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 25, 2018

 

CV SCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-54677

(Commission File Number)

80-0944970

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2688 South Rainbow Boulevard, Suite B

Las Vegas, Nevada 89146

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(866) 290-2157
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

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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 [_]

 

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 5.02     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On April 26, 2018, Dr. Stephen Schmitz resigned as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CV Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”). His resignation did not result from any disagreement with the Company.

 

Item 7.01     Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On April 25, 2018, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) regarding the repayment by the Company of the remaining balance of its convertible debt under that certain Convertible Promissory Note dated March 1, 2017. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information set forth under this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (“Current Report”), including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. This Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

 

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits
   

99.1

Press Release of CV Sciences, Inc., dated April 25, 2018

     
 

 

 

 

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.

 

Date: April 27, 2018

 

 

  CV SCIENCES, INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ Michael Mona, Jr.                      
  Michael Mona, Jr.
  President and Chief Executive Officer