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): June 12, 2018

 

 

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-33038		84-1475642
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One First Avenue, Parris Building 34, Navy Yard Plaza Boston, Massachusetts				02129
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

(617) 259-1970

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 5.08

Shareholder Director Nominations.

On June 12, 2018, the Board of Directors, or the Board, of Ziopharm Oncology, Inc., or the Company, approved September 19, 2018 as the date of the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting. Additionally, the Board approved July 23, 2018 as the record date for the Annual Meeting.

Qualified stockholder proposals (including proposals made pursuant to Rule 14a-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) to be presented at the Annual Meeting and included in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy must be received at the Company’s principal executive offices located at One First Avenue, Parris Building 34, Navy Yard Plaza, Boston, MA 02129, addressed to the Company’s Secretary, not later than July 20, 2018, which the Company has determined is a reasonable time before the Company begins to distribute the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting. Any such proposals must comply with applicable Delaware law, the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the procedures set forth in the Company’s By-laws.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On June 18, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed on clinical hold a Phase 1 trial to evaluate CD19-specific CAR-T therapies manufactured under point-of-care and reported on the status of the Investigational New Drug application for such trial. A copy of the above referenced press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

				ZIOPHARM ONCOLOGY, INC.
				By:		/s/ Robert Hadfield
Date: June 18, 2018				Name:		Robert Hadfield
				Title:		General Counsel and Secretary