UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 6, 2020
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DICERNA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
 
001-36281
 
20-5993609
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
33 Hayden Avenue
Lexington, Massachusetts
 
 
 
 02421
(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

 
 
 
(Zip code)

(617) 621-8097
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
DRNA
The Nasdaq Global Select Market





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Item 8.01    Other Events.
On February 6, 2020, Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), issued and sold an aggregate of approximately $40.0 million of shares of its common stock to a single institutional investor pursuant to its common stock Sales Agreement with Cowen and Company, LLC as the sales agent. In this transaction, the Company sold an aggregate of 2,077,500 shares of common stock at a price of $19.25 per share.
The shares in the offering were sold pursuant to a shelf registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 31, 2018 and a prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on June 1, 2018.

SIGNATURES
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.
Date: February 6, 2020
DICERNA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Douglas M. Fambrough, III
 
 
 
Douglas M. Fambrough, III, Ph.D.
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer