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): September 12, 2019
MODERNA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-38753 | 81-3467528 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
200 Technology Square Cambridge, MA | 02139 | |
(Address of registrant’s principal executive office) | (Zip code) |
(617)714-6500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 $0.0001 per share | MRNA | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On September 12, 2019, Moderna, Inc. (the “Company”) issued press releases announcing positive interim results from its Phase 1 cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine (mRNA-1647) study and positive Phase 1 results for the first systemic messenger RNA therapeutic encoding a secreted protein (mRNA-1944). Copies of the press releases are attached as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report onForm 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference in this Item 7.01.
As previously announced, the Company will give a live webcast today, September 12, 2019, in conjunction with its 2019 R&D Day. The R&D Day webcast will include a slide presentation, which is attached as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report on Form8-K and incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01. The R&D Day webcast will be available on the Company’s website for 30 days following the event. The information contained on the Company’s website is not part of this Form8-K and is not incorporated by reference into this Form8-K.
The information in this Item 7.01 to this Current Report onForm 8-K, and in Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, and 99.3 furnished herewith, shall not be deemed to be “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, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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: September 12, 2019 | MODERNA, INC. | |||||
By: | /s/ Lori Henderson | |||||
Lori Henderson | ||||||
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |