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): December 2, 2020

Avita Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

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

Effective December 2, 2020, AVITA Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), changed its corporate name to AVITA Medical, Inc. after successfully filing a Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

A copy of the Company’s Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated by reference.

The Company has also begun the process of registering its change in corporate name with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission related to its listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and will provide relevant notices in the Australian market regarding the status and completion of that process, which is expected to take several weeks.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

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.

Date: December 2, 2020

Exhibit 3.1

AVITA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

Avita Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), for the purpose of amending its Certificate of Incorporation, hereby certifies as follows:

FIRST: That by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation setting forth a proposed amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, the Board of Directors declared said amendment to be advisable and authorized, approved and adopted said amendment. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as follows:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Section 1.01 of Article 1 of the Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“SECTION 1.01 Name. The name of the Corporation is “AVITA Medical, Inc.” (the “Corporation”).”

SECOND: That said amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation herein certified was duly adopted pursuant to the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed on this 25th day of November, 2020.