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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): September 30, 2024

 

AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   001-41811   33-1227980
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission   (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)   File No.)   Identification Number)

 

100 Washington Street, Suite 100

Reno, NV

 

 

89503

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(775) 473-4744

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

 

N/A

(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):

 

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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, $0.001 par value   ABAT   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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, on April 3, 2024, American Battery Technology Company (the “Company”) entered into an ATM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Virtu Americas LLC (the “Sales Agent”), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time through the Sales Agent, shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000, subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement.

 

On September 30, 2024, the Company filed a prospectus supplement to its registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-276329) related to the offer and sale from time to time of the Shares. The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2024. The opinion of Holland & Hart LLP, the Company’s counsel, regarding the legality of the Shares that may be issued pursuant to the Sales Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the Shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
5.1   Opinion of Holland & Hart LLP as to the legality of the Shares
     
23.1   Consent of Holland & Hart LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
     
Date: September 30, 2024 By: /s/ Ryan Melsert
    Ryan Melsert
    Chief Executive Officer