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): August 20, 2021

Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 20, 2021, Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company” or “us” or “we”) entered into an equity distribution agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (the “Sales Agent”) under which we may issue and sell in a registered “at-the-market” offering shares of our common stock (the “Shares”) having an aggregate offering price of up to $30,000,000 from time to time through or to our Sales Agent (the “ATM Offering”). We expect to use net proceeds, if any, from the ATM Offering over time as a source for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Sales of our common stock through the Sales Agent, if any, will be made by any method that is deemed an “at-the-market offering” as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Sales Agent will offer the Shares at prevailing market prices and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to make such offerings consistent with its normal trading and sales practices. We will pay the Sales Agent an aggregate of up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds of the sales price per share of common stock sold through the Sales Agent under the Sales Agreement. We also may sell some or all of the Shares to the Sales Agent as principal for their own account at a price agreed upon at the time of sale.

We are not obligated to make any sales of our common stock under the Sales Agreement and no assurance can be given that we will sell any shares under the Sales Agreement, or, if we do, as to the price or amount of shares that we will sell, or the dates on which any such sales will take place. The Sales Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of all of our common stock subject to the Sales Agreement, or (ii) termination of the Sales Agreement as provided therein.

The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sales Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the Sales Agreement, the Company is filing the opinion and consent of its counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP, regarding the validity of the Shares that may be sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement as Exhibits 5.1 and 23.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.

The Shares will be sold and issued pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-257558), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2021, the base prospectus contained therein, and a prospectus supplement related to the offering of the Shares dated August 20, 2021.

This Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits filed herewith, shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the Shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state.

All statements in this report that are not historical facts should be considered “Forward Looking Statements” within the meaning of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements 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 the forward-looking statements. Some of the forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seek,” “approximately,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “continue” or “anticipates” or similar expressions or words, or the negatives of those expressions or words. Except as otherwise required by applicable securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances, or any other reason, after the date of this report.

Item 9.01(d) Financial Statements and 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.