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): January 18, 2017

 

 

AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware		001-36426		04-3156167
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Two Mill and Main Place, Suite 395

Maynard, Massachusetts 01754

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 648-6000

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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ITEM 3.03.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

As previously disclosed in Exhibit 99.1 to its Registration Statement on Form 10, as first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2016, AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (“AquaBounty”) and Intrexon Corporation (“Intrexon”), AquaBounty’s majority shareholder, entered into a stock purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) on November 7, 2016, pursuant to which AquaBounty agreed to sell to Intrexon $25 million in shares of AquaBounty’s common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”). On January 18, 2017, AquaBounty issued 2,421,073 shares of Common Stock to Intrexon under the terms of the Purchase Agreement. AquaBounty issued the shares of Common Stock to Intrexon pursuant to the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 or Regulation D thereunder.

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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.

 

				AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: January 24, 2017				By:		/s/ David A. Frank
						Name:		David A. Frank
						Title:		Chief Financial Officer