8-K 1 a8-kmay2017ats.htm 8-K Document


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 22, 2017

Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
001-36845
47-3116175
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

184 Liberty Corner Road, Suite 302
Warren, New Jersey
07059
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 574-4770
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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).
 
 
x
Emerging growth company
 
 
x
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.
Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release on May 22, 2017 announcing the presentation of new clinical data from a Phase 2 clinical trial that investigated INOpulse in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH-IPF) at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 113th International Conference. The Company also presented preliminary data from a second, ongoing study evaluating INOpulse in COPD patients with Pulmonary Hypertension (PH-COPD). A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information included in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release dated May 22, 2017 (furnished and not filed for purposes of Item 7.01)
 
 
 







SIGNATURE
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BELLEROPHON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
 
 
 
 
Date: May 22, 2017
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Megan Schoeps
 
 
 
 
 
 
Megan Schoeps
Controller and Principal Financial Officer