UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
January 2020
Commission File Number: 0001723069
Tiziana Life Sciences plc
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
3rd Floor,
11-12 St James’s Square
London SW1Y 4LB
United Kingdom
(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K
On January 13, 2020, Tiziana Life Sciences plc (the “Company”) issued a regulatory news service announcement in the United Kingdom Reporting the Proposed Cancellation from AIM (the “RNS Announcement”).
The RNS Announcement is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K. The information in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as otherwise set forth herein or as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
| TIZIANA LIFE SCIENCES PLC | ||
| Date: January 13, 2020 | By: | /s/ Kunwar Shailubhai |
| Name: Kunwar Shailubhai | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Regulatory News Service Announcement, dated January 13, 2020 |
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Exhibit 99.1
Tiziana Life Science Plc (the “Company”)
Proposed Cancellation from AIM
New York/London, 13 January 2020 – Tiziana Life Sciences plc (Nasdaq: TLSA / AIM: TILS), a biotechnology company focusing on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for inflammation and oncology indications, announces that it has appointed advisers in relation to an intended redomicile of the Company to Bermuda which is anticipated to occur by Q2-2020, as a consequence of the redomicile the Company will not be seeking to re-admit its ordinary shares on AIM and will therefore seek shareholder consent for its shares to be cancelled from AIM when the redomicile occurs. A further announcement will be made in due course.
Furthermore, the Company intends to cancel its ADR program and have its Bermuda common shares listed on Nasdaq.
The Company is today attending the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, a copy of the investor presentation that is being used by the Company is available for download from its website at www.tizianalifesciences.com.
About Tiziana Life Sciences
Tiziana is a UK biotechnology company that focuses on the discovery and development of novel molecules to treat human disease in oncology and immunology. In addition to milciclib, the Company is also developing Foralumab for liver diseases. Foralumab is the only fully human anti-CD3 mAbs in clinical development in the world. This compound has potential application in a wide range of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, such as crohn’s disease (CD), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBS), ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, type-1 diabetes (T1D), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis, where modulation of a T-cell response is desirable.
For more information go to http://www.tizianalifesciences.com
The person who arranged for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company was Kunwar Shailubhai, CEO of Tiziana.
Contacts:
| Tiziana Life Sciences plc | |
| Gabriele Cerrone, Chairman and founder | +44 (0)20 7495 2379 |
| Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nominated adviser) | +44 (0)20 7213 0883 |
| Liam Murray / Jo Turner |
| Shore Capital (Broker) | +44 (0)20 7408 4050 |
| Antonio Bossi / Fiona Conroy |