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CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
At the special meeting of stockholders of Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held on September 16, 2025, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the total number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 200,000,000 to 250,000,000. On September 22, 2025, the Company filed the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with immediate effect.
The summary of the Amendment contained herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, dated September 19, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||
| Date: September 22, 2025 | ||
| By: | /s/ David P. Luci | |
| Name: | David P. Luci | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |