Cytokinetics, Incorporated (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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   December 6, 2006

Cytokinetics, Incorporated
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 000-50633 94-3291317
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
280 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California   94080
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (650) 624 - 3000

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 6, 2006, Cytokinetics, Incorporated, (the "Company"), entered into a Placement Agent Agreement (the "Placement Agreement"), between the Company and Lazard Capital Markets LLC, JMP Securities LLC and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, as placement agents, relating to the issuance and sale by the Company of 5,285,715 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, to the signatories to the Subscription Agreements (as defined below) at a price of $7.00 per share.

In connection with the offering, the Company entered into subscription agreements, dated December 6, 2006 (the "Subscription Agreements"), between the Company and the investor signatories thereto.

Lazard Capital Markets LLC, JMP Securities LLC and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC acted as placement agents for the offering and will receive placement fees from the offering equal to 5% of the aggregate purchase price of $37,000,005.

The Company is making the issuance and sale pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Fo rm S-3 (Registration No. 333-125786), declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2005 (the "Original Filing"), and the registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-138306) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the Original Filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on October 30, 2006.

On December 7, 2006 we issued a press release announcing the above described offering of the Company’s common stock. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

The Placement Agrement and form of Subscription Agreement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a future filing.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

The following Exhibit is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Press Release, dated December 7, 2006.






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SIGNATURES

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.

         
    Cytokinetics, Incorporated
          
December 7, 2006   By:   Sharon Surrey-Barbari
       
        Name: Sharon Surrey-Barbari
        Title: Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer


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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
99.1
  Press Release, dated December 7, 2006.
EX-99.1
     
Contacts:
 
Cytokinetics, Incorporated
Sharon Surrey-Barbari
SVP Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(650) 624-3000
  Burns McClellan, Inc.
Clay Kramer (investors)
Justin Jackson (media)
(212) 213-0006

CYTOKINETICS ANNOUNCES REGISTERED DIRECT
COMMON STOCK OFFERING OF $37 MILLION

South San Francisco, CA, December 7, 2006 - Cytokinetics, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CYTK) announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements with selected institutional investors to purchase approximately $37.0 million of its common stock in a registered direct offering.

Under the terms of the offering, Cytokinetics will sell 5,285,715 shares of its common stock at a price of $7.00 per share which represents a 6% discount to the closing price on December 6, 2006. The net proceeds following payment of expenses is expected to be approximately $35.0 million.

The shares are being offered directly by Cytokinetics pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company anticipates that the net proceeds from the offering will be used for research and development, including clinical trials for Cytokinetics’ drug candidates, working capital and other general corporate purposes. The closing of this offering is expected to occur on December 12, 2006, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Lazard Capital Markets LLC acted as the lead placement agent and JMP Securities LLC and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC acted as co-placement agents on the offering. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Lazard Capital Markets, LLC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 60th floor, New York, NY 10020.

This press release does not and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration of qualification under the securities laws of any state.

About Cytokinetics

Cytokinetics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel small molecule drugs that specifically target the cytoskeleton. The cytoskeleton is a complex biological infrastructure that plays a fundamental role within every human cell. Cytokinetics’ focus on the cytoskeleton enables it to develop novel and potentially safer and more effective classes of drugs directed at treatments for cancer, cardiovascular disease and other diseases. Under a strategic alliance established in 2001, Cytokinetics and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are conducting research and development activities focused towards the potential treatment of cancer and other indications. Cytokinetics and GSK are continuing collaborative research focused to translational research directed to the mitotic kinesin, centromere-associated protein E (CENP-E). GSK-923295, a CENP-E inhibitor, is being developed under the strategic alliance by GSK; GSK expects to begin clinical trials with GSK-923295 in 2007. Cytokinetics is responsible for the development of ispinesib and SB-743921, each a novel inhibitor of the mitotic kinesin, kinesin spindle protein. Ispinesib has been the subject of a broad clinical trials program comprising of nine Phase II clinical trials as well as six Phase I or Ib clinical trials. Cytokinetics is conducting a Phase I/II trial of SB-743921 in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Cytokinetics’ unpartnered cardiovascular disease program is the second program to leverage the company’s expertise in cytoskeletal pharmacology. Cytokinetics recently completed a Phase I clinical trial with CK-1827452, a novel small molecule cardiac myosin activator, and is currently advancing CK-1827452 in both intravenous and oral formulations for the treatment of heart failure. Additional information about Cytokinetics can be obtained at http://www.cytokinetics.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”). Cytokinetics disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and claims the protection of the Safe Harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Act. Examples of such statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the whether or not Cytokinetics will complete the financing, the expected uses of proceeds, the potential benefits of Cytokinetics’ drug candidates and potential drug candidates and the enabling capabilities of Cytokinetics’ biological focus. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations, but actual results may differ materially due to various factors. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties relating to decisions by GSK to postpone or discontinue research and/or development efforts for CENP-E under Cytokinetics’ collaboration with GSK, difficulties or delays in patient enrollment for clinical trials, unexpected adverse side effects or inadequate therapeutic efficacy of Cytokinetics’ drug candidates, and other potential difficulties or delays in development, testing, regulatory approval, production and marketing of Cytokinetics’ drug candidates that could slow or prevent clinical development, product approval or market acceptance (including the risks relating to uncertainty of patent or trade secret protection for Cytokinetics’ intellectual property, Cytokinetics’ ability to obtain additional financing if necessary and unanticipated research and development and other costs),and changing standards of care and the introduction by others of products or alternative therapies for the treatment of indications currently or potentially targeted by Cytokinetics’ drug candidates and potential drug candidates. For further information regarding these and other risks related to Cytokinetics’ business, investors should consult Cytokinetics’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.