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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) December 28, 2021
APPLIED
UV, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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001-39480
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84-4373308
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(State or other jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
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150
N. Macquesten Parkway
Mount
Vernon, NY
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10550
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(Address of registrant’s
principal executive office)
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(Zip code)
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(914)
665-6100
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
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Trading
symbol(s)
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Name
of each exchange on which
registered
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Common Stock, par value
$0.0001 per share
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AUVI
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The Nasdaq Stock Market
LLC
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10.5% Series A Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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AUVIP
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The Nasdaq Stock Market
LLC
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company ☒
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item
1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 28, 2021, Applied UV, Inc. (the “Company”)
entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC
(the “Underwriter”), related to the offering of 2,666,667 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a public offering price of $3.00 per share. In addition, the Company granted the Underwriter a
45-day option to purchase up to an additional 400,000 Shares pursuant to its exercise of an overallotment under the terms of the Underwriting
Agreement.
The Shares were offered and sold by the Company pursuant
to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261892) (the “Registration Statement”) and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b)(4) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registration Statement was declared effective
by the Commission on December 28, 2021. The closing of the offering for the Shares took place on December 31, 2021. Aggregate gross proceeds
from the closing will be approximately $8 million before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and other estimated
offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including new investments
and acquisitions.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations,
warranties and covenants by the Company, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters,
including for liabilities under the Securities Act, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The representations,
warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates,
were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.
Certain of the Company’s officers and directors
have agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to offer, issue, sell, contract to sell, encumber, grant any option for the sale of or
otherwise dispose of any shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of
our common stock until June 26, 2022 without the prior written consent of the Underwriter.
The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) and the description of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement
is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The Company has entered into an Employment Agreement
(the “Employment Agreement”) dated January 1, 2022 with Michael Riccio, its current Chief Financial Officer. The Employment
Agreement has a two year term and automatically renews for additional two year terms unless 90 days prior to the prior to the end of the
current term the Company or Mr. Riccio provides notice to the other that the term will not be extended or the Employment Agreement is
sooner terminated by the Company with or without cause or by Mr. Riccio with good reason or for no reason, in each case as set forth in
the Employment Agreement.
The Employment Agreement provides Mr. Riccio with
a base salary of $300,000, annual performance bonus of up to 100% of base salary based on periodic assesments of Mr. Riccio’s performance
as well as the achievement of specific individual and corporate objectives as determined by the CEO in consultaion with Mr. Riccio; and
equity awards of 50,000 shares of the Compnay’s common stock and a 10 year option to purchase 70,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock at an exercise price of $2.70 per share. Each equity award vests quarterly over a three year period commencing on January
1, 2022 with the first vesting to occur on April 1, 2022. Mr Riccio is also entitled to in the participate the Company-funded healthcare
insurance plan and in all other benefits, perquisites, vacation days, benefit plans or programs of the Company which are available generally
to office employees and other employees of the Company in accordance with the terms of such plans, benefits or programs.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On December 28, 2021, the Company issued a press release
announcing that it had priced the underwritten public offering described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report. The Company’s press
release is filed as an Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
On December 31, 2021, the Company issued a press release
announcing that it had closed its underwritten public offering of 2,666,667 common shares at $3.00 per share and that the Underwriter’s
exercise in full of its overallotment option to purchase 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock had closed. The Company received
aggregate gross proceeds from both closings of $8 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and other
estimated offering expenses. The Company’s press release is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein
by reference.
Item
9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
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.
Date: January 3, 2022
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APPLIED
UV, INC.
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By: /s/
Max Munn
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Name: Max Munn
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Title: Interim
Chief Executive Officer, President
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