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):  April 17, 2016

 

BEIGENE, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

c/o Mourant Ozannes Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited

94 Solaris Avenue, Camana Bay

Grand Cayman KY1-1108

Cayman Islands
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

+1 (345) 949 4123

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01                                           Other Events.

 

On April 17, 2016, BeiGene, Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing clinical data from its BGB-283 clinical trial that was presented in an oral presentation at the 2016 American Association for Cancer Research (“AACR”) Annual Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 17, 2016.  The full text of the Company’s press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)         Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release issued on April 17, 2016

 

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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.

 

	BEIGENE, LTD.
Date: April 18, 2016	By:	/s/ Howard Liang
	Name:	Howard Liang
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release issued on April 17, 2016

 

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