Xenetic Biosciences : Private Placement - Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 12, 2022

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Xenetic Biosciences, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Nevada		001-37937		45-2952962
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

945 Concord Street
Framingham, Massachusetts	01701
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

[phone]

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

40 Speen Street, Suite 102

Framingham, MA 01701

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (seeGeneral Instruction A.2. below):

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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, $0.001 par value per share		XBIO		The Nasdaq Stock Market
Purchase Warrants		XBIOW		The Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 3.02.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On October 12, 2022, the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement with CLS Therapeutics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("CLS"), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to CLS, and CLS agreed to subscribe for, 850,000 shares of the Company's common stock (the "Shares") as consideration for the assignment by CLS and its affiliates to the Company of certain patent rights owned by CLS and its affiliates. The Shares were issued on October 12, 2022. The Shares were issued in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) thereof and the provisions of Regulation D thereunder. CLS represented that it was an "accredited investor," as defined in Regulation D, and was acquiring the Shares for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof. Accordingly, none of the Shares have been registered under the Securities Act and none of the Shares may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws.

Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the exhibits attached hereto is an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Company's common stock or any other securities of the Company.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibit No.		Description
	104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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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.

	XENETIC BIOSCIENCES, INC.
	By: /s/ James Parslow
Date: October 12, 2022	Name: James Parslow
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

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