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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 22, 2020

 

 

 

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda 001-730430 98-1327726
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

Clarendon House 2 Church Street

Hamilton HM11, Bermuda (808) 451-3453

(Address, zip code and telephone number, including area code of principal executive offices)

 

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Corp.

100 Hayden Avenue

Lexington, MA, 02421

(781) 431-9100

(Address, zip code and telephone number, including area code of agent for service)

 

N/A

(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

 

¨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)

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class  

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

 Name of each exchange on which

registered

Class A Common Shares $0.000273235 par value  KNSA  The Nasdaq Global Select Market
       

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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 x

 

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. x

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On April 22, 2020, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing data from its Phase 2a clinical trial with Vixarelimab (KPL-716) in prurigo nodularis. A copy of the press release and a slide-deck containing data from the trial are furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively.

 

The information contained in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing and except as expressly provided by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

 Description
    
99.1  Vixarelimab (KPL-716) Phase 2a Data Press Release issued by Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. dated April 22, 2020
99.2  Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. Vixarelimab (KPL-716) Phase 2a Data Slide-Deck

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  KINIKSA PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD.
 
Date: April 22, 2020  By: /s/ Thomas Beetham
    Thomas Beetham
    Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer