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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):

June 7, 2020

 

 

KEZAR LIFE SCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38542   47-3366145

(state or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4000 Shoreline Court, Suite 300

South San Francisco, California

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

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 822-5600

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

symbol

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value   KZR   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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 1.02.

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously disclosed, on July 3, 2019, Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Open MarketSM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”), with Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”), to sell, at its option, shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), having aggregate gross sales proceeds of up to $50 million, from time to time, through an “at the market” equity offering program under which Jefferies acted as sales agent.

On June 7, 2020, the Company delivered written notice to Jefferies, effective as of such date, to terminate the Sales Agreement pursuant to Section 7(b)(i) thereof. Prior to termination, the Company had not sold, and the Company will not sell, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement.

A copy of the Sales Agreement was filed as Exhibit 1.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 3, 2019 (the “Form S-3”). The description of the Sales Agreement contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Sales Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.2 to the Form S-3.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On June 8, 2020, the Company filed with the SEC a preliminary prospectus supplement in connection with a proposed public offering of shares of Common Stock. The preliminary prospectus supplement contains an updated description of certain aspects of the Company’s business. Accordingly, the Company is filing this information with this Current Report on Form 8-K for the purpose of supplementing and updating disclosures contained in the Company’s prior filings with the SEC. The updated disclosures are filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1    Updated Company Disclosures.


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.

 

KEZAR LIFE SCIENCES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Marc L. Belsky

  Marc L. Belsky
  Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

Dated: June 8, 2020