Form 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): September 21, 2011

 

 

INVIVO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Nevada   000-52089   36-4528166

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Broadway, 14th Floor

Cambridge, Massachusetts

  02142
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(617) 475-1520

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 21, 2011, InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing positive preclinical data in a rodent contusion model of spinal cord injury. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The exhibit listed in the Exhibit Index below is filed with this report.


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.

 

    InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp.
Date: October 4, 2011     By:  

/s/ Frank M. Reynolds

      Frank M. Reynolds
      Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release of the Registrant, dated September 21, 2011.