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

 

June 14, 2018 (June 14, 2018)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada  001-15697 22-3542636
 (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

 

165 Ludlow Avenue, Northvale, New Jersey 07647

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(201) 750-2646

(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)
¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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 2.02.Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On June 14, 2018, Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Elite" or the “Company") filed its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018 and, thereafter, issued a press release announcing its financial results for that quarter. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

As noted in the press release, the Company will host a conference call at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Friday, June 15, 2018, to provide a general business update. Elite will respond to various stockholder questions submitted prior to the call.

 

Conference Call Information

 

Date:         Friday, June 15, 2018
Time:                      1:00 PM EDT
Dial-in numbers:                         1-800-346-7359 (domestic)
  1-973-528-0008 (international)
Conference number:               98840
Questions: dianne@elitepharma.com  by 8:00 PM EDT on Thursday, June 14, 2018
Audio Replay:            http://elite.irpass.com/events_presentations


 

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The information disclosed in Item 2.02 above is incorporated into this Item 7.01. The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit hereto) is being furnished under Item 2.02, "Results of Operations and Financial Condition," Item 7.01, "Regulation FD Disclosure" and Item 9.01 "Financial Statements and Exhibits" of Form 8-K. As such, the information (including the exhibit) herein shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. This Current Report (including the exhibit hereto) will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.Description
99.1Press Release dated June 14, 2018

  

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

 

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.

 

 

Dated: June 14, 2018 ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
   
  By:  /s/ Nasrat Hakim
    Nasrat Hakim, President and CEO