UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): May 1, 2018

 

 

Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

375 Pheasant Run
Newtown, PA 18940
(267) 759-3680

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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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).

 

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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

 

Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. (“Onconova” or “the Company”), on May 1, 2018, announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 67,647,058 shares of its common stock (or Common Stock equivalent) and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,691,176.450 shares of Onconova’s Series B convertible preferred stock, including 8,823,529 shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock Warrants to purchase 220,588.225 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock issued pursuant to the underwriter’s full exercise of its option to purchase additional securities, at the public offering price of $0.425 per share and accompanying Preferred Stock Warrant.

 

The gross proceeds of the Offering were approximately $28.75 million and, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, the net proceeds of the Offering were approximately $25.6 million.  As a result of the Offering and as of the date of this report, the Company believes it satisfies the minimum $2.5 million stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: May 4, 2018	Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.
	By:	/ s/ MARK GUERIN
		Name: Mark Guerin
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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