Form 8-K

 

 

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): March 9, 2009

 

 

ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   000-50768   06-1376651
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

3911 SORRENTO VALLEY BOULEVARD
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
  92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(858) 558-2871

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K 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))

 

 

 


Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 9, 2009, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such exhibit and the information set forth therein and in this Item 2.02 have been furnished and 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 liability under that section nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing regardless of any general incorporation language.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

 

99.1    Press release dated March 9, 2009

 

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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.

 

    ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Date: March 9, 2009     By:   /s/ Thomas H. Aasen
        Thomas H. Aasen
        Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated March 9, 2009

 

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