Current Report Filing (8-k)
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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): June 16, 2020
FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in its Charter)
Delaware
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1-14204
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06-0853042
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(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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3 Great Pasture Road
Danbury, Connecticut
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06810
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone
number, including area code: (203) 825-6000
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:
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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))
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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 each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share
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FCEL
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(Nasdaq Global Market)
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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. ¨
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Item 1.01.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On June 16, 2020, FuelCell
Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Open Market Sale AgreementSM (the “Sales Agreement”)
with Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”), with respect to an at the market offering program under which the Company
may offer and sell up to $75 million of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”),
from time to time through Jefferies acting as agent. The Shares to be sold under the Sales Agreement, if any, will be issued and
sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-226792), previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 10, 2018, and declared effective by the SEC on August 21, 2018.
A prospectus supplement related to the Company’s at the market offering program with Jefferies was filed with the SEC on
June 16, 2020.
Sales of the Shares,
if any, pursuant to the Sales Agreement and under the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be made by any method
that is deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”). Each time the Company wishes to issue and sell Shares under the Sales Agreement, it
will notify Jefferies of the number of Shares to be issued, the dates on which such sales are anticipated to be made, any limitation
on the number of Shares to be sold in any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made. Once the Company has
so instructed Jefferies, unless Jefferies declines to accept the terms of such notice, Jefferies has agreed to use its commercially
reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell such Shares up to the amount specified on such
terms. The obligations of Jefferies under the Sales Agreement to sell Shares are subject to a number of conditions that the Company
must meet.
The Company will pay
Jefferies a commission equal to 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds it receives from each sale of Shares under the Sales Agreement.
Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to close the offering, the actual total public offering amount,
commissions and proceeds to the Company, if any, are not determinable at this time. In addition, the Company has agreed to reimburse
Jefferies for the fees and disbursements of its counsel, payable upon execution of the Sales Agreement, in an amount not to exceed
$50,000, in addition to certain ongoing disbursements of its legal counsel. The Company has agreed to indemnify Jefferies against
certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. The Company has also agreed to contribute to payments
Jefferies may be required to make in respect of such liabilities.
The Company has no
obligation to sell any of the Shares under the Sales Agreement, and the Company or Jefferies may suspend the offering of the Shares
under the Sales Agreement upon proper notice to the other party. The offering of the Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement will
terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of the maximum number of Shares to be sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement and (ii)
the termination of the Sales Agreement as permitted therein. The Company and Jefferies may each terminate the Sales Agreement at
any time upon ten trading days’ prior notice.
This description of
the Sales Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Sales Agreement, which
is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein. The legal opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP relating
to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
This Current Report
on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Shares, nor shall there be any offer,
solicitation or sale of Shares in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
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Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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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.
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FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.
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Date: June 16, 2020
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By:
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/s/ Michael S. Bishop
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Michael S. Bishop
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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