UNITED STATES
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
Merger Agreement
On December 11, 2023 (the “Execution Date”), Aditxt, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Adicure, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”) and Evofem Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Evofem”), pursuant to which, Merger Sub will be merged into and with Evofem (the “Merger”), with Evofem surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Effect on Capital Stock
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), (i) all issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of Evofem (“Evofem Common Stock”), other than any shares of Evofem Common Stock held by the Company or Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, will be converted into the right to receive an aggregate of 610,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Company Common Stock”); and (ii) all issued and outstanding shares of Series E-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 of Evofem (the “Evofem Unconverted Preferred Stock”), other than any shares of Evofem Unconverted Preferred Stock held by the Company or Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, will be converted into the right to receive an aggregate of 2,327 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 of the Company (the “Company Preferred Stock”), having such rights, powers, and preferences set forth in the form of Certificate of Designation of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, the form of which is attached as Exhibit C to the Merger Agreement.
Treatment of Evofem Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
At the Effective Time, each outstanding option outstanding under the Evofem 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, the Evofem 2018 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan and the Evofem 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the “Evofem Option Plans”), whether or not vested, will be canceled without the right to receive any consideration, and the board of directors of Evofem shall take such action such that the Evofem Option Plans are cancelled as of the Effective Time.
As soon as practicable following the Execution Date, Evofem will take all action that may be reasonably necessary to provide that: (i) no new offering period will commence under the Evofem 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Evofem ESPP”); (ii) participants in the Evofem ESPP as of the Execution Date shall not be permitted to increase their payroll deductions or make separate non-payroll contributions to the Evofem ESPP; and (iii) no new participants may commence participation in the Evofem ESPP following the Execution Date. Prior to the Effective Time, Evofem will take all action that may be reasonably necessary to: (A) cause any offering period or purchase period that otherwise be in progress at the Effective Time to be the final offering period under the Evofem ESPP and to be terminated no later than five business days prior to the anticipated closing date (the "Final Exercise Date"); (B) make any pro-rata adjustments that may be necessary to reflect the shortened offering period or purchase period; (C) cause each participant’s then-outstanding share purchase right under the Evofem ESPP to be exercised as of the Final Exercise Date; and (D) terminate the Evofem ESPP, as of and contingent upon, the Effective Time.
Representations and Warranties
The parties to the Merger Agreement have agreed to customary representations and warranties for transactions of this type.
Covenants
The Merger Agreement contains various customary covenants, including but not limited to, covenants with respect to the conduct of Evofem’s business prior to the Effective Time.
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Evofem has also agreed not to (a) solicit proposals relating to alternative transactions or (b) enter into discussions or negotiations or provide non-public information in connection with any proposal for an alternative transaction from a third party, subject to certain exceptions to permit the Evofem board of directors to comply with its fiduciary obligations. Evofem has also agreed to cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions or negotiations, if any, with regard to alternative transactions. However, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions and under the circumstances specified in the Merger Agreement prior to the adoption of the Merger Agreement by Evofem’s stockholders, the Evofem board of directors may change its recommendation and may terminate the Merger Agreement in response to a bona fide alternative acquisition proposal that the Evofem board of directors determines in good faith constitutes a Company Superior Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement), subject to customary match rights. The Evofem board of directors may also change its recommendation in response to an Intervening Event (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
Closing Conditions
Mutual
The respective obligations of each of the Company, Merger Sub and Evofem to consummate the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or prior to the closing of certain conditions, including but not limited to, the following:
| (i) | approval by the Company’s shareholders and Evofem shareholders; | |
| (ii) | the registration statement on Form S-4 pursuant to which the shares of the Company Common Stock issuable in the Merger being declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; | |
| (iii) | the entry into a voting agreement by the Company and certain members of Evofem management; | |
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all preferred stock of Evofem other than the Evofem Unconverted Preferred Stock shall have been converted to Evofem Common Stock; | |
| (v) | Evofem shall have received agreements (the “Evofem Warrant Holder Agreements”) from all holders of Evofem warrants which provide: (a) waivers with respect to any fundamental transaction, change in control or other similar rights that such warrant holder may have under any such Evofem warrants, and (b) an agreement to such Evofem warrants to exchange such warrants for not more than an aggregate (for all holders of Evofem warrants) of 551 shares of Company Preferred Stock; | |
| (vi) | Evofem shall have cashed out any other holder of Evofem warrants who has not provided an Evofem Warrant Holder Agreement; and | |
| (vii) | Evofem shall have obtained waivers from the holders of the convertible notes of Evofem (the “Evofem Convertible Notes”) with respect to any fundamental transaction rights that such holder may have under the Evofem Convertible Notes, including any right to vote, consent, or otherwise approve or veto any of the transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement. |
The Company and Merger Sub
The obligations of the Company and Merger Sub to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or prior to the Closing of certain conditions, including but not limited to, the following:
