Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): November 10, 2017

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-35409

04-3210530

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

One Kendall Square, Suite B7201

Cambridge, MA

02139

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 441-1000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 10, 2017, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the expiration and final results of a cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) by the Company to purchase any and all of its $25,031,000 aggregate principal amount of outstanding 4.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (CUSIP No. 590328AA8; ISIN No. US590328AA86) (the “Notes”). As of the expiration of the Tender Offer, $24,975,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes, representing approximately 99.78% of the outstanding Notes, were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Tender Offer. The Company has accepted for purchase all of the Notes tendered in the Tender Offer. Following settlement of the Tender Offer, $56,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes will remain outstanding.

The Company agreed to conduct the Tender Offer in connection with the settlement agreement that it entered into on October 6, 2017 with Wolverine Flagship Fund Trading Limited, 1992 MSF International Ltd. and 1992 Tactical Credit Master Fund, L.P. (collectively, the “Settlement Noteholders”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”) to resolve the lawsuit pending in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware captioned Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. v. Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc., C.A. No. 2017-0199-JTL filed by the Settlement Noteholders and the Trustee.

Important Notice

This announcement is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to buy nor the solicitation of an offer to sell any of the Company’s outstanding Notes. The Tender Offer was made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and related materials, as they may be amended or supplemented. Holders should read the Company’s commencement Tender Offer statement on Schedule TO filed with the SEC in connection with the Tender Offer, which includes as exhibits the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and related materials, as well as any amendments or supplements to the Schedule TO. Each of these documents has been filed with the SEC, and holders may obtain them for free from the SEC at its website (www.sec.gov) or from the Company’s information agent in connection with the Tender Offer.

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.