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

 

 

 

SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

 

         
Delaware   001-36150   33-0344842

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.) 

 

9380 Judicial Drive

San Diego, CA 92121

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 210-3700

 

N/A

(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:

 

¨ 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 8.01. Other Events.

 

On March 20, 2017, Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. issued the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding its mutual understanding and resolution with respect to claims by Wildcat Capital Management LLC.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

     
Exhibit Number   Description
     
99.1   Press release, dated March 20, 2017.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

             
        SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
       
Date: March 20, 2017       By:  

/s/ Henry Ji, Ph.D.

            Name: Henry Ji, Ph.D.
            Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

     
Exhibit Number   Description
     
99.1   Press release, dated March 20, 2017.