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): September 12, 2019

 

Natera, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-37478

 

01-0894487

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

201 Industrial Road, Suite 410

San Carlos, California 94070

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(650) 249-9090

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

N/A

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12(b))

 

¨            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

NTRA

 

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(Nasdaq Global Select Market)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. x

 

 

 


 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 12, 2019, Natera, Inc. (“Natera” or the “Company”) entered into a third amendment (“Amendment”) to its credit agreement dated August 8, 2017, as previously amended on December 31, 2018 and April 15, 2019 (collectively, the “Credit Agreement”) with OrbiMed Royalty Opportunities II, L.P. (“OrbiMed”). The Credit Agreement includes certain affirmative and negative covenants with respect to the Company’s management of its accounts and the disposition of its assets. The Amendment excludes the Company’s sale of certain assets and the accounts associated with the sale of these assets from the affirmative and negative covenants in the Credit Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which Natera intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to its next Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

Natera, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Michael Brophy

 

 

Michael Brophy

 

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

Dated: September 13, 2019

 

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