Mereo BioPharma (MREO) 8-K Mereo BioPharma Provides Update on Pipeline Progress and Corporate Developments

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): January 8, 2024

MEREO BIOPHARMA GROUP PLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

England and Wales	001-38452	Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4^th Floor, One Cavendish Place,

London, W1G 0QF

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

+44-333-023-7300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
American Depositary Shares, each representing five Ordinary Shares, par value £0.003 per share	MREO	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Ordinary Shares, nominal value £0.003 per share*	*	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

* Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing of the American Depositary Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

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.  ☐

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Press Release

On January 8, 2024, Mereo BioPharma Group plc (the “Company”) issued a press release providing an update on its pipeline programs as well as an update on recent corporate developments. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Domestic Issuer Status

The Company will begin to file periodic reports and registration statements on U.S. domestic issuer forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are more detailed and extensive in certain respects, and which must be filed more promptly, than the forms available to a “foreign private issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Prior to January 1, 2024, the Company qualified as a foreign private issuer.

Disclosure Channels to Disseminate Information

The Company announces material information to the public about the Company, its potential product candidates and its pipeline and other matters through a variety of means, including filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases, public conference calls, the Company’s website (www.mereobiopharma.com) and the investor relations section of its website (www.mereobiopharma.com/investors/overview), in order to achieve broad, non-exclusionary distribution of information to the public. The Company encourages investors and others to review the information it makes public in these locations, as such information could be deemed to be material information. This list of communication channels may be updated from time to time.

The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and 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, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Press Release, dated January 8, 2024.
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.

	MEREO BIOPHARMA GROUP PLC
Date: January 8, 2024	By:	/s/ Christine Fox
	Name:	Christine Fox
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer