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
August 16, 2021
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 001-15697 | 22-3542636 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
165 Ludlow Avenue, Northvale, New Jersey 07647
(Address of principal executive offices)
(201) 750-2646
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
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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 $0.001 per share | ELTP | OTCQB |
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On August 16, 2021, Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Elite” or the “Company”) filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, and, thereafter, issued a press release announcing its financial results for that quarter. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
As noted in the press release, the Company will host a conference call at 11:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, to provide a general business update. Elite will respond to various stockholder questions submitted prior to the call.
Conference Call Information
| Date: | August 17, 2021 |
| Time: | 11:30 AM EDT |
| Dial- in numbers: | 1-800-346-7359 (domestic) 1-973-528-0008 (international) |
| Conference number: | 98840 |
| Questions: | dianne@elitepharma.com Financial questions by 7:00 PM EDT on Monday, August 16, 2021 |
| Audio Replay: | https://elite.irpass.com/events_presentations |
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
The information disclosed in Item 2.02 above is incorporated into this Item 7.01. The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit hereto) is being furnished under Item 2.02, “Results of Operations and Financial Condition,” Item 7.01, “Regulation FD Disclosure” and Item 9.01 “Financial Statements and Exhibits” of Form 8-K. As such, the information (including the exhibit) herein shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the 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 incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. This Current Report (including the exhibit hereto) will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated August 16, 2021 |
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.
| Dated: August 16, 2021 | ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Nasrat Hakim | |
| Nasrat Hakim, President and CEO | ||