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): July 5, 2024

Astra Space, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware	001-39426	85-1270303
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


1900 Skyhawk Street
Alameda, California		94501
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (510) 956-5279

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	ASTR	NASDAQ Capital Market

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 2.03.

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation.

On July 5, 2024, Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra” or the “Company”) closed a subsequent financing (the “Subsequent Financing”) pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of August 4, 2023 (as amended or otherwise modified by, inter alia, that certain Reaffirmation Agreement and Omnibus Amendment Agreement dated as of November 6, 2023, that certain Omnibus Amendment No. 3 Agreement dated as of November 21, 2023, that certain Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of January 19, 2024, that certain Amendment to Senior Secured Convertible Notes dated as of January 31, 2024, that certain Second Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement and Second Amendment to Senior Secured Convertible Notes dated as of February 26, 2024, that certain Limited Waiver and Consent to Senior Secured Convertible Notes and Common Stock Purchase Warrant and Reaffirmation of Transaction Documents, dated as of March 7, 2024, that certain Third Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement and Third Amendment to Senior Secured Convertible Notes dated as of April 10, 2024, that certain Fourth Amendment to Senior Secured Convertible Notes dated as of April 30, 2024 and that certain Fifth Amendment to Senior Secured Convertible Notes dated as of May 31, 2024) (as so amended and modified, the “Purchase Agreement”), in which Chenel Capital Partners LLC (“Chenel Capital”) purchased $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of a 12.0% Senior Secured Convertible Note due 2025 (the “Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note”) in the form of the Senior Secured Convertible Note due 2025 filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 4, 2024 (the “June 8-K”).

The Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note is subject to the terms of a noteholder conversion agreement that Chenel Capital executed and delivered to Apogee Parent Inc. (“Parent”), in connection with the Company’s entry into the Agreement and Plan of Merger with Parent and Apogee Merger Sub Inc., as described under the heading “Treatment of Outstanding Convertible Notes and Warrants” in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2024 (the “Second March 8-K”).

Net proceeds from the Subsequent Financing, after deducting estimated offering expenses, were approximately $490,000. Following the sale of the Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note, the Company may issue additional 12.0% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2025 under the Purchase Agreement in an aggregate original principal amount not exceeding $11,432,621.77, and Common Stock Purchase Warrants, subject to certain limitations, including obtaining the consent of holders of a majority interest of the 12.0% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2025 and Common Stock Purchase Warrants then outstanding.

The Purchase Agreement and relevant amendments are incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Convertible Notes Issuance

The Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note matures on November 15, 2025, unless extended, and is convertible into shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Class A Common Stock”) (such shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note, the “Underlying Shares”). On the Maturity Date, the Company will pay Chenel Capital, along with the holders of all of the Existing Issued Convertible Notes (hereinafter defined) (the Subsequently Purchased Convertible Notes and the Existing Issued Convertible Notes collectively referred to as the “Convertible Notes”), an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the then-outstanding Stated Principal Amount (as defined in the Convertible Notes) of the Convertible Notes, multiplied by (ii) the then applicable Minimum Return (as defined in the Convertible Notes) amount in effect at such time, plus accrued and uncapitalized interest on the Convertible Notes (such amount, the “Minimum Return Maturity Amount”); provided that, if the Maturity Date has been extended, the Company will pay holders of Convertible Notes an amount in cash equal to the greater of (x) the Minimum Return Maturity Amount and (y) the then-outstanding principal amount plus any accrued and uncapitalized interest on the Convertible Notes. In the event that any prepayment or redemption of the Convertibles Notes is made in full prior to the Maturity Date (or is deemed to have occurred in the case of an Event of Default Acceleration Event (as defined in the Convertible Notes)), the Company will pay in full all outstanding obligations under the Convertible Notes, which will include the payment, if applicable, of any Minimum Return amount, which ranges from 150% to 175% of the outstanding Stated Principal Amount (as defined in the Convertible Notes) of the Convertible Notes depending on the timing of the prepayment or redemption event, as applicable.

The terms related to interest, security, payments, conversion (including the conversion rate), rights of Chenel Capital upon a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note) and affirmative and negative covenants are the same as described under the heading “Convertible Notes Issuance” in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 24, 2023 (the “November 8-K”). Chenel Capital has agreed that the transactions currently contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including any filings required by Chenel Capital as a result of the Subsequent Financing, or any other person or persons with the SEC in connection with the Merger Agreement will not constitute a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Convertible Notes).

The Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note was not issued pursuant to an indenture. Unless the Company obtains the Requisite Stockholder Approvals (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), the Company will be prohibited from issuing any shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of the Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note if the issuance of such shares of Class A Common Stock, together with shares issued upon the conversion of any other Convertible Notes and exercise of any Warrants (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), would exceed 19.99% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock as of the date of the Purchase Agreement or otherwise exceed the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock which the Company may issue without breaching the Company’s obligations under the Nasdaq listing rules.

