, executive officers and employees and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of the Company common stock in respect of the business combination. Information about the Company’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of the Company’s common stock is set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy solicitation will be included in the proxy statement pertaining to the proposed transaction when it becomes available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
Forward-Looking Statement Safe Harbor
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: “target,” “believe,” “expect,” “will,” “may,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “would,” “positioned,” “future,” and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements made in this Form 8-K regarding the use of proceeds from the Private Placement and the Company’s Memorandum of Understanding with Pixium. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on the Company’s current beliefs, expectations and assumptions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the definitive securities purchase agreements with the investors in the Private Placement or could otherwise cause the financing or the business combination to fail to close; (2) legal claims or proceedings, if any, relating to the Memorandum of Understanding and costs relating thereto; (3) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (4) the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (5) the impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s business; and (6) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC. Some of these risks and uncertainties may in the future be amplified by the COVID-19 outbreak and there may be additional risks that the Company considers immaterial or which are unknown. A further list and description of risks and uncertainties can be found in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 16, 2021. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this Form 8-K is based only on information currently available to the Company and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.
Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 eyes-ex991_6.htm EX-99.1 eyes-ex991_6.htm EX 99.1 For Immediate Release Second Sight Medical Products Announces $27.9 Million Private Placement of Common Stock LOS ANGELES,…
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About SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. (NASDAQ:EYES)
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. is engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing prosthetic devices that restore vision to blind individuals. The Company’s product, the Argus II System, treats outer retinal degenerations, such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The Argus II System provides an artificial form of vision that differs from the vision of people with normal sight. It does not restore normal vision and it does not slow or reverse the progression of the disease. The Company’s Argus II System employs electrical stimulation to bypass degenerated photoreceptor cells and to stimulate remaining viable retinal cells thereby inducing visual perception in blind individuals. The Argus II System works by converting video images captured by a miniature camera housed in a patient’s glasses into a series of small electrical pulses that are transmitted wirelessly to an array of electrodes that are implanted on the surface of the retina.
