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: March 5, 2019
(Date of earliest event reported)
Invitae Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36847 | 27-1701898 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. employer identification number) |
1400 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94103
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(415) 374-7782
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On March 5, 2019, Invitae Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the several underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”) for whom J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC and SVB Leerink LLC are acting as representatives, relating to the public offering of 9,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), at an offering price to the public of $19.00 per share. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,350,000 shares of Common Stock. The offering is being made pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-230053), that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became automatically effective on March 4, 2019, including the related prospectus, dated March 4, 2019, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated March 5, 2019. The Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement. A copy of the legal opinion relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of Common Stock in the offering is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1.
On March 5, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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.
| INVITAE CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: March 6, 2019 | By: | /s/ Shelly D. Guyer | ||||
| Name: | Shelly D. Guyer | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||