-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, E7pyUJ4feTv6kVnRsuYpbIktHsoCZDJb5IxtmU3i535h1Abv+aYiW8jUASdsRzrU a6YtcD3unfpmyrMbshCHCg== 0001299933-08-004255.txt : 20080910 0001299933-08-004255.hdr.sgml : 20080910 20080909192859 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-08-004255 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080905 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20080910 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080909 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARADIGM CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001013238 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845] IRS NUMBER: 943133088 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-28402 FILM NUMBER: 081063809 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3929 POINT EDEN WAY CITY: HAYWARD STATE: CA ZIP: 94545 BUSINESS PHONE: 5102659000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3929 POINT EDEN WAY CITY: HAYWARD STATE: CA ZIP: 94545 8-K 1 htm_28889.htm LIVE FILING Aradigm Corporation (Form: 8-K)  

 

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 5, 2008

Aradigm Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
California 0-28402 94-3133088
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
3929 Point Eden Way, Hayward, California   94545
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (510) 265-9000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 5, 2008, Aradigm Corporation (the "Company") and ComputerShare Trust Company, N.A. entered into an Amended and Restated Rights Agreement (the "Restated Rights Agreement"). The Restated Rights Agreement amends and restates the Company's Rights Agreement, dated as of August 31, 1998 to, among other things, extend the "Final Expiration Date" on which a "Right" may be redeemed to September 8, 2018 and to revise the "Purchase Price" for one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior Preferred upon exercise of a "Right" to $9.00.





Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

Reference is made to the disclousre in Item 1.01.





The foregoing is a summary description of the terms and conditions of the agreement. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement.

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.

         
    Aradigm Corporation
          
September 9, 2008   By:   D. Jeffery Grimes
       
        Name: D. Jeffery Grimes
        Title: Vice President, Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary
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