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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): August 7, 2012

 

 

EMISPHERE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   000-17758   13-3306985

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

240 Cedar Knolls Road,

Suite 200, Cedar Knolls, New Jersey

  07927
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 973-532-8000

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ 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 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 7, 2012, Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing results of operations for the second quarterly period ended June 30, 2012. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith and is incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit 99.1.

The information contained herein, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements. Except for historical information contained in the press release attached as an exhibit hereto, the press release contains forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. Please refer to the cautionary notes in the press release regarding these forward-looking statements.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release of Emisphere Technologies, Inc. dated August 7, 2012

 

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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.

 

  Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
August 7, 2012   By:  

/s/ Michael R. Garone

    Name:   Michael R. Garone
    Title:   Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release of Emisphere Technologies, Inc., dated August 7, 2012

 

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