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): April 27, 2020

ACHIEVE LIFE SCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (604) 210-2217

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On April 27, 2020 and April 28, 2020, Achieve Life Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into subscription agreements (each a “Subscription Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Purchasers in a private placement approximately 5,615,653 units (each, a “Unit”), each consisting of (i) one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) a warrant to purchase 0.75 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”), at an offering price of $0.33 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $1,853,165 (the “Offering”). Paulson Investment Company, LLC (the “Broker”), acted as the exclusive placement agent for the Offering and, pursuant to the placement agent agreement between the Company and the Broker (the “Placement Agent Agreement”), will receive a cash commission equal to 9% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Units and will be issued a five (5) year warrant upon substantially similar terms as the Warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 9% of the total number of shares of Common Stock sold in the Offering at an initial exercise price of $0.3795 per share (the “Broker Warrant”). The net proceeds to the Company, after deducting Broker expenses and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company will be approximately $1.6 million.

Each Warrant is exercisable beginning on October 27, 2020, the six (6) month anniversary of the initial closing date of the Offering (the “Initial Exercise Date”), through the Warrant expiration date, which is the five (5) year anniversary of the initial closing date of the Offering. The Warrants issued pursuant to Subscription Agreements executed on April 27, 2020 are exercisable at a price per share of Common Stock of $0.362, subject to adjustment, and the Warrants issued pursuant to Subscription Agreements executed on April 28, 2020 are exercisable at a price per share of Common Stock of $0.366. Additionally, subject to certain exceptions, if, after the Initial Exercise Date, (i) the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for each of 30 consecutive trading days (the “Measurement Period”), which Measurement Period commences on the closing date, exceeds 300% of the exercise price (subject to adjustments for stock splits, recapitalizations, stock dividends and similar transactions), (ii) the average daily trading volume for such Measurement Period exceeds $500,000 per trading day and (iii) certain other equity conditions are met, and subject to a beneficial ownership limitation, then the Company may call for cancellation of all or any portion of the Warrants then outstanding.

Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, on April 27, 2020 and April 28, 2020, the Company entered into registration rights agreements (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Purchasers, under which the Company is required to file a registration statement within 60 days following the final closing date of the Offering (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement will register the resale of the Common Stock and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and Broker Warrant (together, the “Registrable Securities”). The Registration Rights Agreement requires that the Company maintain the Registration Statement’s effectiveness until the earlier of the date that (i) the Registrable Securities have been sold or (ii) the Registrable Securities may be sold without any restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).

The foregoing summaries of the Warrants, the Placement Agent Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and the Registration Rights Agreement, do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, such documents attached as Exhibits 4.1, 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

The disclosure required by this Item 3.02 and included in Item 1.01 is incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference.

The Company offered and sold the Units and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants and Broker Warrant in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

ITEM 8.01 Other Events

On April 30, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the Offering, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) 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.