On February 12, 2007, the Board of Directors of Telik, Inc. (the Company) committed to a restructuring plan that will result in an immediate reduction of approximately 25% of the Companys workforce. Employees directly affected by the restructuring plan have received notification and will be provided with severance payments and outplacement assistance. The restructuring plan follows the Companys announcement of the preliminary results of its Phase 3 ASSIST-1, ASSIST-2 and ASSIST-3 trials for its lead product candidate, TELCYTA and is intended to reduce the Companys operating expenses. The Company expects to complete the restructuring plan by the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2007.
As a result of the restructuring plan, the Company estimates that it will record a one-time restructuring charge in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007 of approximately $1.5 million for severance costs and $0.1 million for other charges related to the restructuring plan. The Company estimates that the $1.6 million represents the total amount of the restructuring charge to be incurred and includes future cash expenditures. The majority of the severance payments will be paid in cash during the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. The severance-related charge that the Company expects to incur in connection with the restructuring is subject to a number of assumptions, and actual results may materially differ. The Company may also incur other material charges not currently contemplated due to events that may occur as a result of, or associated with, the restructuring plan.
This report contains forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements with respect to the expected timing for completion of the restructuring plan. Any statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause the results of the Company to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, risks and uncertainties related to the Companys ability to obtain the capital necessary to fund its operations on acceptable terms; the possibility that the Company may require more cash than anticipated for its operating activities; the Companys need to retain skilled employees and consultants and other risks detailed from time to time in the Companys SEC reports, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, and other periodic filings with the SEC. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit Title | |
| 99.1 | Press release, dated as of February 13, 2007, entitled Telik Announces Corporate Restructuring. |
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.
| TELIK, INC. | ||||||||
| Dated: February 13, 2007 | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Cynthia M. Butitta | |||||||
| Cynthia M. Butitta, | ||||||||
| Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||


