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): January 18, 2018
ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-38042 | 46-0408024 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 225 South Lake Avenue, Suite 1050, Pasadena, California | 91101 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (626) 304-3400
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On January 18, 2018, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Jefferies, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell up to 11,500,000 shares of common stock (the “Shares”), par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), which includes 1,500,000 shares (the “Optional Shares”) that may be sold pursuant to an option granted the Underwriters. On January 18, 2018, the Underwriters exercised their option to purchase all 1,500,000 Optional Shares. The Shares were offered and sold at a public offering price of $5.25 per Share, and were purchased by the Underwriters from the Company at a price of $4.935 per Share.
The Company estimates that net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $56.7 million, after deducting the Underwriters’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.
The offering is being made under a prospectus supplement and related prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-214315).
The offering closed on January 22, 2018. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to contribute to payments that the Underwriters may be required to make because of such liabilities.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to such exhibits.
A copy of the opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP relating to the validity of the Shares is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
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SIGNATURE
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.
Date: January 22, 2018
| ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Kenneth Myszkowski | |||||
| Kenneth Myszkowski | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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