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): March 6, 2015

 

 

COHERUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36721   27-3615821

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 200

Redwood City, CA 94065

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 649-3530

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

Pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger entered into by Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (the “Company”), Coherus Intermediate Corp., Coherus Acquisition Corp., InteKrin Therapeutics Inc. (“InteKrin”) and Fortis Advisors LLC on January 8, 2014 (the “Merger Agreement”), InteKrin former stockholders are entitled to a contingent earn-out payment upon the first dosing of a patient with INT-131 (the “Milestone”). The Milestone occurred on March 6, 2015 and as a result an earn-out payment of 358,384 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share became payable to former stockholders of InteKrin and enforceable against the Company on March 6, 2015, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement.


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: March 10, 2015 COHERUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
By: /s/ Jean-Frédéric Viret
Name: Jean-Frédéric Viret
Title: Chief Financial Officer