UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of February 2024
Commission File Number: 001-39950
Evaxion Biotech A/S
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in Its Charter)
Dr. Neergaards Vej 5f
DK-2970 Hoersholm
Denmark
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x
Form 40-F ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This report on Form 6-K shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in Evaxion Biotech A/S’s registration statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-255064),
on Form F-3 (File No. 333-265132) and on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-266050), including any prospectuses forming a part of such
registration statements and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents
or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
Press Release
On February 1, 2024, Evaxion Biotech
A/S (the “Company”) issued a press release, announcing the pricing of a public offering of an aggregate of 3,750,000 of its
American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) and warrants to purchase up to 3,750,000 ADSs
at a combined public offering price of $4.00 per ADS (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) and accompanying warrant. A copy of the press
release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: February 1, 2024 |
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/s/ Christian Kanstrup |
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Name: Christian Kanstrup |
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Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 99.1
Evaxion Biotech Announces Pricing of $15 Million
Public Offering
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb. 1, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
- Evaxion Biotech A/S (NASDAQ: EVAX) (“Evaxion” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage TechBio company specializing
in developing AI-Immunology™ powered vaccines, today announced the pricing of a public offering of an aggregate of 3,750,000 of
its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) and warrants to purchase up to 3,750,000
ADSs at a combined public offering price of $4.00 per ADS (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) and accompanying warrant. MSD Global
Health Innovation Fund (MSD GHI), a corporate venture capital arm of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, who became an Evaxion shareholder
in December 2023, is also participating in this offering. The warrants will have an exercise price of $4.00 per ADS, will be exercisable
immediately upon issuance and will expire five years following the date of issuance. Each ADS represents ten ordinary shares of the Company.
The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about February 5, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
H.C. Wainwright &
Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The gross proceeds to the Company from the offering
are expected to be $15 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to advance the Company’s preclinical and clinical pipeline, and for
continuing operating expenses and working capital.
The securities
described above are being offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-276505),
which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on February 1, 2024. The offering is made only by
means of a prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement relating to the offering. A preliminary prospectus relating
to the offering has been filed with the SEC and a final prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC. Electronic copies
of the final prospectus, when available, may be obtained on the SEC’s website located at http://www.sec.gov and may also be
obtained by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (212) 856-5711
or e-mail at placements@hcwco.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in
any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification
under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Evaxion
Evaxion Biotech A/S is a pioneering TechBio company
based upon its AI platform, AI-Immunology™. Evaxion’s proprietary and scalable AI prediction models harness the power of artificial
intelligence to decode the human immune system and develop novel immunotherapies for cancer, bacterial diseases, and viral infections.
Based upon AI-Immunology™, Evaxion has developed a clinical-stage oncology pipeline of novel personalized vaccines and a preclinical
infectious disease pipeline in bacterial and viral diseases with high unmet medical needs. Evaxion is committed to transforming patients’
lives by providing innovative and targeted treatment options. For more information about Evaxion and its groundbreaking AI-Immunology™
platform and vaccine pipeline, please visit our website.
Contact Information
Evaxion Biotech A/S
Christian Kanstrup
Chief Executive Officer
cka@evaxion-biotech.com
Forward Looking Statements
This announcement contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words “target,” “believe,” “expect,”
“hope,” “aim,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “anticipate,”
“contemplate,” “continue,” “estimate,” “plan,” “potential,”
“predict,” “project,” “will,” “can have,” “likely,”
“should,” “would,” “could,” and other words and terms of similar meaning identify
forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a
result of various factors, including, but not limited to, risks related to: statements regarding the consummation of the offering,
the satisfaction of the closing conditions of the offering and the use of net proceeds therefrom; our financial condition and need
for additional capital; our development work; cost and success of our product development activities and preclinical and clinical
trials; commercializing any approved pharmaceutical product developed using our AI platform technology, including the rate and
degree of market acceptance of our product candidates; our dependence on third parties including for conduct of clinical testing and
product manufacture; our inability to enter into partnerships; government regulation; protection of our intellectual property
rights; employee matters and managing growth; our ADSs and ordinary shares, the impact of international economic, political,
legal, compliance, social and business factors, including inflation, and the effects on our business from the worldwide ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing conflict in the region surrounding Ukraine and Russia and the Middle
East; market and other conditions and other uncertainties affecting our business operations and financial condition. For a
further discussion of these risks, please refer to the risk factors included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and
other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which are available at www.sec.gov. We
do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by law.
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