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
July 2021
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)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F o
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K
On July 8, 2021, Tiziana Life Sciences plc (the “Company”) issued a regulatory news service announcement in the United Kingdom announcing the ADS Ex-Dividend Date, fo US ADS holders only, is scheduled for July, 09 2021 (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: July 8, 2021 | 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 July 8, 2021 |
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Exhibit 99.1
Tiziana Life Sciences plc
ADS Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for July, 09 2021
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR US ADS HOLDERS ONLY
New York, 8 July 2021 - Tiziana Life Sciences plc (Nasdaq: TLSA) ("Tiziana" or the "Company"), a biotechnology company focused on innovative therapeutics for oncology, inflammation and infectious diseases, today announces that its American Depository Shares (“ADS”), trading under the ticker TLSA, will begin trading ex-dividend on July 09, 2021.
The non-cash dividend, in the form of an in-specie dividend of one Accustem Sciences Limited ADS (representing 2 ordinary shares in Accustem Sciences Limited) per TLSA ADS, is scheduled to be paid on July 14, 2021.
Shareholders who purchased TLSA prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the non-cash dividend.
Holders of TLSA should also refer to the notice published by JP Morgan, the ADR depositary bank which can be found at https://www.adr.com/drprofile/88875G101
For further enquiries:
United Kingdom:
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Tiziana Life Sciences plc Gabriele Cerrone, Chairman and founder |
+44 (0)20 7495 2379 |
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United States: Investors: Dave Gentry, CEO RedChip Companies Inc. 1-800-RED-CHIP (733-2447) or 407-491-4498 dave@redchip.com |