UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 6, 2017
DANDRIT
BIOTECH USA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-54478 | 45-2559340 | ||
| (State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission
File Number) |
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.) |
Dandrit Biotech A/S Fruebjergvej 3 Box 62 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark (Address of principal executive offices) |
+45-39179840
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 6, 2017, the Company increased the size of its Board of Directors (“Board”) from two members to four members, and the Board appointed René Sindlev and Torben Bjørn Christensen to fill the vacancies created by the increase in the size of the Board, effective immediately.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Sindlev or Mr. Christensen and any person (including the Company) pursuant to which Mr. Sindlev and Mr. Christensen were appointed to serve as directors. On April 21, 2017, RS Arving ApS, an entity controlled by Mr. Sindlev, purchased 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and 1,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of common stock for $650,000, and RS Group ApS, an entity controlled by Mr. Sindlev, purchased 2,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and 4,400,000 warrants to purchase shares of common stock for $2,860,000 in the Company’s private placement offering more fully described in the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed on May 1, 2017. Other than the foregoing, there are no actual or proposed transactions between Mr. Christensen, Mr. Sindlev or any of their related persons and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.404(a)) in connection with their appointment as directors.
Neither Mr. Sindlev nor Mr. Christensen has any family relationship with any director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen to become a director or executive officer of the Company.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| DANDRIT BIOTECH USA, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Aldo Petersen | |
| Name: | Aldo Petersen | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Date: June 7, 2017 | ||
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