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): September 2, 2020

JAGUAR HEALTH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 371-8300

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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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 x

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. x

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Item 8.01     Other Events.

As previously disclosed, on August 17, 2020, Jaguar Health, Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that it no longer complied with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) due to the Company’s failure to maintain a minimum of $2,500,000 in stockholders’ equity (or meet the alternatives of market value of listed securities of $35 million or $500.000 in net income from continuing operations). The Company believes that, after taking into account the previously disclosed (i) exchange of 5,524,926 shares (the “Original Shares”) of the Company’s Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock for 842,500 shares of the Company’s Series C Perpetual Preferred Stock and 842,500 shares of the Company’s Series D Perpetual Preferred Stock pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, dated September 1, 2020, by and between the Company and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. and (ii) issuance of 2,289,474 shares of the Company’s common stock to Sagard Capital Partners, L.P. pursuant to the Stock Plan Agreement for Payment of Consulting Services, dated September 1, 2020, by and among Jaguar Health, Inc., Sagard Capital Partners Management Corp., and Sagard Capital Partners, L.P. (collectively, “Transactions”), which Transactions were consummated on September 1, 2020, and based on interim financial data available to the Company, the Company’s stockholders’ equity as of September 2, 2020, exceeds $5 million, which is the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for initial listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. On September 2, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the increase in the Company’s stockholders’ equity resulting from the Transactions.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 of this report.

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to the Company’s belief that its stockholders’ equity following consummation of the transactions described exceeded $5 million.  The words “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. While the Company believes its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are reasonable, these plans, intentions or expectations may not be achieved. The Company’s actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. For information about the factors that could cause such differences, please refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, including the information discussed under the captions “Item 1 Business,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Item 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” as well as the Company’s various other filings with the SEC. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits

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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.

Date: September 2, 2020

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