Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously reported, on May 20, 2024, GRI Bio, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an At The Market Offering Agreement (the "Sales Agreement") with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC ("Wainwright"), pursuant to which the Company may from time to time issue and sell through Wainwright, acting as the Company's sales agent, shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Shares") (the "ATM Offering"). In connection therewith, on May 20, 2024, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a prospectus supplement (File No. 333-279348), related to the ATM Offering.
On January 29, 2026, the Company entered into an Amendment No. 1 to At The Market Offering Agreement (the "Amendment") with Wainwright, effective as of January 28, 2026, to increase the aggregate offering price of the Shares that the Company may sell in the ATM Offering from $10,000,000 to up to the dollar amount of Shares registered on the prospectus supplement pursuant to which the ATM Offering is being made. In connection with the Amendment, on January 29, 2026, the Company filed a prospectus supplement with the Commission to increase the maximum number of Shares issuable in the ATM Offering to up to an aggregate of $60,000,000. Certain provisions of that Securities Purchase Agreement, dated December 11, 2025, by and between the Company and the investor set forth therein have been waived to permit issuances pursuant to the Sales Agreement, as amended by the Amendment.
The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text thereof, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. Attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report is the opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.