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

April 16, 2009

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

ANTIGENICS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   000-29089   06-1562417

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3 Forbes Road

Lexington, MA

   02421
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

781-674-4400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On April 16, 2009, Antigenics Inc. (the “Company”) issued 990,662 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to Fletcher International, Ltd. (“Fletcher”) upon a cashless conversion by Fletcher of 1,000 shares of the Company’s Series B2 Convertible Preferred Stock.

The Shares were issued in a transaction registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, under the Company’s previously filed and effective Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-156556).

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.

 

  ANTIGENICS INC.

Date: April 17, 2009

   By:  

/s/ Garo H. Armen

    Garo H. Armen
    Chairman and CEO