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 29, 2016

TONIX PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDING CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

509 Madison Avenue, Suite 306, New York, New York 10022

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 980-9155

Copy of correspondence to:

Marc J. Ross, Esq.

James M. Turner, Esq.

Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP

61 Broadway

New York, New York 10006

Tel: (212) 930-9700 Fax: (212) 930-9725

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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On October 29, 2016, Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (the “Company”) presented a poster entitled  “A Retrospective Analysis of the Efficacy of TNX-102 SL in Military-Related PTSD: Determining the Appropriate Severity Threshold for Trial Entry Using the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5” (the “Poster”), at the CNS Summit 2016 held in Boca Raton, Florida (the “EULAR Annual Meeting”).. The Poster was presented by Dr. Gregory Sullivan, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of the Company.

The foregoing description of the Poster is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Poster, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.01 to, and is incorporated by reference in, this report.

The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

* Furnished herewith.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirement 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.