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): July 14, 2022
SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| California | 001-36747 | 02-0692322 | ||
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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13170 Telfair Ave Sylmar, California |
91342 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 833-5000
Not Applicable
(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 | ||
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Common Stock Warrants |
EYES EYESW |
Nasdaq Nasdaq |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (the “Company”) was notified on July 14, 2022, that the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) released year four funding in the amount of $1.1 million of the $6.4 million planned five-year grant, 5UH3NS103442. The Company uses the funds primarily to pay UCLA and Baylor College of Medicine to conduct the Early Feasibility Clinical Trial of a Visual Cortical Prosthesis. The Company issued a press release entitled Second Sight Medical Products Announces Year Four NIH Funding of its Orion Study, which is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. |
Description | ||
| 99.1 | Second Sight Medical Products Announces Year Four NIH Funding of its Orion Study dated July 18, 2022. | ||
| 104 | The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. | ||
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.
| SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. | ||
| Date: July 18, 2022 | By: | /s/ Scott Dunbar |
| Scott Dunbar | ||
| Acting Chief Executive Officer | ||