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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>CURRENT REPORT<br>
Pursuant to Section </b><b>13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Date of Report (Da</b><b>te of earliest </b><b>event reported): </b><b>June 25</b><b>, 2019</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>ACELRX </b><b>PHARMACEUTICALS</b><b>, INC.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>351 Galveston Drive</b><br>
<b>Redwood City, CA 94063</b><br>
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Registrant&#8217;s telephone number, including area code: <b>(650) 216-3500</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">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):</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">&#9744; Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">&#9744; Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">&#9744; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">&#9744; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">As described under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, on June 25, 2019, at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;) of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), the Company&#8217;s stockholders, upon the recommendation of the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;), approved an amendment to the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &#8220;Certificate of Incorporation&#8221;) to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock from 100,000,000 shares to 200,000,000 shares (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;).</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">On June 25, 2019, following the Annual Meeting, the Company filed a certificate of amendment (the &#8220;Certificate&#8221;) giving effect to the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The number of authorized shares of the Company&#8217;s preferred stock was not affected by the Amendment and remained unchanged at 10,000,000 shares. The Certificate became effective upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. A copy of the Certificate is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">The Annual Meeting of the Company was held on June 25, 2019. Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited by the Board pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and there was no solicitation in opposition. There were 78,914,170 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 66,294,681 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy. The final votes on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting were as follows:</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><i>Proposal No.&nbsp;1 </i></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">Vincent J. Angotti, Stephen J. Hoffman, M.D., Ph.D. and Pamela P. Palmer, M.D. Ph.D. were elected as Class II directors, by a plurality of the votes entitled to vote on the election of directors, to hold office until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders by the following vote:</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Vincent J. Angotti</p>
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			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 17%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">1,664,585</td>
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			<td id=".amt.4" style="width: 17%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">41,586,082</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Stephen J. Hoffman, M.D., Ph.D.</p>
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			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 17%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">22,472,381</td>
			<td id=".trail.2" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 17%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">2,236,218</td>
			<td id=".trail.3" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.4" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.4" style="width: 17%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">41,586,082</td>
			<td id=".trail.4" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
			<td style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 43%;">
			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Pamela P. Palmer, M.D., Ph.D.</p>
			</td>
			<td id=".lead.2" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 17%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">23,547,104</td>
			<td id=".trail.2" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.3" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 17%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">1,161,495</td>
			<td id=".trail.3" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.4" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.4" style="width: 17%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">41,586,082</td>
			<td id=".trail.4" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">In addition to the directors elected above, Howard B. Rosen and Mark Wan will continue to serve as directors until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and Adrian Adams, Richard Afable, M.D. and Mark G. Edwards will continue to serve as directors until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their successors are elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><i>Proposal No.&nbsp;2 </i></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">The selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of OUM &amp; Co. LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2019 was ratified by the following vote:</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D1" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 31%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>For</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D1" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.D2" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D2" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>Against</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D2" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.D3" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D3" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>Abstain</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D3" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
			<td id=".amt.1" style="width: 31%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">62,657,766</td>
			<td id=".trail.1" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.2" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 32%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">2,737,566</td>
			<td id=".trail.2" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.3" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 32%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">899,349</td>
			<td id=".trail.3" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>

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<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><i>Proposal No.&nbsp;3 </i></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">The compensation paid to the Company&#8217;s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item&nbsp;402 of Regulation S-K, compensation tables and narrative discussion was approved, on an advisory basis, by the following vote:</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D1" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 23%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>For</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D1" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.D2" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D2" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 23%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>Against</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D2" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.D3" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D3" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 23%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>Abstain</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D3" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.D4" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D4" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 24%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>Broker Non-Votes</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D4" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
			<td id=".amt.1" style="width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">15,554,807</td>
			<td id=".trail.1" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.2" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">8,675,171</td>
			<td id=".trail.2" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.3" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">478,621</td>
			<td id=".trail.3" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.4" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.4" style="width: 24%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">41,586,082</td>
			<td id=".trail.4" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<div id="PGBK" style="width: 100%; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt">
<div id="PGNUM" style="text-align: center; width: 100%">2.</div>

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<div id="PGHDR" style="text-align: left; width: 100%">&nbsp;</div>
