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 12, 2018

 

PRECIPIO, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware
(State of Incorporation)		   001-36439
(Commission File Number)		   91-1789357
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

4 Science Park, New Haven, CT 06511

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(203) 787-7888

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report date)

 

 

 

 

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Item 8.01Other Events

  

On February 12, 2018 Precipio, Inc. (the “Company”) issued 1,814,754 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share to several of its trade creditors that are unaffiliated with the Company in exchange for cancellation of an aggregate of $1.9 million of indebtedness to such trade creditors. The shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (and the related prospectus) that the Company (then known as Transgenomic, Inc.), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and which was declared effective by the SEC on February 13, 2015.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

   
    PRECIPIO, INC.
     
    By: /s/Ilan Danieli
    Name:  Ilan Danieli
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: February 13, 2018