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 8, 2020

 

LEXARIA BIOSCIENCE CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Nevada

 

000-52138

 

20-2000871

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

100 – 740 McCurdy Road, Kelowna, BC Canada V1X 2P7

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(250) 765-6424

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Ticker symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

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 ☐

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On July 8, 2020, the Company’s subsidiary, Lexaria Nicotine LLC received written confirmation from Altria Ventures Inc. (“AVI”) that the First Warrant Tranche Trigger, as defined in the Warrant and Option Agreement entered into on January 15, 2019 had been reached and accordingly, AVI has until 11:59 pm on October 8, 2020 (EST) to exercise the warrants to purchase additional Class B membership units of Lexaria Nicotine LLC. The findings of the Phase 1 research and development program, on which the First Warrant Tranche Trigger was dependent, were published in the Company’s news release dated July 16, 2020.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements And Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release issued July 16, 2020

 

 

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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.

 

Date: July 16, 2020

 

 

LEXARIA BIOSCIENCE CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Chris Bunka

 

 

 

Chris Bunka

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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