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): May 24, 2018

 
Anika Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


Massachusetts		 000-21326 04-3145961
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)		 Commission file number (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

32 Wiggins Avenue, Bedford, MA 01730
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)


(781)-457-9000
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

 

Not applicable

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

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On May 24, 2018, the Company entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) pursuant to a Fixed Dollar Accelerated Share Repurchase Transaction (“ASR Agreement”) to repurchase $30 million of shares of its common stock. Upon execution, the Company transferred $30 million to Morgan Stanley, and, on May 29, 2018, it received an initial 434,678 shares of the Company’s common stock, which is approximately 60% of the estimated total number of shares of the Company’s common stock expected to be repurchased under the ASR Agreement, based on the closing price of the Company’s stock on May 24, 2018. The terms of the ASR Agreement provide for calculation of the final number of shares to be repurchased based generally on the average of the daily volume-weighted average prices of the Company’s common stock during the term of the transaction, less a discount and subject to adjustments pursuant to the terms and conditions of the ASR Agreement. At settlement, under certain circumstances, the terms of the ASR Agreement provide for Morgan Stanley to deliver additional shares of common stock to the Company, or under certain circumstances, the terms of the ASR Agreement provide for the Company to deliver shares of common stock or to make a cash payment, at the Company’s election, to Morgan Stanley. The ASR Agreement contains certain terms customary for agreements of this type, including provisions for adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events and the circumstances under which the ASR Agreement may be extended or terminated early or adjusted in other respects. The Company expects the accelerated share repurchase program to be completed in late December 2018.

 

The foregoing description of the ASR Agreement is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the ASR Agreement, a copy of which will be filed with the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2018.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be filed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Anika Therapeutics, Inc.
       
       
Dated: May 29, 2018 By: /s/ Sylvia Cheung  
    Sylvia Cheung  
    Chief Financial Officer