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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): February 23, 2017

 

 

OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33415   65-1178822

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

              3344 N. Torrey Pines Ct., Suite 200, La Jolla, CA   92037
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 875-8600

 

 

(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 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On February 23, 2017, Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an indenture, dated as of February 23, 2017 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), governing the Company’s new 2.75% Convertible Exchange Senior Notes due 2020 (the “New Notes”). Approximately $49.6 million in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 were exchanged for an equal principal amount of New Notes in a private placement exempt from registration in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall it constitute an offer to sell, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. These securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.

Descriptions of the New Notes and the Indenture are set forth in Item 8.01 in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on February 17, 2017 and are incorporated by reference herein. Such descriptions and the descriptions otherwise herein do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Indenture and the form of New Note, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03    Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

 

4.1    Indenture, dated as of February 23, 2017, by and between Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
4.2    Form of New Note (included in Exhibit 4.1)


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.

 

    OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: February 24, 2017     By:    /s/ Thomas P. Lynch                    
    Name:   Thomas P. Lynch
    Title:   EVP, General Counsel and Secretary