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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): December 16, 2014

 

CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

  Delaware

  0-50626   91-1707622
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)       Identification No.)

 

200 Connell Drive, Suite 1500
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 517-7330

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 
 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On December 16, 2014, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the enrollment of 486 patients, continuation to final analysis and recommendations of the independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (“DSMB”) of the Company’s Phase 3 SEAMLESS study of sapacitabine oral capsules in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The DSMB determined that the planned futility boundary has been crossed, but saw no reason for patients to discontinue from the study. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the information contained therein is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Neither the filing of the press release as an exhibit to this Report nor the inclusion in the press release of a reference to our internet address shall, under any circumstances, be deemed to incorporate the information available at our internet address into this Report. The information available at our internet address is not part of this Report or any other report filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

      (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number 
 
Description
     
99.1   Press release, dated December 16, 2014

  

 
 

 

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.

 

  CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Paul McBarron
  Name: Paul McBarron
  Title: Executive Vice President—Finance,
    Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating
Officer

 

Date: December 16, 2014

 

 
 

  

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Press release, dated December 16, 2014.