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) May 11, 2020

VUZIX CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

25 Hendrix Road, Suite A, West Henrietta, New York 14586

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(585) 359-5900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

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

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On May 11, 2020, Vuzix Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the purchasers set forth on the signature pages thereto for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a purchase price of $2.25 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $11,250,000.

Pursuant to an engagement letter agreement (the “Engagement Agreement”), dated May 11, 2020, by and between the Company and The Special Equities Group, LLC, a division of Bradley Woods & Co. Ltd. (“Special Equities”), the Company engaged Special Equities to act as the Company’s placement agent in connection with the registered direct offering. Pursuant to the engagement agreement, the Company agreed to pay Special Equities a cash fee equal to 5.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company in the offering and to reimburse Special Equities for its legal expenses in the amount of up to $20,000.

The net proceeds to the Company from the offering, after deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses, will be approximately $10.6 million. The registered direct offering is expected to close on or about May 13, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.

The shares were offered, and will be issued, pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement, dated May 11, 2020, to the Prospectus included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-231932) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 2019.

Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP, counsel to the Company, has issued an opinion to the Company regarding the validity of the securities to be issued in the offering. A copy of the opinion is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement and Engagement Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

On May 11, 2020, the Company issued a press release regarding the registered direct offering. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

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.