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 2, 2022

TARSUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

001-39614

81-4717861

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

15440 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite 160

Irvine, CA 92618

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 409-9820

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:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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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

TARS

The Nasdaq Global Market LLC

(Nasdaq Global Select Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (CFR §240.12b-2).

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 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 2, 2022, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing positive results of the Company’s Saturn-2 pivotal Phase 3 trial evaluating TP-03 for the treatment of Demodex blepharitis.

Additionally, on May 2, 2022, the Company presented a corporate presentation relating to its positive results of the Saturn-2 pivotal Phase 3 trial evaluating TP-03 for the treatment of Demodex blepharitis and posted the corporate presentation to the investor section of the Company’s website. A copy of this presentation is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Report”).

The information in this Report, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Corporate Presentation.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within 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.


Date: May 2, 2022	Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

	By:	/s/ Leo M. Greenstein
		Leo M. Greenstein
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)