On October 1, 2020, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), reported that it entered into an ATM Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement (the "Sales Agreement") with BofA Securities, Inc., as the Company’s sales agent (the "Agent") (Filing, 8-K, Protalix, OCT 1, 2020, View Source [SID1234567892]). Pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company may sell from time to time through the Agent shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $30 million (the "Shares"). The Shares will be issued pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-230604). The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, after deducting the Agent’s commissions and the Company’s offering expenses, for general corporate purposes.
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In accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company may offer and sell the Shares at any time and from time to time through the Agent. Sales of the Shares, if any, will be made by means of transactions that are deemed to be "at the market" offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including block trades and sales made in ordinary brokers’ transactions on the NYSE American or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of the sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Under the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company may also sell Shares to the Agent as principal for its own account at a price to be agreed upon at the time of sale. Any sale of Shares to the Agent as principal would be pursuant to the terms of a separate terms agreement between the Company and the Agent.
The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement in this report does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of the Sales Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto. The legal opinion and consent relating to the Shares are included as Exhibits 5.1 and 23.1, respectively, hereto.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Shares, nor shall there be any sale of Shares in any state or other 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 other jurisdiction.