Form 8-K

 

 

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): July 23, 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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

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Item 5.08 Shareholder Director Nominations.

On July 23, 2018, Ziopharm Oncology, Inc., or the Company, changed the date of the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting, from September 19, 2018 (as previously announced) to September 18, 2018. The record date for the Annual Meeting, previously announced as July 23, 2018, and the deadline for qualified stockholder proposals to be presented at the Annual Meeting and included in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy, previously announced as July 20, 2018, have not changed. The Annual Meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time at the offices of Cooley LLP located at 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor, New York, NY 10036-7798.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

The disclosure in Item 5.08 is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

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: July 27, 2018     Name:   Robert Hadfield
    Title:   General Counsel and Secretary