Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 26, 2020, Adhera Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued to an existing investor in the Company a 10% original issue discount Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note for a purchase price of $52,500 (the “Note”).
Pursuant to the Note, the Company promises to pay the principal sum of the Note to the noteholder on the date that is the six (6) month anniversary of the original issue date, or such earlier date as the Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided thereunder, and to pay interest to the noteholder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of the Note in accordance with the provisions thereof. Interest shall accrue on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of the Note at the rate of 10% per annum, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and shall accrue daily commencing on the original issue date until payment in full of the outstanding principal (or conversion to the extent applicable), together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due thereunder, has been made.
On or after September 24, 2020, the Note shall be convertible, in whole or in part, at any time, and from time to time, into shares of the common stock of the Company at the option of the noteholder at a conversion price of $0.02 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock combinations and similar events); provided, that if an event of default has occurred under the Note, then the conversion price shall be 65% of the lowest closing bid price of the Company’s common stock as reported on its principal trading market for the twenty consecutive trading day period ending on (and including) the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the conversion notice was delivered. The conversion price shall also be adjusted as a result of subsequent equity sales by the Company.
The obligations of the Company under the Note are secured by a senior lien and security interest in all of the assets of the Company and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Security Agreement dated June 26, 2020 by the Company in favor of the noteholder (the “Security Agreement”). In connection with the issuance of the Note, the holders of the secured promissory notes that the Company issued to select accredited investors between June 28, 2019 and August 5, 2019 in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $5.7 million agreed to subordinate their lien and security interest in the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries as set forth in the Security Agreement dated June 28, 2019 that such holders entered into with the Company and its subsidiaries to the security interest granted to the holder of the Note.
Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim”) served as placement agent in connection with the offering of the Note. The Company intends to pay a placement fee to Maxim equal to 10% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised as a result of the issuance of the Note.
The foregoing summaries of the material terms of the form of Note and the Security Agreement are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text thereof, copies of which are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1 and 10.1, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.