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Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On March 2, 2022, Invitae Corporation (the “Company”) filed a prospectus supplement relating to the offer and sale from time to time of shares of its common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, with an aggregate offering price of up to $400,000,000 (the “Shares”) pursuant to the Company’s existing “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Sales Agreement, dated May 4, 2021, with Cowen and Company, LLC (the “Agreement”). A copy of the opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto. As of March 2, 2022, no sales of Shares have been made under the Agreement.
The Shares will be sold pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective automatically on March 2, 2022, including the related prospectus, dated March 2, 2022, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated March 2, 2022.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Shares, nor shall there be any sale of Shares in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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5.1 | Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. | |
23.1 | Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in 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.
Dated: March 2, 2022
INVITAE CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Thomas R. Brida | |
Name: | Thomas R. Brida | |
Title: | General Counsel |
Exhibit 5.1
PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
2550 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
March 2, 2022
Invitae Corporation
1400 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as counsel for Invitae Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the issuance and sale of shares (the Shares) of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the Common Stock), of the Company, having an aggregate offering price of up to $400,000,000, all of which are authorized but heretofore unissued shares to be offered and sold by the Company, pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), and related prospectus, dated March 2, 2022, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated March 2, 2022 relating to the offer and sale of the Shares (as so supplemented, the Prospectus).
We have reviewed and are familiar with such documents, corporate proceedings and other matters as we have considered relevant or necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed in this letter. On the basis of the foregoing and subject to the other qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and sold by the Company in the manner described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The opinions set forth in this letter are limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as in effect on the date hereof.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Commission on the date hereof and the incorporation thereof in the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption Legal Matters in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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Entity Registrant Name | Invitae Corp |
Amendment Flag | false |
Entity Central Index Key | 0001501134 |
Document Type | 8-K |
Document Period End Date | Mar. 02, 2022 |
Entity Incorporation State Country Code | DE |
Entity File Number | 001-36847 |
Entity Tax Identification Number | 27-1701898 |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 1400 16th Street |
Entity Address, City or Town | San Francisco |
Entity Address, State or Province | CA |
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 94103 |
City Area Code | (415) |
Local Phone Number | 374-7782 |
Written Communications | false |
Soliciting Material | false |
Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
Security 12b Title | Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share |
Trading Symbol | NVTA |
Security Exchange Name | NYSE |
Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
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