UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM8-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 28, 2018
Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-37695 | 20-8436652 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
80 Guest Street, Suite 500 Boston, MA | 02135 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code(617) 225-0096
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
Spokespersons of the Company plan to present the information in the presentation slides attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The furnishing of the attached presentation slides is not an admission as to the materiality of any information therein. The information contained in the presentation slides is summary information that is intended to be considered in the context of more complete information included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and other public announcements that the Company has made and may make from time to time by press release or otherwise. The Company undertakes no duty or obligation to update or revise the information contained in this report, although it may do so from time to time as its management believes is appropriate. Any such updating may be made through the filing of other reports or documents with the SEC, through press releases or through other public disclosures. For important information about forward looking statements, see the “Safe Harbor and Disclaimer” section of the presentation slides in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto.
The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form8-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, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the presentation slides attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the SEC made by the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Presentation slides furnished herewith | |
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.
| Date: November 28, 2018 | PROTEOSTASIS THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Meenu Chhabra | |||||
| Meenu Chhabra | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||