U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 31, 2018
AKERS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| New Jersey | 001-36268 | 22-2983783 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
| incorporation or organization) | File Number) | Identification Number) |
201 Grove Road
Thorofare, New Jersey USA 08086
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(856) 848-8698
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (Amendment No. 1) (the “8-K/A”) amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Akers Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2018 (the “Original 8-K”) to report the Company’s signing of a securities purchase agreement with certain investors (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell an aggregate of (i) 5,555,556 shares of common stock and (ii) warrants to purchase 5,555,556 shares of common stock (the “Warrants”). The combined purchase price for one share of common stock and each Warrant is $0.36 (the “Offering”). The purpose of this 8-K/A is to report the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and to affix a copy of the opinion of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP relating to the legality of the securities offered by the Company in the Offering. Except as set forth herein, no modifications have been made to the information contained in the Original 8-K.
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On November 2, 2018, the Company closed its offering of common stock and Warrants for gross proceeds of $2 million. A copy of the opinion of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP relating to the legality of the securities offered by us is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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filed previously with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31,
2018.
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.
| AKERS BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||
| Date: November 2, 2018 | By: | /s/ Howard R. Yeaton |
| Howard R. Yeaton | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||