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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): July 13, 2021   ABEONA THERAPEUTICS INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)   Delaware   001-15771   83-0221517 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)   1330 Avenue of the Americas , 33rd Floor , New York , NY 10019 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)   (646) 813-4712 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)   N/A (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 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   Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, $0.01 par value   ABEO   Nasdaq Capital Markets   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 8.01. Other Events.   On July 13, 2021 a Tribunal of the American Arbitration Association found in favor of REGENXBIO Inc. in connection with the parties’ arbitration claims and counterclaims, which had been pending since May 2020 and which were previously described in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and other forms 10-Q filed by the Company.   Although the Tribunal awarded REGENXBIO $28 million plus interest in connection with the companies’ former license agreement entered into in November 2018, Abeona believes that prior to the arbitration decision the two companies had entered into a binding settlement agreement, including $18 million payable to REGENXBIO over a two-year period, that superseded the Tribunal’s decision. Abeona intends to seek enforcement of the settlement agreement. As REGENXBIO acknowledges in its Form 8-K filing dated July 16, 2021, the timing and amount of any award are uncertain.         SIGNATURE   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.     Abeona Therapeutics Inc.   (Registrant)         By: /s/ Brendan M. O’Malley   Name: Brendan M. O’Malley   Title: Corporate Secretary   Date: July 16, 2021