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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
As previously reported, on August 30, 2019, CRISPR Therapeutics AG (the “Company”) entered into an Open Market Sale AgreementTM (the “Agreement”) with Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”), under which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time at its sole discretion through Jefferies, as its sales agent, its common shares, par value of CHF 0.03 per share (the “Common Shares”).
On December 11, 2020, the Company filed a prospectus supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to offer and sell from time to time at its sole discretion through Jefferies, as its sales agent, additional Common Shares having an aggregate offering price of up to $350,000,000 (the “Offering”). The Common Shares for the Offering will be offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s previously filed automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-227427) filed by the Company with the SEC on September 19, 2018.
The legal opinion of Walder Wyss AG relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Common Shares in the Offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 5.1 | Opinion of Walder Wyss AG. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Walder Wyss AG (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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.
| CRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG | ||||||
| Date: December 11, 2020 | By: | /s/ Samarth Kulkarni | ||||
| Samarth Kulkarni, Ph.D. | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||