0001104659-24-007328.txt : 20240126 0001104659-24-007328.hdr.sgml : 20240126 20240126171435 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-24-007328 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240126 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240126 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240126 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols SA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001438569 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] ORGANIZATION NAME: 03 Life Sciences IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35193 FILM NUMBER: 24568906 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY STREET 2: SUITE 2376 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-969-3335 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY STREET 2: SUITE 2376 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 6-K 1 tm244285d1_6k.htm FORM 6-K

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of January 2024

 

Commission File No. 001-35193

 

Grifols, S.A. 

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Avinguda de la Generalitat, 152-158 

Parc de Negocis Can Sant Joan 

Sant Cugat del Valles 08174 

Barcelona, Spain 

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x                            Form 40-F ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grifols, S.A.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item     Sequential Page Number
       
1. Other Relevant Information, dated January 26, 2024 3

 

 

 

 

  Grifols, S.A.

Avinguda de la Generalitat 152-158
08174 Sant Cugat del Vallès
Barcelona - SPAIN
   
  Tel. [34] 935 710 500 
  Fax [34] 935 710 267
   
 

www.grifols.com

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 227 of Law 6/2023 of March 17, on Securities Markets and Investment Services, Grifols, S.A. ("Grifols" or the "Company") hereby informs about the following

 

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

 

As a continuation of the communication filed on January 10th, 2024 as a consequence of the Gotham report, Grifols wants to inform of the following:

 

The Company filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Daniel Yu, Gotham City Research LLC, General Industrial Partners LLP, Cyrus de Weck, and their affiliates (the "Defendants") to seek redress for the financial and reputational damages caused to the Company and its stakeholders as a consequence of the Defendants’ actions. The complaint alleges that the Defendants amassed a large short position in Grifols, and then published and circulated a report with false statements about Grifols' accounting, disclosures, financial condition, and integrity.

 

The Company is seeking injunctive and monetary relief through this lawsuit and intends to hold Defendants fully accountable for their wrongful conduct alleged in the complaint.

 

In Barcelona, on January 26, 2024

 

   
Nuria Martín Barnés  
Secretary of the Board of Directors  

 

 

 

 

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, thereto duly authorized.

 

  Grifols, S.A.
     
  By: /s/ David I. Bell
    Name: David I. Bell
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Date:  January 26, 2024

 

 

 

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