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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): October 11, 2022

 

Synaptogenix, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-40458 46-1585656
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10036
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (973) 242-0005

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since 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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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, $0.0001 par value per share   SNPX   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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. x

 

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.  ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Amendment to the Synaptogenix, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

 

On October 11, 2022, Synaptogenix, Inc. (“we,” “us” and “our”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders approved an amendment to the Synaptogenix, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan was amended to increase the total number of shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), authorized for issuance thereunder from 625,000 shares of Common Stock to an aggregate of 1,375,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

A detailed summary of the amendment to the Plan is set forth in our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”) under the caption “Proposal No. 2 – Approval of an Amendment to the Synaptogenix, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.” That detailed summary of the amendment to the Plan and the foregoing description of the amendment to the Plan are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the amendment to the Plan, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference into Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

  

At the Annual Meeting, the holders of 3,853,024 shares of our Common Stock, or approximately 56.32% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, were represented in person or by proxy and, therefore, a quorum was present. At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders considered three proposals, which are described briefly below and in more detail in the Proxy Statement. The final voting results for each proposal are set forth below.

 

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

 

Our stockholders voted to elect two directors to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the following votes: 

 

Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Bruce T. Bernstein 892,799 574,730 2,385,495
Jonathan L. Schechter 1,134,589 332,940 2,385,495

 

Proposal 2 – Approval of Amendment to the Synaptogenix, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

 

Our stockholders voted to approve an amendment to our Plan to increase the total number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 625,000 shares of Common Stock to an aggregate of 1,375,000 shares of Common Stock by the following votes:

 

Shares Voted For   Shares Voted Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
1,079,386   329,999   58,144   2,385,495

 

Proposal 3 – Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

The ratification of appointment of Morison Cogen LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

 

Shares Voted For   Shares Voted Against   Abstentions
3,793,131   42,358   17,535

 

As a routine proposal under applicable rules, no broker non-votes were recorded in connection with this proposal.

 

 

 

  

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit Number   Description
10.1#   Amendment to the Synaptogenix, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

 

# Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.  

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  SYNAPTOGENIX, INC.

 

Date: October 12, 2022

By: /s/ Robert Weinstein
  Name: Robert Weinstein
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

    Exhibit 10.1


 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

SYNAPTOGENIX, INC.

2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

In accordance with those certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors and stockholders of Synaptogenix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Synaptogenix, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is hereby amended as follows:

 

1.             Section 3(a) of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, reserved for issuance under the Plan as follows:

 

“(a)         The number of Shares which may be issued from time to time pursuant to this Plan shall be 1,375,000 shares of Common Stock.”

 

2.             Unless otherwise expressly provided for in this Amendment No. 2 to the Plan (this “Amendment”), all capitalized words, phrases, or defined terms used in this Amendment will have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

3.             Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, there have been no other changes or modifications to the Plan, and the Plan remains otherwise unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

4.             This Amendment shall be effective as of October 11, 2022.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Amendment to be executed effective as of the date set forth above.

 

  SYNAPTOGENIX, INC.,
  A Delaware corporation
   
  By:  /s/ Alan J. Tuchman
    Alan J. Tuchman, Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Amendment to the Plan]