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Item 5.03 Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
On March 25, 2024, the shareholders of Palisade Bio, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a proposal to authorize the Company’s board of directors (“Board”), in its discretion, to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”) at a ratio, ranging from 1-for-2 to 1-for-15, to be determined by the Board.
In accordance with the foregoing, the Company has approved a 1-for-15 reverse stock split of the Common Stock (“Reverse Stock Split”). On April 2, 2024, the Company filed an amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended (the “Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of Delaware with such Amendment becoming effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 5, 2024. The purpose of the Amendment is to (i) effect the Reverse Stock Split whereby each of the Company’s shareholders will receive one (1) new share of Common Stock for every fifteen (15) shares such shareholder holds immediately prior to the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split. The Reverse Stock Split affects all of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock equally. The Reverse Stock Split will also affect the Company’s outstanding stock options, warrants and other exercisable or convertible securities and will result in the shares underlying such instruments being reduced and the exercise price and / or conversion price being increased proportionately to the Reverse Stock Split ratio. No fractional shares will be issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. Any fractional shares that would have otherwise resulted from the Reverse Stock Split will be paid in cash, at an amount equal to the resulting fractional interest in one (1) share of the Common Stock to which the shareholder would otherwise be entitled, multiplied by the closing trading price of the Common Stock on April 5, 2024.
As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock will be decreased from 12,771,015 shares to approximately 851,401 shares (not accounting for any fractional shares that will be paid out in cash). The number of authorized shares of Common Stock and preferred stock remains unchanged at 280,000,000 shares and 7,000,000 shares, respectively.
Pursuant to the terms of the outstanding Certificate of Designation of Series A 4.5% Convertible Preferred Stock, for the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Series A 4.5% Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share with a stated value of $12.7895 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), the conversion price at which shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock will be proportionately adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split.
The Common Stock will begin trading on a post Reverse Stock Split basis on the Nasdaq Capital Market on Monday, April 8, 2024. The Company’s trading symbol will remain “PALI”. The new CUSIP number for the Common Stock following the Reverse Stock Split is 696389402.
The information set forth herein is qualified in its entirety by the terms contained in the Amendment, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-k as Exhibit 3.01(i).
Item 8.01 Other Events
On April 3, 2024, the Company announced the Reverse Stock Split as described in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.01.
Item 9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3.01(i) | Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of Palisade Bio, Inc. | |
| 99.01 | Press Release dated April 3, 2024 | |
| 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 on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: April 5, 2024 | Palisade Bio, Inc. | |
| /s/ J.D. Finley | ||
| By: | J.D. Finley | |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||