UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): January 4, 2024 (
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| Item 3.03 | Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders. |
To the extent required by Item 3.03 of Form 8-K, the information contained in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On January 3, 2024, Aclarion, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio of one-for-sixteen.
The Certificate of Amendment provides that the reverse stock split became effective as of 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time on January 3, 2024 (the “Effective Time”), at which time every sixteen (16) shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock were automatically combined into one (1) issued and outstanding share of common stock, without any change in the par value per share. The Certificate of Amendment provides that in the event a stockholder would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of common stock, such stockholder shall receive one whole share of common stock in lieu of such fractional share and no fractional shares shall be issued.
Trading of the Company’s common stock on Nasdaq on a split-adjusted basis commenced at market open on January 4, 2024. The new CUSIP number for the common stock following the reverse stock split is 655187201.
As a result of the reverse stock split, the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock were decreased from approximately 13.4 million pre-split shares to approximately 840,000 post-split shares. The reverse stock split did not change the number of authorized shares of the Company's common stock, which remains at 200 million shares.
The reverse stock split will apply to the Company’s outstanding warrants, stock options and restricted stock units. The number of shares of common stock into which these outstanding securities are convertible or exercisable will be adjusted proportionately as a result of the reverse stock split. The exercise prices of any outstanding warrants or stock options will also be proportionately adjusted in accordance with the terms of those securities and the Company’s equity incentive plans.
As previously announced, in February and March 2023, the Company’s board and stockholders approved a reverse stock split proposal at a ratio in the range of one-for-five to one-for-fifty, with the final ratio to be determined by the Company’s board in its discretion without further approval from the Company’s stockholders. In January 2024, the Company’s board subsequently approved the final reverse stock split ratio of one-for-sixteen.
A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits | ||
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Exhibit Number |
Description | ||
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated January 3, 2024 | ||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page iXBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document |
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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.
| ACLARION, INC. | ||
| January 4, 2024 | By: | /s/ John Lorbiecki |
| Name: John Lorbiecki | ||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
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