Monopar Therapeutics S-3, filed Nov 29, 2024
Monopar Therapeutics (MNPR)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MONOPAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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1000 Skokie Blvd., Suite 350
Wilmette, Illinois 60091
(847) 388-0349
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Chandler D. Robinson
Chief Executive Officer
Monopar Therapeutics Inc.
1000 Skokie Blvd., Suite 350
Wilmette, Illinois 60091
(847) 388-0349
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
John J. Harrington
Baker & Hostetler LLP
127 Public Square, Suite 2000
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216) 621-0200
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ☐
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: ☒
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If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☒
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The Selling Stockholder may not sell these securities or accept an offer to buy these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and it is not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 29, 2024
PROSPECTUS
705,015 Shares
Common Stock Offered by the Selling Stockholder
This prospectus relates to the resale from time to time of up to 705,015 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Monopar Therapeutics Inc. by the selling stockholder identified in this prospectus (the “Selling Stockholder”), including its pledgees, assignees, donees, transferees or successors-in-interest. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares offered by this prospectus.
We have agreed, pursuant to an agreement that we are party to with the Selling Stockholder, to bear all of the registration expenses incurred in connection with the registration of these shares of Common Stock. The Selling Stockholder would be responsible for paying any discounts, commissions and similar expenses, if any, incurred for the sale of these shares of our Common Stock.
The Selling Stockholder, or its pledgees, assignees, donees, transferees or successors-in-interest, may offer the shares from time to time on terms to be determined at the time of sale through ordinary brokerage transactions or through any other means described in this prospectus under the caption “Plan of Distribution.” The shares may be sold at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. For more information on the Selling Stockholder, see the section entitled “Selling Stockholder” on page 9.
We may amend or supplement this prospectus from time to time by filing amendments or supplements as required. You should read the entire prospectus and any amendments or supplements carefully before you make your investment decision.
Our Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “MNPR.” On November 26, 2024, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock was $19.45 per share.
We are an “emerging growth company” under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced public company disclosure requirements for this prospectus and future filings. See “Prospectus Summary—Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and a Smaller Reporting Company.”
Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully read and consider the section entitled “Risk Factors” on page 5 and the risk factors included in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), in any applicable prospectus supplement and in any other documents we file with the SEC.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this prospectus is , 2024.
We urge you to read carefully this prospectus, together with the information incorporated herein by reference as described under the heading “Where You Can Find Additional Information,” before buying any of the securities being offered.
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement or in any amendment to this prospectus. Neither we nor the Selling Stockholder have authorized anyone to provide you with different information, and if anyone provides, or has provided you, with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. The Selling Stockholder is offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of our Common Stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus, as well as the information filed previously with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and incorporated herein by reference, is accurate only as of the date of the document containing the information, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement or any sale of our Common Stock.
A prospectus supplement may add to, update or change the information contained in this prospectus. In addition, documents filed after the date hereof that are deemed incorporated by reference herein may modify and supersede the information in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement together with additional information described below under the heading “Where You Can Find Additional Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference.”
In this prospectus, references to “Monopar,” “Monopar Therapeutics,” the “Company,” the “registrant,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Monopar Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation. The phrase “this prospectus” refers to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, unless the context requires otherwise.
This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate by reference. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider before making an investment decision. You should read this entire prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference carefully, especially the risks of investing in our Common Stock discussed under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of this prospectus.
Overview
Monopar Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company with late-stage ALXN-1840 for Wilson disease, and radiopharma programs including Phase 1-stage MNPR-101-Zr for imaging advanced cancers, and Phase 1a-stage MNPR-101-Lu and late preclinical-stage MNPR-101-Ac225 for the treatment of advanced cancers.
