UNITED STATES
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): September 16, 2024
PDS BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
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001-37568
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26-4231384
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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303A College Road East,
Princeton, NJ 08540
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)
(800) 208-3343
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Trading Symbol(s)
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Name of each exchange on which
registered
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Common Stock, par value $0.00033 per share
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PDSB
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this
chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §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. Yes ☐ No ☐
Item 7.01 |
Regulation FD Disclosure.
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On September 16, 2024, PDS Biotechnology Corporation (the “Company”)
issued a press release announcing that updated data from the ongoing VERSATILE-002 trial evaluating Versamune® HPV (formerly PDS0101) in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) as a first-line (1L) treatment for patients with HPV16-positive
recurrent/metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) was featured in a poster (879P) presented on September 14, 2024 at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024
in Barcelona, Spain. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
The information in this Item 7.01 is being
furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference
into any registration statement or other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing..
The information set forth in the press release referred to in Item 7.01 above, other than the third and fifth paragraphs thereof, is
incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
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Description
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Press Release dated September 16, 2024.
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104
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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Signature
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.
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PDS BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
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Date: September 16, 2024
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By: /s/ Frank Bedu-Addo, Ph.D. |
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Name: Frank Bedu-Addo, Ph.D. |
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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