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Form 8-K

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8-K — PDS Biotechnology Corp

Accession: 0001140361-26-036489

Filed: 2026-09-14

Period: 2026-09-12

CIK: 0001472091

SIC: 2834 (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS)

Item: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item: Regulation FD Disclosure

Item: Other Events

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): September 12, 2026

PDS BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-37568

26-4231384

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

303A College Road East,

Princeton, NJ 08540

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)

(800) 208-3343

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Written communication 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 communication pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communication 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:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which

Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.00033 per share

PDSB

The Nasdaq Capital Market

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 of this

chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §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. Yes ☐ No ☐

Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 14, 2026, PDS Biotechnology Corporation (the “Company”) redeemed in full that certain Promissory Note, dated as of

June 15, 2026, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Promissory Note, dated as of August 31, 2026 (as amended, the “Yorkville Note”), issued by the Company in favor of YA II PN, Ltd. (“Yorkville”), by paying

Yorkville an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $4.6 million, representing all outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereunder. The Yorkville Note had an original principal amount of $6,000,000, bore interest at a rate

of 10% per annum and had a stated maturity date of June 15, 2027. Upon payment of the redemption amount, the Yorkville Note was terminated and is of no further force or effect. No early termination penalties were payable by the Company in

connection with the redemption.

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

On September 12, 2026, pursuant to Section 5.14 of the previously

disclosed Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated September 7, 2026, by and among the Company and certain accredited investors (the Purchase Agreement was previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current

Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2026), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and Mr. James Banaag as directors and new members of the Board to fill the vacancies on the Board created from the previously announced increase in the size of the Board from six to eight directors, effective as of the

Initial Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), which occurred on September 14, 2026. Dr. Soon-Shiong and Mr. Banaag were selected as directors pursuant to the board designation rights set forth in Section 5.14 of the Purchase Agreement,

which provides that Nant Capital, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, “Nant”) have the right to designate two individuals (the “Nant Designees”) to be appointed to the Board for so long as Nant beneficially owns fifteen percent

(15%) or more of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock.

Dr. Soon-Shiong, FRCS (C), VACS, age 74, is the founder of ImmunityBio, Inc., a biotechnology company.

Dr. Soon-Shiong was appointed Executive Chairman of the Board of ImmunityBio, Inc. in October 2020 and Global Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of the company on August 11, 2021. Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief

Executive Officer from March 2015 to October 2020, as the Co-Chairman of the board of directors from December 2014 to March 2015, and as the Chief Medical Officer of ImmunityBio, Inc. from January 2015 to March 2015. In 2011, he founded NantWorks,

LLC (“NantWorks”), an ecosystem of companies to create a transformative global health information and next generation pharmaceutical

development network, for the secure sharing of genetic and medical information. Dr. Soon-Shiong invented and developed Abraxane®, the nation’s first Food and Drug Administration-approved protein nanoparticle albumin-bound delivery technology for

the treatment of cancer. From 1997 to 2010, Dr. Soon-Shiong served as founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of two global pharmaceutical companies, American Pharmaceutical Partners (sold to Fresenius SE in 2008) and Abraxis BioScience

(sold to Celgene Corporation in 2010). In 2018, he became the owner and executive chairman of the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times en Espanol and other publications under the California Times. Dr. Soon-Shiong is chairman of the Chan Soon-Shiong

Family Foundation and the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine, a nonprofit medical research organization. He is a visiting Professor at the Imperial College of London. Dr. Soon-Shiong holds a degree in medicine from the University of

the Witwatersrand and a M.Sc. in science from the University of British Columbia.

