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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): March 27, 2024

BIO-PATH HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

    

001-36333

    

87-0652870

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4710 Bellaire Boulevard, Suite 210, Bellaire, Texas

    

77401

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(832) 742-1357

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

Title of each class

    

Trading Symbol

    

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

BPTH

 

The 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).

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.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

As previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) filed on March 25, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) on March 25, 2024 with a certain institutional and accredited investor for the sale by the Company of 75,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $3.99 per share (the “Registered Direct Offering”). In a concurrent private placement, the Company also agreed pursuant to the Purchase Agreement to issue to the investor in the Registered Direct Offering warrants to purchase up to 75,000 shares of Common Stock, which represent 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock purchased in the Registered Direct Offering, with an exercise price of $3.865 per share.

A copy of the legal opinion of Winstead PC relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the shares of Common Stock in the Registered Direct Offering is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number


Description

5.1*

Opinion of Winstead PC

23.1*

Consent of Winstead PC (contained in Exhibit 5.1)

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

* Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

BIO-PATH HOLDINGS, INC.  

 

 

 

Dated: March 27, 2024

By:

/s/ Peter H. Nielsen

 

 

Peter H. Nielsen

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer