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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 9, 2023

 

PHIO PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-36304   45-3215903

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

257 Simarano Drive, Suite 101

 
Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (508) 767-3861

 

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):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class of securities:   Trading Symbol(s):   Name of exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   PHIO   The NASDAQ Capital Market

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

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 8.01  Other Events. 

 

On February 9, 2023, Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (the “Company”) received written notice (the “Notification Letter”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC notifying the Company that it had regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.  The Notification Letter was sent following the implementation of a one-for-twelve reverse split of the Company’s common stock (the “Reverse Split”), which became effective on January 26, 2023. Additional information regarding the Reverse Split can be found in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 25, 2023.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

        PHIO PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
         
       
Date: February 13, 2023       By: /s/ Robert Bitterman
         

Name: Robert Bitterman

Title: Interim Executive Chairman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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