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

April 10, 2019

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

ATYR PHARMA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-37378

 

20-3435077

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3545 John Hopkins Court, Suite #250

San Diego, California 92121

 

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(858) 731-8389

  (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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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.    

 


 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On April 10, 2019, aTyr Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor, The Federated Kaufmann Small Cap Fund , and with Paul Schimmel, Ph.D., a director of the Company, relating to the issuance and sale of 9,242,143 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) .   The shares of Common Stock will be sold in a registered direct offering at a purchase price of $0.541 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $5.0 million. Upon consummation of the offering, 45,742,332 shares of Common Stock will be outstanding. The Company expects to use the proceeds from the financing primarily to advance its ATYR1923 therapeutic program and for general corporate purposes.   The closing of the offering is expected to take place on April 12, 2019, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Purchase Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and agreements by the Company, and customary indemnification and other obligations of the Company and the investors.

The common stock will be issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with a shelf takedown from the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.  333-211998) which became effective on June 22, 2016. A copy of the opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the shares in the offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

On April 11, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the offerin g. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Purchase Agreement is attached hereto as an exhibit to provide investors and security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of the Purchase Agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 10.1 hereto.

Item 8.01 Other Information. 

On April 10, 2019, the Company delivered written notice to Cowen and Company, LLC (“Cowen”) that it was suspending and terminating the prospectus supplement related to the Company’s Common Stock, pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement (the “ATM Prospectus Supplement”), dated June 13, 2016 (the “Sales Agreement”), by and between the Company and Cowen. The Company will not make any sales of its securities pursuant to the Sales Agreement, unless and until a new prospectus supplement is filed. Other than the termination of the ATM Prospectus Supplement, the Sales Agreement remains in full force and effect. 

A copy of the Sales Agreement was filed as Exhibit 1.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (333-211998) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2016. 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.  

(d)  Exhibits

 

 

 

 

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  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.

 

 

ATYR PHARMA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jill M. Broadfoot

 

 

Jill M. Broadfoot

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date: April 11, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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