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EX-99.1 - CORPORATE UPDATE PRESENTATION SLIDES - GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INCd477296dex991.htm

 

 

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

February 5, 2013

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

NEVADA   001-31791   04-3562325

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

4960 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Suite 240

Norcross, GA 30071

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(678) 620-3186

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

Executives of Galectin Therapeutics Inc. are presenting a corporate update in February contained in the slide presentation attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”).

The information in this Report is being furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or under the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing to this Report.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1         Corporate Update Presentation Slides dated February 5, 2013


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INC.
By:  

/s/ Peter G. Traber

  Peter G. Traber, M.D.
 

President, Chief Executive Officer &

Chief Medical Officer

Date: February 5, 2013