Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): May 6, 2019

SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-23047	13-3864870
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

31 East 62nd Street New York, New York		10065
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 672-9100

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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

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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.

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
common stock, $.0001 par value	SIGA	The Nasdaq Global Market

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 6, 2019, SIGA Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), exercised its first renewal option pursuant to the Commercial Lease Agreement , dated November 3, 2017, between the Company and Research Way Investments, LP, for the Company’s research and development facilities located at 4575 S.W. Research Way, Corvallis, Oregon, 97333 (the “Corvallis Lease”). Pursuant to the terms of the Corvallis Lease, the renewal extends the expiration date of the Corvallis Lease from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2021. The terms of the Corvallis Lease remain unchanged.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.