On October 23, 2024, we obtained an exclusive worldwide license for the development and commercialization of ALXN-1840, a drug candidate for Wilson disease, from the Selling Stockholder. As part of the consideration for the license, we agreed to issue shares of our Common Stock to the Selling Stockholder. For a detailed description of the transactions with the Selling Stockholder, see the section entitled “Selling Stockholder” in this prospectus. We filed the registration statement on Form S-3, of which this prospectus forms a part, to fulfill our contractual obligations under our agreement with the Selling Stockholder and to provide for the resale by the Selling Stockholder of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and a Smaller Reporting Company
As a company with less than $1.235 billion in revenue during our most recently completed fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of relief from certain reporting requirements and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include:
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reduced obligations with respect to financial data, including presenting only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of selected financial data in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein; |
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an exception from compliance with the auditor attestation requirement of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; |
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reduced disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements in our periodic reports, proxy statements and registration statements; and |
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exemptions from the requirements of holding non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements. |
We will remain an emerging growth company until December 31, 2024, the fifth anniversary of our first sale of common equity securities pursuant to a U.S. registration.
The JOBS Act also permits us, as an emerging growth company, to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with the new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies and thereby allow us to delay the adoption of those standards until those standards would apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected to waive this exemption and therefore, we will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.
We are also a “smaller reporting company,” meaning that the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700 million and our annual revenue was less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year. We may continue to be a smaller reporting company if either (i) the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250 million or (ii) our annual revenue was less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates was less than $700 million. If we are a smaller reporting company at the time we cease to be an emerging growth company, we may continue to rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements that are available to smaller reporting companies. For so long as we remain a smaller reporting company, we are permitted and intend to rely on exemptions from certain disclosure.
Corporate Information
We were formed as a Delaware limited liability company in December 2014, with the name Monopar Therapeutics, LLC. In December 2015, we converted to a Delaware C corporation. Our principal executive offices are located at 1000 Skokie Blvd, Suite 350, Wilmette, IL 60091. Our telephone number is (847) 388-0349. Our corporate website is located at www.monopartx.com. Any information contained in, or that can be accessed through our website, is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
THE OFFERING
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Common Stock Offered by Selling Stockholder |
Up to 705,015 shares of Common Stock. |
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Use of Proceeds |
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholder. |
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Risk Factors |
You should read the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus for a discussion of factors to consider carefully before deciding to invest in shares of our Common Stock. |
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Nasdaq Capital Market Symbol |
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Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. Before deciding to invest in our Common Stock, you should consider carefully the risk factors, and all of the other information, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as well as the risks, uncertainties and other information in subsequent filings with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after the date of this prospectus, all of which are incorporated by reference herein. This risk factor disclosure should be viewed together with all other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplements or free writing prospectuses that we authorize for use in connection with this offering before you make a decision to invest in our Common Stock. If any of the risk factors incorporated by reference herein, were to materialize, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and future growth prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the market price of our Common Stock could decline, and you could lose part of or all of your investment in our Common Stock.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains and incorporated by reference “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus are forward-looking statements. The words “hopes,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “projects,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “will,” “continue,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The following uncertainties and factors, among others, could affect future performance and cause actual results to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by forward-looking statements:
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our ability to raise sufficient funds in order for us to support continued clinical, regulatory and commercial development of our programs and to make contractual future milestone payments, as well as our ability to further raise additional funds in the future to support any future product candidate programs through completion of clinical trials, the approval processes and, if applicable, commercialization; |
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our ability to raise funds on acceptable terms; |
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our ability to find a suitable pharmaceutical partner or partners to further our development efforts, under acceptable financial terms; |
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risks and uncertainties associated with our or any development partners' research and development activities, including preclinical studies, clinical trials, regulatory submissions, and manufacturing and quality expenses; |
