8-K

eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc.

Date: January 8, 2024

/s/ Michael Byrnes

Michael Byrnes

Chief Financial Officer

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): January 8, 2024

eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-39866	85-3306396
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

142 North Cedros Avenue, Suite B

Solana Beach, California

92075

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(858) 925-8215

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, 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(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share	EFTR	Nasdaq Capital Market
Warrants to purchase common stock	EFTRW	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 (Sec.230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Sec.240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) expects to report that its cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of December 31, 2023 were approximately $18.4 million. In addition, the Company now anticipates that its existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments will fund its operations into the third quarter of 2024, whereas the Company had previously estimated that its existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments would fund operations into the second quarter of 2024.

The Company has not yet completed its quarter-end financial close process for the quarter ended December 31, 2023. This estimate of the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of December 31, 2023 is preliminary, has not been audited and is subject to change upon completion of the Company’s financial statement closing procedures. Additional information and disclosure would be required for a more complete understanding of the Company’s financial position and results of operations as of December 31, 2023. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has not audited, reviewed or performed any procedures with respect to this preliminary result and, accordingly, does not express an opinion or any other form of assurance about it.

The Company cautions you that statements contained in this report regarding matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current beliefs and expectations and include, but are not limited to the sufficiency of the Company’s capital resources to fund operations into the third quarter of 2024. Actual results may differ from those set forth in this press release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in our business, including, without limitation: the Company may use its capital resources sooner than expected and other risks described in the Company’s prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, which is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 2.02 is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and will not be incorporated by reference into any filing by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, unless specifically identified as being incorporated therein by reference.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 8, 2024, the Company provided an update to its corporate presentation by posting the presentation to the Company’s website, www.effector.com. The Company plans to use its website to disseminate future updates to its corporate presentation and does not intend to file or furnish a Form 8-K alerting investors each time the presentation is updated.

The information set forth in this Item 7.01 is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act, or under the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as expressly provided by specific reference in such a filing.

By filing this Current Report on Form 8-K and furnishing the information in this Item 7.01, the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of Item 7.01 in this report or the presentation available on the Company’s website. The information contained in the corporate presentation is summary information that is intended to be considered in the context of the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and other public announcements that the Company makes, by press release or otherwise, from time to time. The Company undertakes no duty or obligation to publicly update or revise the information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, although it may do so from time to time as its management believes is appropriate or as required by applicable law. Any such updating may be made through the filing of other reports or documents with the SEC, through press releases, by updating its website or through other public disclosure.

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.

eFFECTOR Therapeutics Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure