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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

July 27, 2022

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

PETVIVO HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   001-40715   99-0363559

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

5251 Edina Industrial Blvd.

Edina, Minnesota

  55349
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(952) 405-6216

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K 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)
   
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, par value $0.001   PETV   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase Common Stock   PETVW   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

 

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.

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

PetVivo Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company” or “PetVivo”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to amend the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 1, 2022 (the “Prior 8-K”) to update certain disclosures therein under Item 5.02. The disclosure contained in Item 5.02 of the Prior 8-K is hereby supplemented and amended by the disclosure contained in Item 5.02 of this Amendment No. 1.

 

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

 

As previously reported in the Prior 8-K, dated July 27, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Rob Costantino and Leslie Coolidge to the Board, to serve until the next regular meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and shall qualify.

 

Mr. Costantino’s and Ms. Coolidge’s compensation for service as a non-employee directors will be consistent with that of the Company’s other non-employee directors. The non-employee director compensation program is described in the Company’s Annual Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2022.

 

There are no arrangements or understandings between either Mr. Costantino or Ms. Coolidge and any other persons pursuant to which he or she was selected as a director of the Company and there are no transactions or proposed transactions in which either of Mr. Costantino or Ms. Coolidge has a direct or indirect interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K or Item 5.02(d) of Form 8-K. Neither Mr. Costantino or Ms. Coolidge has any family relationship with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers or any persons nominated or chosen by the Company to be a director or executive officer.

 

Effective August 2, 2022, the Board appointed (the “Appointments”) (i) Mr. Costantino as a member of each of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee and (ii) Ms. Coolidge as a member of each of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Audit Committee, of which she will serve as the Chairperson. Each of Mr. Costantino and Ms. Coolidge meet all applicable requirements to serve on each such committee, including without limitation Nasdaq Listing Standards and the rules and regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Board made other changes, including naming James Martin, as the new Chairman of the Board, and changing the composition of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective August 2, 2022, as follows:

 

Audit Committee   Compensation Committee  

Nominating and Corporate

Governance Committee

Leslie Coolidge

(Chairperson)

 

Robert Rudelius

(Chairperson)

 

Joseph Jasper

(Chairperson)

Robert Costantino   Robert Costantino   Robert Rudelius
Joseph Jasper   Scott Johnson   Leslie Coolidge

 

The press release announcing Appointments is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is being furnished herein:

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description
     
99.1   Press Release dated August 1, 2022
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File formatted in Inline XBRL

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  PETVIVO HOLDINGS, INC.
     
Date: August 4, 2022 By: /s/ John Lai
  Name: John Lai
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE:

 

Leslie Coolidge and Rob Costantino Join PetVivo Holdings, Inc. Board of Directors

 

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US, August 1, 2022 — PetVivo Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETV & PETVW) (the “Company”) an emerging biomedical device company focused on the commercialization of innovative medical therapeutics for companion animals and animal athletes is pleased to announce that Rob Costantino and Leslie Coolidge have joined the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

“We are thrilled to welcome Rob and Leslie to PetVivo’s Board of Directors” said John Lai, Chief Executive Officer of PetVivo Holdings, Inc. “Rob and Leslie bring a wealth of business and governance experience to our Company. We anticipate that their addition to the board will provide us the knowledge and expertise that will guide our Company to attain the resources and industry relationships necessary for success.”

 

Mr. Costantino is a retired CPA and former senior executive who has served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of large corporations. He is currently a part time financial consultant, investor and a current member of the Board of Directors of 4 Yamaha Motor Finance subsidiaries. His most recent executive position was a dual role of Senior Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of NASDAQ listed WFS Financial, Inc., an automotive and commercial finance company and concurrently as Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of NYSE listed Westcorp, Inc, an OTS regulated bank. He was responsible for operations and all financial areas including SEC filings, analyst interaction, earnings calls, and treasury of both companies. Mr Costantino played a key role in the negotiation and ultimate sale of both companies to Wachovia (Wells Fargo) for $3.9 billion. Prior to that, he was President & CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc - an automotive finance company with over $10 billion in assets, where he is credited with one of the greatest turnarounds in captive finance industry history taking the company from extreme financial losses to profitability and ultimately negotiating the sale of the company’s assets to Merrill Lynch. Prior to that, he served for 17 yrs at various escalating management positions of Volvo Cars of North America including the unique experience of being SVP & CFO of both the automotive parent company and the captive finance company. He was integral to the successful relocation of the company from the East Coast to CA, as part of the creation of the Premier Auto Group after Ford Motor Company acquired Volvo. Mr Costantino’s long successful experiences in many senior executive positions, CPA, public company experience and finance background including executing billions of dollars of asset backed security transactions, as well as multi-billion dollar asset and entire company sales are material factors regarding his qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors.

