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 8, 2022

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Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth below in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03. A copy of the Certificate of Change described in Item 5.03 is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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

On August 8, 2022, Artelo Biosciences, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada a Certificate of Change (the “Certificate of Change”), pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 78.209, to effect a one-for-fifteen (1-for-15) reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Reverse Split will be effective as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on August 10, 2022 (the “Effective Time”). Pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statutes 78.207, the Company’s board of directors has the authority to effect a reverse stock split without stockholder approval if the number of authorized shares of Common Stock and the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock are proportionally reduced.

As a result of the Reverse Split, each fifteen (15) pre-split shares of Common Stock outstanding will automatically be combined into one (1) new share of Common Stock without any action on the part of the holders, and the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock will be reduced from 42,594,000 to approximately 2,839,600. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock has been reduced from 750,000,000 to 50,000,000, while the number of authorized shares of the Company’s preferred stock has been reduced from 6,250,000 to 416,667.

The Reverse Split is being effected in order to improve the marketability and liquidity of the Company’s Common Stock and to regain compliance with all of the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”).

No fractional shares will be issued as a result of the Reverse Split. Stockholders who otherwise would be entitled to a fractional share because they hold a number of shares not evenly divisible by the 1 (one) for fifteen (15) Reverse Split ratio will automatically be entitled to receive one whole share of Common Stock for each such fractional share.  All of the Company’s current outstanding warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock and other derivatives will automatically adjust per their terms to reflect the Reverse Split.

What happens to the publicly traded warrants originally issued by Artelo (maturity date June 20, 2024)?

These warrants to purchase Artelo’s Common Stock were originally issued at an exercise price of $6.4575 per share, expire on June 20, 2024, and are currently publicly traded (Nasdaq: ARTLW).  With the 1 (one) for fifteen (15) reverse split, 15 of these warrants are now exercisable at $96.8625 ($6.4575 x 15) for one post-split share of Artelo’s Common Stock.  Thus, for example, 15,000 of these warrants would be exercisable to purchase 1,000 post-reverse-split shares of Common Stock (15,000/15) at $96.8625 each.

What happens to the warrants from the October 2020 financing (maturity date October 13, 2025)?

These warrants to purchase Artelo’s Common Stock were originally issued at an exercise price of $0.75 per share and expire on October 13, 2025.  With the 1 (one) for fifteen (15) reverse split, 15 of these warrants are now exercisable at $11.25 ($0.75 x 15) for one post-split share of Artelo’s Common Stock.  Thus, for example, 15,000 of these warrants would be exercisable to purchase 1,000 post-reverse-split shares of Common Stock (15,000/15) at $11.25 each.

The Certificate of Change is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On August 9, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the Reverse Split. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

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.