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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 31, 2015
 
 
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-36819
 
46-2654405
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
3737 Market Street
Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA
 
19104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 772-7589
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
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Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On December 31, 2015, Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amended and restated Patent License Agreement by and between The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation (“Penn”) and the Company, as successor to AAVenue Therapeutics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the amended and restated agreement the “Amended License”).

The Amended License converts the Company’s co-exclusive license to certain patents rights owned by Penn, Cornell University and/or the University of Florida related to a method of treating and retarding the development of blindness, including, in particular, Lebers Congenital Amaurosis, to an exclusive license in the field of use related to the treatment of retinal disorders or diseases caused by a mutation or mutations in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-65 gene.

The foregoing description of the Amended License does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended License, which the Company intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2015.








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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SPARK THERAPEUTICS, INC.
 
 
 
 
Date: January 5, 2016
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Joseph W. La Barge
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joseph W. La Barge
General Counsel