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<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><i>Proposal No.&nbsp;4 </i></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">The preferred frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company&#8217;s named executed officers returned in favor of every year by the following vote:</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D1" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 23%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>For </b><b>One</b><b> Year</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D1" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.D2" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D2" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 23%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>For Two Years</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D2" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.D3" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D3" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 23%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>For </b><b>Three</b><b> Year</b><b>s</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D3" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.D4" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D4" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 24%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>Abstain</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D4" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
			<td id=".amt.1" style="width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">22,371,658</td>
			<td id=".trail.1" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.2" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">1,040,018</td>
			<td id=".trail.2" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.3" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">899,762</td>
			<td id=".trail.3" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.4" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".amt.4" style="width: 24%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">397,161</td>
			<td id=".trail.4" nowrap="true" style="width: 1%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">In light of this vote and the Board&#8217;s prior recommendation, the Board has determined that the Company will hold an annual&nbsp;non-binding&nbsp;advisory vote on executive compensation. Accordingly, the Company will request an advisory vote on executive compensation every year in its future proxy materials until the next stockholder vote on the frequency of such votes.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><i>Proposal No.&nbsp;5</i><i> </i></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">The amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &#8220;Charter&#8221;) of the Company to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 shares was approved, by the following vote:</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:24.5pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D1" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 31%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>For</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D1" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.D2" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D2" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>Against</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D2" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td id=".lead.D3" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" id=".amt.D3" style="text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><b>Abstain</b></b></p>
			</td>
			<td id=".trail.D3" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
			<td id=".amt.1" style="width: 31%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">46,122,513</td>
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			<td id=".amt.2" style="width: 32%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">19,300,775</td>
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			<td id=".amt.3" style="width: 32%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;">871,393</td>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>ITEM&nbsp;9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. </b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="ex_148566.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">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.</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: small-caps; margin: 0pt; text-align: left;">acelrx pharmaceuticals, inc.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Date: June 25, 2019</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Raffi Asadorian</p>
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acrx20190625_8k.htm
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 (Da
te of earliest
event reported):
June 25
, 2019
ACELRX
PHARMACEUTICALS
, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-35068
41-2193603
(State of Incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
351 Galveston Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(650) 216-3500
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 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:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
ACRX
The Nasdaq Global Market
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.      ☐
ITEM 5.03.
AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS
; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
.
As described under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, on June 25, 2019, at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's stockholders, upon the recommendation of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), approved an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company's common stock from 100,000,000 shares to 200,000,000 shares (the "Amendment").
On June 25, 2019, following the Annual Meeting, the Company filed a certificate of amendment (the "Certificate") giving effect to the Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The number of authorized shares of the Company's preferred stock was not affected by the Amendment and remained unchanged at 10,000,000 shares. The Certificate became effective upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. A copy of the Certificate is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 5.07.
SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
The Annual Meeting of the Company was held on June 25, 2019. Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited by the Board pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and there was no solicitation in opposition. There were 78,914,170 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 66,294,681 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy. The final votes on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
Proposal No. 1
Vincent J. Angotti, Stephen J. Hoffman, M.D., Ph.D. and Pamela P. Palmer, M.D. Ph.D. were elected as Class II directors, by a plurality of the votes entitled to vote on the election of directors, to hold office until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders by the following vote:
Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Vincent J. Angotti
23,044,014
1,664,585
41,586,082
Stephen J. Hoffman, M.D., Ph.D.
22,472,381
2,236,218
41,586,082
Pamela P. Palmer, M.D., Ph.D.
23,547,104
1,161,495
41,586,082
In addition to the directors elected above, Howard B. Rosen and Mark Wan will continue to serve as directors until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and Adrian Adams, Richard Afable, M.D. and Mark G. Edwards will continue to serve as directors until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their successors are elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.
Proposal No. 2
The selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of OUM & Co. LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019 was ratified by the following vote:
For
Against
Abstain
62,657,766
2,737,566
899,349
Proposal No. 3
The compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, compensation tables and narrative discussion was approved, on an advisory basis, by the following vote:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
15,554,807
8,675,171
478,621
41,586,082
2.
Proposal No. 4
The preferred frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executed officers returned in favor of every year by the following vote:
For
One
Year
For Two Years
For
Three
Year
s
Abstain
22,371,658
1,040,018
899,762
397,161
In light of this vote and the Board's prior recommendation, the Board has determined that the Company will hold an annual non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation. Accordingly, the Company will request an advisory vote on executive compensation every year in its future proxy materials until the next stockholder vote on the frequency of such votes.
Proposal No. 5
The amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter") of the Company to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 shares was approved, by the following vote:
For
Against
Abstain
46,122,513
19,300,775
871,393
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
3.
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.
acelrx pharmaceuticals, inc.
Date: June 25, 2019
By:
/s/ Raffi Asadorian
Raffi Asadorian
Chief Financial Officer
4.