Current Report Filing (8-k)
December 09 2022 - 4:22PM
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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
9, 2022
Lightwave Logic, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Nevada |
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001-40766 |
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82-0497368 |
(State or
other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
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File Number) |
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(IRS Employer
Identification Number) |
369 Inverness Parkway, Suite 350, Englewood,
CO 80112
(Address of principal executive offices, including
Zip Code)
(720) 340-4949
(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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class |
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Trading
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Name of each exchange
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Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
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LWLG |
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The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (§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. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 9, 2022, Lightwave
Logic, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Roth Capital Partners,
LLC, as agent (the “Sales Agent”). Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, the Company may offer and sell up to $35,000,000 in shares
of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), from time to time through the Sales Agent. The Company is
also filing a prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the offering (the “Offering”)
of the Shares for aggregate gross sale proceeds of up to $35,000,000 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) under the Company’s
shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- 257670), which became effective on July 9, 2021 (the “Registration
Statement”). Any Shares offered and sold in the Offering will be issued pursuant to such Registration Statement.
Upon delivery of a placement
notice based on the Company’s instructions and subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, the Sales Agent may sell
the Shares by methods deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), including sales made directly on or through The Nasdaq Capital
Market (“Nasdaq”), on any other existing trading market for the Company’s common stock, in negotiated transactions at
market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices related to such prevailing market prices, or by any other method permitted by
law, including negotiated transactions, subject to the prior written consent of the Company.
The Company is not obligated
to make any sales of Shares under the Agreement. The Company or the Sales Agent may suspend or terminate the offering of Shares upon notice
to the other party, subject to certain conditions. The Sales Agent will act as sales agent on a commercially reasonable efforts
basis consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal law, rules and regulations and the
rules of Nasdaq.
The Company has agreed to pay
the Sales Agent commissions for its services of acting as agent of 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Shares pursuant to
the Sales Agreement. The Company has also agreed to provide the Sales Agent with customary indemnification and contribution rights.
A copy of the Sales Agreement
is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the material terms
of the Sales Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., Nevada
counsel to the Company, has issued a legal opinion relating to the Shares. A copy of such legal opinion, including the consent included
therein, is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
The Shares will be sold pursuant
to the Registration Statement, and offerings of the Shares will be made only by means of the Prospectus Supplement. This Current
Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be
any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification
under the securities law of such state or jurisdiction.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and 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.
December 9, 2022
LIGHTWAVE LOGIC, INC. |
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/s/ James S. Marcelli |
Name: |
James S. Marcelli |
Title: |
President and Chief Operating Officer |
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