0001157523-12-004130.txt : 20120801 0001157523-12-004130.hdr.sgml : 20120801 20120801161736 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-12-004130 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120726 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20120801 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120801 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DYAX CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000907562 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH [8731] IRS NUMBER: 043053198 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24537 FILM NUMBER: 121000296 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 NETWORK DRIVE CITY: BURLINGTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01803-2756 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-250-5769 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 NETWORK DRIVE CITY: BURLINGTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01803-2756 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BIOTAGE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951117 8-K 1 a50362127.htm DYAX CORP. 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): July 26, 2012

DYAX CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

000-24537

04-3053198

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

55 Network Drive
Burlington, MA 01803

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 225-2500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(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:

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 26, 2012, Dyax Corp. ("Dyax") and MedImmune Limited, formerly Cambridge Antibody Technology Limited ("MedImmune"), entered into an Amended and Restated License Agreement (the “Agreement”),which amended and restated the Amended and Restated License Agreement between Dyax and MedImmune dated as of July 30, 2007.

Under the Agreement, the term of the license granted by Dyax to MedImmune to use Dyax's antibody libraries to discover and develop antibody products has been extended for an additional five years to 2017. In consideration for this extension, certain terms associated with the license granted by MedImmune to Dyax under MedImmune's antibody phage display patents were also amended. The amended terms provide Dyax with an improved financial structure, including a reduced royalty obligation, and fewer contractual restrictions as it pertains to future activities under Dyax's Licensing and Funded Research Program, or LFRP. MedImmune will continue to receive milestone payments and low single-digit royalty payments in connection with antibody products developed and commercialized by Dyax or its licensees under the Agreement. For products developed by MedImmune or its licensees using Dyax's antibody libraries, no milestone payments are due but Dyax will receive low single-digit royalty payments.

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.

		DYAX CORP.


Dated:	August 1, 2012	By:	/s/ George Migausky
			George Migausky,
			Executive Vice President and
			Chief Financial Officer