Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): May 26, 2022

Aura Biosciences, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-40971

32-0271970

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

85 Bolton Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts

02140

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (617) 500-8864

Not Applicable

(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

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share

AURA

The NASDAQ Global Market

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 26, 2022, Aura Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release titled “Aura Biosciences Announces Publication of Preclinical Data of the Combination of VDCs with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting.” A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.

The information set forth under Item 7.01 is intended to be 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, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release dated May 26, 2022 entitled “Aura Biosciences Announces Publication of Preclinical Data of the Combination of VDCs with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting”

104		Cover Page Interactive Data (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.