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): June 25, 2019
Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-38318 | 82-2493065 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
4747 Executive Drive, Suite 510
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 731-8180
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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 Exchange Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | ODT | Nasdaq Global Select Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company | ☒ |
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On June 25, 2019, Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (“Underwriting Agreement”) with Jefferies LLC and Cowen and Company, LLC, as the representatives of the underwriters named therein, to issue and sell 4,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a public offering price of $26.00 per share (the “Offering”). In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 712,500 shares of its common stock on the same terms and conditions. The Offering closed on June 28, 2019. The gross proceeds from the Offering were $123.5 million before deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses and excluding any potential gross proceeds from the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of common stock.
The securities described above were offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement (File No. 333-229785), which became effective on February 28, 2019. A final prospectus supplement dated June 25, 2019 relating to and describing the terms of the offering was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2019.
In the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to contribute payments that the underwriters may be required to make because of such liabilities.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
A copy of the opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP relating to the validity of the securities issued in the Offering is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
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1.1 |
| Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock Underwriting Agreement |
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5.1 |
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23.1 |
| Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
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.
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Date: June 28, 2019 | By: |
| /s/ Michael Hearne |
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| Michael Hearne Chief Financial Officer |