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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): December 2, 2024

 

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   0-24006   94-3134940
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)		   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

455 Mission Bay Boulevard South

San Francisco, California 94158

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 482-5300

 

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
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value   NKTR   Nasdaq Capital 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 ☐

 

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. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

On December 2, 2024, Nektar Therapeutics, a Delaware corporation (“Nektar”), completed its previously announced disposition to an affiliate of Ampersand Management LLC d/b/a Ampersand Capital Partners, a Delaware limited liability company (said affiliate, “Purchaser”), of Nektar’s manufacturing facility located in Huntsville, Alabama and certain other manufacturing assets related thereto, as well as Purchaser’s assumption of certain related liabilities (collectively, the “Transactions”).

 

The foregoing description of the Transactions does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2024, entered into between Nektar and Purchaser, which was filed as Exhibit 1.1 to Nektar’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 4, 2024, and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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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.

 

  NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
     
Date: December 2, 2024 By: /s/ Mark A. Wilson
    Mark A. Wilson
    Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

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