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): August 15, 2016
ELEVEN BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | 001-36296 | 26-2025616 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
215 First Street, Suite 400 Cambridge, MA | 02142 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 871-9911
None
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On August 15, 2016 at a special meeting of stockholders, Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) obtained stockholder approval authorizing the transactions contemplated by the License Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2016 (the “License Agreement”), by and between the Company, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. relating to EBI-031 and all other IL-6 antagonist antibody technology owned by the Company, including the grant of the exclusive licenses thereunder. As a result of obtaining such stockholder approval, the License Agreement will automatically become effective on the following business day, August 16, 2016, provided that no governmental entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any order, stay, decree, judgment or injunction or statute, rule or regulation which has the effect of prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the License Agreement.
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.
ELEVEN BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||
Date: August 15, 2016 | By: | /s/ Abbie C. Celniker | ||
Abbie C. Celniker, Ph.D. President & Chief Executive Officer | ||||