UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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 28, 2022

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Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Cayman Islands

001-40735

98-1644526

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road

Altrincham, Cheshire

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices)

WA14 2DT

(Zip Code)

+44 (0) 1865 292017

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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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

Ordinary shares, $0.000004026575398 par value per share	RKLY	The New York Stock Exchange
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	RKLY.WS	The New York Stock Exchange

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 December 28, 2022, Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited (the “Company”) received payment of its 2020 R&D tax credit from the HM Revenue and Customs department of the UK government in the amount of £12.9 million.

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.

Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited

Date:

December 29, 2022

By:

/s/ Tom Adams

Name:

Tom Adams

Title:

General Counsel

Rockley Photonics Holdings Ltd 8-K