Acer Therapeutics Inc. Form 8-K Current Event Report Filed 2021-06
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM 8-K Current report filing Filing Date: 2021-06-17 | Period of Report: 2021-06-17 SEC Accession No. 0001564590-21-033350 (HTML Version on secdatabase.com) FILER Acer Therapeutics Inc. Mailing Address Business Address ONE GATEWAY CENTER ONE GATEWAY CENTER CIK:1069308| IRS No.: 320426967 | State of Incorp.:DE | Fiscal Year End: 1231 (300 WASHINGTON ST.) (300 WASHINGTON ST.) Type: 8-K | Act: 34 | File No.: 001-33004 | Film No.: 211024741 SUITE 351 SUITE 351 SIC: 2834 Pharmaceutical preparations NEWTON MA 02458 NEWTON MA 02458 (844) 902-6100 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document 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): June 17, 2021 ACER THERAPEUTICS INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 001-33004 32-0426967 (State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) incorporation) One Gateway Center, Suite 351 300 Washington Street Newton, Massachusetts 02458 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (844) 902-6100 N/A (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) ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of Each Class Trading Symbol Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share ACER The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC 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. ☐ Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure Acer Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) has updated its Corporate Presentation that will be available on the Investor Relations page of the Company’s website at https://acertx.com/investor-relations and will be used at investor and other meetings. A copy of the updated Corporate Presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The Company does not undertake to update this presentation. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Acer Therapeutics Inc. Corporate Presentation, June 17, 2021. 2 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This 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, thereunto duly authorized. Dated: June 17, 2021 ACER THERAPEUTICS INC. By: /s/ Harry S. Palmin Harry S. Palmin Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer 3 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Developing Therapeutics for the Treatment of Serious Rare and Life-Threatening Diseases with Significant Unmet Medical Needs Corporate Presentation June 17, 2021 Nasdaq: ACER Exhibit 99.1 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. 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All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Corporate Overview Acer Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company that acquires, develops and seeks to commercialize therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs Offices: Newton, MA and Bend, OR Headcount: 23 Founded: December 2013 Public: September 2017 Cash as of March 31, 2021: $15.9M Plus, up to $20M of Development Payments per ACER-001 Collaboration and License Agreement with Relief Therapeutics dated March 19, 2021 Expected to have sufficient capital to fund current operations into mid-2022$ 3 ACER $ Excluding the planned EDSIVO™ and osanetant clinical trials Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Leadership Team 4 ACER Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document 5IND Investment submission Highlights and clearance, Acer’s andpipeline agreement includes on fourSPA programs: $ Subject ACER-001to additional (sodium capital phenylbutyrate) for the treatment of various inborn errors of metabolism, including urea cycle disorders (UCDs) and Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) EDSIVO™ (celiprolol) for the treatment of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) in patients with a confirmed type III collagen (COL3A1)