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vktx-8k_20230208.htm
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):
February 8, 2023
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
001-37355
46-1073877
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
9920 Pacific Heights Blvd
,
Suite 350
,
San Diego
,
California
92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(
858
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704-4660
N/A
(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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act
Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share
VKTX
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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In this report, "Viking Therapeutics," "Viking," "Company," "we," "us" and "our" refer to Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On February 8, 2023, we issued a press release reporting our financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022 and providing a corporate update. The full text of the press release is furnished as exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with General Instructions B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No
Description
99.1
Press release issued February 8, 2023, reporting financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022 and providing a corporate update.
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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.
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Date:
February 8, 2023
By:
/s/ Brian Lian, Ph.D.
Brian Lian, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)