UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): October 2, 2018

 

 

Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

640 Lee Road, Suite 200

Wayne, PA 19087

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(484) 324-7933

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 1.02Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On October 2, 2018, Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) provided notice to Cowen and Company, LLC (“Cowen”) to terminate its Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”), dated November 2, 2016, with Cowen, pursuant to which the Company could from time to time sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $75.0 million through Cowen as its sales agent. The termination of the Sales Agreement will be effective on October 12, 2018.  The Company has sold an aggregate of 635,000 shares of its common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement for gross proceeds of approximately $20.0 million.

 

The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on November 2, 2016 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

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.