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): December 27, 2021 (December 23, 2021)

PARDES BIOSCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-40067

85-2696306

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2173 Salk Avenue, Suite 250

PMB#052

Carlsbad, CA 92008

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 415-649-8758

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:

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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, par value $0.0001 per share

PRDS

The Nasdaq Global 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).

☐	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.

As previously announced, on December 23, 2021, Pardes Biosciences, Inc. (f/k/a FS Development Corp. II), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), completed the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 29, 2021, among the Company, Orchard Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Pardes Biosciences Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (f/k/a Pardes Biosciences, Inc., “Old Pardes”), and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, as amended on November 7, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Old Pardes, with Old Pardes surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

On December 27, 2021, the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, commenced trading under ticker symbol “PRDS” on the Nasdaq Global Market.

Additionally, on December 27, 2021, the Company issued a press release regarding the closing of the transactions. The press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto 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 expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release, dated December 27, 2021.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (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.