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known and unknown risks associated with developing radiopharmaceutical therapeutics and imaging agents and copper-chelating therapies; |
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the uncertainty of timeframes for our clinical trials and regulatory reviews for approval to market products; |
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our ability to address the fulfillment and logistical challenges posed by the potential time-limited shelf-life of our current radiopharmaceutical programs or future drug candidates; |
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our ability to obtain an adequate supply at reasonable costs of radioisotopes that we are currently using or that we may incorporate into our drug candidates; |
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uncertainties related to the regulatory discussions we intend to initiate related to ALXN-1840 and the outcome thereof; |
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the rate of market acceptance and competitiveness in terms of pricing, efficacy and safety, of any products for which we receive marketing approval, and our ability to competitively market any such products as compared to larger pharmaceutical companies; |
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the difficulties of commercialization, marketing and product manufacturing and overall strategy; |
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uncertainties of intellectual property position and strategy including new discoveries and patent filings; |
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our ability to attract and retain experienced and qualified key personnel and/or to find and utilize external sources of experience, expertise and scientific, medical and commercialization knowledge to complete product development and commercialization of new products; |
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the risks inherent in our estimates regarding the level of needed expenses, capital requirements and the availability of required additional financing at acceptable terms; |
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the impact of the U.S. Presidential and Congressional election results affecting the economy and future government laws and regulations including increased governmental control of healthcare and pharmaceuticals, resulting in direct price controls driving lower prices, other governmental regulations affecting cost requirements and structures for selling therapeutic or imaging products, and recent governmental legislation affecting other industries which may indirectly increase our costs of obtaining goods and services and our cost of capital; |
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the uncertain impact any resurgence of COVID-19 or another pandemic could have on our ability to advance our clinical programs and raise additional financing; |
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the cumulative impact of domestic and global inflation, volatility in financial markets and/or the potential for an economic recession increasing our costs of obtaining goods and services or making financing more difficult to obtain on acceptable terms or at all; |
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the uncertain impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas war, or any potential future conflicts on our clinical material manufacturing expenses and timelines, as well as on general political, economic, trade and financial market conditions; and |
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uncertainty of our financial projections and operational timelines and the development of new competitive products and technologies. |
Although we believe that the risk assessments identified in such forward-looking statements are appropriate, we can give no assurance that such risks will materialize. Cautionary statements addressing forward-looking statements are disclosed in the “Risk Factors” sections of the documents incorporated by reference herein. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to update any statements made in this prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference herein, including without limitation any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
Any forward-looking statements in this prospectus or incorporated by reference herein reflect our current views with respect to future events or to our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Information that is based on estimates, forecasts, projections, market research or similar methodologies is inherently subject to uncertainties and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances projected in this information.
We are filing the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part to permit the Selling Stockholder to sell shares of our Common Stock. We are not selling any shares of Common Stock under this prospectus, and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the shares held by the Selling Stockholder and offered hereby.
We will bear all costs, fees and expenses incurred in effecting the registration of the shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus. The Selling Stockholder would be responsible for paying any discounts, commissions or other similar fees and expenses in connection with the sale of the shares of Common Stock offered by this prospectus.
On October 23, 2024, we executed a License Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Selling Stockholder” or “Alexion”), pursuant to which Alexion granted us an exclusive worldwide license for the development and commercialization of ALXN-1840, a drug candidate for Wilson disease.
As part of the initial upfront consideration for the License Agreement, we issued Alexion 387,329 shares (representing 9.9% of our then outstanding shares) of our Common Stock. The issuance of shares of our Common Stock was made pursuant to a separate Common Stock Investment Agreement with Alexion (the “Equity Agreement”), pursuant to which we also agreed to an anti-dilution provision that entitles Alexion to receive additional shares at no cost to maintain their 9.9% ownership after any subsequent issuances of common stock to third parties until we raise $25.0 million of common equity capital, subject to a maximum of 705,015 shares, unless we obtain stockholder approval to issue additional shares.
As of the date of this prospectus, we have raised $20.2 million of the $25.0 million limit to Alexion’s anti-dilution right and we have issued an aggregate of 522,501 shares of Common Stock to Alexion (the 387,329 initial shares plus 135,172 pursuant to the anti-dilution provision).
Pursuant to the Equity Agreement, we also agreed to file the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, within forty-five (45) days of October 23, 2024.
