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): August 6, 2021

180 LIFE SCIENCES CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		001-38105		81-3832378
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3000 El Camino Real, Bldg. 4, Suite 200

Palo Alto, CA

94306

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 507-0669

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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 $0.0001 per share	ATNF	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock	ATNFW	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

As previously reported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by 180 Life Sciences Corp. formerly KBL Merger Corp. IV (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2020, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on February 18, 2021 (the “November 2020 Form 8-K”), in connection with the November 6, 2020 closing of the Business Combination (as defined in the November 2020 Form 8-K), the Company changed its name from KBL Merger Corp. IV to 180 Life Sciences Corp. (the “Name Change”) by filing a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

On August 6, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Bylaws to reflect the Name Change. A copy of the amended and restated bylaws are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description

3.1*		Amended and Restated Bylaws of 180 Life Sciences Corp.

Filed herewith.

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.

Date: August 10, 2021

	180 LIFE SCIENCES CORP.

	By:	/s/ James N. Woody, M.D., Ph.D.
		Name: James N. Woody, M.D., Ph.D.
		Title: Chief Executive Officer