13D Filing: Adage Capital Management and Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp (ITEK)

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(c) The principal business of ACP is to invest in securities. The principal business of ACPGP is the management of the affairs of ACP. The principal business of ACA,  and each Managing Member is the management of investments in securities.
(d) None of the Reporting Persons has, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) None of the Reporting Persons has, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and, as a result of such proceeding, was, or is subject to, a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
(f) ACP is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.  ACPGP and ACA are limited liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.  Messrs. Gross and Atchinson are citizens of the United States.

 

Item 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION
Funds for the purchase of the 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock to which this Schedule 13D relates were derived from working capital of ACP and margin account borrowings made in the ordinary course of business.  In such instances, the positions held in the margin accounts are pledged as collateral security for the repayment of debit balances in the account, which may exist from time to time.  Since other securities are held in the margin accounts, it is not possible to determine the amounts, if any, of margin used to purchase the 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock reported herein. A total of $7,079,348.55 was paid to acquire the 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock reported herein.  ACPGP, ACA and Messrs. Atchinson or Gross control the investing and trading in securities of ACP. None of ACPGP, ACA or Messrs. Atchinson or Gross directly hold any shares of Common Stock.

 

Item 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
The Reporting Persons acquired the shares of Common Stock to which this Schedule 13D relates for investment purposes in the ordinary course of business, and not with the purpose nor with the effect of changing or influencing the control or management of the Issuer.  The Reporting Persons acquired the shares of Common Stock pursuant to investment strategies, including merger arbitrage and event driven strategies, because they believed that the shares of Common Stock reported herein, when purchased, represented an attractive investment opportunity.  Accordingly, the Reporting Persons may not be eligible to report this position on a Schedule 13G. See Colish, Faith (No-Act., Available March 24, 1980). On September 13, 2017, the Issuer filed a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing it had entered into an

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