SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT: MARCH 24, 2000
(Date of earliest event reported)
INCYTE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 0-27488 94-3136539
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
3174 PORTER DRIVE, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 855-0555
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Item 5. Other Events.
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The 2000 Annual Meeting of Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") will be
held on June 5, 2000 at such place and time as will be set forth in the
Company's proxy statement relating to that meeting. A stockholder proposal not
included in the proxy statement for the Company's 2000 Annual Meeting will be
ineligible for presentation at the meeting unless the stockholder gives timely
notice of the proposal in writing to the Secretary of the Company at the
principal executive offices of the Company and otherwise complies with the
provisions of the Company's Bylaws. To be timely, the Company's Bylaws provide
that the Company must have received the stockholder's notice not less than 60
days nor more than 90 days prior to the scheduled date of such meeting.
However, if notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting
is given or made to stockholders less than 70 days prior to the meeting date,
the Company must receive the stockholder's notice by the earlier of (i) the
close of business on the 10th day after the earlier of the day the Company
mailed notice of the annual meeting date or provided such public disclosure of
the meeting date and (ii) two days prior to the scheduled date of the annual
meeting. For the Company's 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, stockholders
must submit written notice to the Secretary in accordance with the foregoing
Bylaw provisions no later than April 6, 2000.
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SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: March 24, 2000
INCYTE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By /s/ John M. Vuko
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Name: John M. Vuko
Title: Chief Financial Officer
