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): September 21, 2021
TEMPEST THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-35890 | 45-1472564 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
7000 Shoreline Court, Suite 275
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 798-8589
N/A
(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 | Name of each exchange | ||
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | TPST | 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 Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On September 21, 2021, the Board of Directors of Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), effective as of such date, in order to change the name of the Company on the cover of the Bylaws from OvaScience, Inc. to Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.
The foregoing summary of the Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Bylaws, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TEMPEST THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: September 24, 2021 | By: | /s/ Stephen Brady | ||||
| Name: | Stephen Brady | |||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||