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 3, 2017

 

 

Cytokinetics, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

         
Delaware   000-50633   94-3291317

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

   

280 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco,

California

  94080
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(650) 624-3000

 

Not Applicable

Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On November 3, 2017, Cytokinetics, Incorporated (the “Company”) entered into a Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as agent (“Cantor Fitzgerald”), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time through Cantor Fitzgerald, shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), having an aggregate offering price of up to $75.0 million (the “Shares”). Under the Sales Agreement, Cantor Fitzgerald may sell Shares by any method permitted by law and deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other existing trading market for the Common Stock. The Company may instruct Cantor Fitzgerald not to sell Shares if the sales cannot be effected at or above the price designated by us from time to time.

 

The issuance and sale of the Shares under the Sales Agreement, if any, will be made pursuant to the Company’s effective registration on Form S-3 (File No. 333-221350), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became automatically effective on November 3, 2017, and the related prospectus.

 

The Company is not obligated to make any sales of the Shares under the Sales Agreement. The offering of Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (a) the sale of all of the Shares subject to the Sales Agreement or (b) the termination of the Sales Agreement by Cantor Fitzgerald or by the Company, as permitted therein.

 

The Company will pay Cantor Fitzgerald a commission rate of 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of Shares and has agreed to provide Cantor Fitzgerald with customary indemnification and contribution rights. The Company will also reimburse Cantor Fitzgerald for certain specified expenses in connection with entering into the Sales Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the common stock discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of common stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

     

Exhibit

 

Description

   
10.1   Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement, dated November 3, 2017, by and between Cytokinetics, Incorporated and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

 

 

 

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.

 

             
        Cytokinetics, Incorporated
       
November 6, 2017       By:  

/s/ Peter S. Roddy

        Name:   Peter S. Roddy
        Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer