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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) December 14, 2020
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-36426
 04-3156167
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		 (Commission
File Number)		 (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

2 Mill & Main Place, Suite 395, Maynard, Massachusetts
(Address of principal executive offices)
01754
(Zip Code)

978-648-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
 AQB The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
As previously reported, on December 10, 2020, AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Lake Street Capital Markets, LLC, as the representatives of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to the underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) at a public offering price of $6.50 per share of up to an aggregate of 10,028,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”), which includes an over-allotment option granted to the Underwriters, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to 1,308,000 shares.
On December 14, 2020, the Company consummated the sale of the Shares at a public offering price of $6.50 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, generating gross proceeds of approximately $65.2 million. After deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, the net proceeds to the Company from the Offering were approximately $60.4 million.
The Offering and sale of the Shares was made pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated December 10, 2020, which is part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224184), which was filed on April 6, 2018; amended on April 23, 2018; and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2018; and a related registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- 251257) filed on December 10, 2020 pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
On December 14, 2020, the Company issued a press release regarding the closing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
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.
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.
(Registrant)
December 14, 2020 /s/ David A. Frank
David A. Frank
Chief Financial Officer