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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On May 15, 2024, Aethlon Medical, Inc. (the “Company”) priced a best-efforts public offering (the “Offering”) of: (i) 2,450,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) and accompanying Class A warrants to purchase up to 2,450,000 shares of Common Stock and Class B warrants to purchase up to 2,450,000 shares of Common Stock, at a combined public offering price of $0.58 per share and accompanying warrants; and (ii) in lieu of Common Stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase 5,650,000 shares of Common Stock and accompanying Class A warrants to purchase up to 5,650,000 shares of Common Stock and Class B warrants to purchase up to 5,650,000 shares of Common Stock, at a combined public offering price of $0.579 per pre-funded warrant and accompanying warrants, which is equal to the public offering price per share of Common Stock and accompanying warrants less the $0.001 per share exercise price of each such pre-funded warrant.
The Class A and Class B warrants each have an exercise price of $0.58 per share, subject to an exercise price reset, are immediately exercisable, and, in the case of Class A warrants, will expire on May 17, 2029, and in the case of Class B warrants, will expire on May 19, 2025. The exercise price of the Class A and Class B warrants is also subject to adjustment for stock splits, reverse splits, and similar capital transactions as described in such warrants.
Subject to certain ownership limitations described in the pre-funded warrants, the pre-funded warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at a nominal exercise price of $0.001 per share of Common Stock any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full.
In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with a certain institutional investor on May 15, 2024, for the purchase of the securities described above.
Maxim Group LLC (the “Placement Agent”), served as the exclusive placement agent in connection with the Offering. The Company paid the Placement Agent a cash fee of 6.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised at the closing of the Offering, and reimbursement of certain expenses and legal fees in the amount of $100,000. The Company also issued to designees of the Placement Agent warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 324,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrants”). The Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price of $0.58 per share and have substantially the same terms as the Class A warrants, except the Placement Agent Warrants are not subject to an exercise price reset, are non-exercisable until November 15, 2024, and will expire on May 15, 2029.
The shares of Common Stock, the Class A and Class B warrants, the pre-funded warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants described above and the underlying shares of Common Stock were offered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-278188) (the “Registration Statement”), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 15, 2024.
The closing of the Offering occurred on May 17, 2024. The estimated net proceeds of the Offering are approximately $3.84 million, after deducting the Placement Agent fees and expenses and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include clinical trial expenses, research and development expenses, capital expenditures and working capital.
The foregoing summaries of the Class A and Class B warrants, pre-funded warrants, Placement Agent Warrants and Purchase Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the forms of such documents, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, and 10.1 to this report.
On May 15, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. A copy of this press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
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Forward-Looking Statements:
Statements contained in this report regarding matters that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the estimated net proceeds from the Offering and the use of the net proceeds from the Offering. Words such as “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements necessarily contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based upon management’s current expectations, estimates and projections about our business, and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks related to the Company’s business. These and other factors are described in greater detail in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including under the “Risk Factors” heading of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the SEC on June 28, 2023, and in the Company's other filings with the SEC, including its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements contained in this report speak only as of the date on which they were made, and we undertake no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 4.1 | Form of Class A Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, issued on May 17, 2024. | |
| 4.2 | Form of Class B Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, issued on May 17, 2024. | |
| 4.3 | Form of Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, issued on May 17, 2024. | |
| 4.4 | Form of Placement Agent Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, issued on May 17, 2024. | |
| 10.1 | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on May 13, 2024 (File No. 333-278188)). | |
| 99.1 | Pricing Press Release. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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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.
| Date: May 17, 2024 |
Aethlon Medical, Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ James B. Frakes | |
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James B. Frakes Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | |
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