lgnd-20201001


Delaware	001-33093	77-0160744
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)


3911 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, Suite 110
San Diego
CA						92121
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	LGND	The Nasdaq Global Market

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On October 1, 2020, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (the “Company”), filed a current report on Form 8-K (the “Original Filing”) disclosing that it completed its acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of Pfenex Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Pfenex”), pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated August 10, 2020, by and among the Company, Pelican Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Pfenex.

This Amendment No.1 on Form 8-K/A amends the Original Filing to include the required historical financial statements of Pfenex and the pro forma financial information required by Items 9.01(a) and 9.01(b) of Form 8-K, as well as the related auditor consent, and should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing. This Amendment No. 1 does not amend any other item of the Original Filing except as provided herein.

The pro forma financial information included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A has been presented for informational purposes only, as required by Form 8-K, and does not purport to represent the actual results of operations that the Company and Pfenex would have achieved had the companies been combined at and during the period presented in the pro forma financial information, and is not intended to project the future results of operations that the combined company may achieve following the Acquisition.

The audited consolidated financial statements of Pfenex as of December 31, 2019 and for the year then ended are filed as Exhibit 99.1 and are incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements of the Company as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 are filed as Exhibit 99.2 and are incorporated herein by reference.


Exhibit No.			Description
23.1			Consent of KPMG LLP
99.1			Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of Pfenex Inc. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019
99.2			Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


			LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

Date: December 10, 2020			By: /s/ Charles S. Berkman Name: Charles S. Berkman Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary