8-K

UNITEDSTATES

SECURITIESAND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENTREPORT

Pursuantto Section 13 or 15(d) of the

SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 12, 2020

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Item7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure.

Vystar Corporation (the “Company”) is providing the following update on the filing of its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. As result of the global outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and by state order, employees and agents are no longer permitted to be on the Company’s retail store premises.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued an Order under Section 36 of the Exchange Act granting exemptions from specified provisions of the Exchange Act and certain rules thereunder (the “Order”). The Order provides that a registrant subject to the reporting requirements of Exchange Act Section 13(a) or 15(d), and any person required to make any filings with respect to such a registrant, is exempt from any requirement to file or furnish materials with the Commission under Exchange Act Sections 13(a), 13(f), 13(g), 14(a), 14(c), 14(f), 15(d) and Regulations 13A, Regulation 13D-G (except for those provisions mandating the filing of Schedule 13D or amendments to Schedule 13D), 14A, 14C and 15D, and Exchange Act Rules 13f-1, and 14f-1, as applicable, where certain conditions are satisfied.

The Company is relying on this Order and is furnishing this Current Report on Form 8-K by the original filing deadline of the report. The Company currently expects to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q approximately 45 days after May 15, 2020. The Company will evaluate its need for an additional extension under Rule 12b-25 at that time, as contemplated by the Order.

Item 8.01.     Otherevents

As a result of the recent COVID-19 outbreak and associated quarantines, statewide stay at home orders, and government recommendations of “social distancing”, in store sales of the Company’s subsidiary, Rotmans Furniture, have ceased, and the store is closed. In the upcoming weeks, the Company will continue to explore its options as it seeks to mitigate loss in revenue and defaults on loan payments.

SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.