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): July 21, 2020

 

GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE	1-13627	26-4413382
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

350 Indiana Street, Suite 650

Golden, Colorado 80401

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 839-5060

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value		AUMN		NYSE American

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Signature

 

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Offering

 

On July 21, 2020, Golden Minerals Company (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, entered into an Amended and Restated Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC as representative of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), providing for the issuance and sale by the Company in a firm commitment offering (the “Offering”) of 17,857,143 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $0.42 per share (the “Offering Shares”). In addition, the Company granted the Underwriters an option to purchase, at the public offering price per share of common stock, up to an additional 2,678,571 shares of common stock, exercisable for 30 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Option Shares”).

 

The Offering Shares and Option Shares are registered pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220461), and a prospectus supplement thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

The Underwriters acquired the Offering Shares and the full amount of the Option Shares from the Company with an underwriting discount of six percent (6%) and the Company also agreed to reimburse them for customary fees and expenses.

 

The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offering for working capital requirements and general corporate purposes.

 

The sale of the Offering Shares and Option Shares closed on July 24, 2020.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

The foregoing description of the Underwriting 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 as Exhibit 1.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

A copy of the opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Offering Shares and the Option Shares in the Offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this report.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Amended and Restated Underwriting Agreement between Golden Minerals Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, dated as of July 21, 2020.
5.1		Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
23.1		Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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

 

Date: July 24, 2020

 

	Golden Minerals Company
	By:	/s/ Robert P. Vogels
		Name:	Robert P. Vogels
		Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Amended and Restated Underwriting Agreement between Golden Minerals Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, dated as of July 21, 2020.
5.1		Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
23.1		Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)