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): April 5, 2018
PROVECTUS BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 001-36457 | 90-0031917 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
10025 Investment Drive, Suite 250, Knoxville, TN 37932
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(866) 594-5999
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On April 5, 2018, Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) certified to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in writing that the Company was in compliance with the undertaking of remediating the material weakness identified in Items 1 through 4 of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 (the “Material Weaknesses”), filed with the SEC on August 9, 2017 (the “Undertaking”). The Company completed remediation of the Material Weaknesses during the year ended December 31, 2017, as indicated in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 23, 2018.
The Company agreed to the Undertaking as part of the Company’s settlement with the SEC (the “SEC settlement”) in connection with previously disclosed SEC investigations of two former Company executives and the Company. Pursuant to the SEC settlement, the Company was required to complete the Undertaking by March 31, 2018 and certify compliance in writing by May 31, 2018 (or within 60 days of such earlier date that the Company had completed its remediation).
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.
Date: April 6, 2018
| PROVECTUS BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Timothy Scott | |
| Timothy C. Scott, PhD | ||
| President | ||