Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)

 

UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

April 2017

 

Commission file number: 001-36288

 

Akari Therapeutics, Plc

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

 

24 West 40 ^th  Street, 8 ^th  Floor

New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F   x        Form 40-F  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulations S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_____

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulations S-T Rule 101(b)(7):_____

 

 

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

On April 24, 2017, Akari Therapeutics, Plc, (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it will present data from an interim analysis of its ongoing Phase II trial of Coversin in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), as well as preclinical data for additional indications and other opportunities, at its Research and Development Day on April 24, 2017. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information contained in this report (including the exhibit hereto) is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-207443, Form S-8 (No. 333-198109 and 333-207444), Registration Statement on Form F-3 File No. 333-198107, and the Registration Statements on Post-Effective Amendments to Form F-1 on Form F-3 (333-185247, 333-187826 and 333-191880).

 

Exhibit No.

 

99.1	Press Release dated April 24, 2017.

 

 

 

   

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

	Akari Therapeutics, Plc
	(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ Robert M. Shaw
	Name:	Robert M. Shaw
	General Counsel & Secretary

       

Date: April 24, 2017