0001104659-17-062449.txt : 20171017 0001104659-17-062449.hdr.sgml : 20171017 20171017085331 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-17-062449 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171016 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20171017 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171017 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: IDERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000861838 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836] IRS NUMBER: 043072298 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31918 FILM NUMBER: 171139938 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 167 SIDNEY STREET CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02139 BUSINESS PHONE: 6176795500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 167 SIDNEY STREET CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02139 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HYBRIDON INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951211 8-K 1 a17-24100_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): October 16, 2017

 

 

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-31918

 

04-3072298

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

167 Sidney Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 679-5500

 

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o       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))

 

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

 

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 o

 

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. o

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01      Other Events

 

On October 16, 2017, Pillar Investment Corporation, the general partner and representative of various investment funds under the control of our director, Youssef El Zein, through Pillar Pharmaceuticals II, L.P. and Participations Besancon (each an investment fund advised by Pillar Investment Corporation), exercised the remaining Series E warrants held by each fund.

 

The total number of warrants exercised was 6,842,844 resulting in such shares being added Pillar Investment Corporations direct ownership.

 

The Company received proceeds of $4,789,990.80 due to the warrant exercise.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

 

Date: October 17, 2017

By:

/s/ Mark J. Casey

 

 

Mark J. Casey

 

 

Senior Vice President,

 

 

General Counsel and Secretary

 

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