8-K 1 d8k.htm CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K Current Report on Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): April 4, 2006

 


Dendreon Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   000-30681   22-3203193

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3005 First Avenue

Seattle, Washington

  98121
(Address of Principal Executive Office)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (206) 256-4545

None

(Former name or former address, if change since last report)

 


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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On April 4, 2006, Dendreon Corporation (the “Company”) entered into the First Amendment to the Construction Services Agreement between The Henderson Corporation (“Henderson”) and Dendreon Corporation (the “Amendment”) in order to reflect a phased approach to the construction improvements to the Company’s Hanover, New Jersey manufacturing facility. The Amendment also provides that the Company will pay Henderson for such construction services an amount not to exceed $3,175,000. The full text of the Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.39.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibit

 

10.39    First Amendment to Construction Services Agreement between The Henderson Corporation and Dendreon Corporation, dated April 4, 2006.


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.

 

DENDREON CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Richard F. Hamm, Jr.
  Richard F. Hamm, Jr.
  Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Date: April 7, 2006


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

10.39    First Amendment to Construction Services Agreement between The Henderson Corporation and Dendreon Corporation, dated April 4, 2006.