In addition to the consideration payable in shares of Common Stock, a cash payment of $1.0 million was paid at the time of signing of the License Agreement and the remaining $3.0 million was due to be paid within ninety (90) days. Additionally, we are obligated to milestone payments of up to $94.0 million for achievement of regulatory approval and sales related milestones. In addition, we are obligated to pay tiered royalties based on net sales in the low- to mid-double digit range. We have also given Alexion the right of first negotiation regarding any rights should we intend to sublicense ALXN-1840. Furthermore, we will have to pay Alexion a percentage in the mid-double digits of any sublicensing income received by us. As part of this License Agreement, we have assumed an agreement from Alexion, under which we will also owe a third-party single digit millions cash milestone payment upon regulatory approval in Europe and a single digit percentage royalty on net sales in Europe.
The foregoing summary descriptions of the License Agreement and the Equity Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, which were filed as exhibits to the documents incorporated by reference herein.
The table below sets forth, to our knowledge, information concerning the beneficial ownership of shares of our Common Stock by the Selling Stockholder as of November 26, 2024. The information in the table below is based upon certain information obtained from the Selling Stockholder. When we refer to the “Selling Stockholder” in this prospectus, we mean the Selling Stockholder listed in the table below as offering shares, as well as its donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest. The Selling Stockholder may sell all, some or none of the shares subject to this prospectus. See “Plan of Distribution.”
In the table below, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned prior to the offering for the Selling Stockholder includes only the shares of Common Stock we have already issued to the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder may receive additional shares as a result of the anti-dilution right described above for no additional consideration. The percentages of shares owned before and after the offering are based on 5,277,796 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 26, 2024.
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This amount represents the maximum amount we may issue to the Selling Stockholder under the anti-dilution provision of the Equity Agreement, unless we obtain stockholder approval to issue additional shares. We are unable to predict how many additional shares will actually be issued to the Selling Stockholders as it depends on the terms of future sales of our Common Stock. We do not know when or in what amounts the Selling Stockholder may offer shares for sale. The Selling Stockholder might not sell any or might sell all of the shares offered by this prospectus. Because the Selling Stockholder may offer all or some of the shares pursuant to this offering, and because there are currently no agreements, arrangements or understandings with respect to the sale of any of the shares, we cannot estimate the number of the shares that will be held by the Selling Stockholder after completion of the offering. However, for purposes of this table, we have assumed that, after completion of the offering, none of the shares covered by this prospectus will be held by the Selling Stockholder. |
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The address of the Selling Stockholder is 121 Seaport Blvd., Boston, Massachusetts 02210. The Selling Stockholder is a subsidiary of AstraZeneca PLC. |
The Selling Stockholder, which as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling shares of Common Stock or interests in shares of Common Stock received after the date of this prospectus from the Selling Stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its shares of Common Stock or interests in shares of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.
The Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:
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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
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block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, and may also position and resell a portion of the block as a principal to facilitate the transaction; |
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purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
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on Nasdaq or any other national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale; |
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an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
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privately negotiated transactions; |
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short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC; |
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through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether conducted through an options exchange or otherwise; |
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broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholder to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; |
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through one or more agents; |
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a combination of any such methods of sale; and |
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any other method permitted by applicable law. |
To the extent required, this prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution.
In connection with the sale of our Common Stock or interests therein, the Selling Stockholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Common Stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Stockholder may also sell shares of our Common Stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the Common Stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Stockholder may also pledge securities to a broker-dealer or other financial institution, and, upon a default, such broker-dealer or other financial institution, may effect sales of the pledged securities pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction). The Selling Stockholder may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The aggregate proceeds to the Selling Stockholder from the sale of the Common Stock offered by the Selling Stockholder will be the purchase price of the Common Stock less discounts or commissions, if any. The Selling Stockholder reserves the right to accept and, together with its agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of Common Stock to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering.
The Selling Stockholder also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, provided that the Selling Stockholder meets the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule.
Any broker-dealers or agents that participate in the sale of the Common Stock or interests therein may be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.
