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): March 21, 2019
 
MABVAX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-37861
 
93-0987903
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
11535 Sorrento Valley Rd., Suite 400
San Diego, CA 92121
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 259-9405
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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  ITEM 1.03 
BANKRUPTCY OR RECEIVERSHIP.
 
On March 21, 2019, MabVax Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a voluntary petition for reorganization relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) (Case No. 19-10603 (CSS)). The Company continues to manage and operate its business as a debtor in possession pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 1107 and 1108. The Company intends to sell substantially all of its assets pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code in the sixty days following the filing of its Chapter 11 petition under a Bankruptcy Court supervised sales process and, subject to sales proceeds and remaining assets, could convert its case to Chapter 7, at which point a Chapter 7 trustee will be appointed by the Bankruptcy Court.

ITEM 9.01 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
 
(d)          Exhibits.
 
None.
 
 
 
 
 

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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MABVAX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
 
 
 
 
Dated: March 25, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ J. David Hansen                              
 
 
 
 
 
 
J. David Hansen
 
 
 
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer