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): June 4, 2020

 

 

Aileron Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Company as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38130   13-4196017

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

490 Arsenal Way, Suite 210

Watertown, MA

  02472
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 995-0900

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share   ALRN   Nasdaq Capital Market

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 June 4, 2020, Aileron Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with William Blair & Company, L.L.C. (the “Underwriter”) relating to an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 9,090,910 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”). All of the Shares are being sold by the Company. The price to the public is $1.10 per share, and the Underwriter has agreed to purchase the Shares from the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $1.023 per share. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriter an option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 1,363,636 shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”) at the same price per share as the Shares.

The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the Offering will be approximately $9.1 million, or approximately $10.5 million if the Underwriter exercise in full its option to purchase Additional Shares, in each case after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

The Shares, and any Additional Shares, will be offered pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated June 4, 2020 and an accompanying base prospectus that forms part of the effective registration statement on Form S-3 that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (File No. 333-226650), which has an initial effectiveness date of July 15, 2019. The closing of the Offering is expected to take place on or about June 8, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and agreements by the Company, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the underwriter, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

A copy of the legal opinion and consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Company, relating to the Shares and Additional Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On June 3, 2020, the Company filed a prospectus supplement terminating the offer and sale of shares in at-the-market offerings pursuant to its Capital on Demand Sales Agreement, dated July 1, 2019, with JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC.

On June 4, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. A copy of the press release has been filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this report and Exhibit 99.1 about Company’s future expectations, plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the anticipated closing of the offering. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will”, “would” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including whether the Company’s cash resources will be sufficient to fund its continuing operations for the periods and/or trials anticipated; whether results obtained in preclinical and nonclinical studies and clinical trials will be indicative of results obtained in future clinical trials; whether preliminary or interim results from a clinical trial such as the interim results presented will be indicative of the final results of the trial; whether Company’s product candidates will advance through the clinical trial process on


a timely basis, or at all; whether the results of such trials will warrant submission for approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration or equivalent foreign regulatory agencies; whether Company’s product candidates will receive approval from regulatory agencies on a timely basis or at all; whether, if product candidates obtain approval, they will be successfully distributed and marketed; whether the coronavirus pandemic will have an impact on the timing of our clinical development, clinical supply and our operations; and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the preliminary prospectus supplement related to the Offering filed with the SEC on June 3, 2020, the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2020, and risks described in other filings that the Company may make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements contained in this report and Exhibit 99.1 speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated June 4, 2020, by and between the Company and William Blair & Company, L.L.C.
  5.1    Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
23.1    Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 above)
99.1    Press Release, dated June 4, 2020


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.

 

    Aileron Therapeutics, Inc.
Date: June 5, 2020     By:  

/s/ Richard J. Wanstall

     

Richard J. Wanstall

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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