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 21, 2022

 

Dermata Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-40739

 

86-3218736

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

3525 Del Mar Heights Rd., #322

San Diego, CA 92130

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(858) 800-2543

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(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)

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

 

 Name of Each Exchange on which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

DRMA

 

 The Nasdaq Capital Market

Warrants, exercisable for one share of Common Stock

 

DRMAW

 

The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

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 September 21, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dermata Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, amending Section 1.6 of Article I thereof to decrease the quorum requirement for stockholder meetings from a majority to one-third of the voting power of the shares of the capital stock of the Company entitled to vote at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy.

 

The foregoing summary and description of the provisions of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 with this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

3.1

Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated September 21, 2022.

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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document).

 

 

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Signature

 

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.

 

 

DERMATA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: September 23, 2022

By:

/s/ Gerald T. Proehl

 

 

 

Gerald T. Proehl

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 3.1

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF

DERMATA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

This Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Dermata Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), as amended to date (the “Bylaws”), is made as of this 21st day of September, 2022.

 

1.

The Bylaws are hereby amended by replacing the paragraph titled “Quorum” in existing Section 1.6 of Article I of the Bylaws, in its entirety with the following:

 

 

 

1.6 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the presence, in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy, of the holders of one-third of the voting power of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders for the transaction of business; provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or classes or series of capital stock is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of one-third of the voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on such matter. A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.

 

2.

Except as specifically amended herein, the Bylaws of the Company shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

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