| (i) | the Company shall have obtained agreements from the holders of Evofem Convertible Notes and purchase rights they hold to exchange such Convertible Notes and purchase rights for not more than an aggregate (for all holders of Evofem Convertible Notes) of 86,153 shares of Company Preferred Stock; |
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| (ii) | the Company shall have received waivers form the holders of certain of the Company’s securities which contain prohibitions on variable rate transactions; and | |
| (iii) | the Company, Merger Sub and Evofem shall work together between the Execution Date and the Effective Time to determine the tax treatment of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. |
The Company
The obligations of the Company to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or prior to the Closing of certain conditions, including but not limited to, the following:
| (i) | The Company shall have regained compliance with the stockholders’ equity requirement in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) and shall meet all other applicable criteria for continued listing, subject to any panel monitor imposed by Nasdaq; |
Termination
The Merger Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the consummation of the Closing by mutual written consent of the Company and Evofem. Either the Company or Evofem may also terminate the Merger Agreement if (i) the Merger shall not have been consummated on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 8, 2024; (ii) if any judgment, law or order prohibiting the Merger or the Transactions has become final and non-appealable; (iii) the required vote of Evofem stockholders was not obtained; or (iv) in the event of any Terminable Breach (as defined in the Merger Agreement). The Company may terminate the Merger Agreement if (i) prior to approval by the required vote of Evofem’s shareholders if the Evofem board of directors shall have effected a change in recommendation with respect to the Merger; or (ii) in the event that the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that the acquisition of Evofem could result in a material adverse amount of cancellation of indebtedness income to the Company. Evofem may terminate the Merger Agreement if (i) prior to approval by the required vote of Evofem’s shareholders if the Evofem board of directors determines to terminate the Merger Agreement in connection with a superior proposal in order to enter into a definitive agreement for such superior proposal provided that Evofem has paid the termination fee of $4 million; (ii) the Company Common Stock is no longer listed for trading on Nasdaq; or (iii) the Company has not made a loan to Evofem of no less than $3 million prior to January 31, 2024.
Effect of Termination
If the Merger Agreement is terminated, the Merger Agreement will become void, and there will be no liability under the Merger Agreement on the part of any party thereto.
A copy of the Merger Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby is incomplete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to the actual agreement. The Merger Agreement and other agreements described below have been included as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide security holders with information regarding their terms. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Merger Sub or Evofem. In particular, the assertions embodied in representations and warranties by the Company, Merger Sub and Evofem contained in the Merger Agreement were made as of a specified date, are subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the parties in connection with negotiating such agreement, including being qualified by confidential information in the disclosure letters provided by the parties in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, and are subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contractive parties that may differ from those applicable to security holders. The confidential disclosures contain information that modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the Merger Agreement. Moreover, certain representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement were used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties, rather than establishing matters as facts. Accordingly, security holders should not rely on the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement as characterizations of the actual state of facts about the Company, Merger Sub or Evofem. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures.
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Assignment Agreement
In connection with the Merger Agreement, the Company, Evofem and the holders (the “Holders”) of certain senior indebtedness (the “Notes”) entered into an Assignment Agreement dated December 11, 2023 (the “Assignment Agreement”), pursuant to which the Holders assigned the Notes to the Company in consideration for the issuance by the Company of (i) an aggregate principal amount of $5 million in secured notes of the Company due on January 2, 2024 (the “January 2024 Secured Notes”), (ii) an aggregate principal amount of $8 million in secured notes of the Company due on September 30, 2024 (the “September 2024 Secured Notes”), (iii) an aggregate principal amount of $5 million in ten-year unsecured notes (the “Unsecured Notes”), and (iv) payment of $154,480 in respect of net sales of Phexxi in respect of the calendar quarter ended September 30, 2023, which amount is due and payable on December 14, 2023. The January 2024 Secured Notes are secured by certain intellectual property assets of the Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to an Intellectual Property Security Agreement (the “IP Security Agreement”) entered into in connection with the Assignment Agreement. The September 2024 Secured Notes are secured by the Notes and certain associated security documents pursuant to a Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”) entered into in connection with the Assignment Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Assignment Agreement, January 2024 Secured Notes, September 2024 Secured Notes, the Unsecured Notes, the IP Security Agreement and the Security Agreement are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Assignment Agreement, January 2024 Secured Notes, September 2024 Notes, the Unsecured Notes, the IP Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 2.03. | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant |
Reference is made to the disclosure under Item 1.01 above with respect to the December 2023 Secured Notes, September 2024 Secured Notes and the Royalty Note, which is hereby incorporated in this Item 2.03 by reference.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On December 12, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement. A copy of the press release is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated in this Item 7.01 by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 will not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor will it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. The submission of the information set forth in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Item 7.01, including the information presented in Exhibit 99.1, that is provided solely in connection with Regulation FD.
