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):  September 1, 2011
 
NEUROMETRIX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-33351
 
04-3308180
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
62 Fourth Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts
 
02451
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(781) 890-9989
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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Item 8.01 
Other Events.

               On September 1, 2011, NeuroMetrix, Inc. (“NeuroMetrix” or “we”) filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, to effect a 1-for-6 reverse stock split of its common stock.

As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 16, 2011, our stockholders approved an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of our common stock, at a ratio in the range of 1-for-2 to 1-for-8.  On August 30, 2011, the Board of Directors selected the 1-for-6 reverse stock split ratio and authorized the implementation of the reverse stock split.

As a result of the reverse stock split, every six shares of our pre-reverse split common stock will be combined and reclassified into one share of our common stock.  No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split.  Stockholders who otherwise would be entitled to receive a fractional share in connection with the reverse stock split will receive a cash payment in lieu thereof.  Our post-reverse split common stock has a new CUSIP number:  641255203 , but the par value and other terms of the common stock were not affected by the reverse stock split.

The post-reverse split common stock will trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market with a “D” added, under the symbol “NUROD” for the 20 trading days beginning September 2, 2011 to designate that it is trading on a post-reverse split basis, and will resume trading under the symbol “NURO” after the 20-trading day period has expired.

Our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, is acting as exchange agent for the reverse stock split and will send instructions to stockholders of record regarding the exchange of certificates for common stock.

On September 1, 2011, we also issued a press release with respect to the reverse stock split described above.

A copy of the Certificate of Amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is being filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.  A copy of the press release is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
 

 
 

 
 
 
Item 9.01 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
(d) 
Exhibits
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description
     
3.1
 
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NeuroMetrix, Inc., dated September 1, 2011.
     
99.1
 
Press release dated September 1, 2011.
     
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
   
NEUROMETRIX, INC.
 
       
       
Date: September 1, 2011
/s/
THOMAS T. HIGGINS
 
   
Thomas T. Higgins
 
   
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 

 
 
 

 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description
     
3.1
 
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NeuroMetrix, Inc., dated September 1, 2011.
     
99.1
 
Press release dated September 1, 2011.
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Exhibit 3.1
 
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
 OF
NEUROMETRIX, INC.

 
It is hereby certified that:

1.           The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is NeuroMetrix, Inc.  The date of the filing of its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was April 25, 2001 under the name “New NeuroMetrix, Inc.”  Thereafter a Certificate of Merger was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 14, 2001 merging NeuroMetrix, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, with and into the Corporation which filing included a name change of the Corporation to NeuroMetrix, Inc.  A Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 27, 2004 and a Certificate of Designation was filed on March 7, 2007.

2.           The Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed on July 27, 2004, as amended, is hereby further amended to change the capitalization of the Corporation by striking out the first paragraph of the section titled “Capital Stock” of Article IV in its entirety and by substituting in lieu of said first paragraph the following two paragraphs:

“The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is fifty-five million (55,000,000) shares, of which (i) fifty million (50,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) five million (5,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which twenty-five thousand (25,000) shares shall be designated as Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and four million nine hundred seventy-five thousand (4,975,000) shares shall be undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share  (the “Undesignated Preferred Stock”).

Upon the effectiveness of the Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a plan of recapitalization of the Common Stock by effecting a 1-for-6 reverse stock split with respect to the issued and outstanding shares of the Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”), without any change in the powers, preferences and rights or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, such that, without further action of any kind on the part of the Corporation or its stockholders, every six (6) shares of Common Stock outstanding or held by the Corporation in its treasury on the date of the filing of the Certificate of Amendment (the “Effective Date”) shall be changed and reclassified into one (1) share of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, which shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock.  There shall be no fractional shares issued.  A holder of record of Common Stock on the  Effective Date who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share shall, in lieu thereof, be entitled to receive a cash payment in an amount equal to the fraction to which the stockholder would otherwise be entitled multiplied by the closing price of the Common Stock, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, on the last trading day prior to the Effective Date (or if such price is not available, the average of the last bid and asked prices of the Common Stock on such day or other price determined by the Corporation’s board of directors).”
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
           3.     The Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation herein certified has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


EXECUTED, this 1st day of September 2011.
 
 
 
NeuroMetrix, Inc.
 
       
       
 
By: 
/s/ SHAI N. GOZANI, M.D., PH.D.
 
 
Shai N. Gozani, M.D., Ph.D.
 
 
Chief Executive Officer and President
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Exhibit 99.1
 
NEUROMETRIX ANNOUNCES ONE-FOR-SIX REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
 
Shares of Common Stock Will Begin Trading on a Split-Adjusted Basis on September 2, 2011
 
WALTHAM, Mass.- September 1, 2011-NeuroMetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NURO), a science-based health care company improving patient care through neurotechnology, today announced the effectiveness of a one-for-six reverse stock split of its common stock.  The reverse stock split, which was previously approved by the Company’s shareholders at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 16, 2011, was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on August 30, 2011.
 
The reverse stock split is intended to increase the per share trading price of the Company’s common stock to satisfy the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market.  As a result of the reverse stock split, every six shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding prior to the opening of trading on September 2, 2011 will be consolidated into one issued and outstanding share, with no change in the nominal par value per share of $0.0001.  No fractional shares will be issued as a result of the reverse stock split.  Shareholders who otherwise would be entitled to receive a fractional share in connection with the reverse stock split will receive a cash payment in lieu thereof.

Trading of the Company’s common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market will continue, on a split-adjusted basis, with the opening of the markets on Friday, September 2, 2011, under new CUSIP number 641255203.  Shares of the Company’s common stock will trade under the symbol “NUROD” for a period of 20 trading days, to designate that it is trading on a post-reverse split basis.  The common shares will resume trading under the symbol “NURO” after that 20-day period.  Immediately subsequent to the reverse stock split, there will be approximately 3,900,000 of the Company’s common shares issued and outstanding.

The Company has retained its transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“AST”), to act as its exchange agent for the reverse split.  AST will provide shareholders of record as of the effective date a letter of transmittal providing instructions for the exchange of their certificates.  Shareholders owning shares via a broker or other nominee will have their positions automatically  adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split, subject to brokers’ particular processes, and will not be required to take any action in connection with the reverse stock split.

For more information regarding the Company’s reverse stock split, please refer to the proxy statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Schedule 14A on April 6, 2011.

About NeuroMetrix
 
NeuroMetrix is a science-based health care company improving patient care through neurotechnology. The company develops and markets innovative products for the detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of peripheral nerve disorders such as those associated with diabetes and carpal tunnel syndrome.  For more information, please visit http://www.neurometrix.com .
 
Safe Harbor Statement
 
The statements contained in this press release include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding NeuroMetrix’s or its management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions, or strategies regarding future developments and their potential effects on the Company. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “plan,” “hope” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. While the Company believes the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are accurate, there are a number of factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting NeuroMetrix will be those that NeuroMetrix has anticipated. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to, those relating to the price of the Company’s common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market, that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors including those risks, uncertainties and factors referred to under the section “Risk Factors” in NeuroMetrix’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as well as other documents that may be filed by NeuroMetrix from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. NeuroMetrix is providing the information in this press release only as of the date hereof, and expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update the information included in this press release or revise any forward-looking statements.

 
Source: NeuroMetrix, Inc.
 
Thomas T. Higgins
Chief Financial Officer
781-314-2761
neurometrix.ir@neurometrix.com