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):  March 18, 2016

 

PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Company as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-35969

 

04-3416587

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

100 Corporate Court

 

 

South Plainfield, NJ

 

07080

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Company’s telephone number, including area code:  (908) 222-7000

 

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On March 18, 2016, PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) committed to a reduction in workforce of approximately 18%, which will primarily affect employees and contractors in the U.S. The reduction in workforce is part of the Company’s program intended to manage operating expenses following the previously disclosed Refuse to File letter received from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in connection with the Company’s new drug application for TranslarnaTM (ataluren) for the treatment of nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

 

The Company plans to complete the reduction in workforce by June 30, 2016 and expects to incur related employee severance and benefit costs of approximately $2.5 million, substantially all of which is cash expenditures.

 

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.

 

 

 

PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

 

Date: March 23, 2016

By:

/s/ Shane Kovacs

 

 

Shane Kovacs

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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