Mr. Banaag, age 59, joined NantWorks in 2013 and presently serves as the Senior Vice President Finance, Corporate Strategy as well

as the Chief Financial Officer for NantBio, Inc. (“NantBio”), a biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Banaag has over 30 years of financial planning and accounting experience and

is a Certified Public Accountant, formerly with Ernst & Young. Prior to joining NantWorks, Mr. Banaag served as Corporate Controller of KARL STORZ Endoscopy – America, a manufacturer of minimally invasive medical devices, instruments and

integrated operating room solutions. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Finance for Abraxis BioScience (sold to Celgene Corporation), a biotechnology company that developed Abraxane®, the first Food and Drug Administration approved protein

nanoparticle albumin-bound delivery technology for the treatment of cancer. Mr. Banaag also currently serves on the board of IngenOX Therapeutics, a private biotechnology firm since January 2025. Mr. Banaag holds a Bachelor of Science degree in

Accounting from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. in Finance from Boston University.

Dr. Soon-Shiong was appointed as a Class C director of the Company, to serve until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders

or until his earlier death, resignation, removal, or until such time that Nant no longer has the right to designate both Nant Designees pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement.

Mr. Banaag was appointed as a Class A director of the Company, to serve until the Company’s 2028 annual meeting of stockholders or

until his earlier death, resignation, removal, or until such time that Nant no longer has the right to designate two Nant Designees pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement.

In connection with their appointments, the Company entered into its standard form of indemnification agreement with each of Dr. Soon-Shiong and Mr.

Banaag. The indemnification agreement requires the Company to indemnify each director to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to the Company.

Neither Dr. Soon-Shiong nor Mr. Banaag will receive an initial equity grant or any other equity compensation in connection with their appointment to

the Board. The Nant Designees will be eligible to participate in the Company’s standard non-employee director compensation program at the Board’s discretion.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Nant, an entity controlled by Dr. Soon-Shiong, purchased an aggregate of 13,005,334 shares of Common Stock,

22,392,896 pre-funded warrants and 17,699,115 common warrants for a subscription amount of approximately $10.0 million at the initial closing on September 14, 2026. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Nant is also obligated to purchase additional

securities for an aggregate subscription amount of $10.0 million upon the occurrence of a Milestone Event (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). In addition, NantWorks, also controlled by Dr. Soon-Shiong, has entered into an option to negotiate

agreement with the Company to negotiate for an exclusive license of the Company’s PDS0101 compound for $25,000. Dr. Soon-Shiong also controls NantBio, where Mr. Banaag presently serves as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Banaag also serves as Senior

Vice President, Finance, Corporate Strategy at NantWorks. Other than as described above, neither Dr. Soon-Shiong nor Mr. Banaag has a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be disclosed

pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There are no family relationships between either Dr. Soon-Shiong or Mr. Banaag and any director or executive officer of the Company.

In connection with the Board’s evaluation of the newly appointed directors, the Board determined that neither Dr. Soon-Shiong nor Mr. Banaag

qualifies as an “independent director” under the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market, given their respective relationships with Nant and its affiliates. Section 5.14(a) of the Purchase Agreement provides that at least one Nant Designee

shall be “independent” under the listing standards of Nasdaq. After consideration, the Board determined to waive this independence requirement with regards to the current Nant Designees and approved the appointments of Dr. Soon-Shiong and Mr.

Banaag.

In addition, following a re-evaluation of each current director’s independence in connection with the foregoing appointments, the Board determined

that Dr. Ilian Iliev, Ph.D. qualifies as an independent director under the applicable Nasdaq listing standards.

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 14, 2026, the Company issued a press release regarding the initial closing of its previously announced private

placement for gross proceeds of approximately $11.3 million and the appointments of Dr. Soon-Shiong and Mr. James Banaag to the Board. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

The information furnished under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of

the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth

by specific reference in such filing.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On September 14, 2026, the Company completed the initial closing (the “Initial Closing”) of the previously announced

private placement offering pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. At the Initial Closing, the Company received gross proceeds of approximately $11.3 million. In connection with the Initial Closing, the Company issued an aggregate of (i)

16,502,870 shares of common stock, (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 23,498,156 shares of common stock, and (iii) common warrants to purchase up to 20,000,514 shares of common stock.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

Exhibit

Number

Description of Exhibit

99.1

Press Release of PDS Biotechnology Corporation, dated as of September 14, 2026

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be

signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PDS BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Date: September 14, 2026

By:

/s/ Frank Bedu-Addo, Ph.D.

