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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): August 2, 2018


 CALADRIUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
001-33650
(Commission
File Number)
22-2343568
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
110 Allen Road, 2nd Floor, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
 
(908) 842-0100
Registrant's Telephone Number
 
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:
 
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Emerging growth company

 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (Section 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Section 230.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 2, 2018, Caladrius Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a First Amendment (the "Amendment") to that certain Common Stock Sales Agreement, dated February 8, 2018 (the "Original Agreement," and, together with the Amendment, the “Sales Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”), as sales agent, in connection with an “at the market offering” under which the Company from time to time may offer and sell shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), having an aggregate offering price of up to $25,000,000 (the “Shares”). Shares sold under the Sales Agreement will be offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, which was initially filed on July 24, 2018 and which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC" on August 2, 2018 (Registration No. 333-226319) (the “Registration Statement”) and a prospectus supplement that the Company expects to file with the SEC relating to the Shares shortly after the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Amendment updates the Original Agreement to reflect that the Shares will be issued pursuant to the Registration Statement, which replaces the Company's previously effective shelf registration statement.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the Shares in any state or country in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or country.
The opinion of the Company’s counsel regarding the validity of the Shares is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. This opinion is also filed with reference to, and is hereby incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement.
The Company cautions you that statements included in this Current Report on Form 8-K that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company’s ability to sell Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company that any of these statements, results or sales will be achieved or completed due in part to risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company’s business, including those described in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the SEC on March 22, 2018, as amended on April 2, 2018. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update this report to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This caution is made under the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.



Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.

 
 
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
 
 
 
Amendment No. 1 to Common Stock Sales Agreement, dated August 2, 2018, by and between Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC.
 
 
 
Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.1).











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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CALADRIUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
Dated: August 2, 2018
 
By:
/s/ David J. Mazzo
 
 
 
Name:
David J. Mazzo, PhD
 
 
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer