8-K
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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): July 10, 2024

 

 

Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-36620

20-1000967

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

19800 MacArthur Blvd.

Suite 250

 

Irvine, California

 

92612

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 949 238-8090

 

 

(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 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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, $0.001 par value

 

ELDN

 

Nasdaq Global Market

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 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

On May 20, 2024, the partners and professional staff of KMJ Corbin & Company LLP (“KMJ”), which was engaged as the independent registered public accounting firm of Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), joined Crowe LLP (“Crowe”). In connection with this transition, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company dismissed KMJ as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm on July 10, 2024. On July 10, 2024, following the dismissal of KMJ, the Company, through and with the approval of its Audit Committee, appointed Crowe as its independent registered public accounting firm.

The reports of KMJ on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the two most recently completed fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except that such reports contained an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

During the Company’s two most recently completed fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the subsequent interim period through the date of KMJ's dismissal, there were no disagreements between the Company and KMJ on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of KMJ, would have caused KMJ to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its audit reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. During the Company’s two most recently completed fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the subsequent interim period through the date of KMJ's dismissal, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

The Company provided KMJ with a copy of this current report on Form 8-K in accordance with Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and requested that KMJ furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the above statements and, if it does not agree, the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of the letter from KMJ is filed as Exhibit 16.1 hereto.

During the Company’s two most recently completed fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the subsequent interim period through the date of appointment of Crowe, neither the Company nor anyone on behalf of the Company consulted with Crowe regarding (a) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as to which the Company received a written report or oral advice that was an important factor in reaching a decision on any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (b) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event as defined in Items 304(a)(1)(iv) and (v), respectively, of Regulation S-K.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

Description

16.1

Letter from KMJ Corbin & Company LLP, dated July 12, 2024

104

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

July 12, 2024

By:

/s/ David-Alexandre C. Gros, M.D.

 

 

 

Name: David-Alexandre C. Gros, M.D.
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 


EX-16.1

Exhibit 16.1

 

 

July 12, 2024

Office of the Chief Accountant

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N. E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read the comments made regarding us in Item 4.01 of Form 8-K of Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. dated July 10, 2024, and are in agreement with those statements.

 

/s/ KMJ Corbin & Company LLP

Glendora, California