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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 17, 2023

PROKIDNEY CORP.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Cayman Islands	001-40560	98-1586514
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2000 Frontis Plaza Blvd. Suite 250
Winston-Salem, North Carolina		27103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 336 999-7029

(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)

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☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share	PROK	The Nasdaq Stock Market

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 8.01 Other Events.

As previously announced, on June 13, 2023, ProKidney Corp. (the “Company”) announced it had entered into an agreement to purchase a 210,000 square foot facility and approximately 22 acres of land in Greensboro, N.C. to support the Company’s future commercial manufacturing needs for REACT®, its proprietary REnal Autologous Cell Therapy, currently in Phase 3 development for the treatment of diabetic chronic kidney disease. On July 17, 2023, the Company completed the closing of the purchase, and on July 18, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing.

A copy of the press release announcing the closing of the purchase is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


	(d)	Exhibits.

The exhibits filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K are listed in the index to exhibits immediately preceding the signature page to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which index to exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.


Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Press Release dated July 18, 2023


104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document)

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.


			PROKIDNEY CORP.

Date:	July 18, 2023	By:	/s/ James Coulston
			James Coulston Chief Financial Officer