Form 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

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 23, 2009

 

 

ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-27756   13-3648318

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

   (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

352 Knotter Drive, Cheshire, Connecticut 06410

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 272-2596

 

 

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 23, 2009, Alexion issued a press release relating to its results of operations and financial conditions for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this form 8-K.

Financial guidance provided in the attached press release for 2009 Research and Development expense and 2009 Selling, General and Administrative expense were inadvertently inverted. Correct guidance for 2009 Research and Development expense is a range of $80 to $85 million, and correct guidance for 2009 Selling, General and Administrative expense is a range of $140 to $150 million. The correct Research and Development expense guidance and correct Selling, General and Administrative expense guidance are reiterations of previously provided 2009 financial guidance.

The attached press release contains both U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and non-GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial measures exclude share-based compensation expenses. Reconciliations between non-GAAP and GAAP financial measures are included in the press release set forth as Exhibit 99.1 furnished to this Form 8-K. The Company’s management utilizes non-GAAP financial information to provide a useful measure of comparative operating performance of the Company. The non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental to and not a substitute for, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1 Press Release issued by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on July 23, 2009 relating to its results of operations and financial conditions for the quarter and year ended June 30, 2009.

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.

 

  ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Thomas I. H. Dubin

Date: July 23, 2009   Name:   Thomas I. H. Dubin
  Title:   Senior Vice President and General Counsel