Important Information for Stockholders
This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibits hereto is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the potential transactions and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of any vote or approval, or of an offer to buy the securities of the Company or Evofem, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act.
In connection with the proposed transactions, the Company intends to file the Proxy Statement / Registration Statement with the SEC, which will include a proxy statement/prospectus of the Company. the Company also plans to file other documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transactions. After the Proxy Statement / Registration Statement has been cleared by the SEC, a definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to the stockholders of the Company. STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY AND EVOFEM ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. Stockholders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents containing important information about the Company and Evofem once such documents are filed with the SEC, through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
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Participants in the Solicitation
The Company and its executive officers, directors, other members of management, employees and Evofem may be deemed, under SEC rules, to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s shareholders with respect to the proposed transaction. Information regarding the executive officers and directors of the Company is set forth in its definitive proxy statement for its 2022 annual meeting filed with the SEC on July 20, 2023, as amended. More detailed information regarding the identity of potential participants, and their direct or indirect interests, by securities holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the Proxy Statement / Registration Statement on Form S-4 and other materials to be filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger Agreement.
Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor “provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including statements regarding the Company’s or Evofem’s future results of operations and financial position are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “target,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this Current Report on Form 8-K, and on the current expectations of the respective management teams of the Company and Evofem and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by an investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of the Company and Evofem.
These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks including, but not limited to, the following risks relating to the proposed transactions: (1) the risk that the proposed transactions may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of the Company’s securities; (2) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the Initial Closing or Secondary Closing, including the approval by the stockholders of the Company; (3) the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transactions; and (4) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the Company’s public filings with the SEC. If any of these risks materialize or the Company’s and Evofem’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and other documents we filed, or will file, including the proxy statement/prospectus, with the SEC. There may be additional risks that neither the Company nor Evofem presently know, or that the Company or Evofem currently believe are immaterial, that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s and Evofem’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company and Evofem anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause the Company’s and Evofem’s assessments to change. However, while the Company and Evofem may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company and Evofem specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, except as otherwise required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s and Evofem’s assessments of any date subsequent to the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
No Offer or Solicitation
This Current Report on Form 8-K is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed transaction and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act.
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| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (a) | Financial statements of a business acquired. |
The financial statements required by this Item 9.01(a) are not included in this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company intends to file such financial statements by amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K not later than 71 calendar days after the date this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.
| (b) | Pro forma financial statements. |
The pro forma financial information required by this Item 9.01(b) is not included in this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company intends to file such pro forma financial information by amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K not later than 71 calendar days after the date this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit | |
| 2.1 † | Agreement and Plan of Merger among Aditxt, Inc., Adicure, Inc. and Evofem Biosciences, Inc. dated as of December 11, 2023 | |
| 10.1 | Assignment Agreement dated as of December 11, 2023 | |
| 10.2 | Form of December 2023 Secured Note | |
| 10.3 | Form of September 2024 Secured Note | |
| 10.4 | Form of Royalty Note | |
| 10.5† | IP Security Agreement dated December 11, 2023 | |
| 10.6 | Security Agreement dated December 11, 2023 | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated December 12, 2023 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the XBRL document) |
| † | Certain of the schedules (and/or exhibits) have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule (and/or exhibit) will be furnished to the SEC upon request |
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SIGNATURE
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.
| Aditxt, Inc. | ||
| Date: December 12, 2023 | By: | /s/ Amro Albanna |
| Name: | Amro Albanna | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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