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 3, 2023

Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1180 Seminole Trail, Ste 495
Charlottesville, VA 22901

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(434) 422-9800

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

N/A

(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 registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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).

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Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

To the extent required by Item 3.03 of Form 8-K, the information regarding the Reverse Stock Split (as defined below) contained in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On April 12, 2023, the stockholders of Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), approved a proposal at the Company’s special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a ratio between 1-for-2 (1:2) to 1-for-50 (1:50), with the ratio within such range to be determined at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), without reducing the authorized number of shares of Common Stock. Following the Special Meeting, the Board approved a final split ratio of one-for-twenty-five (1:25). Following such approval, on August 3, 2023, the Company filed an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the reverse stock split, with an effective time of 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 4, 2023 (the “Reverse Stock Split”).

No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. In lieu of fractional shares, any person who would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock as a result of the reclassification and combination following the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split (after taking into account all fractional shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to such holder) shall be entitled to receive from the Company’s paying agent, VStock Transfer, LLC, a cash payment equal to the number of shares of the Common Stock held by such stockholder before the Reverse Stock Split that would otherwise have been exchanged for such fractional share interest multiplied by the average closing sales price of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq for the ten days preceding August 7, 2023.

The 1-for-25 Reverse Stock Split will reduce the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock from approximately 30.5 million shares to approximately 1.2 million shares. Proportional adjustments will be made to the number of Common Stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of the Company’s outstanding equity awards and warrants, as well as the applicable exercise price.

After the Reverse Stock Split, the trading symbol for the Common Stock will continue to be “ADIL.” The new CUSIP number for the Common Stock following the Reverse Stock Split is 00688A 205.

The description of the Amendment set forth above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

The primary purpose of the 1-for-25 Reverse Stock Split is to raise the per-share trading price of the Common Stock to allow for its continuous listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, among other benefits. The Nasdaq Capital Market requires, among other things, that for listing a company’s common stock maintain a minimum bid price of at least $1.00 per share. However, there can be no assurance that the Reverse Stock Split will have the desired effect of sufficiently raising the bid price of the Common Stock for the required period.

In addition, on August 4, 2023, the Company issued a press release relating to the Reverse Stock Split described in this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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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.

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