Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Underwriting Agreement
On January 26, 2021, Crown Electrokinetics Corp. (the "Company") entered into an
underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Roth Capital
Partners, LLC (the "Representative"), as representative of the underwriters set
forth on Schedule I thereto (collectively, the "Underwriters"), relating to the
Company's public offering (the "Offering") of its common stock, par value
$0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"). Under the Underwriting Agreement, the
Company agreed to sell 4,150,000 shares of Common Stock to the Underwriters, at
a purchase price per share of $4.14 (the offering price to the public of $4.50
per share minus the underwriters' discount), pursuant to the Company's
registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-249833), as amended, under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the related
registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-252418) that was filed by the
Company under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (collectively, the
"Registration Statement"). The Company has also granted to the underwriters a
30-day option to purchase up to 622,500 additional shares of Common Stock to
cover over-allotments.
The Underwriting Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and
covenants by the Company. It also provides that the Company will indemnify the
Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act, or contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to
make because of any of those liabilities.
The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on January 28, 2021, subject to
customary closing conditions.
Effective as of the opening of market trading on January 26, 2021, the Common
Stock began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol CRKN.
The foregoing summary of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Underwriter Warrant
At the closing of the Offering, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the
Company will issue to the Representative, or at the Representative's direction,
a warrant (the "Underwriter Warrant") to purchase 381,800 shares of Common
Stock. Such warrant may be exercised beginning on the date that is 180 days
after the date on which the Registration Statement became effective until the
date that is five years after the date on which the Registration Statement
became effective. The exercise price of the Underwriter Warrant is $5.625 per
share.
The foregoing summary of the Underwriter Warrant is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the Underwriter Warrant, a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities
The information set forth in Item 1.01 with respect to the Underwriter Warrant
is incorporated by reference here.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year
On October 22, 2020, the Company's board of directors (the "Board") approved a
reverse stock split of Common Stock at an exchange ratio of up to one (1) for
every six (6) shares of Common Stock (the "Reverse Split"), with the Board
retaining the discretion to determine the final exchange ratio of the Reverse
Split prior to effectiveness. The Reverse Split was approved by the written
consent of holders of a majority of the Company's outstanding voting power on
October 24, 2020.
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On January 22, 2021, the Board authorized the Reverse Split at an exchange ratio
of one (1) share of Common Stock for every three (3) shares of Common Stock. On
January 22, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the its
Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware in the form attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto (the "Certificate of
Amendment"). The Certificate of Amendment effected the Reverse Split at 11:59
P.M. on January 25, 2021, such that every three (3) shares of Common Stock has
been automatically converted into one (1) share of Common Stock. The Company
will not issue fractional certificates for post-reverse split shares in
connection with the Reverse Split. Rather, all shares of Common Stock that are
held by a stockholder will be aggregated and each stockholder shall be entitled
to receive the number of whole shares resulting from the combination of the
shares so aggregated. Any fractions resulting from the Reverse Split computation
shall be rounded up to the next whole share.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated January 26, 2021, by and between Crown
Electrokinetics Corp. and Roth Capital Partners, LLC (as representative
of the underwriters named therein).
3.1 Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Crown
Electrokinetics Corp., dated January 22, 2021.
4.1 Form of Underwriter Warrant.
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