Name:

Frank Bedu-Addo, Ph.D.

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1 — EXHIBIT 99.1

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Exhibit 99.1

PDS Biotech Announces Initial Closing of up to $22.3 Million PIPE Financing and the Appointment of Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong to Its Board of Directors

Gross Proceeds of $11.3 Million at Initial Closing

Transaction Led by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Founder of NantWorks

Princeton, NJ, September 14, 2026 -- PDS Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: PDSB) (“PDS Biotech” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on

developing targeted immunotherapies for cancer, today announced the initial closing (the “Initial Closing”) of the Company’s Private Investment in Public Equity (“PIPE”) transaction. The round was led by Nant Capital, LLC (“Nant”) with additional

participation by current investors. The PIPE also consists of a contingent milestone closing (the “Milestone Closing”) as described below.

At the Initial Closing, the Company sold (i) shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Private Placement Shares”) or, at the election of an investor, pre-funded

warrants in lieu of such shares (“Pre-Funded Warrants”), and (ii) accompanying common stock purchase warrants (“Common Warrants”). Each unit consisting of one Private Placement Share and a Common Warrant to purchase one-half of one Private

Placement Share (“Common Warrants”) was issued for $0.2825 (the “Share Unit Purchase Price”), and each unit consisting of one Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock and a Common Warrant to purchase one-half of one share of Common

Stock was issued for $0.28217 (the “Pre-Funded Unit Purchase Price”). The aggregate gross proceeds and the aggregate number of Private Placement Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants issued as part of the Initial Closing were

approximately $11.3 million, and 16,502,870, 23,498,156 and 20,000,514, respectively.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement to repay outstanding indebtedness and for working capital and general corporate purposes,

including the continued development of its clinical programs, research and development, and general and administrative expenses. The Company also expects that the PIPE will advance PDS0301 (also referred to as PDS01ADC or NHS-IL12)

into late-stage clinical development, based on recent promising interim Phase 2 clinical trial data in microsatellite stable (MSS) and mismatch repair-proficient (pMMR) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), types of colorectal cancer that have not

responded well to treatment with immunotherapy. Patients with MSS and pMMR mCRC with liver metastases historically have dire treatment outcomes, with median overall survival of less than 12 months.*  In a National Cancer Institute (NCI) led Phase 2

trial, the addition of PDS0301 to standard of care therapy in 22 patients was well tolerated, and demonstrated deep and long-lasting tumor shrinkage and survival, with 80% of patients surviving for at least 24 months.

At the Milestone Closing, which will be triggered by the Company’s submission of a registrational Phase 3 clinical trial protocol for PDS0301 designed in collaboration

with Nant to the FDA, Nant and AB Group Ltd. will be obligated to purchase and the Company will be obligated to issue to each of Nant and AB Group Ltd., shares of common stock or Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof for an aggregate purchase price

of $10,000,000 and $1,000,000, respectively, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the applicable closing conditions. The number of securities purchased by any investor will be subject to a 19.9% beneficial ownership limitation.

In addition to the PIPE transaction, and for additional consideration, the Company granted  NantWorks, LLC, an affiliate of Nant, a one-year exclusive right to

negotiate an exclusive license to PDS0101, the Company’s novel investigational human papilloma virus targeted immunotherapy that stimulates a potent targeted T cell attack against HPV-positive cancers. The option has a term of one year.

Effective as of the Initial Closing, Dr. Soon-Shiong and Mr. James Banaag, who currently serves the as chief financial officer of NantBio, Inc., will join the

Company’s board of directors.

