ALLR Allarity Therapeutics Inc

 

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): September 3, 2024

 

ALLARITY THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-41160		87-2147982
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

24 School Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA		02108
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

(401) 426-4664

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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, par value $0.0001 per share		ALLR		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The disclosure required by this Item 3.03 is included in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(e) At the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Allarity Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) held on September 3, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders, upon the recommendation of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), approved an amendment to the Allarity Therapeutics Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, (the “Plan”) to increase the aggregate number of shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”) authorized for grant under the Plan from 2,168,330 to 10,594,876.

 

A summary of the Plan was included as part of Proposal 5 in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 20, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03 Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved two proposals to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date (the “Charter”). Subsequently, on September 9, 2024, the Company filed both a Sixth Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (the “Sixth Certificate of Amendment”) and a Seventh Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (the “Seventh Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

The Sixth Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation

 

On September 9, 2024, the Company filed the Sixth Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to decrease the number of authorized shares from 750,500,000 to 250,500,000, and to decrease the number of our Common Stock from 750,000,000 to 250,000,000, effective as of 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) on September 9, 2024. This amendment was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as described below under Item 5.07.

 

The information set forth herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Sixth Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The Seventh Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation

 

On September 9, 2024, the Company filed the Seventh Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a 1-for-30 reverse stock split of the shares of the Common Stock, effective as of 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) on September 11, 2024.

 

As described below under Item 5.07, at the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to amend the Charter, at the discretion of the Board to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock, at a ratio between 1-for-5 and 1-for-30 (the “Range”), with the ratio within such Range to be determined at the discretion of the Board and included in a public announcement. Upon receipt of the stockholder approval, the Board was granted the discretion to effect a reverse stock split of the Common Stock through the filing of the Seventh Certificate of Amendment, at a ratio of not less than 1-for-5 and not more than 1-for-30, with such ratio to be determined by the Board. Following such stockholder approval at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting, the Board determined a ratio of 1-for-30 for the Reverse Stock Split.

 

 

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every 30 shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock will be automatically combined into one issued and outstanding share of Common Stock, without any change in the par value per share. No fractional shares will be issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. Any fractional shares that would otherwise have resulted from the Reverse Stock Split will be rounded up to the next whole number.

 

Proportionate adjustments will be made to the per share exercise price and the number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased upon exercise of outstanding stock options granted by the Company, and the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the Plan.

 

The Common Stock will begin trading on a reverse stock split-adjusted basis on the Nasdaq Capital Market on September 11, 2024. The trading symbol for the Common Stock will remain “ALLR.” The new CUSIP number for the Common Stock following the Reverse Stock Split is 016744500.

 

The information set forth herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Seventh Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

At the Annual Meeting, seven (7) proposals were submitted to the Company’s stockholders of record for a vote. The proposals are described in detail in the Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on August 20, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”). As of the close of business on August 20, 2024, holders of the Company’s Common Stock and Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock were entitled to vote together as a single class on the proposals described below.

 

The proposals were approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s stockholders. Sufficient votes were received to approve the Adjournment Proposal (as defined below), but such an adjournment was not necessary in light of the approval of the Director Proposal, the Independent Auditor Proposal, the Share Decrease Proposal, the Reverse Stock Split Proposal, the 2021 Plan Amendment Proposal, and the Officer Exculpations Amendment Proposal, (each as defined below).

 

The final voting results for each proposal are described below. For more information on each of these proposals, please refer to the Proxy Statement.

 

Proposal 1: To elect two (2) Class II directors, Gerald W. McLaughlin and Laura E. Benjamin, to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified (the “Director Proposal”).

 

Name		Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Gerald W. McLaughlin		28,435,573		3,189,245		5,601,367
Laura E. Benjamin		28,842,908		2,781,910		5,601,367

 

Proposal 2: To ratify the appointment of Wolf & Company, P.C., as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 (the “Independent Auditor Proposal”).

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
35,573,867		1,230,893		421,425		N/A

 

Proposal 3: To approve an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation, to decrease the number of authorized shares from 750,500,000 to 250,500,000, and to decrease the number of our Common Stock from 750,000,000 to 250,000,000, in substantially the form attached to the Proxy Statement as Appendix A (the “Share Decrease Proposal”).

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
33,489,052		3,601,552		135,581		N/A

 

 

Proposal 4: To approve an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation, in substantially the form attached to the Proxy Statement as Appendix B, to, at the discretion of our board of directors, effect a reverse stock split with respect to our issued and outstanding Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a ratio between 1-for-5 and 1-for-30, with the board of directors having the discretion as to whether or not the reverse stock split is to be effected, with the exact ratio of any reverse stock split (the “Split Ratio”) to be set within the above range as determined by the board of directors in its discretion, and without a corresponding reduction in the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”).

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
24,181,251		13,030,619		14,315		N/A

 

Proposal 5: To approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), in substantially the form attached to the Proxy Statement as Appendix C, to increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock authorized for grant under the 2021 Plan from 2,168,330 to 10,594,876 (or the quotient obtained by dividing such number by the Split Ratio, if the Reverse Stock Split Proposal is approved and implemented) (the “2021 Plan Amendment Proposal”).

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
25,677,975		5,876,819		70,024		5,601,367

 

Proposal 6: To approve an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation, in substantially the form attached to the Proxy Statement as Appendix D, to limit the liability of certain officers as permitted by Delaware Law (the “Officer Exculpation Amendment Proposal”).

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
24,109,903		7,268,564		246,351		5,601,367

 

Proposal 7: To approve the adjournment of the meeting, if necessary or advisable, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the Director Proposal, the Independent Auditor Proposal, the Share Decrease Proposal, the Reverse Stock Split Proposal, the 2021 Plan Amendment Proposal or the Officer Exculpations Amendment Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”).

