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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On February 28, 2022, Nektar Therapeutics, a Delaware corporation (“Nektar”), issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021. A copy of the Press Release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
On February 17, 2022, Nektar announced that it would hold a Webcast conference call on February 28, 2022 to review its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021. This conference call is accessible through a link that is posted on the home page and Investors section of the Nektar website: http://ir.nektar.com.
The information in this report, including the exhibit hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibit shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission made by Nektar, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release titled “Nektar Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2021 Financial Results” issued by Nektar Therapeutics on February 28, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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.
| NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS | ||
| Date: February 28, 2022 | By: | /s/ Mark A. Wilson |
| Mark A. Wilson | ||
| General Counsel and Secretary | ||
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