8-K: Current report filing
Published on March 24, 2022
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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CURRENT REPORT
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On March 18, 2022, Heat Biologics, Inc. (“Heat”) and Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. (“Elysus”) irrevocably waived until April 30, 2022 their respective right to terminate the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Agreement”) by and among Heat, Heat Acquisition Sub 1, Inc., Elusys and Fortis Advisors LLC, as stockholders’ representative, pursuant to Section 9.1(b) of the Agreement, as amended, which provides that the Agreement may be terminated by either Heat or Elysus if the transactions contemplated by the Agreement have not been consummated by March 31, 2022.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:
| Exhibit Number | Description | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the 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.
| Dated: March 24, 2022 | HEAT BIOLOGICS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Jeffrey Wolf | |
| Name: | Jeffrey Wolf | |
| Title: | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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