The Subsequent Financing is connected to the Company’s announcements in its November 8-K, its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 25, 2024 (the “January 8-K”), its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2024 (the “First March 8-K”), its Second March 8-K, its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 21, 2024 (the “Third March 8-K”), its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 26, 2024 (the “April 8-K”), its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 17, 2024 (the “May 8-K”) and its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 5, 2024 (the “July 8-K”), of a series of closings of previous financing transactions (the “Prior Financings”) with JMCM Holdings LLC (“JMCM”), MH Orbit LLC (“MH Orbit”), SherpaVentures Fund II, LP (“ACME Fund II”), Chris C. Kemp, through the Chris Kemp Living Trust dated February 10, 2021 (the “Kemp Trust”), Dr. Adam P. London, RBH Ventures Astra SPV, LLC (“RBH”), ERAS Capital, LLC (“ERAS”), Ulrich Gall, Richard Delmas Breezy Wynn and Astera Institute (“Astera” and collectively with JMCM, MH Orbit, ACME Fund II, the Kemp Trust, Dr. London, RBH, ERAS, Mr. Gall and Mr. Wynn, the “Initial Investors” and collectively with Chenel Capital, the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company issued to the Initial Investors senior secured convertible notes (the “Existing Issued Convertible Notes”) substantially in the form of Senior Secured Convertible Note due 2025 filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the June 8-K, and warrants in accordance with the form of the Common Stock Purchase Warrant filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the November 8-K (the “Existing Issued Warrants” and together with the Subsequently Purchased Warrants, collectively, the “Warrants”). Such Prior Financings are discussed in the November 8-K, the January 8-K, the First March 8-K, the Second March 8-K, the Third March 8-K, the April 8-K, the May 8-K and the July 8-K.

The foregoing summary of the Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Senior Secured Convertible Note that was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the June 8-K which is incorporated herein by reference.

No Registration; Registration Rights

The Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note and the Underlying Shares have not been, and the Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. The Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note and the Underlying Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. The Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note was offered and sold to Chenel Capital in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D thereunder. Chenel Capital is an “accredited investor,” as defined in Regulation D, and acquired the Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note and any Underlying Shares for investment only and not with a view toward, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company is required to file a registration statement with the SEC no later than August 1, 2024, to register the resale of all Underlying Shares.

This current report on Form 8-K does not, and the exhibits attached hereto do not, constitute an offer to sell any security, including the Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note or any Underlying Shares, nor a solicitation for an offer to purchase any security, including the Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note or any Underlying Shares, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, qualification, or exemption under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information set forth in Item 2.03 of this current report on Form 8-K regarding the issuance of Subsequently Purchased Convertible Note is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 3.02.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

4.1		Form of Senior Secured Convertible Note due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 4, 2024).

10.1		Omnibus Amendment No. 3 Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2023, between Astra Space, Inc., its subsidiaries, the Investors and GLAS Americas, LLC, as collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 24, 2023).

10.2		Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated January 19, 2024, by and among Astra Space, Inc., each of the subsidiaries of Astra Space, Inc. party thereto, the investors party thereto and GLAS Americas, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 25, 2024).

10.3		Amendment to Senior Secured Convertible Notes, dated January 31, 2024, by and among Astra Space, Inc., each of the subsidiaries of Astra Space, Inc. party thereto, and each of the investors party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 6, 2024).

10.4		Second Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement and Second Amendment to Senior Secured Convertible Notes, dated February 26, 2024, by and among Astra Space, Inc., each of the subsidiaries of Astra Space, Inc. party thereto, the investors party thereto and GLAS Americas, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2024).

10.5		Limited Waiver and Consent to Senior Secured Convertible Notes and Common Stock Purchase Warrant and Reaffirmation of Transaction Documents, dated as of March 7, 2024, by and among Astra Space, Inc., each of the subsidiaries of Astra Space, Inc. party thereto and each of the investors party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2024).

10.6		Third Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement and Third Amendment to Senior Secured Convertible Notes, dated April 10, 2024, by and among Astra Space, Inc., each of the subsidiaries of Astra Space, Inc. party thereto, the investors party thereto and GLAS Americas, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2024).

10.7		Fourth Amendment to Senior Secured Convertible Notes, dated April 30, 2024, by and among Astra Space, Inc., each of the subsidiaries of Astra Space, Inc. party thereto, and each of the investors party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 1, 2024).

10.8		Fifth Amendment to Senior Secured Convertible Notes, dated May 31, 2024, by and among Astra Space, Inc., each of the subsidiaries of Astra Space, Inc. party thereto, and each of the investors party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 4, 2024).

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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 11, 2024

Astra Space, Inc.

/s/ Axel Martinez

Axel Martinez

Chief Financial Officer

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