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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): March 13, 2023
 
 
MOLECULIN BIOTECH, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware
001-37758
47-4671997
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)
 
5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 950, Houston, TX 77007
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
 
(713) 300-5160
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed from 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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-14(c))
 
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. ☐
 
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 $.001 per share
MBRX
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
 
 
 
 
Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure
 
On March 13, 2023, Moleculin Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”), issued a press release which announced that it is aware that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has taken control of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) due to liquidity concerns. The Company confirms it does not hold any deposits or investments at SVB.
 
A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
 
The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be “filed” for the purpose of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated by reference.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
No.
Description
 
99.1
 
104
Cover page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL document)
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
MOLECULIN BIOTECH, INC. 
  
       
       
 
Date:
March 13, 2023
  
       
 
By:
/s/ Jonathan P. Foster
  
   
Jonathan P. Foster
  
 
 
 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Moleculin Announces it Has No Exposure to Silicon Valley Bank Situation

 

HOUSTON, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Moleculin Biotech, Inc., (Nasdaq: MBRX) (Moleculin or the Company), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company with a growing pipeline, including Phase 2 clinical programs, for hard-to-treat tumors and viruses, today announced that it is aware that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has taken control of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) due to liquidity concerns. The Company confirms it does not hold any deposits or investments at SVB.

 

About Moleculin Biotech, Inc.

 

Moleculin Biotech, Inc. is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company with a growing pipeline, including Phase 2 clinical programs, for hard-to-treat tumors and viruses. The Company’s lead program, Annamycin is a next-generation anthracycline designed to avoid multidrug resistance mechanisms with little to no cardiotoxicity. Annamycin is currently in development for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and soft tissue sarcoma (STS) lung metastases.

 

Additionally, the Company is developing WP1066, an Immune/Transcription Modulator capable of inhibiting p-STAT3 and other oncogenic transcription factors while also stimulating a natural immune response, targeting brain tumors, pancreatic and other cancers, and WP1220, an analog to WP1066, for the topical treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Moleculin is also engaged in the development of a portfolio of antimetabolites, including WP1122 for the potential treatment of COVID-19 and other viruses, as well as cancer indications including brain tumors, pancreatic and other cancers.

 

For more information about the Company, please visit www.moleculin.com and connect on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

 

Investor Contact:

 

JTC Team, LLC

Jenene Thomas

(833) 475-8247

[email protected]