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): September 8, 2011
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-26727 | 68-0397820 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 105 Digital Drive, Novato, California | 94949 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 506-6700
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On September 8 and 9, 2011 BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (the “Company”) entered into agreements with three of its existing holders of its 2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”), pursuant to which such holders have converted $19.6 million face amount of the Notes, in accordance with their terms, into 1,184,010 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share. In addition to issuing the requisite number of shares of common stock of the Company required pursuant to the Notes, the Company also paid each of those holders varying cash premiums for agreeing to convert their Notes, which, in aggregate, totaled approximately $0.5 million. The Company also made a cash payment of approximately $1.0 million to the holders of accrued and future interest payments that will no longer be required. The issuance of the common stock of the Company upon conversion of the Notes was made in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) thereof, as the conversion of the Notes into common stock of the Company was made by the Company with its existing security holders exclusively in a series of privately negotiated transactions where no commission or other remuneration was paid.
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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.
| BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., | ||||||
| a Delaware corporation | ||||||
| Date: September 12, 2011 | By: | /s/ G. Eric Davis | ||||
| G. Eric Davis | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel | ||||||
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