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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
As previously reported in a Current Report of Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2023, Biofrontera Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each member of its Board of Directors, in their individual capacities, entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Biofrontera AG, a significant stockholder of the Company. On October 12, 2023, the Company and Biofrontera AG entered into an amendment to the Settlement Agreement (the “Amendment”)
Pursuant to the Amendment, the search for an additional independent director to be mutually selected by the Company and Biofrontera AG, which was to occur in 2023, will now take place at a mutually agreed time that is no earlier than January 1, 2024 and no later than September 1, 2024. The candidate will be selected by means of the search process set forth in the Amendment and will be nominated at our 2024 annual meeting to serve as a Class III Director.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| 10.1 | Amendment No. 1 to Settlement Agreement dated as of October 12, 2023, between Biofrontera Inc., Hermann Luebbert, John J. Borer, Loretta M. Wedge, Beth J. Hoffman, Kevin D. Weber and Biofrontera AG |
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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.
October 13, 2023 (Date) |
Biofrontera Inc. (Registrant) | |
/s/ E. Fred Leffler, III | ||
E. Fred Leffler, III Chief Financial Officer | ||
Exhibit 10.1
Amendment NO. 1 to SeTTLEMENT Agreement
This amendment number 1 (this “Amendment”), dated as of October 12, 2023 (the “Effective Date”) and entered into by and among Biofrontera Inc. (“BFRI”), Hermann Luebbert, John J. Borer, Beth J. Hoffman, Kevin D. Weber (collectively, the “BFRI Parties”) and Biofrontera AG (each, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”), hereby amends that certain Settlement Agreement entered into between the Parties as of April 11, 2023 (the “Agreement”) pursuant to the following terms and conditions.
| 1. | Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Agreement. |
| 2. | Amendments. As of the Effective Date, the Agreement is hereby amended as follows: |
| (a) | Section III.C.3. Section III.C.3 as set forth in the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
“In addition, at a mutually agreeable time as determined by Biofrontera AG and BFRI, but in any case (i) no earlier than January 1, 2024, and (ii) no later September 1, 2024, Biofrontera AG and BFRI shall engage a third-party board search firm (the “Search Firm”) to assist in the search for an additional independent director candidate, who shall be mutually selected by BFRI and Biofrontera AG, and nominated for election as an additional “Class III Director,” as such term is defined in BFRI’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Additional Class III Director”), effective at BFRI’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”), pursuant to the following process. To select the Additional Class III Director, Biofrontera AG and BFRI shall engage the Search Firm to identify no fewer than three and no more than five candidates (the “Board Candidates” and each a “Board Candidate”), each of whom (i) is fully independent of BFRI, Biofrontera AG, and DB (and each of their respective affiliates); (ii) meets the independence qualifications under the NASDAQ listing standards and the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and any exchange on which the securities of BFRI are listed, including for purposes of Rule 10A-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor rule thereto); and (iii) has the relevant financial and business experience to be a director of BFRI. The Biofrontera AG Non-Independent Director shall be given the opportunity to participate in any NGC interview of the Board Candidates and shall have the right, but not the obligation, to strike one Board Candidate. The NGC shall select one individual from the Board Candidates, subject to the Biofrontera AG Non-Independent Director’s strike right, to be nominated for election to serve as the Additional Class III Director, effective no later than the date of BFRI’s 2024 Annual Meeting (the “Independent Nominee”). After the Independent Nominee has been selected, the Board shall take all necessary action to increase the size of the Board to seven directors, effective as of the date of the 2024 Annual Meeting, and to nominate the Independent Nominee for election to fill the newly-created directorship. For the avoidance of doubt, Biofrontera AG agrees that it shall vote all shares of BFRI stock owned by Biofrontera AG in favor of the election of the Independent Nominee selected and nominated pursuant to this process.
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| 3. | Date of Effectiveness. This Amendment, including all of the changes set forth in Section 2 hereof, shall become effective as of the Effective Date. On and after the Effective Date, each reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement,” “the Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of like import, and each reference to the Agreement in any other agreements, documents, or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to, or in connection with, the Agreement, will mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment. |
| 4. | Representations and Warranties. Each of the Parties hereby represents and warrants that it has entered into this Amendment voluntarily and of its own volition. Each Party acknowledges that no other Party, nor any agent or attorney of any other Party, has made any promise, representation, or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, not expressly contained in this Amendment concerning the subject matter hereof, or any other matter whatsoever, to induce said Party to execute or authorize the execution of this Amendment. Each Party acknowledges that it has not executed or authorized the execution of this Amendment in reliance upon any promise, representation, or warranty not expressly contained herein. |
| 5. | Jurisdiction. This Amendment, and any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to this Amendment, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles. Any action relating to this Amendment shall be brought, heard, and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the “Court”) (provided that, in the event that subject matter jurisdiction is unavailable in the Court, then all such claims shall be brought, heard and determined exclusively in any other state or federal court sitting in Delaware). Subject to the preceding sentence, each Party (i) irrevocably submits to the sole and exclusive personal jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in Delaware, as well as to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of all courts to which an appeal may be taken from such courts, in any such action arising out of or relating to this Agreement (but no other action); (ii) agrees that it shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from such court; (iii) consents to service of process by registered mail on such Party and/or such Party’s attorney in the Action; (iv) waives any objection to venue in such court and any claim that the Court (or, in the event that subject matter jurisdiction is unavailable in the Court, any other state or federal court sitting in Delaware) is an inconvenient forum; and (v) expressly waives, and agrees not to plead or to make any claim that any such action is subject (in whole or in part) to a jury trial. |
| 6. | Miscellaneous. |
| (a) | This Amendment shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each of the Parties and each of their respective successors and permitted assigns. | |
| (b) | This Amendment may be executed in one or more original, facsimile, or PDF counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. | |
| (c) | This Amendment and the Agreement, together, constitute the sole and entire agreement between the Parties with respect to its subject matter, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter. |
| 7. | Remainder of Agreement. Except as expressly provided in this Amendment, all of the terms and provisions of the Agreement are and will remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed by the Parties in all respects. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the amendments contained herein will not be construed as an amendment to or waiver of any other provision of the Agreement (or of any other agreement or document relating to the subject matter hereof), or as a waiver of or consent to any further or future action on the part of any Party that would require the waiver or consent of another Party. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment as of the Effective Date.
Biofrontera Inc.
| Signature: | /s/ Hermann Luebbert | |
| Name: | Hermann Luebbert | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
| /s/ Hermann Luebbert | |
| Hermann Luebbert | |
| /s/ John J. Borer | |
| John J. Borer | |
| /s/ Beth J. Hoffman | |
| Beth J. Hoffman | |
| /s/ Kevin D. Weber | |
| Kevin D. Weber |
Biofrontera AG
| Signature: | /s/ Pilar de la Huerta | |
| Name: | Pilar de la Huerta | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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