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): January 8, 2019

 

 

Codexis, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34705   71-0872999

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

200 Penobscot Drive

Redwood City, CA 94063

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(650) 421-8100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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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).

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

On January 8, 2019, Codexis, Inc. (the “Company”) received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) that the FDA had completed its safety review of the Company’s investigational new drug application for CDX-6114 (the “IND”) and concluded that the Company may proceed with its clinical trial protocol CDX6114-003.

Under the terms of the Company’s Global Development, Option and License Agreement with Nestec Ltd. (“Nestlé Health Science”), as amended to date, following the effectiveness of the IND, during the 40-day period ending February 17, 2019, subject to extension if Nestlé Health Science determines that a filing under the Hart-Scott Rodino Act of 1976 is required in connection with the option exercise, Nestlé Health Science may elect to exercise its option to obtain an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing, sublicensable license to develop and commercialize certain products based on the Company’s therapeutic enzyme product candidates for the treatment of hyperphenylalaninemia.


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.

Date: January 10, 2019

 

CODEXIS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gordon Sangster

Name:   Gordon Sangster
Title:  

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer