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): November 27, 2023


Roivant Sciences Ltd.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Bermuda
001-40782
98-1173944
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7th Floor
50 Broadway
London SW1H 0DB
United Kingdom
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)
 
+44 207 400-3347
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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 Shares, $0.0000000341740141 per share

ROIV

The Nasdaq Global Select Market
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company 
 
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Item 8.01.
Other Events.

On November 27, 2023, Roivant Sciences Ltd. issued a press release announcing that its subsidiary Priovant’s Phase 2 study evaluating oral brepocitinib in adult patients with moderate to severe active lupus did not meet its primary endpoint. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

 Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
 
Description of Exhibit
 
Press Release dated November 27, 2023
104
 
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with 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.
 
ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD.

By:
 
/s/ Matt Maisak
 
 
 
Name: Matt Maisak
 
 
 
Title: Authorized Signatory
 

 
Dated: November 27, 2023