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): March 28, 2022

 

Dermata Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

001-40739

86-3218736

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

3525 Del Mar Heights Rd., #322

San DiegoCA 92130

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(858800-2543

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Title of Each Class:

 

Trading Symbol

 

 Name of Each Exchange on which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

DRMA

 

 The Nasdaq Capital Market

Warrants, exercisable for one share of Common Stock

 

DRMAW

 

The 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 (17 CFR§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

Dermata Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release on March 28, 2022, disclosing financial information and operating metrics for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and providing a corporate update. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD.

 

See “Item 2.02 Results of Operation and Financial Condition” above.

 

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K under Items 2.02 and 7.01, including the information contained in Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by a specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release of Dermata Therapeutics, Inc. issued March 28, 2022

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

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Signature

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

DERMATA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: March 28, 2022

By:

/s/ Gerald T. Proehl

 

 

 

Gerald T. Proehl

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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