Form 8-K

 

 

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): July 19, 2013

 

 

LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

    California    

  

  0-24274  

  

33-0361285

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4660 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 1070, San Diego, California 92122

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 207-4264

 

 

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 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 19, 2013, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (the “Company”) reported its results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. A copy of the release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Report”). The press release should be read in conjunction with the note regarding forward looking statements, which is included in the text of the release.

The information in this Item 2.02 and attached Exhibit 99.1 to this Report will not be treated as “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This information will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into another filing under the Exchange Act, unless that filing expressly incorporates this information by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

99.1    Press Release dated July 19, 2013.

SIGNATURES

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.

 

    LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
Date: July 25, 2013     By:   /s/ George F. Tidmarsh
      Name:   George F. Tidmarsh, M.D. Ph.D.
      Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer