Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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On April 17, 2019, Trevena, Inc. (the Company) entered into a Common Stock Sales Agreement (the Agreement) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as sales agent and/or principal (H.C. Wainwright), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell through H.C. Wainwright, from time to time at the Companys sole discretion, shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock), having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000. Additionally, the Company has terminated its Common Stock Sales Agreement, dated June 15, 2018, with Cowen and Company, LLC.
The issuance and sale, if any, of Common Stock by the Company will be made pursuant to the Companys registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-225685), previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2018, a base prospectus included therein and a prospectus supplement thereto dated April 17, 2019.
H.C. Wainwright may sell the Common Stock by any method permitted by law deemed to be an at the market offering as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. H.C. Wainwright will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Common Stock from time to time, based upon instructions from the Company (including any price, time or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions the Company may impose). The Company will pay H.C. Wainwright a commission of three percent (3.0%) of the gross sales proceeds of any Common Stock sold through H.C. Wainwright under the Agreement, and also has provided H.C. Wainwright with customary indemnification rights.
The Company is not obligated to make any sales of Common Stock under the Agreement. The offering of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of all Common Stock subject to the Agreement, or (ii) termination of the Agreement in accordance with its terms.
The foregoing description of the Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
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 state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.