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): September 30, 2009
DYAX CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | | 000-24537 | | 04-3053198 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | | (Commission
File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
300 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(617) 225-2500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On September 30, 2009, Dyax Corp. (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement with Jefferies & Company, Inc. (the “Underwriting Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to offer and sell 5,500,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering at a public offering price of $3.83 per share. Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 825,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any. The Company expects to receive approximately $20.5 million in net proceeds from the offering after underwriting fees and offering expenses. The shares are expected to be delivered to the Underwriter on or about October 5, 2009, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The common stock was registered for offer and sale on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-148317) (the “Registration Statement”). Attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 is a copy of the Underwriting Agreement. The opinion of the Company’s counsel regarding the validity of the shares issued pursuant to the offering is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto. This Current Report is being filed in part for the purpose of incorporating such exhibits by reference into the Registration Statement. In connection with this offering, on October 1, 2009, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| (d) | Exhibits. |
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| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement between the Company and Jefferies & Company, Inc., dated as of September 30, 2009. |
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| 5.1 | Opinion of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP. |
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| 23.1 | Consent of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1). |
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SIGNATURE
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.
| | DYAX CORP. |
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Dated: October 1, 2009 | By: | /s/ Ivana Magovcevic-Liebisch |
| | Ivana Magovcevic-Liebisch |
| | Executive Vice President Corporate Development and General Counsel |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit | | |
No. | | Description |
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1.1 | | Underwriting Agreement between the Company and Jefferies & Company, Inc., dated as of September 30, 2009. |
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5.1 | | Opinion of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP. |
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23.1 | | Consent of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1). |
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