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): August 6, 2025
MATINAS BIOPHARMA HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38022 | 46-3011414 | ||
| (State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission
File Number) |
(IRS
Employer ID Number) |
1545 Route 206 South, Suite 302 Bedminster, New Jersey |
07921 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 484-8805
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 | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered | ||
| Common Stock | MTNB | NYSE American |
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).
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.
On August 6, 2025, Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 250,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares. The Certificate of Amendment was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the 2025 annual meeting on June 23, 2025 and became effective upon filing.
The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc., dated August 6, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
| MATINAS BIOPHARMA HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| Dated: August 6, 2025 | By: | /s/ Jerome D. Jabbour |
| Name: | Jerome D. Jabbour | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Exhibit 10.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
MATINAS BIOPHARMA HOLDINGS, INC.
Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:
1. The name of the Corporation is Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. The Corporation was incorporated by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 21, 2013, which was amended by a certificate of amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 29, 2015 and a certificate of amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 30, 2024 (as so amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”).
2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended to increase the authorized shares of the Corporation’s common stock by deleting the first paragraph under Section A of Article V, and replacing such paragraph with the following:
“The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is five Hundred Ten Million (510,000,000), of which (i) Five Hundred Million (500,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) Ten Million Shares (10,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
3. The Board of Directors of the Corporation has duly adopted a resolution pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendment to be advisable. The requisite stockholders of the Corporation have duly approved said proposed amendment in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
4. This Certificate of Amendment and the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation effected hereby shall be effective immediately upon filing.
[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer on this 6th day of August, 2025.
| MATINAS BIOPHARMA HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Jerome D. Jabbour | |
| Name: | Jerome D. Jabbour | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |