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): April 3, 2018

 

 

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		0-24006		94-3134940
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

455 Mission Bay Boulevard South

San Francisco, California 94158

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 482-5300

 

 

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:

 

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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.  ☐

 

 

 

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

On April 3, 2018, the Strategic Collaboration Agreement dated as of February 13, 2018 (the “Collaboration Agreement”), entered into between Nektar Therapeutics, a Delaware corporation (“Nektar”), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a Delaware corporation (“BMS”), became effective, and the sale and issuance by Nektar of 8,284,600 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), to BMS pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of February 13, 2018 (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the parties was consummated, following the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

BMS made a non-refundable upfront cash payment of $1 billion to Nektar under the Collaboration Agreement and paid the purchase price at $102.60 per Share, or a total of approximately $850 million, for the Shares under the Purchase Agreement. Please refer to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Nektar with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2018, for the summary of the Collaboration Agreement and the Purchase Agreement.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.