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):  July 30, 2018

SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 672-9100

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Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 30, 2018, SIGA Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a modification (the “Modification”) of its 2011 procurement contract (contract #HHS0100201100001C) with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

The Modification provides for the exercise by BARDA of its option for a $50 million payment to the Company relating to approval by the United States Food & Drug Administration of an extension to 84-month expiry for the Company’s orally-administered drug TPOXX® for the treatment of smallpox.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Modification, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) The following exhibit is included in this report:

 

SIGNATURE

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.