Emergent BioSolutions Inc 8-K, filed Jul 14, 2020
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (EBS)
8-K
2020-07-14
For: 2020-07-13
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About this 8-K
Emergent BioSolutions Inc filed this 8-K on July 14, 2020, reporting on events of July 13, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
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): July 13, 2020
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 13, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (including its wholly owned subsidiaries, “Emergent”), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc., received a contract modification (“Modification No. 6”) from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, exercising an option valued at $258 million to procure additional doses of AV7909 (anthrax vaccine adsorbed with adjuvant) for delivery into the Strategic National Stockpile over 12 months. This contract option was exercised under Emergent’s AV7909 development and procurement contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”), which became effective on September 30, 2016 (the “BARDA AV7909 Contract”).
The preceding description of Modification No. 6 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Modification No. 6. Modification No. 6, with relevant redactions to protect confidential and sensitive information, is expected to be filed as an exhibit to Emergent’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020. The BARDA AV7909 Contract is filed as a material agreement of Emergent as exhibit 10.48 with Emergent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.
SIGNATURE
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.
EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC. | ||
Dated: July 14, 2020 | By: | /s/ RICHARD S. LINDAHL |
Name:Richard S. Lindahl Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||