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): February 11, 2020

Fortress Biotech, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 2 Gansevoort Street, 9th Floor

New York, New York 10014

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(781) 652-4500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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

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On February 11, 2020, Fortress Biotech, Inc. (“Fortress” or the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with The Benchmark Company LLC (“Benchmark”) and ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management (“ThinkEquity”), as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriters, in a firm commitment underwritten public offering, 625,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s 9.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Shares”), at a price to the public of $20.00 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. In addition, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable for 45 days, to purchase up to an additional 93,750 Preferred Shares (the “Additional Shares,” together with the Firm Shares, the “Shares”). The transactions relating to the Firm Shares contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement are expected to close on or about February 14, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Benchmark and ThinkEquity are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The net proceeds to the Company for the Firm Shares (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase the Additional Shares) are expected to be approximately $11,500,000, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the underwriters.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), other obligations of the parties and termination provisions.

Alston & Bird LLP, counsel to the Company, delivered an opinion as to the validity of the Shares, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

The following estimated Expense Table relating to the offering contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement is being filed herewith in order to be incorporated by reference into Registration Statement 333-226089:

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.