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): June 6, 2019
Regulus Therapeutics Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-35670 | 26-4738379 | ||
(State of incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
10628 Science Center Drive, Suite 100 San Diego, CA | 92121 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858)202-6300
N/A
(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, par value $0.001 per share | RGLS | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(d)
On June 6, 2019, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Jake R. Nunn and Simos Simeonidis, Ph.D., to the Board, to serve until our next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Concurrently with their appointment to the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board determined that each of Mr. Nunn and Dr. Simeonidis is an “Eligible Director” as that term is defined in ourNon-Employee Director Compensation Policy, attached as Exhibit 10.4 to our Annual Report on Form10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 3, 2017. Accordingly, on June 6, 2019, Mr. Nunn and Dr. Simeonidis each became a participant in ourNon-Employee Director Compensation Policy (“Compensation Policy”) but did not receive the stock award that is typically granted upon appointment to each newly appointed director under the Compensation Policy. Both Mr. Nunn and Dr. Simeonidis have also entered into our standard form of indemnification agreement, the form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to our Registration Statement on FormS-1, as amended (FileNo. 333-183384), originally filed with the SEC on August 17, 2012.
Concurrently with their appointment to the Board, Mr. Nunn was appointed to the Audit Committee of the Board and Dr. Simeonidis was appointed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.
As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form8-K filed with the SEC on May 9, 2019, on May 3, 2019, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional and other accredited investors, including entities affiliated with Sarissa Capital Management LP (“Sarissa Capital”) and entities affiliated with New Enterprise Associates (“NEA”), pursuant to which we agreed to sell and issue shares of our common stock (“Common Stock”), shares of our newly designatednon-voting convertible preferred stock, and warrants to purchase Common Stock, in up to two closings, in a private placement transaction. Dr. Simeonidis is a Partner at Sarissa Capital. Mr. Nunn is an advisor to NEA.
At an initial closing under the Purchase Agreement that occurred on May 7, 2019 (the “Initial Closing”), we sold and issued to entities affiliated with Sarissa Capital an aggregate of 1,851,851 shares of Common Stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,851,851 shares of Common Stock at a combined purchase price of $1.205 per share. Total gross proceeds received from Sarissa Capital from the Initial Closing were approximately $2.2 million, which does not include any proceeds that may be received upon exercise of the warrants.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form8-K filed with the SEC on May 9, 2019.
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.
Regulus Therapeutics Inc. | ||||||
Date: June 12, 2019 | By: | /s/ Joseph Hagan | ||||
Joseph Hagan | ||||||
President and Chief Executive Officer |