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

 

For the month of: March 2017

 

Commission file number: 001-36578

 

BIOBLAST PHARMA LTD.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

37 Dereh Menechem Begin St., 15 ^th  Floor

Tel Aviv 6522042 Israel

(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

 

This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K of the Registrant consists of the press release issued by the Registrant on March 10, 2017, announcing that the Registrant received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC that the Registrant’s stockholders’ equity, as reported in the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, does not satisfy The Nasdaq Global Market continued listing requirement set forth in Nasdaq Stock Market Rule 5450(b)(1)(A). A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The press release is incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-206032) and the registration statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-203114 and File No. 210459) of the Registrant, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

 

Exhibit

No.

 

99.1

Press Release issued by Bioblast Pharma Ltd. on March 10, 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.

 

	Bioblast Pharma Ltd.
	(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ Chaime Orlev
	Name:	Chaime Orlev
		Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Finance and Administration

 

Date: March 10, 2017