 

 
 

 

“I am extremely excited to be joining such an innovative company with disruptive technology in the animal health market and beyond at this pivotal moment in its history.” said Rob Costantino. “With each of my meetings with management and members of the Board of Directors, I became more convinced that PetVivo is ready to launch to new heights and believe I can make valuable contributions on their Board. I am absolutely thrilled to be appointed to the PetVivo Board of Directors and can’t wait to get to work with these visionary company leaders.”

 

Ms. Coolidge served as a director of Power Solutions International, Inc. where she chaired that company’s Audit Committee. She retired as an Audit and SEC Reviewing Partner from KPMG LLP. At KPMG, Ms. Coolidge led significant global audit engagements, serving major companies with their complex accounting, financial and strategic needs. During her 28 years at KPMG, Ms. Coolidge led client engagement teams auditing SEC registrants and concurrently served as concurring reviewing partner. In addition to her client engagements, she served as a partner in KPMG’s Department of Professional Practice as well as the firm’s representative on the American Institute of CPAs’ (“AICPA”) Accounting Standards Executive Committee. Ms. Coolidge serves on the Board of the Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Ms. Coolidge holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Harvard University and a Master of Science degree in Accounting from New York University. Ms. Coolidge qualifies as an “Audit Committee Financial Expert” under applicable SEC regulations and has substantial public company audit experience gained from her tenure as a partner at KPMG. Ms. Coolidge brings to the Board a wealth of experience and knowledge of public company financial reporting and accounting and her experience at the highest levels of a Big Four accounting firm is an invaluable resource to the Board in its oversight of the Company’s financial statements and SEC filings.

 

“I’ve always believed that technology has the potential to create a better quality of life for people and animals,” said Leslie Coolidge. “It’s an honor to be part of a technology company introducing an innovative medical device that addresses the cause of an affliction, rather than simply treating the symptoms.”

 

About PetVivo Holdings, Inc.

 

PetVivo Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PETV) is an emerging biomedical device company currently focused on the manufacturing, commercialization and licensing of innovative medical devices and therapeutics for companion animals. The Company’s strategy is to leverage human therapies for the treatment of companion animals in a capital and time efficient way. A key component of this strategy is the accelerated timeline to revenues for veterinary medical devices, which enter the market much earlier than more stringently regulated pharmaceuticals and biologics.

 

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PetVivo has a pipeline of seventeen products for the treatment of animals and people. A portfolio of nineteen patents protects the Company’s biomaterials, products, production processes and methods of use. The Company’s lead product SPRYNG™ with OsteoCushion™ technology, a veterinarian-administered, intraarticular injection for the management of lameness and other joint related afflictions, including osteoarthritis, in dogs and horses, is currently available for commercial sale.

 

For more information about PetVivo Holdings, Inc. and our revolutionary product, Spryng with OsteoCushion Technology, please contact info1@petvivo.com or visit https://petvivo.com/

 

CONTACT:

 

John Lai, CEO

PetVivo Holdings, Inc.

Email: info1@petvivo.com

(952) 405-6216

 

Forward-Looking commercial Statements:

 

The foregoing material may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, including without limitation the Company’s proposed development and commercial timelines, and can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “project,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “believe,” “potential,” “should,” “continue” or the negative versions of those words or other comparable words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future actions or performance. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company and its current plans or expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could significantly affect current plans. Risks concerning the Company’s business are described in detail in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022 and other periodic and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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