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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  20549
 
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
 
CURRENT REPORT
 Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)    December 23, 2013
 
RETROPHIN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
000-53293
26-2383102
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
777 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY
10017
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code     (646) 837-5863
 
 
(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Retrophin, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2013 (the “Report”)  is to amend and restate the Report in its entirety, including filing a copy of Exhibit 10.1 to the Report without any redactions following the Company’s withdrawal of the confidentiality request with respect to such exhibit.
 
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On December 23, 2013 (the “Closing Date”), Retrophin, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into, and consummated the transactions contemplated by, a stock purchase agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with Kyalin Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Kyalin”) and the sellers signatory thereto (the “Sellers”), pursuant to which the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock (the “Shares”), of Kyalin.  In  consideration for the Shares, the Company agreed to pay to the Sellers (i) $1 million of cash consideration at specified dates; and (ii) up to $4 million of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) at certain dates and subject to the achievement of certain milestones.  Under certain limited circumstances, the Company would be required to pay to the Sellers, in the place of such shares of Common Stock, an amount of cash equal to one-half (1/2) of the value of the shares of Common Stock issuable in accordance with the Stock Purchase Agreement.
 
            The Stock Purchase Agreement also contains customary representations, warranties and indemnification.
 
            The foregoing description of the Stock Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Stock Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 2.01.  Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
 
The information contained in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
10.1
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 23, 2013, by and among Retrophin, Inc., Kyalin Biosciences, Inc. and the Sellers party thereto. (1)
 
(1) The schedules to the Stock Purchase Agreement have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company will supplementally furnish copies of any of such schedules to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
RETROPHIN, INC.
 
       
Date:  January 7, 2014 
By:
/s/ Marc Panoff  
   
Name:    Marc Panoff
Title:      Chief Financial Officer