Dr. Soon-Shiong commented “PDS Biotechnology is developing promising novel cancer vaccines and immunocytokines that have demonstrated the potential to harness the

power of the immune system to transform cancer care.  This is an area of significant interest for me, and I am pleased to join the board of directors and to be able to contribute towards the advancement of these therapies that are aimed at

addressing difficult-to-treat cancers”.

Dr. Frank Bedu-Addo, founder and CEO of PDS Biotechnology stated, “We believe that the ongoing clinical trials of our IL-12 immunocytokine PDS0301 at the NCI strongly

suggest that PDS0301 has the potential to advance the treatment of solid tumors with immunotherapy.  We also believe that clinical trials of our cancer vaccine platform demonstrate the potential to advance the field of targeted T cell

immunotherapy. We are extremely pleased that Dr. Soon-Shiong and NantWorks share our belief in the promise of our immunotherapy platforms. Dr. Soon-Shiong is a highly accomplished physician scientist, biotechnology entrepreneur and investor who has

developed successful cancer therapies including an FDA approved immunocytokine.  We are honored to welcome Dr. Soon-Shiong to the company’s board of directors.”

Dr. Soon-Shiong, is an internationally recognized physician, surgeon, scientist, and philanthropist who is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications

and over 500 patents issued worldwide.  Dr. Soon-Shiong is the Executive Chairman of ImmunityBio (NASDAQ: IBRX), a company he founded in 2014. He also serves as Chairman of NantHealth (NASDAQ:NH), a transformational healthcare company converging

biomolecular medicine and bioinformatics to simplify healthcare. He is also the Chairman and CEO of the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine, a non-profit medical research organization. Dr. Soon-Shiong is also the Owner and Executive

Chairman of the Los Angeles Times.

Dr. Soon-Shiong has founded and led global pharmaceutical companies, including American Pharmaceutical Partners, Abraxis BioScience and ImmunityBio.  At Abraxis he

developed Abraxane, which became the first protein nanoparticle drug for breast, lung, and pancreatic cancers. The drug achieved blockbuster status with annual sales exceeding a billion dollars.  Dr. Soon-Shiong’s contribution to the advancement of

the oncology field has been honored with the Distinguished Medical Science award by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History where Abraxane is now permanently housed.  He has also been honored by the Vatican with the Pontifical Key

Visionary Award.

Dr. Soon-Shiong received his medical degree at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and continued his training in surgery at the University of

California Los Angeles where he performed the first West Coast pancreas transplant and the world’s first encapsulated islet cell transplant. He is a practicing surgeon and an adjunct Professor of Surgery at UCLA and a visiting Professor at the

Imperial College of London.

Born and raised during the apartheid era in South Africa, Dr. Soon-Shiong has lived in Los Angeles since 1980 and is a citizen of the United States.

The securities sold in the PIPE have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state or other applicable

jurisdiction’s securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state or other jurisdictions’ securities laws.

Concurrently with the execution of the securities purchase agreement, the Company and the investors entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which the Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and

Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registering the resale of the Private Placement Shares and shares of the Company’s common stock underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants (together, the “Warrant Shares”) sold in the PIPE. Any offering

of the Private Placement Shares and Warrant Shares under the resale registration statement will only be made by means of a prospectus.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Company’s securities, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or

sale of the Company’s securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

The private placement was conducted in accordance with applicable Nasdaq rules and was priced to satisfy the “Minimum Price” requirement (as defined in the Nasdaq

rules).

