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): August 9, 2016
ADVERUM BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-36579 | 20-5258327 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1035 O’Brien Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 272-6269
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Conditions
On August 9, 2016, Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. issued a press release regarding, among other matters, its financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2016. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
This information in this Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K and the Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto 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, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated August 9, 2016. | |
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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.
| Date: August 9, 2016 | ADVERUM BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Paul B. Cleveland | |||
| Paul B. Cleveland, Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated August 9, 2016. | |
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