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): June 3, 2019

Heat Biologics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

801 Capitola Drive

Durham, NC  27713

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(919) 240-7133

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

N/A

(Former Name and Former Address)

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

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

Item 8.01   Other Events.

On June 3, 2019, Heat Biologics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that on June 2, 2019 members of the management team of the Company and certain clinical investigators in its ongoing Phase 2 study investigating HS-110 in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, nivolumab (Opdivo®) presented the Poster entitled “Viagenpumatucel-L (HS-110) plus Nivolumab In Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer After Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment Failure” at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 2019 Annual Meeting held in Chicago, Illinois.

In response to questions raised from investors following the Company’s announcement today, the Company discloses that it has no current plans to raise funds through sales under its At The Market Issuance Sales (ATM) Facility or conduct a financing. The Company had approximately $23.5 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of March 31, 2019 and expects to receive an additional $6.9 million in CPRIT grant funding.

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.