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): December 11, 2014
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-31918 | 04-3072298 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 167 Sidney Street Cambridge, Massachusetts |
02139 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 679-5500
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On December 11, 2014, Pillar Pharmaceuticals II, L.P. converted 313,341 shares of Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Series E convertible preferred stock into 6,266,820 shares of the Company’s common stock in accordance with the terms of the Company’s Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series E Preferred Stock.
Pillar Invest Corporation has advised the Company that on December 9, 2014, December 10, 2014 and December 11, 2014, [Pillar Pharmaceuticals II, L.P. and Participations Besancon] sold an aggregate of [ ] shares of common stock of the Company. Included in the shares sold were 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that were issued to Participations Besancon on December 9, 2014 upon the exercise of outstanding warrants at an exercise price of $0.47 per share.
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.
| Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||||||||
| Date: December 12, 2014 | By: | /s/ Louis J. Arcudi, III | ||||||
| Louis J. Arcudi, III | ||||||||
| Senior Vice President of Operations, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary | ||||||||