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 17, 2016

Amedica Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (801) 839-3500

(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):

Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On August 19, 2016, Amedica Corporation (“Amedica” or “the Company”) issued a press release relating to a notification from the NASDAQ OMX GROUP (“Nasdaq”). On August 17, 2016, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq stating that the bid price of the Company’s common stock for the last 30 consecutive trading days had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share required for continued listing under Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).

The Nasdaq notification letter does not result in the immediate delisting of the Company’s common stock, and the stock will continue to trade uninterrupted on the The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “AMDA”.

Amedica management intends to resolve the situation to allow for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

Amedica is provided a grace period of 180-calendar days, or until February 13, 2017, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. If at any time during the 180-day grace period, the minimum closing bid price per share of the Company’s common stock closes at or above $1.00 for a minimum of ten consecutive business days, Amedica will regain compliance and the matter will be closed. In the event the Company does not regain compliance within this grace period, it may be eligible to receive an additional 180-day grace period; provided that Amedica meets the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the minimum bid price requirement, and provides written notice of its intention to cure the minimum bid price deficiency during the second 180-day grace period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. If it appears to the Nasdaq staff that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency or if the Company is not otherwise eligible for the additional grace period, the Company’s common stock will be subject to delisting by Nasdaq.

A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and 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.