UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM8-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 11, 2018
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-50679 | 77-0487658 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
149 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)
(650)327-3270
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former, address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
As previously disclosed, on August 7, 2017, Dohmen Life Science Services, LLC (“DLSS”) filed a complaint in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware against Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (“Corcept”) relating to Corcept’s termination of the pharmaceutical services agreement between Corcept and DLSS (the “Agreement”). On August 29, 2017, Corcept filed a complaint against DLSS in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and a motion to dismiss the DLSS complaint against Corcept. On November 10, 2017, Corcept answered DLSS’s complaint in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and asserted counterclaims against DLSS and its parent company, The F. Dohmen Co. (The F. Dohmen Co. and DLSS collectively, “Dohmen”).
On January 11, 2018, Corcept and Dohmen entered into a settlement agreement and mutual release of any and all claims that may have existed between the parties as of that date. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, Dohmen agreed to deliver to Corcept all of the cash Dohmen had collected from the sale of Korlym on Corcept’s behalf. The total amount delivered by Dohmen to Corcept under the settlement agreement was $12,896,127.50.
The information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information in this Item 7.01 is not incorporated by reference into any filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made by Corcept, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in the filing unless specifically stated so therein.
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.
| CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED | ||
| By: | /s/ G. Charles Robb | |
| Name: | G. Charles Robb | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | |
Date: January 17, 2018