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):   July 1, 2010
 
ENTREMED, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

DELAWARE
 
0-20713
 
58-1959440
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification
incorporation or organization)
  
 
  
No.)

9640 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, Maryland

(Address of principal executive offices)
 
20850  

(Zip Code)
 
(240) 864-2600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.03.     Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On June 30, 2010, EntreMed, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ( the “Amendment”) with the Delaware Secretary of State to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.  The Amendment, which was effective as of 8:00 a.m. EST, on July 1, 2010 (the “Effective Time”), affected a 1-for-11 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”).

As a result of the reverse stock split, each eleven shares of the Common Stock that were issued and outstanding or held in treasury at the Effective Time were automatically combined into one share.  No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split. Stockholders who are entitled to fractional shares will receive a cash payment in lieu of receiving fractional shares equal to the fractional share interest multiplied by $0.40 (the per share closing price of the Company’s common stock as last reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on June 30, 2010).

For the purpose of identifying the reverse stock split, the Company's trading symbol will be temporarily changed from “ENMD” to “ENMDD” for a period of twenty trading days beginning July 1, 2010.  The Company's trading symbol will revert to “ENMD” on July 30, 2010.   The Company’s new CUSIP number for its Common Stock is 29382F  202.

The Company’s transfer agent and exchange agent for purposes of the reverse stock split, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, will send instructions to stockholders of record who hold stock certificates regarding the exchange of old stock certificates for new stock certificates.

The Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.  The press release announcing the reverse stock split is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
Exhibits

 
3.1
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

 
99.1
Press Release, dated June 30, 2010

 
 

 

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.

 
ENTREMED, INC.
   
 
/s/ Cynthia W. Hu
   
 
Cynthia W. Hu
 
Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel & Secretary

Date:  July 7, 2010

 
 

 

Exhibit Index

3.1
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

99.1
Press Release, dated June 30, 2010
 
 
 

 

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ENTREMED, INC.
 
EntreMed, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:
 
 FIRST: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation has duly adopted resolutions: (i) authorizing the Corporation to execute and file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware this Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate of Amendment”) to combine each eleven (11) outstanding shares of the Corporation's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), into one (1) share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share; and (ii) declaring this Certificate of Amendment to be advisable and recommended for approval by the stockholders of the Corporation.
 
SECOND: That this Certificate of Amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the Board of Directors and the stockholders of the Corporation.
 
THIRD: That the capital of the Corporation shall not be reduced under or by reason of this Certificate of Amendment.
 
FOURTH: That upon the effectiveness of this Certificate of Amendment, Article FOURTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated such that, as amended, said paragraph below shall read as follows:
 
“The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is One Hundred Seventy Five Million (175,000,000) divided into two classes as follows:

(A)   Common Stock . One Hundred Seventy Million (170,000,000) shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), the holder of which shall be entitled to one vote for each share on all matters required or permitted to be voted on by stockholders of the Corporation, and

(B)  Preferred Stock . Five Million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, $1.00 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”).
 
Effective at 8:00 a.m. on July 1, 2010, each eleven (11) shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding at such time shall be combined into one (1) share of Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”).  No fractional shares shall be issued upon the Reverse Stock Split.  All shares of Common Stock (including fractions thereof) issuable upon the Reverse Stock Split to a given holder shall be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the Reverse Stock Split would result in the issuance of any fractional share.  If, after the aforementioned aggregation, the Reverse Stock Split would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Corporation shall, in lieu of issuing any such fractional share, pay the holder otherwise entitled to such fraction a sum in cash equal to the fraction multiplied by the fair market value per share of the Common Stock as determined in a reasonable manner by the Board of Directors.  Upon surrender by a holder of a certificate or certificates for Common Stock (including, for this purpose, a holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Preferred Stock), duly endorsed, at the office of the Corporation (or, if lost, an acceptable affidavit of loss is delivered to the Corporation), the Corporation shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver to such holder, or to the nominee or assignee of such holder, a new certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock, or book-entry shares in lieu of a new certificate or certificates evidencing and representing the number of shares of Common Stock, that such holder shall be entitled to following the Reverse Stock Split.”

 
 

 
 
Exhibit 3.1
 
FIFTH:    This Certificate of Amendment shall become effective at 8:00 a.m. on July 1, 2010.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by Cynthia W. Hu, its Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, this 30 th day of June, 2010.
 
 
ENTREMED, INC.
   
