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):  December 14, 2020

APTEVO THERAPEUTICS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (206) 838-0500

Not Applicable

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

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

As previously disclosed, on February 28, 2020, Aptevo Therapeutics, Inc. (“we,” “our” or the “Company”) entered into an LLC Purchase Agreement with Medexus Pharma, Inc. (“Medexus”), pursuant to which we sold all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of Aptevo BioTherapeutics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. As a result of the transaction, Medexus obtained all right, title and interest to the IXINITY product and the related Hemophilia B business and intellectual property (collectively, the “Aptevo BioTherapeutics Business”).  Additionally, as previously disclosed, on March 26, 2020 we effected a 1-for-14 reverse stock split of our outstanding common stock, without any change in par value per share (the “Reverse Stock-Split”).

We are filing this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Form 8-K”) to recast certain historical financial information and related disclosures contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 Form 10-K”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 25, 2020. The information included in Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K presents the financial results of the Aptevo BioTherapeutics Business as a discontinued operation and retroactively adjusts all share and per share amounts to reflect the Reverse Stock Split for all periods presented.  The information in this Form 8-K, including the information incorporated herein by reference, is not an amendment to, or restatement of, the 2019 Form 10-K.

Beginning in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (the “Form 10‑Q”), we presented the Aptevo BioTherapeutics Business as discontinued operations and held for sale in our interim condensed financial statements for all periods presented as a result of meeting the criteria for held for sale and discontinued operations during the quarter ended March 31, 2020. Accordingly, we are filing this Form 8-K to recast the relevant financial information in the 2019 Form 10-K for the Aptevo BioTherapeutics Business as discontinued operations and held for sale and for the change in the measure of profit or loss and reportable segments as of and for each of the periods covered by the 2019 Form 10-K.

The information included in Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K is presented in connection with the reporting changes described above and does not otherwise amend or restate our audited consolidated financial statements that were included in the 2019 Form 10-K. Unaffected items and unaffected portions of the 2019 Form 10-K have not been repeated in, and are not amended or modified by Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. Exhibit 99.1 to this  Form 8-K does not reflect events occurring after we filed the 2019 Form 10-K and does not modify or update the disclosures therein in any way, other than to reflect the presentation of the Aptevo BioTherapeutics Business as a discontinued operation and to retroactively adjust all share and per share amounts to reflect the Reverse Stock Split. Therefore, Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K should be read in conjunction with our other filings made with the SEC, including, and subsequent to, the date of the 2019 Form 10-K.

Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 8-K presents a recast of the following historical financial information and related disclosures:

Part II

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The revised portions of the 2019 10-K are attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

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.