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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): May 10, 2023

 

Blue Water Biotech, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-41294   83-2262816
(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

201 E. Fifth Street, Suite 1900 Cincinnati, Ohio   45202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 620-4101

 

 

(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(s)   Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share   BWV   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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On May 10, 2023, Blue Water Biotech, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that the Company’s management will present at the JMP Securities Life Sciences Conference at the New York Hilton Midtown on Monday, May 15, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. EDT (the “Press Release”). The Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is being furnished herewith.

 

The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) and the Press Release being furnished herewith shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the Press Release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the SEC made by the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1*   Press Release, dated May 10, 2023
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

*Furnished herewith

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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

 

  Blue Water Biotech, Inc.
     
Date: May 10, 2023 By: /s/ Joseph Hernandez
    Joseph Hernandez
    Chief Executive Officer