Current Report Filing (8-k)
January 27 2023 - 5:16PM
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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 24, 2023
DARÉ
BIOSCIENCE, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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001-36395 |
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20-4139823 |
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation) |
|
(Commission
File
Number) |
|
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.) |
3655
Nobel Drive, Suite 260
San
Diego, CA 92122
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (858) 926-7655
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
☐ |
Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
☐ |
Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
☐ |
Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
☐ |
Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class |
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Trading
Symbol(s) |
|
Name
of each exchange on which registered |
Common stock |
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DARE |
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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).
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
5.03 |
Amendments to Articles
of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On
January 24, 2023, the board of directors of Daré Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”) amended and restated the Company’s
amended and restated by-laws effective as of such date. Among other things, the by-laws were amended and restated to:
| ● | update
the advance notice procedures for stockholder nominations of directors and submission of
stockholder proposals (other than proposals to be included in the Company’s proxy statement
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)) made in connection with annual and special meetings of stockholders, including
by (i) adding a requirement that a stockholder seeking to nominate director(s) at a meeting
of stockholders deliver to the Company reasonable evidence that it complied with the requirements
of Rule 14a-19 of the Exchange Act, (ii) clarifying that if a stockholder fails to comply
with all of the requirements of Rule 14a-19, then its director nominees will be ineligible
for election at the meeting, (iii) prohibiting a stockholder from nominating a greater number
of persons for election to the board of directors than are subject to election at the stockholder
meeting; (iv) adding a requirement that a stockholder or a qualified representative of the
stockholder appear at the stockholder meeting to present a nomination or other business;
and (iv) updating requirements regarding the information stockholders must submit and representations
stockholders must make in connection with submitting stockholder proposals and director nominations; |
| | |
| ● | update
the provisions relating to stockholder meeting adjournment procedures and the list of stockholders
entitled to vote at stockholder meetings to reflect recent amendments to the Delaware General
Corporation Law; |
| | |
| ● | update
provisions regarding the Company’s officers and their duties and responsibilities; |
| | |
| ● | update
the forum selection provision related to certain matters required to be brought in Delaware
courts to provide that if an action within the scope of that provision is filed in a different
court, the stockholder will be, among other things, deemed to have consented to personal
jurisdiction of the courts located in Delaware; and |
| | |
| ● | update
certain provisions to conform to Delaware law and to make other administrative, modernizing,
clarifying, and conforming changes. |
The
foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Third Amended and Restated 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.
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.
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DARÉ
BIOSCIENCE, INC. |
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Dated:
January 27, 2023 |
By: |
/s/
Sabrina Martucci Johnson |
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Name: |
Sabrina
Martucci Johnson |
|
Title: |
President
and Chief Executive Officer |
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