Current Report Filing (8-k)
June 17 2016 - 4:12PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 13, 2016
EMISPHERE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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000-17758
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13-3306985
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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4 Becker Farm Road
Suite 103, Roseland, New Jersey
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07068
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: 973-532-8000
Not Applicable
(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 8.01.
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Other Events..
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On August 20, 2014, Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (the Company) entered into
a series of agreements with MHR Capital Partners Master Account LP, MHR Capital Partners (100) LP, MHR Institutional Partners II LP, and MHR Institutional Partners IIA LP (collectively, MHR), including (a) the Second Amended and Restated
Convertible Reimbursement Promissory Notes (the Reimbursement Notes), (b) a Senior Secured Loan Agreement (the Loan Agreement), and (c) a Royalty Agreement (the Royalty Agreement).
The terms of the Reimbursement Notes and Loan Agreement require the Company to prepay amounts outstanding thereunder using 50% of certain proceeds (the
Proceeds) paid to the Company, including $14 million received by the Company on October 26, 2015 in connection with certain licensing agreements with Novo Nordisk AS. Further, the terms of the Royalty Agreement require the Company to pay
to MHR annual royalties on net sales of the Companys oral Eligen
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B12 product (Royalties).
On June 13, 2016, MHR agreed to further extend the payment of the Proceeds and Royalties to July 13, 2016.
Copies of the Reimbursement Notes, Loan Agreement and Royalty Agreement were filed by the Company in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending
September 30, 2014, and a summary of their material terms was filed in the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 21, 2014.
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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.
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Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
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June 17, 2016
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By:
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/s/ Michael R. Garone
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Name:
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Michael R. Garone
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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