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| Item 8.01. | Other Events |
On February 13, 2023, Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (“Corcept”) issued a press release announcing that it has reached a preliminary settlement of all claims in the purported securities class action against Corcept and certain of its executive officers captioned Melucci v. Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated, et al., Case No. 5:19-cv-01372-LHK, which was pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Under the proposed settlement, Corcept has agreed to make a one-time payment of $14.0 million, which will be covered in full by Corcept’s insurers.
The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated February 13, 2023 | |
| 104.1 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | |
SIGNATURE
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.
| CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED | ||||||
| Date: February 13, 2023 | By: | /s/ Atabak Mokari | ||||
| Name: | Atabak Mokari | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |||||