Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Subsequent Events

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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

14. Subsequent Events

 

On February 1, 2023, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with Lotus Pharmaceutical (“Lotus”), a leading global pharmaceutical company, for the development and commercialization of Renazorb® (lanthanum dioxycarbonate) in the Republic of Korea. Under the terms of the agreement, Lotus will be responsible for development, registration filing and approval of Renazorb in the Republic of Korea. In addition, Lotus will have sole responsibility for the importation of the drug product from Unicycive and for the costs of commercialization of Renazorb in the Republic of Korea. Unicycive received an upfront payment of $750,000, less applicable withholding taxes, and may receive up to $4.45 million in milestone payments and tiered royalties upon achievement of prespecified regulatory and commercial achievements.

 

The Company received advances from a stockholder of $210,000 during February, 2023. The Company repaid amounts owed to the stockholder of $210,000 plus accrued interest during March 2023.

 

On March 3, 2023, the Company signed a securities purchase agreement with certain healthcare-focused institutional investors that will provide up to $130 million in gross proceeds to Unicycive through a private placement that includes initial upfront funding of $30 million. The funding is being led by Vivo Capital with participation from RA Capital, BVF Partners, Logos Capital, and is supported by existing investors Nantahala Capital Partners and Rosalind Advisors Inc. In conjunction with the financing, Gaurav Aggarwal, M.D., Managing Director of Vivo Capital, will join the Unicycive Board of Directors.

 

Pursuant to the securities purchase agreement, the Company issued to institutional purchasers (i) $30 million in shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and (ii) three tranches of warrants that are exercisable for convertible preferred stock as follows:

 

The Tranche A warrants for an aggregate exercise price of approximately $25 million are exercisable until 21 days following the Company’s announcement of receipt of FDA approval for Renazorb;
     
The Tranche B warrants for an aggregate exercise price of approximately $25 million are exercisable until 21 days following the Company’s announcement of receipt of TDAPA approval for Renazorb; and
     
The Tranche C warrants for an aggregate exercise price of approximately $50 million are exercisable until 21 days following public disclosure of four quarters of commercial sales of Renazorb following receipt of TDAPA approval.

 

In addition, the Company issued (i) $190,000 in shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and (ii) three tranches of warrants that are exercisable for convertible preferred stock to employees of the Company.

 

Shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were issued at a price of $1,000.00 per share.

 

In addition, the Company shall modify its dividend policy to state that the Company intends to pay dividends to all stockholders, including holders of Series A Preferred Stock on an as-if-converted-to-common-stock basis, on a quarterly basis in an amount of which the aggregate of all quarterly dividends shall equal at least seventy-five percent (75%) of its annual net cash flow from operations following the approval of Renazorb by the FDA if obtained, and the commencement of commercial sales.