Current Report Filing (8-k)
October 20 2022 - 08:00AM
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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):
October 17, 2022
VBI VACCINES INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Columbia, Canada |
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001-37769 |
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N/A |
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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160 Second Street
Cambridge,
Massachusetts
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02142 |
(Address
of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip
Code) |
(617)
830-3031
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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:
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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:
Title
of each class |
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Trading
Symbol(s) |
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Name
of exchange on which registered |
Common Shares, no par value per share |
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VBIV |
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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
October 18, 2022, VBI Vaccines Inc. (the “Company”),
Ferring International Center S.A., a company incorporated pursuant
to the laws of Switzerland and SciVac Ltd (“SciVac”),
a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, amended and restated that
certain license agreement, dated as of June 3, 2004 and amended by
the parties on each of January 24, 2005, March 15, 2005, June 15,
2005 and February 14, 2012 (as amended and restated, the
“Ferring License Agreement”). HBsAg products,
including the Company’s 3-antigen hepatitis B vaccine, are the
subject of the Ferring License Agreement. The Ferring License
Agreement amends and restates certain of the terms relating to the
manufacture and marketing of HBsAg products, which includes,
amongst others, updates to the definition of net sales, and a
reduction in the fixed royalty rate on net sales of HBsAg products
from seven percent (7%) to three and a half percent (3.5%) in
consideration for the grant of the license to utilize genetically
engineered CHO cells encoding the hepatitis B antigen and certain
information related to the manufacture of hepatitis B vaccines
(collectively, the “Technology”). In connection with
the Ferring License Agreement, the Company has also agreed to act
as the guarantor for SciVac’s obligations under the Ferring License
Agreement, or if the Ferring License Agreement is assigned to a
third party, guarantor for SciVac’s obligations that have accrued
up until the date of such assignment.
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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VBI
Vaccines Inc. |
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Date:
October 20, 2022 |
By: |
/s/
Jeffrey R. Baxter |
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Jeffrey
R. Baxter |
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President
and Chief Executive Officer |
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