To the extent required, the shares of our Common Stock to be sold, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, and any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.
In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the Common Stock may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the Common Stock may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.
We have advised the Selling Stockholder that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the Selling Stockholders and their affiliates. In addition, to the extent applicable, we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the Selling Stockholder for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The Selling Stockholder may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
We have agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholder against liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and state securities laws, relating to the registration of the shares offered by this prospectus.
We have agreed with the Selling Stockholder to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective and to remain continuously effective until the date on which all of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby have actually been sold or all of the shares of Common Stock are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and the legends have been removed from such securities in accordance with the requirements of the Equity Agreement.
Certain legal matters will be passed on for us by Baker & Hostetler LLP.
The consolidated financial statements of Monopar Therapeutics Inc. as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, incorporated in this prospectus by reference to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of BPM LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act with respect to the Common Stock offered by this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. For further information pertaining to us and our Common Stock, you should refer to the registration statement and to its exhibits. Whenever we make reference in this prospectus to any of our contracts, agreements or other documents, the references are not necessarily complete, and you should refer to the exhibits attached to the registration statement or to the documents incorporated by reference herein for copies of the actual contract, agreement or other document.
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, information statements and proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You can read our SEC filings, including the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. We also maintain a website at http://www.monopartx.com. You may access, free of charge, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10- Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not a part of, and should not be construed as being incorporated by reference into, this prospectus.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document that we have filed separately with the SEC. You should read the information incorporated by reference because it is an important part of this prospectus. Information in this prospectus supersedes information incorporated by reference that we filed with the SEC prior to the date of this prospectus, while information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference into this prospectus and the registration statement of which this prospectus are a part the information and documents listed below that we have filed with the SEC:
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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on November 8, 2024; |
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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2024; |
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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on May 9, 2024; |
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 28, 2024 (the “2023 Form 10-K”); |
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our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2024, May 24, 2024, August 9, 2024, October 24, 2024, and October 30, 2024, to the extent the information in such reports is filed and not furnished; and |
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the description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, registering our Common Stock under Section 12(b) under the Exchange Act, filed with the SEC on September 30, 2019, as supplemented by the “Description of Capital Stock” incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
We also incorporate by reference any future filings (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary) made with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, including those made after the date of the initial filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and prior to effectiveness of such registration statement, until the termination of the offering of the Common Stock made by this prospectus and will become a part of this prospectus from the date that such documents are filed with the SEC. Information in such future filings updates and supplements the information provided in this prospectus. Any statements in any such future filings will automatically be deemed to modify and supersede any information in any document we previously filed with the SEC that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference to the extent that statements in the later filed document modify or replace such earlier statements.
We will furnish without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus, including exhibits that are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents. You should direct any requests for documents to Monopar Therapeutics Inc., Attention: Corporate Secretary, 1000 Skokie Blvd., Suite 350, Wilmette, IL 60091. Our phone number is (847) 388-0349. You may also view the documents that we file with the SEC and incorporate by reference in this prospectus on our corporate website at www.monopartx.com. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference and is not a part of this prospectus.
PROSPECTUS
, 2024
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following table sets forth the various expenses to be incurred in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered hereby, all of which will be borne by Monopar Therapeutics Inc. (except any discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals and expenses incurred by the selling stockholders for brokerage, accounting, tax or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the selling stockholders in disposing of the shares). All amounts shown are estimates except the SEC registration fee.