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
25,519,301		11,497,129		209,755		N/A

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Sixth Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Allarity Therapeutics, Inc.
3.2		Seventh Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Allarity Therapeutics, Inc.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

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.

 

	Allarity Therapeutics, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Thomas H. Jensen
		Thomas H. Jensen
		Chief Executive Officer
Dated: September 9, 2024

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

SIXTH CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ALLARITY THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

Allarity Therapeutics, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that:

 

1. This Sixth Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (this “Sixth Amendment”) amends certain provisions of the Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 6, 2021, as amended by that certain Certificate of Amendment filed on August 5, 2021, and as further amended by that certain Second Certificate of Amendment filed on March 20, 2023, and as further amended by that certain Third Certificate of Amendment filed on March 23, 2023, and as further amended by that certain Fourth Certificate of Amendment filed on June 28, 2023, and as further amended by that certain Fifth Certificate of Amendment filed on April 4, 2024 (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

 

2. The board of directors of the Corporation, acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141(f) and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), has duly adopted resolutions approving the amendment set forth in this Sixth Amendment, declaring said amendment to be advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders, and directing that such amendment be considered for stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on September 3, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”), which meeting was noticed and has been held in accordance with Section 222 of the DGCL.

 

3. This Sixth Amendment was duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of the majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation’s common stock entitled to vote, together as a class, thereon at the Corporation’s Annual Meeting, in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL, and Articles FIFTH and TWELFTH of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

4. Resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation set forth below, providing that, effective as of 9:30 a.m., New York time, on September 9, 2024, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Corporation will decrease the number of authorized shares from, 750,500,000 to 250,500,000 and decrease the number of common stock from 750,000,000 to 250,000,000 as constituted following such date.

 

5. The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended by deleting the first paragraph of Article FIFTH thereof, and replacing in its entirety the following paragraph:

 

“FIFTH: The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 250,500,000 shares, consisting of (i) 250,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) 500,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”). Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of any of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a minority in voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, and no vote of the holders of any of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor.”

 

6. Except as set forth in this Sixth Amendment, the Certificate of Incorporation remains in full force and effect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Sixth Amendment to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 9^th day of September 2024.

 

	By:	/s/ Thomas H. Jensen
	Name:	Thomas H. Jensen
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT]

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

SEVENTH CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ALLARITY THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

Allarity Therapeutics, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that:

 

1. This Seventh Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (this “Seventh Amendment”) amends certain provisions of the Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 6, 2021, as amended by that certain Certificate of Amendment filed on August 5, 2021, and as further amended by that certain Second Certificate of Amendment filed on March 20, 2023, and as further amended by that certain Third Certificate of Amendment filed on March 23, 2023, and as further amended by that certain Fourth Certificate of Amendment filed on June 28, 2023, and as further amended by that certain Fifth Certificate of Amendment filed on April 4, 2024, and as further amended by that certain Sixth Certificate of Amendment filed on September 9, 2024 (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

 

2. The board of directors of the Corporation, acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141(f) and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), has duly adopted resolutions approving the amendment set forth in this Seventh Amendment, declaring said amendment to be advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders, and directing that such amendment be considered for stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on September 3, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”), which meeting was noticed and has been held in accordance with Section 222 of the DGCL.

 

3. This Seventh Amendment was duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of the majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation’s common stock entitled to vote, together as a class, thereon at the Corporation’s Annual Meeting, in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL, and Articles FIFTH and TWELFTH of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

4. Resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation set forth below, providing that, effective as of 9:30 a.m., New York time, on September 11, 2024, or as soon as practicable thereafter, every thirty (30) issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, shall be converted into one (1) share of the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, as constituted following such date.

 

5. The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended by deleting the second and third paragraphs of Article FIFTH thereof, and replacing in their entirety the following paragraphs:

 

“Effective as of 9:30 a.m. on September 11, 2024 (the “Effective Time”), every thirty (30) shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Old Common Stock”), either issued or outstanding or held by the Corporation as treasury stock, immediately prior to the Effective Time, will be automatically reclassified and combined (without any further act) into a smaller number of shares such that each thirty (30) shares of Old Common Stock issued and outstanding or held by the Company as treasury stock immediately prior to the Effective Time is reclassified into one (1) share of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “New Common Stock”), of the Corporation (the “Reverse Stock Split”). The board of directors shall make provision for the issuance of that number of fractions of New Common Stock such that any fractional share of a holder otherwise resulting from the Reverse Stock Split shall be rounded up to the next whole number of shares of New Common Stock. Stockholders who hold uncertificated shares of Old Common Stock electronically in “book-entry” form will have their holdings electronically adjusted by the Transfer Agent (and, for beneficial owners, by their brokers or banks that hold in “street name” for their benefit, as the case may be) to give effect to the Reverse Stock Split and will automatically be adjusted to reflect the New Common Stock.

 

Any stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented shares of the Old Common Stock will, from and after the Effective Time, automatically and without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, be converted to Book Entries representing the number of shares of the New Common Stock into which such shares of Old Common Stock shall have been reclassified of a share of New Common Stock, with any resulting fractional shares rounded up to the nearest whole share.”

 

6. Except as set forth in this Seventh Amendment, the Certificate of Incorporation remains in full force and effect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Seventh Amendment to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 9^th day of September, 2024.

 

	By:	/s/ Thomas H. Jensen
	Name:	Thomas H. Jensen
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SEVENTH CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT]

 

 

 

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