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 14, 2016
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 001-36544 | 27-4486580 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 215 First Street Cambridge, MA |
02142 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (617) 299-8380
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 14, 2016, Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), completed the sale of 5,062,892 shares of its common stock to the underwriters as part of the Company’s previously announced public offering at the public offering price of $39.75 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions, including the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to 660,377 additional shares of common stock of the Company. The Company’s proceeds raised in the offering, after underwriting discounts and commissions, and before estimated expenses of the offering, were approximately $189.2 million.
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: September 15, 2016 | SAGE THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Anne Marie Cook | |||||||
| Anne Marie Cook Senior Vice President, General Counsel | ||||||||