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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 (Date of earliest event reported):
November __, 1998 (November 9, 1998)
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THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-25978 62-1212485
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
incorporation) Identification
Number)
1207 17th Avenue South
Suite 103
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(615) 327-1027
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On November 6, 1998, shareholders of Therapeutic Antibodies
Inc. (the "Company") approved an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation which increased the number of authorized shares of
the Company's Common Stock, par value US$0.001 per share, from 39,000,000 to
59,000,000 shares. The amendment permitted the Company to complete its
Refinancing, described below.
On November 9, 1998, the Company issued an aggregate of
28,690,561 new shares (the "New Shares") of the Company's Common Stock in
connection with an (pound)11.5 million (US$19.3 million) refinancing
("Refinancing"). The Refinancing consisted of:
1. the placing of 21,300,000 New Shares at a price of 40 pence per
share to raise approximately (pound)7.5 million (US$12.7 million) net of
expenses, which was fully underwritten by Panmure Gordon & Co. Limited;
2. the conversion of US$2.9 million of indebtedness into 4,394,869 New
Shares; and
3. the conversion of all outstanding shares of the Company's Series A
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, together with accrued dividends thereon,
into 2,995,692 New Shares.
The New Shares were admitted to the Official List of the
London Stock Exchange and dealings in the New Shares commenced on November 9,
1998. The Company's Common Stock trades under the symbol "TAB".
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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.
THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES INC.
By: /s/ Andrew J. Heath
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Andrew J. Heath, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Dated: November 9, 1998