clsn20130130c_8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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):  January 31, 2013

 

  

CELSION CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-15911

52-1256615

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

997 Lenox Drive, Suite 100, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2311

      (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)

 

(609) 896-9100

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 2.02                Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

Please see the disclosure set forth under “Item 8.01 Other Events,” which is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02.

 

Item 8.01                Other Events.

 

On January 31, 2013, Celsion Corporation (“Celsion” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing top-line results from the Company's pivotal Phase III trial of ThermoDox® (the “HEAT Study”) for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (“HCC”), also known as primary liver cancer, and reporting certain financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012. A copy of the press release is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Celsion will host a conference call to discuss these results at 8:00 a.m. EST on January 31, 2013. The conference call will also be broadcast at http://www.celsion.com.

 

The press release contains forward-looking statements which involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Please refer to the cautionary note in the press release regarding these forward-looking statements.

 

Item 9.01                Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

 

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.1  

  

Press release titled “Celsion Announces Results of Phase III HEAT Study of ThermoDox® in Primary Liver Cancer” issued by Celsion Corporation on January 31, 2013.

 

 

 

 
 
 

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.

 

 

 

CELSION CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: January 31, 2013

By:

/s/ Gregory Weaver

 

 

 

Gregory Weaver

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

Description

 

 

99.1

Press release titled “Celsion Announces Results of Phase III HEAT Study of ThermoDox® in Primary Liver Cancer” issued by Celsion Corporation on January 31, 2013.