8-K

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 11, 2022

Avinger, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-36817	20-8873453
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

400 Chesapeake Drive

Redwood City, California 94063

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 241-7900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ 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(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	AVGR	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 (17 CFR § 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR § 240.12b-2).

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 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

As previously disclosed, on March 11, 2022, at a special meeting of the stockholders of Avinger, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse split of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”) and authorized the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to, at their sole discretion, select a ratio of between 1-for-5 and 1-for-20, inclusive.

The Board determined to set the reverse stock split ratio at 1-for-20 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). The Reverse Stock Split will become effective as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time on March 14, 2022 (the “Effective Time”), pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 11, 2022. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. This discussion is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment.

In connection with the Reverse Stock Split, the CUSIP number of the Common Stock will be changed to 053734885. The Common Stock will begin trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market on a reverse split-adjusted basis on March 15, 2022.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The information set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 14, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the filing of the Certificate of Amendment. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

3.1	Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Avinger, Inc.
99.1	Press release dated March 14, 2022.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 14, 2022	Avinger, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Mark Weinswig
		Name:	Mark Weinswig
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
AVINGER, INC.

Avinger, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows:

1. The name of the Corporation is Avinger, Inc., and the original Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 8, 2007.

2. ARTICLE IV of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended to add the following paragraph at the end of Article IV as a new Section 4.7:

4.7 Reverse Stock Split. Upon the effectiveness of the Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation adding this Section 4.7 (the “Effective Time”), each five to twenty shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be combined into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, without any further action by the Corporation or the holder thereof, the exact ratio within the five to twenty range to be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation prior to the Effective Time and publicly announced by the Corporation, subject to the treatment of fractional share interests as described below (such combination, the “Reverse Stock Split”). No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Any fractional shares that would otherwise be issuable as a result of the Reverse Stock Split will be rounded up to the nearest whole share; provided, that where shares are held in certificated form, the surrender of a stockholder’s Old Certificates (as defined below) will be required. Each certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Common Stock (“Old Certificates”) shall thereafter represent that number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Common Stock represented by the Old Certificate shall have been combined, subject to the treatment of fractional share interests as described above.

3. On March 11, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Corporation determined that each twenty (20) shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be combined into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share. The Corporation publicly announced this ratio on March 11, 2022.

4. The foregoing amendment has been duly approved by the board of directors of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

5. The foregoing amendment has been duly approved by the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

6. This Certificate of Amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on March 14, 2022.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation as of March 11, 2022.

AVINGER, INC.

By:   /s/ Mark Weinswig____________

Mark Weinswig

Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Avinger to Effect One-for-Twenty Reverse Stock Split

Redwood City, Calif., March 14, 2022 - Avinger, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGR), a commercial-stage medical device company marketing the first and only intravascular image-guided, catheter-based system for diagnosis and treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), today announced that the Company will effect a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of the Company's common stock, which will be effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, March 14, 2022. As of that date, each twenty shares of issued and outstanding common stock and equivalents will be converted into one share of common stock. A new CUSIP number of 053734885 has been assigned to the Company's common stock as a result of the reverse stock split.

On March 11, 2022, the Company’s stockholders approved the reverse stock split. The Board of Directors was authorized to implement the reverse stock split and determine the ratio of the split within a range of not less than 1-for-5 or greater than 1-for-20. Thereafter, the Board of Directors determined to fix the ratio for the reverse stock split at 1-for-20. The reverse stock split is being effected in order to (i) fulfill the Company’s obligations with respect to its new Series D Preferred Stock and warrants that were issued in January 2022, (ii) increase the per share trading price of the Company's common stock to satisfy the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market, and (iii) increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance. The Company’s common stock will trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market on a reverse split basis beginning on March 15, 2022.

The reverse split will reduce the number of shares of the Company's common stock outstanding from approximately 95.6 million to approximately 4.8 million, prior to the issuance of shares relating to the Series D Preferred Stock and warrants. Proportional adjustments will be made to the terms and exercise prices of outstanding options and warrants. The Company will round up fractional shares otherwise resulting from the reverse stock split.

Stockholders should direct any questions concerning the reverse stock split to their broker or to the Company’s transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, at 1-800-937-5449. Inquiries can also be sent via email to help@astfinancial.com and should include a reference to “Avinger.”

About Avinger, Inc.

Avinger is a commercial-stage medical device company that designs and develops the first and only image-guided, catheter-based system for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). PAD is estimated to affect over 12 million people in the U.S. and over 200 million worldwide. Avinger is dedicated to radically changing the way vascular disease is treated through its Lumivascular platform, which currently consists of the Lightbox imaging console, the Ocelot and Tigereye™ family of chronic total occlusion (CTO) catheters, and the Pantheris® family of atherectomy devices. Avinger is based in Redwood City, California. For more information, please visit www.avinger.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the potential impacts of the reverse stock split, our ability to execute on our business strategy and our plans for 2022, and the development of OCT guided products. Such statements are based on current assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, include our dependency on a limited number of products; the resource requirements related to Pantheris, Tigereye and our Lightbox imaging console; the outcome of clinical trial results; the adoption of our products by healthcare providers; as well as the other risks described in the section entitled "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2021 and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and should not be unduly relied upon. Avinger disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Investor Contact:

Mark Weinswig
Chief Financial Officer
Avinger, Inc.
(650) 241-7916
ir@avinger.com

Matt Kreps

Darrow Associates Investor Relations

(214) 597-8200

mkreps@darrowir.com

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