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): November 24, 2020

 

RESPIRERX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   1-16467   33-0303583
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) 		  (Commission
File Number) 		  (I.R.S Employer
Identification No.)

 

126 Valley Road, Suite C

Glen Rock, New Jersey

  07452
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 444-4947

 

 

(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:

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A   N/A   N/A

 

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 [  ]

 

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 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On November 24, 2020, RespireRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Fifth Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to its Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The Certificate of Amendment increased the number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), from 1,000,000,000 to 2,000,000,000.

 

The above description of the Certificate of Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

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

 

On November 24, 2020, the Company held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). The record date for stockholders to receive notice of and to be eligible to vote at the Special Meeting was October 16, 2020. A total of 577,842,003 shares were eligible to be voted at the Special Meeting.

 

The Company’s shareholders approved the following amendments to the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) of the Company: (i) to effect, at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), a ten-to-one (10 to 1) reverse stock split of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “Reverse Split Amendment”), and (ii) to set the Company’s authorized shares of stock at 2,005,000,000 shares consisting of 2,000,000,000 shares designated as Common Stock, and 5,000,000 shares designated as preferred stock, with stated value and other terms to be determined at the discretion of the Board (the “Authorized Shares Amendment”).

 

The following was the result of the vote to approve the Reverse Split Amendment:

 

    For     Against     Abstain     Total Shares Voted  
Votes Cast     453,160,917       62,572,978       2,563,891       518,297,786  
Percentage of Shares Eligible to be Voted     78.4 %     10.8 %     0.4 %     89.7 %

 

As set forth in the proxy statement for the Special Meeting, an amendment to the Charter to implement the Reverse Split Amendment may be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware if and when the Board so determines. The Proxy Statement further states that the Board intends to effect such amendment, or abandon it, within sixty days of the Special Meeting. Until such amendment becomes effective, the Board reserves the right to abandon the Reverse Split Amendment without further action by the Company’s stockholders.

 

The following was the result of the vote to approve the Authorized Shares Amendment:

 

    For     Against     Abstain     Total Shares Voted  
Votes Cast     431,415,755       85,861,745       1,020,286       518,297,786  
Percentage of Shares Eligible to be Voted     74.7 %     14.9 %     0.2 %     89.7 %

 

As described above in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Certificate of Amendment effecting the Authorized Shares Amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 24, 2020.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number  

Exhibit Description

3.1*   Fifth Certificate of Amendment of the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of RespireRx Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

*Filed herewith

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Date: November 25, 2020

RESPIRERX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Registrant)

     
  By: /s/ Jeff E. Margolis
   

Jeff E. Margolis

SVP, CFO, Secretary and Treasurer

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

Fifth Certificate of Amendment

of

Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation

of

RespireRx Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

RespireRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), hereby adopts this Fifth Certificate of Amendment (this “Certificate of Amendment”), which amends its Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended by the Certificate of Designation filed March 14, 2014, the Certificate of Amendment filed April 17, 2014, the Second Certificate of Amendment filed December 16, 2015, the Third Certificate of Amendment filed September 1, 2016, the Fourth Certificate of Amendment filed April 30, 2020, the Certificate of Designation filed July 13, 2020 as amended on September 30, 2020, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) as described below, and does hereby further certify that:

 

  1. The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation described herein, and the Corporation’s stockholders duly adopted such amendment, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.
     
  2. Article Fourth of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended by amending and restating paragraph (A)(1) of such article in its entirety as follows:

 

  FOURTH: (A)(1) - AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue is two billion five million (2,005,000,000) consisting of two billion (2,000,000,000) shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and five million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share.

 

  3. All other provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation hereby remain in full force and effect.

 

  By:  
  Name: Jeff Margolis
  Title:

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,

Treasurer and Secretary