8-K Earnings Release July 2015
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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, 2015
ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 000-27756 | 13-3648318 |
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352 Knotter Drive, Cheshire, Connecticut 06410
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 272-2596
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On July 30, 2015, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. issued a press release relating to its results of operations and financial conditions for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
The attached press release contains both U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, and non-GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial measures exclude the impact of share-based compensation expense, acquisition-related costs, upfront and milestone payments related to license and collaboration agreements, intangible asset impairments, restructuring expenses, and non-cash taxes. Reconciliations between non-GAAP and GAAP financial measures are included in the press release set forth as Exhibit 99.1 furnished to this Form 8-K. Alexion's management utilizes non-GAAP financial information to provide a useful measure of comparative operating performance of Alexion. The non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental to and not a substitute for, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release issued by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on July 30, 2015 relating to its results of operations and financial conditions for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.
Signature
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.
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Date: July 30, 2015 | ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
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| By: /s/ Michael V. Greco |
| Name: Michael V. Greco |
| Title: Vice President of Law and Corporate Secretary |
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