# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001853816
**File Stem:** 0001654954-23-001476
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 5566
**Document Hash:** 7cf86029cb259248e98ed4d11071f237
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001654954-23-001476.hdr.sgml**: 20230208

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001654954-23-001476

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230208

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230208

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230208

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Dermata Therapeutics, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001853816
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-40739
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23599074

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3525 DEL MAR HEIGHTS RD., #322
- **CITY:** SAN DIEGO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92130
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (858)-223-0882

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3525 DEL MAR HEIGHTS RD., #322
- **CITY:** SAN DIEGO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92130

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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): <u>February 8, 2023</u>

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| **DERMATA THERAPEUTICS, INC.** |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |

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| **Delaware** | **001-40739** | **86-3218736** |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of<br>Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |

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**<u>3525 Del Mar Heights Rd., #322, San Diego, CA 92130</u>**

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code **(858) 800-2543**

**<u>N/A</u>**

(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))

☐ 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 symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 | DRMA | The Nasdaq Stock Market |
| Warrants, exercisable for one share of Common Stock | DRMAW | The Nasdaq Capital Market |

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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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

☒ 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.

**Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

On February 8, 2023, Dermata Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") held a special meeting of stockholders (the "Special Meeting"). The matters voted on at the Special Meeting were: (1) the adoption and approval of an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the "Charter"), to effect a reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), at a specific ratio, ranging from one-for-two (1:2) to one-for-forty (1:40), with the exact ratio to be determined by the Company's board of directors without further approval or authorization of the Company's stockholders (the "Reverse Stock Split Proposal") and (2) the approval of the adjournment of the Special Meeting to the extent there are insufficient votes at the Special Meeting to approve the Reverse Stock Split Proposal (the "Adjournment Proposal").

At the Special Meeting, both of the matters voted on were approved, based upon an aggregate of 12,321,848 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 28, 2022, which was the record date for the Special Meeting. The final voting results were as follows:

<u>Proposal No. 1</u>: The Reverse Stock Split Proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:

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| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstentions** |
| 7,622,928 | 135,481 | 39,669 |

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Proposal No. 2: The Adjournment Proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:

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| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstentions** |
| 7,681,932 | 87,554 | 28,592 |

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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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|  | DERMATA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | DERMATA THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
| Date: February 8, 2023 | By: | /s/ Gerald T. Proehl |
|  |  | Gerald T. Proehl |
|  |  | Chief Executive Officer |

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