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)   July 3, 2018
         
         

NANOVIRICIDES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 
         
Nevada   001-36081   76-0674577
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
         

1 Controls Drive,

Shelton, Connecticut

  06484
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(203) 937-6137

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On July 3, 2018, NanoViricides, Inc. (the “Company”) received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing requirements set forth in Part 8 of the NYSE American Company Guide (the “Company Guide”). The NYSE noted that the Company is not in compliance with Section 803(B)(2)(a) of the Company Guide in that it no longer has at least three members on the audit committee, effective as of June 29, 2018 when Dr. Mukund Kulkarni advised the Company that he resigned as a member of its audit committee.

 

The NYSE informed the Company that, under the NYSE's rules, the Company will have until the earlier of its next annual meeting or one year from the occurrence of the event that caused the failure to comply with the audit committee composition requirements, provided, however, that if the annual shareholders’ meeting occurs no later than 180 days following the event that caused the failure to comply with these requirements, the Company shall instead have 180 days from such event to regain compliance.

 

Under the NYSE's rules, the Company will have until the earlier of its next annual meeting or one year from the occurrence of the event that caused the failure to comply with the board of directors composition requirements, provided, however, that if the annual shareholders’ meeting occurs no later than 180 days following the event that caused the failure to comply with these requirements, the Company shall instead have 180 days from such event to regain compliance.

 

On July 10, 2018, Dr. Kulkarni advised the Company that he rescinded his resignation as a member of the audit committee and the Company accepted same.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers.

 

On July 10, 2018, Dr. Milton Boniuk resigned as a Director of the Company and as a member of its audit, compensation and nominating committees. The reasons for Dr. Boniuk’s resignation are set forth in the letter attached hereto as Exhibit 17.1 hereto.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
17.1 Letter from Dr. Milton Boniuk

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

NANOVIRICIDES, INC.

 
       
Date: July 10, 2018 By:  /s/ Meeta Vyas  
 

Name: Meeta Vyas

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

   

 

 

Exhibit 17.1

 

  Milton Boniuk, M.D .
1111 Hermann Drive
Unit 29E
Houston, TX 77004
   
  July 10, 2018

  

By E-mail

 

Anil R. Diwan , President and Chairman
Mukund S. Kulkarni, Director
Stanley Glick, Director
NanoViricides, Inc.
1 Controls Drive,
Shelton, CT 06484

 

   

Dear Dr. Diwan and Members of the Board:

 

After careful reflection, and based upon what appear to be irreconcilable disagreements between me, on the one hand, and the Chief Executive Officer, other members of management, and the Board, on the other, I have decided to submit this letter as my resignation from the Board of NanoViricides, Inc., and from all Committees of the Company.

 

I have reluctantly reached this conclusion on the basis of, among other things, management’s repeated refusal to provide the audit committee (on which I have served) with information regarding related party transactions, including the propriety of charges by TheraCour Pharma, Inc. to NanoViricides. As you know, the request for that information was made pursuant to a unanimous resolution of the audit committee. I also object to the fact that management has consistently refused to allow a proper forensic audit of the books and records of NanoViricides so that the audit committee can discharge its fiduciary duties. In addition, among other reasons for my resignation, I object to the proposal that the Chief Executive Officer’s employment agreement be extended for three years when the audit committee has not received the information needed for its investigation and no analysis has been done of the impact of that extension on the Company. That proposal has been made notwithstanding the audit committee’s unanimous recommendation on July 3 rd that the employment agreement be extended for only 30 days.

 

 

  Sincerely,
 

  Milton Boniuk, M.D .