Current Report Filing (8-k)

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

August 29, 2019

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

Sophiris Bio Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


British Columbia	001-36054	98-1008712
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation)

1258 Prospect Street La Jolla, CA		92037
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 777-1760

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

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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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 Shares, no par value	SPHS	The Nasdaq Capital Market

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

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 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

As previously disclosed, on August 26, 2019, Sophiris Bio Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue, in a private placement, warrants to purchase up to 5,333,334 of the Company’s common shares (the “Purchase Warrants”). On August 29, 2019, the Company closed the private placement, and, in connection therewith, issued the Purchase Warrants to the Purchaser.

The Purchase Warrants and the Company’s common shares issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants (the “Purchase Warrant Shares”) have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws and are instead being offered pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder. In connection with the Purchaser’s execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser represented to the Company that it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act. The Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has sufficient knowledge and experience to be considered a sophisticated investor, has access to the type of information normally provided in a prospectus for a registered securities offering, and has agreed not to resell or distribute the Purchase Warrants or the Purchase Warrant Shares to the public except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.