UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of March 2023

 

Commission File Number 001-41231

 

TC BIOPHARM (HOLDINGS) PLC

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Maxim 1, 2 Parklands Way

Holytown, Motherwell, ML1 4WR

Scotland, United Kingdom

+44 (0) 141 433 7557

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

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On March 27, 2023, TC BioPharm Holdings (PLC) (the “Company”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell an aggregate of 215,000 American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”), pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 3,222,500 ADS (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), and series C purchase warrants to purchase up to 3,437,500 ADSs (the “Ordinary Warrants” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants and the ADSs, the “Securities”). The purchase price for each ADS and associated Ordinary Warrants is $1.60 and the purchase price per each Pre-Funded Warrant and associated Ordinary Warrants is $1.599. The Ordinary Warrants are immediately exercisable, will expire five (5) years from the date of issuance and have an exercise price of $1.75 per ADS, subject to adjustment as set forth therein. The Pre-Funded Warrants may be exercised at any time until all of the Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full at an exercise price of $0.001 per ADS, subject to adjustment therein. The offering (the “Offering”) closed on March 30, 2023.

 

The Offering resulted in gross proceeds of $5.5 million before deducting the Placement Agent’s (as defined below) fees and related offering expenses. The Securities were offered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-270808), and each amendment thereto, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 27, 2023.

 

The Company and each of its officers and directors have agreed with the Placement Agent to be subject to a lock-up period of sixty (60) days following the date of closing of the Offering pursuant to which during the applicable lock-up period, the Company and such persons may not offer for sale, contract to sell, sell, distribute, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of the Company’s ADSs or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, ADSs, subject to customary exceptions. The Placement Agent may waive the terms of these lock-up agreements in its sole discretion and without notice. In addition, the Company has agreed to not issue any securities that are subject to a price reset based on the trading prices of its ADS or upon a specified or contingent event in the future, or enter into any agreement to issue securities at a future determined price for a period of one (1) year following the closing date of the Offering, subject to an exception.

 

The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties thereto, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, such agreements are incorporated herein by reference only to provide information regarding the terms of such agreements, and not to provide any other factual information regarding us or our business, and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in our periodic reports and other filings with the Commission.

 

In connection with the Offering, the Company agreed that certain existing warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,800,000 ADSs of the Company that were previously issued on November 30, 2022, at an exercise price of $5.00 per ADS and expiration dates of May 30, 2025 and May 30, 2028, were amended effective upon the closing of the Offering so that the amended warrants will have a reduced exercise price of $1.75 per ADS.

 

The Company also entered into a letter agreement (the “Engagement Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to serve as the exclusive placement agent for the Company in connection with the Offering. The Company paid the Placement Agent a cash fee and management fee equal to 7.5% and 1.0%, respectively, of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Securities in the Offering. In addition, we paid the Placement Agent for its non-accountable expenses in the amount of $24,050, its legal fees and expenses and other out-of-pocket expenses in an amount up to $100,000, and its clearing expenses in the amount of $15,950. The Placement Agent or its designees also received warrants to purchase up to 257,813 ADSs (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) on substantially the same terms as the Ordinary Warrants except that the Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price equal to $2.00 per ADS.

 

The foregoing description of the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Ordinary Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants, the Purchase Agreement and the warrant amendment agreement does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 respectively.

 

On March 28, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering described above. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
10.1   Form of Pre-Funded Warrant
10.2   Form of Series C Ordinary Warrant
10.3   Form of Placement Agent Warrant
10.4   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated March 27, 2023 between the Company and the Investors
10.5   Warrant Amendment Agreement, dated March 27, 2023
99.1   Press Release, dated March 28, 2023

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    TC BIOPHARM (HOLDINGS) PLC
     
    By: /s/ Martin Thorp
    Name: Martin Thorp
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
       
Date: March 30, 2023    

 

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