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

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

Tivic Health Systems, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously disclosed in that Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Tivic Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 12, 2025 (the “Prior 8-K”), on February 11, 2025, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement (the “Original License Agreement”) with Statera Biopharma, Inc. (“Statera”) whereby the Company acquired (i) an exclusive worldwide license to the proprietary Toll-like Receptor 5 (“TLR5”) agonist program of Statera known as Entolimod as it relates to the Acute Radiation Syndrome indication and (ii) an exclusive option to acquire the exclusive worldwide license to additional indications, including Lymphocyte Exhaustion, Immunosenescence, Neutropenia and/or Vaccine Adjuvant and to the TLR5 agonist program of Statera known as Entolasta, in each case as more particularly described in the Prior 8-K. The Original License Agreement transaction was consummated concurrently therewith on February 11, 2025 (the “Closing”).

On June 18, 2025, the Company and Statera entered into an Amended and Restated Exclusive License Agreement (the “A&R License Agreement”), which supersedes the Original License Agreement in all respects. The terms and conditions of the A&R License Agreement are substantially similar to those included in the Original License Agreement, with the exception of the following material changes: (i) the payment of royalties pursuant to the A&R License Agreement, if any, may be made by the Company in either cash or securities of the Company, at the discretion of the Company; and (ii) other than the original license fee paid by the Company to Statera in connection with the Closing, all subsequent payments due to Statera under the A&R License Agreement, up to an amount equal to an aggregate of up to $5.6 million, shall be paid by the Company directly to Avenue Capital on behalf of Statera.

This Current Report on Form 8-K should be read together with the Prior 8-K, which includes a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Original License Agreement. The foregoing description of the A&R License Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the License Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

* Certain annexes, schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted attachment to the SEC on a confidential basis upon request.

† Pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K, certain confidential portions of this exhibit have been omitted by means of marking such portions with asterisks as the identified confidential portions are both not material and are the type of information that the registrant treats as private or confidential. The registrant agrees to supplementally furnish an unredacted copy of this exhibit to the SEC upon its request.

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.