Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): July 11, 2007

 


LITHIUM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 


 

Delaware   1-10446   13-3411148

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

5115 Campus Drive, Plymouth Meeting, PA   19462
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 940-6090

Not Applicable

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

 


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Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously reported in the Form 8-K of Lithium Technology Corporation (the “Company”) filed July 20, 2006, effective July 14, 2006, GAIA Akkumulatorenwerke GmbH (“GAIA”) and Dilo Trading AG (“Dilo Trading”), subsidiaries of the Company, closed bridge financings with a European lender (the “Lender”) for a total of Euros 7.5 million (approximately U.S. $9.5 million) (the “Subsidiary Financing”). The Subsidiary Financing was secured by a pledge of all of the assets of GAIA and Dilo Trading. On July 11, 2007, the Subsidiary Financing and accrued interest was satisfied with the payment of Euros 6 million and the issuance of a Company convertible note in the principal amount of U.S. $3,247,106 (the “Convertible Note”). The Convertible Note is convertible into shares of Company common stock at $0.10 per share. The Convertible Note accrues interest at 10% per annum and is due and payable on September 1, 2008. The Company has the right to repay the Convertible Note at any time prior to maturity without penalty. The Convertible Note will be secured by 90 million shares of Company common stock.

Section 2 – Financial Information

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation.

See Item 1.01 above.

Section 3 – Securities and Trading Markets

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

(a) As described in Item 1.01 above, on July 11, 2007, the Company issued a Convertible Note to the Lender in a private transaction. The Company did not pay any underwriting discounts or commissions in connection with the issuance of the Convertible Note in this transaction. Issuance of the Convertible Note was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The Convertible Note was issued to an accredited investor in a private transaction without the use of any form of general solicitation or advertising. The underlying securities are “restricted securities” subject to applicable limitations on resale.

(b) On July 17, 2007, the Company closed on the sale of Series C Preferred Stock in a private placement transaction. The Company sold 3,485.60 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $1,371,400. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into 2,500 shares of Company common stock. At a purchase price of $250 per share of Series C Preferred Stock, the effective purchase price for each underlying share of Company common stock is $0.10 per share. The Company did not pay any underwriting discounts or commissions in connection with the sale of the Series C Preferred Stock in this transaction.

 

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Issuance of the securities was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The shares were sold to an accredited investor in a private placement without the use of any form of general solicitation or advertising. The underlying securities are “restricted securities” subject to applicable limitations on resale.

As previously reported in the Company’s Form 8-K dated November 28, 2006, each share of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock is convertible at the option of the holder thereof into 2,500 shares of Company common stock at any time following the authorization and reservation of a sufficient number of shares of Company common stock by all requisite action, including action by the Company’s Board of Directors and by Company stockholders, to provide for the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock into shares of Company common stock. Each share of the Series C Preferred Stock will automatically be converted into 2,500 shares of Company common stock 90 days following the authorization and reservation of a sufficient number of shares of Company common stock to provide for the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock into shares of Company common stock.

The shares of Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the common stock on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of the common stock. On all matters as to which shares of common stock or shares of Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or consent, each share of Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to the number of votes (rounded up to the nearest whole number) that the common stock into which it is convertible would have if such Series C Preferred Stock had been so converted into common stock as of the record date established for determining holders entitled to vote, or if no such record date is established, as of the time of any vote on such matters. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to the number of votes that 2,500 shares of common stock would have.

In addition to the voting rights provided above, as long as any shares of Series C Preferred Stock are outstanding, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of two-thirds of the then-outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, will be required in order for the Company to:

 

  (i) amend, alter or repeal, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the terms of the Series C Preferred Stock or any other provision of Company Charter or Bylaws, in any way that adversely affects any of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the Series C Preferred Stock;

 

  (ii) issue any shares of capital stock ranking prior or superior to, or on parity with, the Series C Preferred Stock; or

 

  (iii) subdivide or otherwise change shares of Series C Preferred Stock into a different number of shares whether in a merger, consolidation, combination, recapitalization, reorganization or otherwise.

The Series C Preferred Stock ranks on a parity with the common stock as to any dividends, distributions or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, in an amount per share equal to the amount per share that the shares of common stock into which such Series C Preferred Stock are convertible would have been entitled to receive if such Series C Preferred Stock had been so converted into common stock prior to such distribution.

 

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Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

10.69   Form of Convertible Note dated July 11, 2007
10.70   Form of Stock Purchase Agreement between Lithium Technology Corporation and the purchaser of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (1)

(1) Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K dated February 22, 2007.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 17, 2007

 

LITHIUM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:  

/s/ Amir Elbaz

  Amir Elbaz
  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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