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): August 11, 2016

 

Commission File No. 000-16929

 

Soligenix, Inc.

(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE   41-1505029
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     

29 Emmons Drive,

Suite C-10

Princeton, NJ

 

 

 

08540

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(609) 538-8200
(Issuer’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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):

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On August 11, 2016, Soligenix, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its results of operations for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

The information in this report, including the exhibit hereto, is being “furnished” in accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K. As such, this information is not deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission unless it is explicitly so incorporated in such filings.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

  

Exhibit No.   Title
     
99.1   Press release issued by the Company on August 11, 2016.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

Soligenix, Inc.

 

August 11, 2016  By:  /s/ Christopher J. Schaber 
    Christopher J. Schaber, Ph.D.
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    (Principal Executive Officer)