UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

January 2020

 

 

 

Commission File Number:  0001723069

 

 

 

Tiziana Life Sciences plc

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

3rd Floor,

11-12 St James’s Square

London SW1Y 4LB

United Kingdom

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F  Form 40-F 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K

 

On January 13, 2020, Tiziana Life Sciences plc (the “Company”) issued a regulatory news service announcement in the United Kingdom Reporting the Proposed Cancellation from AIM (the “RNS Announcement”).

 

The RNS Announcement is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K. The information in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as otherwise set forth herein or as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

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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.

 

  TIZIANA LIFE SCIENCES PLC
     
Date: January 13, 2020 By: /s/ Kunwar Shailubhai
    Name: Kunwar Shailubhai
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Regulatory News Service Announcement, dated January 13, 2020

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

Tiziana Life Science Plc (the “Company”)

Proposed Cancellation from AIM

 

New York/London, 13 January 2020 – Tiziana Life Sciences plc (Nasdaq: TLSA / AIM: TILS), a biotechnology company focusing on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for inflammation and oncology indications, announces that it has appointed advisers in relation to an intended redomicile of the Company to Bermuda which is anticipated to occur by Q2-2020, as a consequence of the redomicile the Company will not be seeking to re-admit its ordinary shares on AIM and will therefore seek shareholder consent for its shares to be cancelled from AIM when the redomicile occurs. A further announcement will be made in due course.

 

Furthermore, the Company intends to cancel its ADR program and have its Bermuda common shares listed on Nasdaq.

 

The Company is today attending the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, a copy of the investor presentation that is being used by the Company is available for download from its website at www.tizianalifesciences.com.

 

About Tiziana Life Sciences

Tiziana is a UK biotechnology company that focuses on the discovery and development of novel molecules to treat human disease in oncology and immunology. In addition to milciclib, the Company is also developing Foralumab for liver diseases. Foralumab is the only fully human anti-CD3 mAbs in clinical development in the world. This compound has potential application in a wide range of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, such as crohn’s disease (CD), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBS), ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, type-1 diabetes (T1D), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis, where modulation of a T-cell response is desirable.

 

For more information go to http://www.tizianalifesciences.com

 

The person who arranged for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company was Kunwar Shailubhai, CEO of Tiziana.

 

Contacts:

 

Tiziana Life Sciences plc  
   
Gabriele Cerrone, Chairman and founder +44 (0)20 7495 2379

 

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nominated adviser) +44 (0)20 7213 0883
   
Liam Murray / Jo Turner  

 

Shore Capital (Broker) +44 (0)20 7408 4050
   
Antonio Bossi / Fiona Conroy