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On December 12, 2023, Cassava Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a distribution to the holders of record of the Company’s shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Shares”), in the form of warrants to purchase Common Shares (the “Warrants”). The Warrants will be distributed on or about January 3, 2024, to the holders of record of Common Shares as of the close of business on December 22, 2023 (the “Distribution Record Date”).

 

The foregoing description is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the press release, which is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

In connection with the press release described above, the Company posted a Warrant Distribution Q&A on its website, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2. 

 

 

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. A Form 8-A registration statement and prospectus supplement describing the terms of the Warrants will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and will be available on the SEC’s website located at http://www.sec.gov. Holders of Company common stock should read the prospectus supplement carefully, including the Risk Factors section included and incorporated by reference therein. This communication contains a general summary of the warrants. Please read the warrant agreement when it becomes available as it will contain important information about the terms of the Warrants.

 

 

This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements, including statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words such as “may,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” and other words and terms of similar meaning. Such statements are based largely on our current expectations and projections about future events. Such statements speak only as of the date of this Form 8-K and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to, whether  the Company will derive the anticipated  benefits of the transaction described in this communication and any unanticipated impacts of the warrant distribution on the Company’s business operations, and including those described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, and future reports to be filed with the SEC. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking statements and events discussed in this Form 8-K are inherently uncertain and may not occur, and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Except as required by law, we disclaim any intention or responsibility for updating or revising any forward-looking statements contained in this news release.

 

 

 

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