Edgar Filing: LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL CO

LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY

Date: April 4, 2013

/s/ George Tidmarsh

George Tidmarsh

President and Chief Executive Officer

FORM 8-K

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 4, 2013

LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Califorina

0-24274

33-0361285

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4660 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 1070, San Diego, California 92122

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 207-4264

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 1, 2013, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (the “Company”) reported its results of operations for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012. A copy of the release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Report”). The press release should be read in conjunction with the note regarding forward looking statements, which is included in the text of the release.

The information in this Item 2.02 and attached Exhibit 99.1 to this Report will not be treated as “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This information will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into another filing under the Exchange Act, unless that filing expressly incorporates this information by reference.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release dated April 1, 2013.

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.