8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGECOMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13or 15(d)

of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934

Date of Report (Dateof earliest event reported): December 8,2023

CYCLACEL

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrantas specified in its charter)

200Connell Drive**, Suite 1500**

Berkeley

Heights, NJ 07922

(Address of principalexecutive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone

number, including area code: (908

) 517-7330

(Former Name or FormerAddress, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriatebox below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the followingprovisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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  ¨

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of SecurityHolders.

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held a Special Meeting on December 8, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time in virtual format. Of the Company’s 12,642,822 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date of November 6, 2023, 7,315,280 shares, or approximately 57.86% of the eligible shares of common stock, were present virtually or represented by proxy. A quorum was present for all matters. Each of the matters set forth below is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2023. The following actions were taken at the Special Meeting:

Proposal 1

The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio of not less than 1-for-3 and not greater than 1-for-15, with the exact ratio to be set within that range at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) without further approval or authorization of the Company’s stockholders and with the Board able to elect to abandon such proposed amendment and not effect the reverse stock split authorized by stockholders, in its sole discretion.

Proposal 2

The Company’s stockholders approved an adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt Proposal 1.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 12, 2023