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):  June 14, 2019

 

bluebird bio, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

DELAWARE

001-35966

13-3680878

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

60 Binney Street,

Cambridge, MA  

 

02142

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (339) 499-9300

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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 Instructions A.2. below):

☐

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

BLUE

The NASDAQ Global Select Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 


Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On June 14, 2019, bluebird bio, Inc. (“bluebird”) will conduct an investor webcast providing updates in its programs in transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease, including summaries of clinical data from its clinical studies HGB-206, HGB-204, HGB-207, and HGB-212, being presented at the 24 th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  A copy of the presentation is furnished to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1

 

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

 

On June 14, 2019, bluebird issued press releases announcing updated clinical data being presented at the 24 th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from the HGB-206 clinical study in sickle cell disease, and the HGB-204, HGB-207, and HGB-212 clinical studies in transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.   The full text of bluebird’s press releases is filed as Exhibits 99.2 and 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits  

 

 


 

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: June 14, 2019

bluebird bio, Inc.


 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jason F. Cole

 

 

 

Jason F. Cole

 

 

 

Chief Operating and Legal Officer

 

 

 

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