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): April 29, 2023

ONCORUS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware	001-39575	47-3779757
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4 Corporate Drive
Andover, Massachusetts		01810
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (339) 240-3330

(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, $0.0001 par value per share	ONCR	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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

It is with great sadness that Oncorus, Inc. (the "Company") reports the death of its Chief Financial Officer, Richard Wanstall, on April 29, 2023. Mr. Wanstall served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since May 2022. He will be deeply missed by his friends and colleagues at the Company.

On April 30, 2023, the Company's board of directors appointed Theodore (Ted) Ashburn, M.D., Ph.D., the Company's Chief Executive Officer, as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, effective as of such date. Biographical information for Dr. Ashburn is available in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2022 in connection with the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, such information being incorporated herein by reference.

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.