UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) July 2, 2014

 

METABOLIX, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

DELAWARE

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-33133

 

04-3158289

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

21 Erie Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

02139

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(617) 583-1700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

Metabolix, Inc. (the “Company”), an advanced biomaterials company focused on sustainable solutions for the plastics and chemicals industries, has updated its previously announced plan to complete the first phase of its financing by June 30, 2014. Although the June 30 target date has passed, the Company’s primary focus remains on completing financing in accordance with the Company’s previously described plan to raise $50 to $60 million over the next 12 months and executing its biopolymers business.  However, there can be no assurance that financing efforts will be successful and the Company may still delay, scale back or otherwise modify its business and its manufacturing plans, its sales and marketing efforts, research and development activities and other operations, and/or pursue strategic alternatives.

 

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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.

 

 

 

METABOLIX, INC.

Date: July 2, 2014

By:

/s/ Joseph D. Hill

 

 

Joseph D. Hill

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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