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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 17, 2011

 

 

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York   000-19034   13-3444607

 

 

 

 

 

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File

Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

777 Old Saw Mill River Road

Tarrytown, New York 10591-6707

(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
(914) 345-7400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 17, 2011, we announced our intention to offer $400 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2016. The offering is being made solely to qualified institutional buyers, as defined under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The offering is being made pursuant to a confidential preliminary offering memorandum dated October 17, 2011.

The notes, and any shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration except pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This Current Report is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein. The proposed offering of the notes is subject to certain market and other conditions, and may not occur as described or at all.

A copy of the press release announcing the notes offering is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated October 17, 2011


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.

Date: October 17, 2011

 

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:   /s/ Joseph J. LaRosa
Name: Joseph J. LaRosa
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated October 17, 2011