* Aruquipa MPS et al, Liver metastasis and resistance to immunotherapy in microsatellite stable colorectal cancer. A literature

review; ecancer 2024, 18:1771

About PDS Biotechnology

PDS Biotechnology is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing targeted immunotherapies for cancer. The Company’s lead development program, PDS0301

(also referred to as PDS01ADC & NHS-IL12), is an investigational tumor-targeted interleukin-12 (IL-12) immunocytokine designed to deliver IL-12 preferentially to the tumor microenvironment, with the goal of enhancing anti-tumor immune activity

while limiting systemic exposure. PDS0301 has been clinically evaluated across multiple solid tumors, including metastatic colorectal cancer and prostate cancer. The Company is focused on advancing PDS0301 in indications where its tumor-targeted

mechanism may help address and overcome mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy. PDS Biotechnology also owns the Versamune® cancer vaccine platform, including PDS0101, which has been evaluated in HPV16-positive cancers. The Company intends to

pursue strategic partnerships or other externally funded opportunities for the Phase 3 development of PDS0101.

For more information, please visit www.pdsbiotech.com

Forward Looking Statements

This communication contains forward-looking statements (including within the meaning of Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,

and Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended) concerning PDS Biotechnology Corporation (the “Company”) and other matters. These statements may discuss goals, intentions and expectations as to future plans, trends, events,

results of operations or financial condition, or otherwise, based on current beliefs of the Company’s management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Forward-looking statements generally include

statements that are predictive in nature and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and include words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “likely,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,”

“forecast,” “guidance”, “outlook” and other similar expressions among others. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Actual

results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors, including, without limitation: the Company’s ability to protect its intellectual property rights; the Company’s anticipated

capital requirements, including the Company’s anticipated cash runway and the Company’s current expectations regarding its plans for future equity financings; the Company’s dependence on additional financing to fund its operations and complete the

development and commercialization of its product candidates, and the risks that raising such additional capital may restrict the Company’s operations or require the Company to relinquish rights to the Company’s technologies or product candidates;

the Company’s limited operating history in the Company’s current line of business, which makes it difficult to evaluate the Company’s prospects, the Company’s business plan or the likelihood of the Company’s successful implementation of such

business plan; the timing for the Company or its partners to conduct clinical trials for PDS0301, PDS0101 (Versamune® HPV), PDS0103 (Versamune® MUC1) and other Versamune® based product candidates; the future success of such

trials; the successful implementation of the Company’s research and development programs and collaborations, including any collaboration studies concerning PDS0301, PDS0101 (Versamune® HPV), PDS0103 (Versamune® MUC1) and

other Versamune® based product candidates and the Company’s interpretation of the results and findings of such programs and collaborations and whether such results are sufficient to support the future success of the Company’s product

candidates; the success, timing and cost of the Company’s or its partners’ ongoing clinical trials and anticipated clinical trials for the Company’s current product candidates, including statements regarding response rates, the timing of

initiation, pace of enrollment and completion of the trials (including the Company’s ability to fully fund its disclosed clinical trials, which assumes no material changes to the Company’s currently projected expenses), futility analyses,

presentations at conferences and data reported in an abstract, and receipt of interim or preliminary results (including, without limitation, any preclinical results or data), which are not necessarily indicative of the final results of the

Company’s ongoing clinical trials; any Company statements about its understanding of product candidates mechanisms of action and interpretation of preclinical and early clinical results from its clinical development programs and any collaboration

studies; the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern; the risk that the Milestone Closing may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; the failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the PIPE and the other transactions described

in this press release; compliance with the rules and regulations of Nasdaq; and other factors, including legislative, regulatory, political and economic developments not within the Company’s control. The foregoing review of important factors that

could cause actual events to differ from expectations should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with statements that are included herein and elsewhere, including the other risks, uncertainties, and other factors

described under “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in the documents we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements are made

only as of the date of this press release and, except as required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new

information, future events or otherwise.

Versamune® is a registered trademark of PDS Biotechnology Corporation.

Investor Contact:

Mike Moyer

LifeSci Advisors

Phone +1 (617) 308-4306

Email: mmoyer@lifesciadvisors.com

Media Contact:

Jude Gorman / Kiki Torpey

Collected Strategies

PDS-CS@collectedstrategies.com

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Indicate if registrant meets the emerging growth company criteria.

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Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.

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The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.

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The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.

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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.

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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.

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