Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp 20-F/A, filed Jun 11, 2021
Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp (NYMXF)
About this 20-F/A
Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp filed this 20-F/A on June 11, 2021, covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1
Form 20–F
☐ Registration Statement pursuant to section 12(b) or (g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or
☒ Annual Report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020
or
☐ Transition Report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or
☐ Shell Corporation Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of event requiring this Shell Corporation Report for the transition period from ________ to ________
Commission File Number: 001-12033
| NYMOX PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION |
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| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Bahamas
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Bay & Deveaux Streets
Nassau, The Bahamas
(Address of principal executive offices)
Contact person: Erik Danielsen
Tel. 800-936-9669, e-mail: edanielsen@nymox.com, fax: 514-332-2227
(name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number and address of company contact person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
| Title of each class | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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| Common Stock | | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC<br> <br>(NASDAQ Capital Market) |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act
None
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act
None
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
77,961,151 shares as of December 31, 2020
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes ☐ No ☒
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website; if any, every interactive Date File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232-405 of this chapter) during the preceding twelve months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☒ | Non-accelerated filer ☐ |
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Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
| U.S. GAAP ☐ | International Financial Reporting<br> <br>Standards ☒ | Other ☐ |
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| | as issued by the International<br> <br>Accounting Standards Board. | |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow:
Item 17 ☐ Item 18 ☐
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell Company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ☐ No ☒
In this annual report, the terms “Nymox”, “The Corporation”, “The Company”, “we” and “us” refers to both Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation and its subsidiaries, Nymox Corporation and Serex Inc. Unless otherwise indicated all dollar amounts are in United States Dollars.
EXPLANATORY NOTE: This Amendment No. 1 to Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp annual filing on Form 20-F is only being filed to amend the description of the Company’s Corporate Governance Committee in the Section entitled Board Practices. That section is amended to read as follows:.
The Corporate Governance Committee consists of the independent directors of the Board. The Chairman of the Committee is Mr. James G. Robinson.; the other members are M. Richard Cutler, Esq. and. David Morse. This Committee has the general mandate of providing an independent and regular review of the management, business and affairs of Nymox, including our corporate governance. This Committee also reviews and approves director nominations to ensure each nominee meets the requisite requirements under applicable corporate and securities laws, rules and regulations and otherwise possesses the skills, judgment and independence appropriate for a director of a public corporation.
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SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
| NYMOX PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION |
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| Date: June 11, 2021 | | /s/ Paul Averback | |
| | | Paul Averback, | |
| | | Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | |
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nymox_12a.htm EXHIBIT 12 (a)
CERTIFICATION
I, Paul Averback, President and CEO of Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed to the annual report for the period ended December 31, 2020 (as amended) of Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation; |
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| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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| 4. | The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a – 15(e) and 15d – 15(e)), and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in the Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(f) and 15d–15(f)) for the company based on the COSO 1992 framework and we have: |
| a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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| | b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with international financial reporting standards; |
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| | c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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| | d) | disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function): |
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| a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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| | b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| Date: June 11, 2021 |
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| By: | /s/ Paul Averback, MD | |
| | Paul Averback, MD | |
| | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| | Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation | |
nymox_12b.htm EXHIBIT 12 (b)
CERTIFICATION
I, Erik Danielsen, CFO of Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed the annual report for the period ended December 31, 2020 (as amended) of Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation; |
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| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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| 4. | The company s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a 15(e) and 15d 15(e)), and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in the Exchange Act Rules 13a 15(f) and 15d 15(f)) for the company based on the COSO 1992 framework and we have: |
| a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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| b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with international financial reporting standards; |
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| c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the company s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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| d) | disclosed in this report any change in the company s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The company s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company s auditors and the audit committee of the company s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function): |
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| a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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| b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company s internal control over financial reporting. |
| Date: June 11, 2021 |
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| By: | /s/ Erik Danielsen |
| | Erik Danielsen |
| | Chief Financial Officer<br> <br>Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation |
nymox_13a.htm EXHIBIT 13 (a)
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Paul Averback, President and CEO of Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation, do hereby certify that, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the information contained in the Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2020 of Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (as amended) and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation
| Date: June 11, 2021 |
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| By: | /s/ Paul Averback, MD |
| | Paul Averback, MD |
| | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| | Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation |
nymox_13b.htm EXHIBIT 13 (b)
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Erik Danielsen, CFO of Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation, do hereby certify that, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the information contained in the Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2020 (as amended) of Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation
| Date: June 11, 2021 |
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| By: | /s/ Erik Danielsen |
| | Erik Danielsen |
| | Chief Financial Officer |
| | Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation |