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): October 2, 2017

 

 

REGENXBIO INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37553   47-1851754

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

9600 Blackwell Road, Suite 210

Rockville, Maryland

  20850
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(240) 552-8181

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

 

 

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Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 24, 2017, REGENXBIO Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), with Dimension Therapeutics, Inc. (“Dimension”) and Muddy Charles Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), which provided for the merger of Merger Sub with and into Dimension, with Dimension continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. On October 1, 2017, Dimension notified the Company that its Board of Directors determined that an amended proposal from Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. to acquire Dimension for $6.00 per share in cash constituted a “superior proposal” under the Merger Agreement and that Dimension’s Board of Directors intended to change its prior recommendation to Dimension’s stockholders to vote in favor of the proposed merger between the Company and Dimension. This notice invoked the Company’s matching right under the Merger Agreement. In response, the Company notified Dimension that it would not increase the consideration payable to Dimension stockholders under the Merger Agreement and that the Company waived its matching rights. As a result of the Company’s response, on October 2, 2017 Dimension notified the Company that it had terminated the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Dimension paid the Company the $2.85 million termination fee.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 2, 2017, the Company issued a press release responding to Dimension’s notification of a superior proposal. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit 99.1    REGENXBIO Inc. Press Release dated October 2, 2017.


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.

 

    REGENXBIO INC.
Date: October 3, 2017     By:  

/s/ Patrick J. Christmas II

      Patrick J. Christmas II
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel