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 7, 2020

Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 505, South San Francisco, CA 94080

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

650-244-4990

 (Registrant's telephone number including area code)

(Registrant's former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01. Entry into Material Definitive Agreement

On January 7, 2020, Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited institutional investors (the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company shall issue to the Purchasers, in a registered direct offering and concurrent private placement, 8,700,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), and warrants to purchase 8,700,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”) with an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The negotiated combined purchase price for one Share and one Warrant will be $0.25. The Company expects to receive aggregate gross proceeds in the offering of approximately $2.2 million, before deducting fees to the placement agent and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Shares are being offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-230742), which was declared effective on April 24, 2019 (the “Registration Statement”). The Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) were issued in a concurrent private placement and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and are instead being offered pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder. The Warrants will be exercisable commencing on the later of (i) six months from the date of issuance or (ii) the date that the Company’s stockholders approve a reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) in an amount sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all of the Warrants, and will expire on the five year and six month anniversary of the issuance date.

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, until the later of (i) 30 days following the closing of the offering and (ii) the effective date of the Reverse Split, the Company will not issue (or enter into any agreement to issue) any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents and will not file any registration statements, in each case subject to certain exceptions.

The exercise price of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares will be subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividends and splits, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction, as described in the Warrants. The Warrants will be exercisable on a “cashless” basis in certain circumstances.

The Company has agreed to file a registration statement to register the resale of the Warrant Shares within 120 days of the date of the Purchase Agreement and to obtain effectiveness of such registration statement within 181 days following the closing of the offering, subject to certain exceptions. The Purchasers have agreed not to resell or distribute the Warrants or the Warrant Shares to the public except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption thereto.

Maxim Group LLC acted as the sole placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) on a “reasonable best efforts” basis, in connection with the offering. A copy of the Placement Agency Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2020, by and between the Company and the Placement Agent is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference (the “Placement Agency Agreement”). Pursuant to the Placement Agency Agreement, the Placement Agent will be entitled to a cash fee of 7% of the gross proceeds paid to the Company for the securities sold in the offering and reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket expenses.

The foregoing summaries of the offering, the securities to be issued in connection therewith, the Purchase Agreement, the Placement Agency Agreement and the Warrants do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the definitive transaction documents, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 4.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

Please see the disclosure regarding the Warrants and the Warrant Shares set forth under Item 1.01, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

Item 8.01. Other Events

On January 7, 2020, the Company issued a press release regarding the transaction described in Item 1.01, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

SIGNATURE

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.