<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001493152-21-031895.txt : 20211217
<SEC-HEADER>0001493152-21-031895.hdr.sgml : 20211217
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20211217171141
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001493152-21-031895
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211216
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211217
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211217

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			POPE CHARLES L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001136354

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32188
		FILM NUMBER:		211502538

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4902 EISENHOWER BOULEVARD
		CITY:			TAMPA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33634

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ORAGENICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001174940
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				593410522
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			FL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4902 EISENHOWER BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 125
		CITY:			TAMPA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33634
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8132867900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4902 EISENHOWER BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 125
		CITY:			TAMPA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33634
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

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    <periodOfReport>2021-12-16</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001174940</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ORAGENICS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OGEN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001136354</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>POPE CHARLES L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4902 EISENHOWER BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TAMPA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33634</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Employee Director Option (Right to Buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.49</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-12-16</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>75000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2021-12-16</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2031-12-16</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>75000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>75000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents an annual award of options pursuant to the Company's non-employee director compensation program to purchase shares of common stock under the Company's 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. The options vest immediately and the exercise price is the closing price on the date of the grant, December 16, 2021.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Mark A. Catchur, as Attorney-in-Fact for Charles L. Pope</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-12-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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