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): November 9, 2020

180 LIFE SCIENCES CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	001-38105	81-3832378
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

830 Menlo Avenue, Suite 100 Menlo Park, CA	94025
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 502-2727

KBL Merger Corp. IV

30 Park Place, Suite 45E

New York, N.Y. 10007

(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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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. ☐

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	ATNF	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock	ATNFW	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On November 9, 2020, KBL Merger Corp. IV (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the consummation of the previously announced Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2019 and as amended from time to time, entered into by and among the Company, KBL Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), 180 Life Sciences Corp. (“180”), Katexco Pharmaceuticals Corp. (“Katexco”), CannBioRex Pharmaceuticals Corp. (“CBR Pharma”), 180 Therapeutics L.P. (“180 LP” and together with Katexco and CBR Pharma, the “180 Subsidiaries” and, together with 180, the “180 Parties”), and Lawrence Pemble, in his capacity as representative of the stockholders of the 180 Parties (the “Stockholder Representative”).

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. 

The information in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, 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 in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The furnishing of this Report is not intended to constitute a determination by the Company that the information is material or that the dissemination of the information is required by Regulation FD.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1*	Press Release dated November 9, 2020

*   Furnished herewith.

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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.

Date: November 9, 2020

180 LIFE SCIENCES CORP.
By:	/s/ James N. Woody, M.D., Ph.D..
	Name: James N. Woody, M.D., Ph.D.
	Title:   Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1*	Press Release dated November 9, 2020

*    Furnished herewith.

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