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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) February 1, 2024

 

 NRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-38302   82-2844431
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1201 Orange Street, Suite 600

Wilmington, Delaware 

  19801
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(484) 254-6134  

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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)
¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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, par value $0.001 per share   NRXP   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase one share of Common Stock   NRXPW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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).

 

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 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On January 23, 2024, NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) announced in a Current Report on Form 8-K that the Hearings Panel of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) had granted the Company’s request for an exception to the Nasdaq listing rules until April 16, 2024 to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) subject to certain conditions, including the Company filing all necessary documentation required to transfer its listing from The Nasdaq Global Market to The Nasdaq Capital Market on or before January 19, 2024. On February 1, 2024, Nasdaq informed the Company that it had approved the Company’s application to transfer its listing and that the Company’s securities were transferred to The Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of business on January 19, 2024.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  NRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
   

Date: February 2, 2024

By: /s/ Stephen Willard
  Name: Stephen Willard
  Title: Acting General Counsel