Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

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):  February 11, 2021

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Delaware	001-36407	77-0602661
(State or Other Juris- diction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

675 West Kendall Street, Henri A. Termeer Square Cambridge, Massachusetts	02142
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 551-8200

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	ALNY	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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).

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Item 2.02.          Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On February 11, 2021, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) announced its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020.  The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for 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, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (d)     Exhibits

               The following exhibit relating to Item 2.02 shall be deemed to be furnished, and not filed:

99.1 Press Release dated February 11, 2021.

104 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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:  February 11, 2021	ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Jeffrey V. Poulton
		Jeffrey V. Poulton
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer