8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): September 12, 2013

 

 

SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

000-30171   68-0359556

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

501 Canal Blvd   Richmond, California 94804
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(510) 970-6000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(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):

 

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Item 8.01- Other Events

On September 12, 2013, Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. issued a press release announcing the presentation of clinical data from its program to develop a ZFP Therapeutic (SB-728-T) for the treatment of HIV/AIDS at the 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference to this Item 8.01.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits. The following material is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit
No.		     
99.1    Press Release Issued on September 12, 2013.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

DATE: September 17, 2013      
      SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    By:   /s/ EDWARD O. LANPHIER II
      Edward O. Lanphier II
      President, Chief Executive Officer