# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001664710
**File Stem:** 0001664710-23-000014
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 8041
**Document Hash:** 213d8434850200eae3afb1da5cab80bf
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001664710-23-000014.hdr.sgml**: 20230301

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001664710-23-000014

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230301

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230301

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230301

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Keros Therapeutics, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001664710
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 811173868
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39264
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23689854

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1050 WALTHAM STREET, SUITE 302
- **CITY:** LEXINGTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02421
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 617-314-6297

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1050 WALTHAM STREET, SUITE 302
- **CITY:** LEXINGTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02421

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**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): March 1, 2023**

**Keros Therapeutics, Inc.** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Delaware** | **001-39264** | **81-1173868** |
| **(state or other jurisdiction**<br>**of incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br>**File Number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br>**Identification No.)** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**1050 Waltham Street**, **Suite 302**<br>**Lexington**, **Massachusetts** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**1050 Waltham Street**, **Suite 302**<br>**Lexington**, **Massachusetts** | **02421** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 314-6297**

**Not applicable**

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading**<br>**Symbol** | **Name of each exchange**<br>**on which registered** |
| **Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share** | **KROS** | **The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC** |

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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 ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 7.01 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Regulation FD Disclosure.**

On March 1, 2023, Keros Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that Jasbir Seehra, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at Cowen's 43rd Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 11:10 a.m. Eastern time. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibit is not incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

**Item 9.01 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) Exhibits

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 99.1 | <u>[Press release dated](exhibit991cowenpr-2023.htm)[March 1](exhibit991cowenpr-2023.htm)[, 2023.](exhibit991cowenpr-2023.htm)</u> |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**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.

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|:---|:---|
| **KEROS THERAPEUTICS, INC.** | **KEROS THERAPEUTICS, INC.** |
| By: | /s/ Jasbir Seehra |
|  | Jasbir Seehra, Ph.D.<br>Chief Executive Officer  |

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Dated: March 1, 2023

## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

Keros Therapeutics to Present at Cowen's 43<sup>rd</sup> Annual Health Care Conference

LEXINGTON, Mass., March 1, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Keros Therapeutics, Inc. ("Keros") (Nasdaq: KROS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel treatments for patients suffering from hematological, pulmonary and cardiovascular disorders with high unmet medical need, today announced that Keros' President and Chief Executive Officer Jasbir S. Seehra, Ph.D., will participate in a fireside chat presentation at Cowen's 43rd Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 11:10 a.m. Eastern time.

A live audio webcast of the fireside chat presentation will be available at https://wsw.com/webcast/cowen132/kros/2037294 and an archived replay will be accessible in the Investors section of the Keros website at https://ir.kerostx.com for up to 90 days following the conclusion of the event.

**About Keros Therapeutics, Inc.** 

Keros is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel treatments for patients suffering from hematological, pulmonary and cardiovascular disorders with high unmet medical need. Keros is a leader in understanding the role of the transforming growth factor-beta family of proteins, which are master regulators of red blood cell and platelet production as well as of the growth, repair and maintenance of a number of tissues, including blood vessels and heart tissue. Keros' lead protein therapeutic product candidate, KER-050, is being developed for the treatment of low blood cell counts, or cytopenias, including anemia and thrombocytopenia, in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and in patients with myelofibrosis. Keros' lead small molecule product candidate, KER-047, is being developed for the treatment of functional iron deficiency. Keros' third product candidate, KER-012, is being developed for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders.

**Investor Contact:** 

Justin Frantz

jfrantz@soleburystrat.com

617-221-9100

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