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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): October 4, 2023 (September
28, 2023)
ASCENT SOLAR
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
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12300 Grant Street |
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Thornton, CO 80241 |
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(720) 872-5000 |
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) |
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Not Applicable
(Former name, former address,
and former fiscal year, 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:
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Nasdaq Capital
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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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Public Offering; Placement Agent Agreement; Warrants; Prefunded Warrants
On September 28, 2023, Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (“Ascent”
or the “Company”) entered into a placement agency agreement (the “Placement Agent Agreement”) with Dawson James
Securities Inc. (“Dawson James” or the “Placement Agent”) pursuant to which the Company engaged Dawson James as
the placement agent for a registered public offering by the Company (the “Offering”), of an aggregate of 3,572,635 units (“Units”)
at a price of $2.88 per Unit, for gross proceeds of approximately $10.3 million, before deducting offering expenses.
Each Unit is comprised of (i) one share of common stock or, in lieu of
common stock, one prefunded warrant to purchase a share of common stock, and (ii) one common warrant to purchase a share of common stock.
The prefunded warrants are immediately exercisable at a price of $0.0001 per share of common stock and only expire when such prefunded
warrants are fully exercised. The common warrants are immediately exercisable at a price of $2.88 per share of common stock and will expire
five years from the date of issuance.
The Placement Agent agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to arrange
for the sale of the Units. The Company agreed to pay the Placement Agent a placement agent fee in cash equal to 8.00% of the gross proceeds
from the sale of the Units. The Company also agreed to reimburse the Placement Agent for all reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket
expenses, including the reasonable fees of legal counsel, not to exceed $155,000. The Placement Agent Agreement also contains representations,
warranties, indemnification and other provisions customary for transactions of this nature.
Prior to the Offering, the Company had 549,199 common shares outstanding.
In the Offering, the Company issued (i) 389,024 common shares, (ii) 3,183,611 prefunded warrants, and (iii) 3,572,635 common warrants.
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offering, together with
existing cash, to (i) pay approximately $6.1 million to retire (a) a portion of the outstanding conversion amount payable related to the
Company’s outstanding secured notes and (b) all of the Company’s outstanding Series 1B Preferred Stock, and (ii) for general
and administration expenses.
The Offering closed on October 2, 2023.
Securities Purchase Agreement
On September 28, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”) with an investor named therein (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Company agreed
to issue and sell Units to such Investor.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties
and agreements of the Company and the Investors and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties.
Placement Agent’s Warrant
In connection with the Offering, pursuant to the Placement Agent Agreement,
the Company issued a warrant (the “Placement Agent’s Warrant”) which enables the Placement Agent to purchase up to an
aggregate of 107,179 of shares of common stock, at an exercise price equal to $3.60 per share. The Placement Agent’s Warrant may
be exercised beginning on April 2, 2024 until Octoer 2, 2028.
Warrant Agency Agreements
On September 28, 2023, the Company also entered into a Warrant Agency Agreement
(the “Warrant Agency Agreement”) and a Prefunded Warrant Agency Agreement (the “Prefunded Warrant Agency Agreement”),
each with Computershare Investor Services, pursuant to which Computershare agreed to act as transfer agent with respect to the common
warrants and the prefunded warrants.
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The foregoing summaries of the Purchase Agreement, the common warrants,
the prefunded warrants, the Placement Agent Agreement, the Placement Agent’s Warrant, the Warrant Agency Agreement and the Prefunded
Warrant Agency Agreement do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, such documents attached
as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell any
securities or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction
in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such state or jurisdiction.
Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy
a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
As previously disclosed, on March 23, 2023, the Company
received a written notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that the Company was not in
compliance with the $1.00 Minimum Bid Price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for continued listing on Nasdaq (the
“Bid Price Requirement”).
The notice indicated that the Company would be provided
180 calendar days in which to regain compliance with the Bid Price Requirement.
On September 29, 2023, the Nasdaq staff notified the
Company that the Company had regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement based on the closing bid price of the Company’s
common stock having been at $1.00 per share or greater for ten consecutive business days. The Staff’s notification indicated that
this matter is now closed.
The Company remains non-compliant with the minimum
$2,500,000 stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing set forth in Listing Rule 5550(b) and the minimum 500,000 publicly
held shares requirement under Listing Rule 5550(a)(4). These remaining matters will be addressed at the Company’s upcoming Nasdaq
Listing Panel hearing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
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October 4, 2023 |
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/s/ Jin Jo |
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