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): February 3, 2020 (January 29, 2020)

ClearOne, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-33660	87-0398877
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

5225 Wiley Post Way, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah	84116
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

+1 (801) 975-7200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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	CLRO	The NASDAQ Capital Market

Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 29, 2020, ClearOne, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated December 8, 2019 by and between the Company and Edward D. Bagley (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Bagley agreed to purchase $3,000,000 of secured convertible notes of the Company (the “Notes”) and warrants to purchase 340,909 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Warrants”), in a private placement transaction that was completed on December 17, 2019.

The Amendment amends the Note Purchase Agreement to clarify that the Notes were issued with an original issue discount of one and one-half percent (1.5%), or $45,000, as contemplated by the tax treatment provisions of Section 3.5 of the Note Purchase Agreement. All other terms and conditions of the Note Purchase Agreement, Notes and Warrants remain in full force and effect.

The foregoing description of the NPA Amendment is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the NPA Amendment, which is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Title
10.1	First Amendment dated January 29, 2020 by and between ClearOne, Inc. and Edward D. Bagley to the Note Purchase Agreement dated December 8, 2019.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	CLEARONE, INC.
Date: February 3, 2020	By:	/s/ Zeynep Hakimoglu
		Zeynep Hakimoglu
		Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Title
10.1	First Amendment dated January 29, 2020 by and between ClearOne, Inc. and Edward D. Bagley to the Note Purchase Agreement dated December 8, 2019.