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 20, 2017

 

 

LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

California   1-36282   33-0361285

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

10182 Telesis Court, 6th Floor, San Diego, California 92121

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 207-4264

 

 

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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

On March 20, 2017, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company issued a press release announcing a proposed offering of its common stock. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit

No.

  

Description

23.1    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Squar Milner LLP
99.1    Press Release Announcing Proposed Offering of Common Stock (March 20, 2017)

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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.

 

      LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
Date: March 20, 2017     By:  

/s/ George F. Tidmarsh

    Name:   George F. Tidmarsh, M.D., Ph.D.
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

23.1    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Squar Milner LLP
99.1    Press Release Announcing Proposed Offering of Common Stock (March 20, 2017)