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):
November 1, 2005

 

PROTEIN DESIGN LABS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-19756

 

94-3023969

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)

 

34801 Campus Drive

Fremont, California 94555
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(510) 574-1400

 

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):

 

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On November 1, 2005, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the Company’s financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2005 (the “Results”) and held a conference call regarding those Results (the “Conference Call”).  The Press Release and a transcript of the Conference Call are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to this Current report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

 Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

 

To supplement the information that is presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), in our historical information for the period presented as well as our forward-looking guidance in the press release and conference call, we provide certain non-GAAP financial measures that exclude from the directly comparable GAAP measures certain non-cash charges, including charges related to acquisitions such as acquired in-process research and development, amortization of workforce, asset impairment charge and stock compensation expense.  We believe that these non-GAAP measures enhance an investor’s overall understanding of our financial performance and future prospects by reconciling more closely to the actual cash expenses of the Company in its operations as well as excluding expenses that in management’s view are unrelated to our core operations, the inclusion of which may make it more difficult for investors and financial analysts reporting on the Company to compare our results from period to period.  Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information presented in compliance with GAAP, and non-GAAP financial measures as reported by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled items reported by other companies.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated November 1, 2005, regarding the third quarter 2005 financial results of Protein Design Labs, Inc.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Transcript of earnings call, held on November 1, 2005, regarding the third quarter 2005 financial results of Protein Design Labs, Inc.

 

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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.

 

Date:    November 4, 2005

 

 

PROTEIN DESIGN LABS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ Glen Y. Sato

 

 

Glen Y. Sato

 

 

Senior Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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