0001062822-16-000075.txt : 20161005 0001062822-16-000075.hdr.sgml : 20161005 20161005092307 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001062822-16-000075 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160930 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20161005 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161005 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062822 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 760474169 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30111 FILM NUMBER: 161921464 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8800 TECHNOLOGY FOREST PLACE CITY: THE WOODLANDS STATE: TX ZIP: 77381 BUSINESS PHONE: 2818633000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8800 TECHNOLOGY FOREST PLACE CITY: THE WOODLANDS STATE: TX ZIP: 77381 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC./DE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070426 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LEXICON GENETICS INC/TX DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000126 8-K 1 form8-k09x30x2016.htm FORM 8-K Document


 
 
 
 
 

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, 2016


Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
000-30111
76-0474169
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)


8800 Technology Forest Place
The Woodlands, Texas 77381
(Address of principal executive
offices and Zip Code)

(281) 863-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8‑K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a‑12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a‑12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d‑2(b))
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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 30, 2016, we entered into an Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement (the “Amendment”) with Symphony Icon Holdings LLC (“Holdings”) and Symphony Icon, Inc. (“Symphony Icon”), amending the terms of our Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement with Holdings and Symphony Icon, dated July 30, 2010 (the “Purchase Option Agreement”).
Under the Amendment, we will pay Holdings $21,013,000 (the “Buyout Amount”) in the event that we receive regulatory approval in the United States for the marketing and sale of telotristat ethyl (previously referred to as telotristat etiprate) (“Regulatory Approval”), such Buyout Amount to be in lieu of any remaining payments which may be or become payable to Holdings under the Purchase Option Agreement. Prior to the Amendment, we were obligated to make up to $29,550,000 in remaining contingent payments upon the occurrence of certain specified events. Consistent with the terms of the Purchase Option Agreement previously in effect, the Buyout Amount may be payable, at our option, in cash or a combination of cash and up to 50% in our common stock.
Either we or Holdings may terminate the Amendment (restoring the financial terms previously in effect) in the event that we have not received Regulatory Approval by February 28, 2017.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this current report on Form 8-K.

Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
 
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement with Symphony Icon Holdings LLC and Symphony Icon, Inc. dated September 30, 2016







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 thereunto duly authorized.

 
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: October 5, 2016
By:
/s/ Brian T. Crum
 
 
Brian T. Crum
 
 
Vice President and General Counsel









Index to Exhibits

Exhibit No.
 
Description
10.1
 
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement with Symphony Icon Holdings LLC and Symphony Icon, Inc. dated September 30, 2016




EX-10.1 2 amendmentno1toamendedandre.htm AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED PURCHASE OPTION AGREEMENT Exhibit




Exhibit 10.1


AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED PURCHASE OPTION AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into effective as of September 30, 2016 (the “Amendment Effective Date”) by and between Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Lexicon”), Symphony Icon Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), and Symphony Icon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Symphony Icon”). This Amendment amends that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement, dated July 30, 2010 (the “Original Agreement”), between Lexicon, Holdings and Symphony Icon. Capitalized terms used without definition in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Original Agreement.
    
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.    Buyout Amount. The provisions of Section 2(b) of the Original Agreement are hereby amended so that, in lieu of any remaining payments which may be or become payable by Lexicon to Holdings under the Original Agreement (including, without limitation, (a) Contingent Payments pursuant to Section 2(b)(i)(C) and (b) payments upon U.S. Regulatory Approval pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii)), Lexicon shall deliver to Holdings an amount equal to Twenty One Million Thirteen Thousand Dollars ($21,013,000) (the “Buyout Amount”) in the event that Lexicon receives regulatory approval in the United States (consisting of approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of a New Drug Application) for the marketing and sale of the LG103 Product known as telotristat etiprate (“Telotristat Etiprate U.S. Regulatory Approval”). Lexicon shall promptly, and in no event later than fifteen (15) business days, pay Holdings the Buyout Amount upon its receipt of Telotristat Etiprate U.S. Regulatory Approval. For clarity, the Buyout Amount may be paid in cash or a combination of cash and up to fifty percent (50%) in Lexicon Common Stock, at the sole discretion of Lexicon, pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Original Agreement.

2.    Maximum Purchase Price. The provisions of Section 2(d) of the Original Agreement (and any other provisions of the Original Agreement referencing the maximum Purchase Price or Maximum Contingent Payment Amount) are hereby amended so that the maximum Purchase Price and Maximum Contingent Payment Amount payable under the Purchase Option Agreement reflect the application of the Buyout Amount in lieu of any remaining payments under the Original Agreement as provided in this Amendment.

3.    Valuation of Lexicon Stock. The provisions of Section 2(f) of the Original Agreement are hereby amended so that, in the event that Lexicon elects to pay part of the Buyout Amount through the delivery to Holdings of Lexicon Common Stock, the Lexicon Common Stock Valuation with respect to such shares of Lexicon Common Stock shall equal the volume-weighted average closing price of Lexicon Common Stock, as reported by the NASDAQ Global Market, or other national listing exchange that is the primary exchange on which Lexicon Common Stock is listed, for the ten (10) trading days immediately following, but not including, the date on which Lexicon receives Telotristat Etiprate U.S. Regulatory Approval.

4.    Termination. Lexicon and Holdings shall each have the right to terminate this Amendment in their sole discretion, upon thirty (30) days written notice to the other Party, in the event that (a) Lexicon has not received Telotristat Etiprate U.S. Regulatory Approval by February 28, 2017 or (b) Lexicon enters into any Licensing Transaction with respect to telotristat etiprate following the Amendment Effective Date and prior to such Telotristat Etiprate U.S. Regulatory Approval. For clarity, any termination pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof shall be of no further force or effect if Lexicon receives Telotristat Etiprate U.S. Regulatory Approval during the required 30-day notice period. For further clarity, in the event that either party exercises such termination right, this Amendment shall be of no further force and effect and the Original Agreement shall revert to the provisions of the Original Agreement which were in effect immediately prior to this Amendment, and any payments that would have been made to Holdings pursuant to the





Original Agreement between the Amendment Effective Date and the termination of this Amendment shall become payable per the terms of the Original Agreement.

5.    No Other Changes. This Amendment shall not be deemed to modify any of the rights and obligations of Lexicon, Holdings or Symphony Icon under the Original Agreement except as expressly provided herein. Except as provided herein, the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement as of the Amendment Effective Date.


LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.


By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ______________________________________


SYMPHONY ICON HOLDINGS LLC

By: Symphony Capital Partners, L.P.,
its Manager

By: Symphony Capital GP, L.P.,
its general partner

By: Symphony GP, LLC,
its general partner


By: ______________________________________
Name: ____________________________________
Title: _____________________________________


SYMPHONY ICON, INC.


By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ______________________________________