0001144204-19-031184.txt : 20190617 0001144204-19-031184.hdr.sgml : 20190617 20190617164005 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-19-031184 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190617 ITEM INFORMATION: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20190617 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190617 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000850261 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH [8731] IRS NUMBER: 330344842 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36150 FILM NUMBER: 19901780 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4955 DIRECTORS PLACE CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 BUSINESS PHONE: 858-203-4100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4955 DIRECTORS PLACE CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: QUIKBYTE SOFTWARE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 tv523700_8k.htm 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): June 17, 2019

SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

001-36150

33-0344842

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

4955 Directors Place

San Diego, CA 92121

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 203-4100

N/A

(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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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

Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value		SRNE		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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 ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

Effective June 17, 2019, Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) voluntarily terminated its At Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with B. Riley FBR, Inc. (the “Agent”), effective immediately. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, the Company could offer and sell, from time to time, through the Agent, shares of the Company’s common stock. The Sales Agreement was terminable at will by the Company with no penalty.

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.

	SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.


Date: June 17, 2019	By:	/s/ Henry Ji, Ph.D.
		Name: Henry Ji, Ph.D.
		Title: President and Chief Executive Officer