UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 3.03. | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
To the extent required by Item 3.03 of Current Report on Form 8-K, the information regarding the Reverse Stock Split (as defined below) contained in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.
| Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
As previously reported, on July 29, 2024, the stockholders of Cadrenal Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), approved a proposal at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) granting the Company’s Board of Directors the discretion to effect a reverse stock split of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a ratio in the range of 1-for-2 to 1-for-20, with such ratio to be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, without reducing the authorized number of shares of Common Stock. Following the Annual Meeting, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a final split ratio of 1-for-15.
The Company intends to effect a 1-for-15 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of its Common Stock by filing a Certificate of Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 19, 2024, that will become effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on August 20, 2024 (the “Effective Time”). The Company’s Common Stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “CVKD” and will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis when the Nasdaq opens on August 20, 2024. The new CUSIP number for the Common Stock following the Reverse Stock Split will be 127636 207.
No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. In lieu of fractional shares, any person who would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock as a result of the reclassification and combination following the Effective Time (after taking into account all fractional shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to such holder) shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the number of shares of the Common Stock held by such stockholder before the Reverse Stock Split that would otherwise have been exchanged for such fractional share interest multiplied by the average closing sales price of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market for the ten days preceding the Effective Time.
The 1-for-15 Reverse Stock Split will reduce the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock from approximately 16 million shares to approximately 1.1 million shares and the ownership percentage of each shareholder will remain unchanged other than as a result of fractional shares. Proportional adjustments will be made to the number of Common Stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of the Company’s outstanding equity awards and warrants, as well as the applicable exercise price.
The description of the Amendment set forth above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
Among other considerations, the 1-for-15 Reverse Stock Split is intended to bring the Company into compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for maintaining the listing of its common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market and to make the bid price more attractive to investors. The Nasdaq Capital Market requires, among other things, that a listing a company’s common stock maintain a minimum bid price of at least $1.00 per share.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cadrenal Therapeutics, Inc. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within in the inline XBRL document) |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: August 16, 2024 | CADRENAL THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Quang Pham | |
| Name: | Quang Pham | |
| Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |