 ContraFect Corporation CFRX, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of direct lytic agents DLAs, including lysins and amurin peptides, as new medical modalities for the treatment of life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant infections, today announced a one-for-ten reverse stock split of its shares of common stock. Stockholders of ContraFect approved an amendment to the Companys Certificate of Incorporation to effect the reverse stock split at a Special Meeting of Stockholders held on January 31, 2020. The reverse stock split is intended to give ContraFect greater flexibility in considering and planning for future potential business needs and to increase the per share trading price of the Companys common stock to satisfy the 1.00 minimum price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. 