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$ | 2,121 | ||
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Legal fees and expenses |
$ | 15,000 | ||
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Accounting fees and expenses |
$ | 10,000 | ||
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Printing fees and expenses |
$ | 1,000 | ||
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$ | - | ||
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$ | 28,121 | ||
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Delaware Law
Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that we are required to provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to our directors, officers or other agents to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware's General Corporation Law. Our Certificate of Incorporation limits the personal liability of directors for breach of fiduciary duty to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law and provides that no director will have personal liability to us or to our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty or other duty as a director. However, these provisions do not eliminate or limit the liability of any of our directors for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; or acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, fraud, or gross negligence; for voting for or assenting to unlawful payments of dividends, stock repurchases or other distributions; or for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
In addition, our Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware’s General Corporation Law, we will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, other than an action by or in the right of the Company, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at our request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to as an "Indemnitee"), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Indemnification Agreements
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties and provide for general indemnification. The Company’s exposure under these agreements is unknown because it involves claims that may be made against the Company in the future, but that have not yet been made. To date, the Company has not paid any claims nor been required to defend any action related to its indemnification obligations. However, the Company may record charges in the future as a result of future claims against these indemnification obligations.
In accordance with its second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws and the indemnification agreements entered into with each officer and non-employee director, the Company has indemnification obligations to its officers and non-employee directors for certain events or occurrences, subject to certain limits, while they are serving at the Company’s request in such capacities. There have been no indemnification claims to date.
Insurance
We maintain a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of our corporation arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers. We may obtain directors and officers insurance that may cover potential claims against us and our officers and directors related to securities and corporate governance lawsuits.
Item 16. Exhibits.
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Form 10-K filed on March 26, 2018 | |||
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Form 8-K filed on August 9, 2024 | |||
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Form 10-Q filed on May 12, 2022 | |||
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Form 10-K filed on March 28, 2024 | |||
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Filed herewith | |||
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Form 8-K filed on October 24, 2024 | |||
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Consent of BPM LLP, independent registered public accounting firm |
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Consent of Baker & Hostetler LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith) |
Filed herewith | ||
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement) |
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Item 17. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
(i) each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(ii) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions described herein, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wilmette, State of Illinois, on November 29, 2024.
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/s/ Chandler D. Robinson |
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Chandler D. Robinson |
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
We the undersigned officers and directors of Monopar Therapeutics Inc., hereby, severally constitute and appoint Chander D. Robinson and Karthik Radhakrishnan, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-3 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Monopar Therapeutics Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto or to any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Chief Executive Officer and Director |
November 29, 2024 |
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/s/ Karthik Radhakrishnan |
Chief Financial Officer |
November 29, 2024 |
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/s/ Christopher M. Starr |
Executive Chairman and Director |
November 29, 2024 |
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/s/ Raymond W. Anderson |
Director |
November 29, 2024 |
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/s/ Michael J. Brown |
Director |
November 29, 2024 |
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/s/ Arthur J. Klausner |
Director |
November 29, 2024 |
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/s/ Kim R. Tsuchimoto |
Director |
November 29, 2024 |
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Exhibit 5.1
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November 29, 2024
Monopar Therapeutics Inc.
1000 Skokie Blvd, Suite 350
Wilmette, IL 60091
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Monopar Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including the prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”), filed on the date hereof, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the registration of the resale by the selling stockholder named in the Prospectus (the “Selling Stockholder”) of up to an aggregate of 705,015 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Shares consist of 522,501 Shares that are outstanding as of the date hereof and up to 182,514 additional Shares (the “Additional Shares”) that the Company is obligated to issue to the Selling Stockholder in the future in certain circumstances as described in the Prospectus and may be resold from time to time by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act. This opinion is being rendered pursuant to Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K and in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Registration Statement.
We have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including telecopies). As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on. This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed that at the time of the issuance the Additional Shares, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock will remain authorized and available for issuance pursuant to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as it then may be amended.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that the Shares offered pursuant to the Registration Statement have been duly authorized and are (or, in the case of the Additional Shares, will be upon issuance) validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The opinions expressed herein are limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and we express no opinion as to the effect on the matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We have relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company, and other sources believed by us to be responsible.
We hereby consent to the filing of this letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.
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Very truly yours,
/s/ Baker & Hostetler LLP
BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP |
EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 27, 2024, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Monopar Therapeutics Inc., as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Monopar Therapeutics Inc., for the year ended December 31, 2023.
/s/ BPM LLP
Santa Rosa, California
November 27, 2024