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
August 1, 2008
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-33500 | 05-0563787 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
3180 Porter Drive, Palo Alto, California 94304
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 496-3777
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Product Rights Acquisition Agreement
Effective August 1, 2008, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) and JPI Commercial, LLC (“JPIC” and together with the Company, “Jazz Pharmaceuticals”) entered into a Product Rights Acquisition Agreement to sell all of Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ rights and interests to Antizol® (fomepizole) Injection and Antizol-Vet® (fomepizole) for injection (the “Products”) to Paladin Labs (Barbados) Inc. and Paladin Labs (USA) Inc. (together “Paladin”) for $5.5 million (the “Product Sale”). Paladin also purchased existing inventory, raw materials and work in process for $275,000. For the next three years, Jazz Pharmaceuticals will receive annual product payments equal to a specified percentage of net sales of the Products if sales reach certain thresholds (the “Future Product Payments”). In connection with the Product Sale, the Company will provide transition services to Paladin for between two and five months. The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the Product Rights Acquisition Agreement, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the Product Rights Acquisition Agreement that is filed as Exhibit 10.76 to this current report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Pursuant to the terms of the senior secured notes issued by JPIC pursuant to the terms of that certain Senior Secured Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated March 14, 2008 (the “Senior Notes”), the holders of the Senior Notes (the “Senior Note Holders”) have the right to receive the $5.5 million proceeds from the Product Sale and the first two annual Future Product Payments in partial prepayment of the outstanding principal of the Senior Notes. Senior Note Holders holding a majority of the Senior Notes have waived this right. Jazz Pharmaceuticals will pay the remaining Senior Note Holders approximately $500,000 as their pro rata share of the proceeds from the Product Sale and so long as the Senior Notes are outstanding will pay them a pro rata share of Future Product Payments.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
Number | Description | |
10.76 | Antizol® Product Rights Acquisition Agreement dated as of August 1, 2008 by and among JPI Commercial, LLC, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Paladin Labs (Barbados) Inc., and Paladin Labs (USA) Inc. |
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.
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Philip J. Honerkamp | |
Philip J. Honerkamp | ||
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel |
Date: August 6, 2008
EXHIBIT INDEX
Number | Description | |
10.76 | Antizol® Product Rights Acquisition Agreement dated as of August 1, 2008 by and among JPI Commercial, LLC, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Paladin Labs (Barbados) Inc., and Paladin Labs (USA) Inc. |