 
By:
/s/ Cynthia W. Hu
 
Name:   
Cynthia W. Hu
 
Title:
Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel &
   
Secretary

 
 

 
 
Exhibit 99.1
 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 
CONTACT:
June 30, 2010
 
Ginny Dunn
4:15 p.m. EDT
 
Associate Director, Corporate
   
Communications & Investor
   
Relations
   
EntreMed, Inc.
   
240.864.2643

ENTREMED ANNOUNCES REVERSE STOCK SPLIT

ROCKVILLE, MD , June 30, 2010 – EntreMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENMD), today announced that it has filed a certificate of amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a 1-for-11 reverse stock split that will become effective with the open of trading on July 1, 2010.   The primary objective in affecting a reverse split is to better enable the Company to maintain the listing of its common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market.  The Company’s common stock will continue trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market and will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis at the open of trading on Thursday, July 1, 2010.

At EntreMed’s Annual Meeting of Stockholder’s held on June 3, 2010, stockholders voted to approve a proposal authorizing the Board of Directors, at its discretion, to implement a reverse split at a ratio between 1-for-2 and 1-for-20 of the Company’s common stock without further action from stockholders, and as authorized, the Board of Directors has elected to effect a reverse split at the ratio of 1-for-11.

 “We appreciate the support of our stockholders in granting our Board of Directors the authority to affect a reverse split.  After in-depth consideration of our options, the Board determined that a reverse split of the Company’s stock is in the best interest of stockholders and is the appropriate next step in order to execute our clinical development objectives for ENMD-2076,” commented Michael M. Tarnow, Executive Chairman of EntreMed.  “By affecting a reverse stock split, the Company is better positioned to regain compliance with the NASDAQ listing rules.  Maintaining our listing on NASDAQ provides the Company with greater flexibility with respect to access to the capital markets.  We feel positive about the clinical results of ENMD-2076 thus far and maintaining our listing on NASDAQ affords us greater corporate opportunities to continue to financially and strategically support the development of ENMD-2076.”

Details of the Reverse Split

At the effective time of the reverse stock split, every 11 shares of EntreMed’s pre-split common stock, par value, $0.01 per share, will automatically be reclassified as and converted into 1 share of post-split common stock, par value, $0.01 per share.  As a result of the reverse split, the number of shares of outstanding common stock will be approximately 9.5 million, excluding stock options and unexercised warrants and subject to adjustment for fractional shares.  The reverse stock split will not affect any stockholder’s ownership percentage of EntreMed’s shares, except to the limited extent that the reverse stock split would result in any stockholder owning a fractional share.


 
 

 

It is expected that NASDAQ will append a “D” to the Company’s ticker symbol to indicate the completion of the reverse split and that after a 20 trading-day period following the reverse split, the ticker symbol will revert to “ENMD”.  In addition, shares of EntreMed common stock will also trade under a new CUSIP number effective July 1, 2010.

Additional information, including FAQ’s from our shareholders, can be accessed directly at www.entremed.com/Reverse-Split-FAQs.pdf and in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 29, 2010.

About EntreMed

EntreMed, Inc. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company committed to developing ENMD-2076, a selective angiogenic kinase inhibitor, for the treatment of cancer.  ENMD-2076 is currently in a multi-center Phase 2 study in ovarian cancer and in several Phase 1 studies in solid tumors, multiple myeloma, and leukemia.  Additional information about EntreMed is available on the Company’s web site at www.entremed.com and in various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Forward Looking Statements
 
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act with respect to the outlook for expectations for future financial or business performance, strategies, expectations and goals. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time.  Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and no duty to update forward-looking statements is assumed. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, including those set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission filings under "Risk Factors," including  the risk that we may be unable to continue as a going concern as a result of our inability to raise sufficient capital for our operational needs; the possibility that we may be delisted from trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market; the volatility of our common stock; risks relating to the need for additional capital and the uncertainty of securing additional funding on favorable terms; the failure to consummate a transaction to monetize the royalty stream for any reason, including our inability to obtain the required third-party consents; declines in actual sales of Thalomid ® resulting in reduced revenues; risks associated with the Company’s product candidates; the early-stage products under development; results in preclinical models are not necessarily indicative of clinical results; uncertainties relating to preclinical and clinical trials, including delays to the commencement of such trials; success in the clinical development of any products; dependence on third parties; future capital needs; and risks relating to the commercialization, if any, of the Company's proposed products (such as marketing, safety, regulatory, patent, product liability, supply, competition and other risks).
 
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