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): February 17, 2021
 
GT Biopharma, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
000-08092
(Commission File Number)
94-1620407
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
9350 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 203
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: (800) 304-9888
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol
 
Name of exchange
on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
 
GTBP
 
Nasdaq Capital 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  ☐
 
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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
 
On February 17, 2021, Empery Asset Master Ltd., Empery Tax Efficient, LP and Empery Tax Efficient II, LP (collectively, the “Empery Funds”) voluntarily converted their Settlement Notes dated June 19, 2020, with an aggregate principal amount of $517,500 and $34,213 of accrued interest into 162,268 shares of common stock of the Company at a conversion rate of $3.40 per share, after giving effect to the 1-for-17 reverse stock split effected on February 10, 2021. The Empery Funds contemporaneously exercised their pre-funded warrants to acquire 83,825 shares of common stock The issuance of the shares of common stock to the Empery Funds upon conversion of the Settlement Notes and the exercise of the warrants was made in reliance in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE PAGE
 
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
GT Biopharma, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated: February 17, 2021
 
By:
/s/ Michael Handelman
 
 
 
 
Michael Handelman
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer