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): May 7, 2018

 

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   001-12584   13-3808303
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 270

Rockville, MD 20850

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

  

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (301) 417-4364

 

N/A 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On May 7, 2018, Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into amendment no. 1 (the “Amendment”) to its existing At Market Issuance Sales Agreement that it entered into with B. Riley FBR, Inc. on August 5, 2016 (the “Sales Agreement” and, as amended by the Amendment, the “Amended Sales Agreement”). The sole effect of the Amendment is to allow for the sale of the shares of the Company’s common stock under the Amended Sales Agreement to be sold pursuant to a new registration statement on Form S-3 to be filed by the Company.

 

A copy of the Amendment is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Sales Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the material terms of the Amended Sales Agreement, consisting of the Amendment and the Sales Agreement, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

   
(d) Exhibits
   
 

1.1 Amendment No. 1 to At-The-Market Issuance Sales Agreement dated May 7, 2018 between Synthetic Biologics, Inc. and B. Riley FBR, Inc. 

   
  1.2 At-the-Market Issuance Sales Agreement dated August 5, 2016 between Synthetic Biologics, Inc. and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (Incorporated by reference to 1.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 5, 2016 (File No. 001-12584).

 

 

 

 

  

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.

 

Dated:  May 7, 2018 SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICS, INC.  
       
       
  By: /s/ Steven A. Shallcross  
    Name: Steven A. Shallcross  
   

Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer and

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

  

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 

 

Description

     
 

1.1 Amendment No. 1 to At-The-Market Issuance Sales Agreement dated May 7, 2018 between Synthetic Biologics, Inc. and B. Riley FBR, Inc.

 

  1.2 At-the-Market Issuance Sales Agreement dated August 5, 2016 between Synthetic Biologics, Inc. and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (Incorporated by reference to 1.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 5, 2016 (File No. 001-12584).