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): April 14, 2020

MOLECULIN BIOTECH, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

DELAWARE 001-37758 47-4671997 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) (Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)





5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 950, Houston ,TX 77007

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)





(713) 300-5160

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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





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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). Emerging growth company [X]

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. [X] 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, par value $.001 per share MBRX The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC









Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 14, 2020, Moleculin Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Walter Klemp, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will host a web-based conference call on April 16 th at 4:30pm ET to explain the significance of the recent discovery that the active compound in WP1122 has been shown to reduce replication of SARS-CoV-2 by 100%.





A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits.





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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

MOLECULIN BIOTECH, INC.

Date: April 14, 2020





By: /s/ Jonathan P. Foster

Jonathan P. Foster

Chief Financial Officer





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