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)

May 5, 2015

 

 

INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-14888		33-0969592
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

660 W. Germantown Pike, Suite 100 Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania		19422
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (267) 440-4200

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On May 5, 2015, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it closed its underwritten public offering with respect to 10,925,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), including 1,425,000 shares of common stock issued pursuant to the underwriter’s exercise of its option, at the public offering price of $8.00 per share.

The gross proceeds of the offering were $87.4 million. Net proceeds to the Company, after deducting the underwriter’s discounts and commission and other estimated offering expenses payable by the company, were approximately $82.1 million.

Piper Jaffray & Co. and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated acted as joint bookrunning managers for the offering. H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, Brean Capital, LLC and Maxim Group LLC acted as co-managers of the offering.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds received from the sale of the Common Stock for general corporate purposes, including clinical trial expenses, research and development expenses, general and administrative expenses, manufacturing expenses and potential acquisitions of companies and technologies that complement its business.

The Common Stock was issued pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which became effective on August 8, 2014 (File No. 333-197584).

On May 5, 2015, the Company issued a press release with respect to the closing of the offering described above. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Exhibit Description
99.1		Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Press Release dated May 5, 2015

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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.

 

Date: May 5, 2015