8-K

PEPGEN INC.

Date: August 8, 2023

/s/ Noel Donnelly

Noel Donnelly

Chief Financial Officer

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 8, 2023

PepGen Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

001-41374

85-3819886

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

321 Harrison Avenue

8th Floor

Boston, MA 02118

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(781) 797-0979

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

(Former name or former address, 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:

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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 Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

PEPG

Nasdaq Global Select Market

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.

On August 8, 2023, PepGen Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an At-The-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”), under which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time at its sole discretion, shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), having an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million after the date of the Agreement through Stifel as its sales agent. Also on August 8, 2023, the Company filed a prospectus supplement offering up to $100.0 million shares of its Common Stock in accordance with the Agreement, on the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-272378).

Stifel may sell the Common Stock under the Agreement (A) in negotiated transactions with the consent of the Company or (B) by any other method permitted by law deemed to be an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or sales made into any other existing trading market for the shares of Common Stock. Stifel will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Common Stock from time to time, based upon instructions from the Company (including any price, time or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions the Company may impose). The Company will pay Stifel a commission of up to three percent (3.0%) of the gross sales proceeds of any Common Stock sold through Stifel under the Agreement, and also has provided Stifel with customary indemnification rights. In addition, the Company has agreed to reimburse certain legal expenses and fees incurred by Stifel in connection with the offering.

The Company is not obligated to make any sales of Common Stock under the Agreement. The offering of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of all Common Stock subject to the Agreement or (ii) termination of the Agreement in accordance with its terms.

The foregoing description of the Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

1.1		At-The-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement by and between the Company and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, dated August 8, 2023

5.1		Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP

23.1		Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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 thereunto duly authorized.

PepGen Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits