Edgar Filing: ZIOPHARM ONCOLOGY INC

ZIOPHARM ONCOLOGY, INC.

/s/ Robert Hadfield

Date: February 4, 2019

Name: Robert Hadfield

Title: General Counsel and Secretary

8-K

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 30, 2019

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-33038

84-1475642

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

One First Avenue, Parris Building 34, Navy Yard Plaza

Boston, Massachusetts

02129

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(617) 259-1970

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.08

Shareholder Director Nominations.

On January 30, 2019, the Board of Directors of Ziopharm Oncology, Inc., or the Company, approved June 13, 2019 as the date of the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting.

Qualified stockholder proposals (including proposals made pursuant to Rule 14a-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) to be presented at the Annual Meeting and included in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy must be received at the Company’s principal executive offices located at One First Avenue, Parris Building 34, Navy Yard Plaza, Boston, MA 02129, addressed to the Company’s Secretary, not later than March 4, 2019, which the Company has determined is a reasonable time before the Company begins to distribute the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting. Any such proposals must comply with applicable Delaware law, the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the procedures set forth in the Company’s By-laws.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

The information contained in Item 5.08 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

SIGNATURES

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.