8-K
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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): October 16, 2023

Nkarta, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

001-39370

47-4515206

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

1150 Veterans Boulevard

South San Francisco, CA

94080

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (925) 407-1049

Not Applicable

(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(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

 

NKTX

 

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(Nasdaq Global Select Market)

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.

 

 

 


 

Item. 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 16, 2023, Nkarta, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it will host a conference call on October 17, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss clinical program updates and organizational cost measures and resource prioritization to support clinical milestones. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be, or be deemed, incorporated by reference in any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), unless the Company specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit

Number

Description

99.1

Press Release issued on October 16, 2023.

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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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.

 

Nkarta, Inc.

Date: October 16, 2023

By:

/s/ Alicia Hager

Alicia J. Hager, J.D., Ph.D.

Chief Legal Officer

 

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

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Nkarta to Host Conference Call on Tuesday, October 17 at 8am ET to Discuss Expansion of Clinical Pipeline and Organizational Cost Measures

Call scheduled for Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. ET

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 16, 2023 -- Nkarta, Inc. (Nasdaq: NKTX), a biopharmaceutical company developing engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapies, today announced that it will host a conference call on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. ET to discuss clinical program updates and organizational cost measures and resource prioritization to support clinical milestones.

Conference Call and Webcast

To access the conference call, please register through this link: https://nkarta-business-update.open-exchange.net/registration

A replay will be archived on the Investors section of Nkarta’s website, www.nkartatx.com, for approximately four weeks.

About Nkarta

Nkarta is a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the development of allogeneic, off-the-shelf natural killer (NK) cell therapies. By combining its cell expansion and cryopreservation platform with proprietary cell engineering technologies and CRISPR-based genome engineering capabilities, Nkarta is building a pipeline of future cell therapies engineered for deep therapeutic activity and intended for broad access in the outpatient treatment setting. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.nkartatx.com.

Nkarta Media/Investor Contact:

Greg Mann

Nkarta, Inc.

gmann@nkartatx.com