Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND) 6-K 2021 Q2 Current report (foreign)

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

August, 2021

Commission File Number:

001-36815

Ascendis Pharma A/S

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Tuborg Boulevard 12

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):  ☐

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

This report on Form

6-K

shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the registration statements on Form

S-8

(Registration Numbers

333-203040,

333-210810,

333-211512,

333-213412,

333-214843,

333-216883,

333-228576

and

333-254101)

and Form

F-3

(Registration Numbers

333-209336,

333-211511,

333-216882,

333-223134,

333-225284

and

333-256571)

of Ascendis Pharma A/S (the “Company”) (including any prospectuses forming a part of such registration statements) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

Furnished as exhibits to this Report on Form

6-K

is information regarding the Company’s financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021.

Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.
99.2	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.IAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document.
101.PRE 104	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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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.

	Ascendis Pharma A/S
Date: August 26, 2021	By:	/s/ Michael Wolff Jensen
	Michael Wolff Jensen
	Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer

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