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): June 9, 2014
DELMAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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000-54801
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99-0360497
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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Suite 720-999 West Broadway
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V5Z 1K5
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (604) 629-5989
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On June 9, 2014, DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a tender offer with respect to certain warrants to purchase common stock of the Company to provide the holders thereof with the opportunity to amend and exercise their warrants, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Company’s tender offer statement on Schedule TO and the related exhibits included therein (the “Offering Materials”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 9, 2014.
Pursuant to the tender offer, the Company is offering to amend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offering Materials, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,195,478 shares of common stock (the “Offer to Amend and Exercise”), which warrants were issued in the Company’s private placements that closed on January 25, 2013, January 31, 2013, February 8, 2013, February 21, 2013, February 28, 2013, March 1, 2013, and March 6, 2013 (the “Investor Warrants”). There is no minimum participation requirement with respect to the Offer to Amend and Exercise.
Pursuant to the Offer to Amend and Exercise, the Original Warrants will be amended (the “Amended Warrants”) to: (i) reduce the exercise price of the Investor Warrants from $.80 per share to $0.65 per share of common stock in cash, (ii) shorten the exercise period of the Original Warrants so that they expire concurrently with the expiration of the Offer to Amend and Exercise at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on July 7, 2014, as may be extended by the Company in its sole discretion (“Expiration Date”), (iii) delete the price-based anti-dilution provisions contained in the Investor Warrants, (iv) restrict the ability of the holder of shares issuable upon exercise of the Amended Warrants to sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any of such shares without the prior written consent of the Company for a period of time twenty (20) days after the Expiration Date (the “ Lock-Up Period ”); and (v) provide that a holder, acting alone or with others, will agree not to effect any purchases or sales of any securities of the Company in any “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, or any type of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) or similar arrangements, or sales or other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers through the expiration of the Lock-Up Period. Other than set forth above, the terms of the Investor Warrants will remain unmodified and in full force and effect.
The Offer to Amend and Exercise is limited to “accredited investors” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Eligible holders may elect to amend some or all of their Investor Warrants. If Investor Warrant holders choose not to participate in the Offer to Amend and Exercise, their Investor Warrants will remain in full force and effect, as originally issued.
The purpose of the Offer to Amend and Exercise is to encourage the amendment and exercise of the Investor Warrants to help the Company reduce its outstanding warrant liability and to raise funds to support the Company’s operations by providing the holders of the Investor Warrants with the opportunity to obtain and exercise an Amended Warrant by significantly reducing the exercise price of the Investor Warrants.
Forward Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K, contains “forward-looking statements.” All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current expectations, but are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. The various risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual future results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, those risks and uncertainties relating to the Company’s ability to develop, manufacture, market and sell products based on its science and technology; the expected benefits and efficacy of the Company’s products and technology; the availability of substantial additional funding for the Company to continue its operations and to conduct research and development, clinical studies and future product commercialization; and the Company’s failure to achieve its business, research, product development, regulatory approval, marketing and distribution plans and strategies. These and other factors are identified and described in more detail in the Company’s filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this Current Report, and the Company does not undertake an obligation to update these forward-looking statements after such date.
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.
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DELMAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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Dated: June 9, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey Bacha |
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Jeffrey Bacha |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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