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): May 29, 2020

 

Fortress Biotech, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

001-35366
(Commission File Number)

 

20-5157386
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

2 Gansevoort Street, 9th Floor

New York, New York 10014

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(781) 652-4500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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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¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2b under the Exchange Act.

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock FBIO Nasdaq Capital Market
9.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock FBIOP Nasdaq Capital Market

 

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). ¨

 

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 8.01. Other Events.

 

On May 29, 2020, Fortress Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) launched an at the market offering (the “Offering”) of shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, pursuant to an At Market Sales Agreement by and among the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, B. Riley FBR, Inc., and Dawson James Securities, Inc. (the “Agents”), dated May 29, 2020 (the “Sales Agreement”). A copy of the opinion of Alston & Bird LLP, counsel to the Company in connection with the Offering, is being filed as Exhibit 5.1 and incorporated in this Item by reference.

 

Sales of the Company’s common stock through the Agents, if any, will be made by any method permitted that is deemed an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Agents will use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with normal trading and sales practices. Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell the Company’s common stock under the Sales Agreement, the Company will notify an Agent of the number of shares to be issued, the dates on which such sales are anticipated to be made, any minimum price below which sales may not be made and other sales parameters as the Company deems appropriate. The Company is not obligated to sell any shares of its common stock under the Sales Agreement. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, the Company will pay the Agents a commission rate of 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of any shares of common stock sold through the Agents under the Sales Agreement.

 

The Sales Agreement includes customary representations, warranties, conditions, covenants, and indemnification rights and obligations of the Company and the Agents. The summary of the Sales Agreement set forth above does not purport to be complete and is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of such Sales Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
    
1.1  At Market Issuance Sales Agreement between the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, B. Riley FBR, Inc., and Dawson James Securities, Inc., dated May 29, 2020.
    
5.1  Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

  Fortress Biotech, Inc.  
  (Registrant)  
     
Date: May 29, 2020      
  By:   /s/ Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D.  
    Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D.  
    Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer