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): August 9, 2019
X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-38295 | 27-3181608 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
955 Massachusetts Avenue, 4th Floor Cambridge, Massachusetts | 02139 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (857)529-8300
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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 | XFOR | The Nasdaq Capital Market |
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 Rule12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01. Other Events
As previously announced, on March 13, 2019, X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc., formerly Arsanis, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its business combination with X4 Therapeutics, Inc., formerly X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“X4”), in accordance with the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 26, 2018, as amended on December 20, 2018 and March 8, 2019, by and among the Company, X4 and Artemis AC Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
On March 13, 2019, the Company filed a Form8-K (the “March Form8-K”) announcing the completion of this business combination, and on April 3, 2019 the Company filed Amendment No. 1 to the March Form8-K to include the audited financial statements of X4 and the pro forma financial information of the Company and X4 required by Items 9.01(a) and 9.01(b) of Form8-K, respectively.
In connection with the Company’s planned filing of a Registration Statement on FormS-3, the Company is now filing, as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2018.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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: August 9, 2019 | X4 PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | |||||
By: | /s/Adam S. Mostafa | |||||
Name: | Adam S. Mostafa | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |