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    Nektar Therapeutics filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits

    1/27/26 4:02:13 PM ET
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    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): January 27, 2026

     

    NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS

    (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

     

    Delaware   0-24006   94-3134940
    (State or Other Jurisdiction
    of Incorporation)
      (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
    Identification No.)

     

    455 Mission Bay Boulevard South

    San Francisco, California 94158

    (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

     

    Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 482-5300

     

    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:

     

    ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

     

    ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

     

    ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

     

    ☐ 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(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
    Common Stock, $0.0001 par value   NKTR   Nasdaq Capital Market

     

    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 ☐

     

    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. ☐

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Item 7.01 Regulation FD.

     

    As Nektar Therapeutics (the “Company”) prepares for analyses of data (the “Maintenance Data”) from the 36-week maintenance period of its Phase 2b REZOLVE-AD study of rezpegaldesleukin in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis, the Company is entering a quiet period beginning January 27, 2026 and continuing until the public announcement of the data. The implementation of the quiet period is consistent with the Company’s prior quiet periods pertaining to the Phase 2b REZOLVE studies and planned data disclosures. The Company’s next planned investor communication is expected in February 2026 at the time of the presentation of the Maintenance Data.

     

    The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “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 and shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing 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 
    104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

     

    1

     

     

    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.

     

      NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
         
    Date: January 27, 2026 By: /s/ Elizabeth Zhang
        Elizabeth Zhang
        Vice President, Legal

     

     

    2

     

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