UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April, 2017
Commission File Number: 001-36815
Ascendis Pharma A/S
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Tuborg Boulevard 5
DK-2900 Hellerup
Denmark
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐
Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K is the convening notice for the Annual General Meeting of Ascendis Pharma A/S (the “Company”), providing notice to the Company’s shareholders of the Company’s Annual General Meeting to be held on May 24, 2017 at 2:00 pm CET.
Furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Report on Form 6-K is an annual report of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2016, prepared in accordance with the disclosure requirements of the Danish Financial Statements Act.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| | Ascendis Pharma A/S |
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| Date: April 26, 2017 | | By: | | /s/ Michael Wolff Jensen |
| | | | Michael Wolff Jensen |
| | | | Chairman and Senior Vice President, General Counsel |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
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| 99.1 | | Convening Notice to Shareholders. |
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| 99.2 | | Annual Report of the Company for the Year Ended December 31, 2016. |
