6-K

OKYO Pharma Ltd (OKYO)

6-K 2024-08-21 For: 2024-08-21
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UNITEDSTATES

SECURITIESAND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,D.C. 20549

FORM6-K

REPORTOF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANTTO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDERTHE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

August2024

CommissionFile Number: 001-41386

OKYOPharma LTD

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

9^th^Floor

107Cheapside

London

EC2V6DN

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐

INFORMATIONCONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K

On August 21, 2024, OKYO Pharma LTD (the “Company”) issued this 6K announcing today that it has been notified that Panetta Partners Limited, an entity in which Gabriele Cerrone, the Executive Chairman has a beneficial interest, purchased 35,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares on NASDAQ at a price of US$1.00 per share. This brings the total shareholding of Mr Cerrone to 9,671,570 shares which is 28.58% of issued share capital.

The Announcement is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K. The information in the attached Exhibits 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as otherwise set forth herein or as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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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.

OKYO Pharma LTD
Date:<br> August 21, 2024 By: /s/ Keeren Shah
Name: Keeren<br> Shah
Title: Chief<br> Financial Officer
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EXHIBITINDEX

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 News Announcement, dated August 21, 2024
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Exhibit99.1



OKYOPharma Announces Chairman Acquires Shares


Londonand New York, NY, August 21, 2024 – OKYO Pharma Limited (NASDAQ: OKYO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative ocular therapies for the treatment of inflammatory dry eye disease (DED), a multi-billion-dollar market, and anterior ocular segment diseases including neuropathic corneal pain (NCP), an ocular condition associated with pain but without an FDA approved therapy, announced today that it has been notified that Panetta Partners Limited, an entity in which Gabriele Cerrone, the Executive Chairman has a beneficial interest, purchased 35,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares on NASDAQ at a price of US$1.00 per share. This brings the total shareholding of Mr Cerrone to 9,671,570 shares which is 28.58% of issued share capital.

AboutOK-101


OK-101 is a lipid conjugated chemerin peptide agonist of the ChemR23 G-protein coupled receptor which is typically found on immune cells of the eye responsible for the inflammatory response. OK-101 was developed using a membrane-anchored-peptide technology to produce a novel long-acting drug candidate for treating dry eye disease. OK-101 has been shown to produce anti-inflammatory and pain-reducing efficacy signals in mouse models of dry eye disease and corneal neuropathic pain (NCP), respectively, and is designed to combat washout through the inclusion of the lipid anchor built into the drug molecule to enhance the residence time of OK-101 within the ocular environment. OK-101 recently showed statistical significance in multiple endpoints in a recently completed Phase 2, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of OK-101 to treat DED.

AboutOKYO


OKYO Pharma Limited (NASDAQ: OKYO) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of DED and NCP, with ordinary shares listed for trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market. OKYO is focused on the discovery and development of novel molecules to treat inflammatory DED and ocular pain. In addition to the recently completed Phase 2 DED trial, OKYO also has plans underway for the opening of a Phase 2 trial for OK-101 to treat NCP in patients with this debilitating condition. For further information, please visit www.okyopharma.com.


Enquiries:

OKYO Pharma Limited Gary<br> S. Jacob, Chief Executive Officer 917-497-7560
Business Development & Investor Relations Paul<br> Spencer +44<br> (0)20 7495 2379<br><br> <br>****