Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 20, 2025

ATAI LIFE SCIENCES N.V.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Wallstraße 16

10179 Berlin, Germany

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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:

 

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

 

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).

 

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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. ☐

 

On March 20, 2025, atai Life Sciences N.V. (the “Company”) announced that it has decided to add Bitcoin to its treasury reserve diversification strategy in addition to cash, restricted cash, cash equivalents, short-term securities, and public equity holdings.  Over the next several weeks, the Company expects to invest an initial position of $5.0 million in Bitcoin to hold as a treasury reserve asset. The Bitcoin treasury reserve is not anticipated to impact drug development timelines or current operational runway.

 

The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report 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, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as expressly provided by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The words “believe”, “may”, “will”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect”, “could”, “would”, “project”, “plan”, “potentially”, “preliminary”, “likely”, and the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, though not all forward-looking statements use these words or expressions. All statements contained in this Current Report other than statements of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and include statements regarding the Company’s investment strategy and plans, including initial investment position; and the anticipated impact on drug development timelines and current operational runway. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from its expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, the factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2025, and as any such factors may be updated from time to time in its other filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Except as required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K or to conform these statements to actual results or revised expectations.

 

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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