**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 20-F/A**

**(Amendment No. 1)**

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REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

OR

 

[**X**]

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

**For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017**

 

 

OR

 

 

[  ]

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

OR

 

 

[  ]

SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report______________

For the transition period from ______________ to __________________

Commission file number: **0-30314**

**Portage Biotech Inc.**

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Inapplicable

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

**British Virgin Islands**

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

**47 Avenue Road, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5R 2G3**

(Address of principal executive offices)

**Kam Shah, 416.929.1806,ks@portagebiotech.com, Fax: 416.929.6612**

**47 Avenue Road, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5R 2G3**

(Name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

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

Title of each class

Name of each exchange on which registered

 

 

**Not applicable**

**Not applicable**

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.

**Common shares without par value**

(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

**Not applicable**

(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the Issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

**Common shares without par value - 260,688,894 as at March 31, 2017**

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act  Yes [  ]   No [**X**]

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Yes [  ]   No [**X**]

Note - Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such report) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes [**X**]   No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes [**X**]   No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): 

Large accelerated filer [  ]

Accelerated filer [  ]

Non-accelerated filer [**X**]

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Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing: 

U.S. GAAP [  ]

International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board [**X**]

Other [  ]

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow  Item 17 [  ]   Item 18 [  ]

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [  ]   No [**X**]

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

This Form 20-F/A (the “Amended Filing”) is being filed by Portage Biotech Inc.  (the “Company” or “Portage”) to amend its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2017 (the “Original Filing”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 31, 2017, to include Exhibit 15.1 Consent of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

Except as otherwise stated herein, no other information contained in the Original Filing has been updated by this Amended Filing and no disclosures have been updated to reflect events that occurred at a later date. This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Company’s SEC filings made subsequent to the Original Filing.

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**PART III**

**ITEM 19 - EXHIBITS**

***(b) Exhibits***

The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 20-F

/www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095435/000109543513000048/continucert2013.pdf>1.1

Certificate of Continuance - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 6-K filed on August 1, 2013.

 

 

/www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095435/000139390517000218/ptgef_ex12.htm>1.2

Memorandum and Articles of Association - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.2 to Form F-20 filed on July 31, 2017.

 

 

/www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095435/000139390517000066/ptgef_ex101.htm>10.1

2017 Consultant stock compensation plan - Incorporated herein by reference to Form S-8 filed on March 21, 2017.

 

 

/www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095435/000109543511000021/stockcompensation2011.htm>10.2

2011 Consultant stock compensation plan - Incorporated herein by reference to Form S-8 filed on April 21, 2011.

 

 

/www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095435/000109543513000084/stockcompensation2013.htm>10.3

2013 Stock option plan - Incorporated herein by reference to Form S-8 filed on December 19, 2013.

 

 

/www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095435/000109543515000009/optionplan.htm>10.4

2013 option plan - Incorporated herein by reference to Form S-8 filed on March 17, 2015.

 

 

/www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095435/000109543514000064/compensationmatters.htm>11.1

Charter of audit and compensation committee regarding compensation matters - Incorporated herein by reference to Form F-20 filed on July 31, 2014.

 

 

/www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095435/000109543514000064/auditmatters.htm>11.2

Charter of audit and compensation committee regarding audit matters - Incorporated herein by reference to Form F-20 filed on July 31, 2014.

 

 

/www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095435/000109543514000064/codeconduct.htm>11.3

Code of conduct - Incorporated herein by reference to Form F-20 filed on July 31, 2014.

 

 

12.1

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.**

 

 

12.2

Certifications of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.**

 

 

13.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**

 

 

13.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**

 

 

15.1

Consent of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**

** Filed herewith

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**SIGNATURES**

The Company hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Annual Report on its behalf.

DATED at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, this 9th day of November, 2017

**PORTAGE BIOTECH  INC.**

Per: /s/ Declan Doogan

Title: Chief Executive Officer

Per: /s/ Kam Shah

Title: Chief Financial Officer

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