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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): April 25, 2016

 

 

DURECT CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-31615   94-3297098

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

10260 Bubb Road

Cupertino, CA 95014

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(408) 777-1417

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(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):

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On April 25, 2016, DURECT Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it is offering, subject to market conditions, shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. The Company anticipates using the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include clinical trials, research and development activities, capital expenditures, selling, general and administrative costs and to meet working capital needs. All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by the Company.

Stifel is acting as sole book-running manager for the proposed offering.

Felix Theeuwes, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, and David Hoffmann, one of the Company’s directors, have indicated an interest in purchasing shares of the Company’s common stock with an aggregate purchase price of up to approximately $400,000 in this offering at the public offering price.

The information contained in Item 7.01 of this report and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Press Release dated April 25, 2016


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.

 

    DURECT Corporation
Date: April 25, 2016     By:  

/s/ Matthew J. Hogan

      Matthew J. Hogan
      Chief Financial Officer