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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): November 29, 2017

 

bluebird bio, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

DELAWARE

001-35966

13-3680878

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

60 Binney Street,

Cambridge, MA  

 

02142

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (339) 499-9300

Not Applicable

(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 Instructions A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

 


 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 29, 2017, bluebird bio, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its purchase of a manufacturing facility in Durham, North Carolina. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On November 21, 2017, the Company purchased a manufacturing facility located in Durham, North Carolina for $11.5 million.  The Company acquired this 125,000 square foot facility to provide manufacturing capacity for lentiviral vector in support of the Company’s gene and cell therapies.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

 

 

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.1

  

Press release issued by bluebird bio, Inc. on November 29, 2017.

 

 

 

 


 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 29, 2017

bluebird bio, Inc.


 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jason F. Cole

 

 

 

Jason F. Cole

 

 

 

Chief Legal Officer