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Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7)

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7)

File No. 333-130591

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 3

TO PROSPECTUS DATED DECEMBER 21, 2005 (as supplemented by Prospectus Supplement No. 1 dated January 18, 2006 and Prospectus Supplement No. 2 dated January 19, 2006)

 

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS

 

$315,000,000 of 3.25% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2012

and Shares of Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes

 

 

This prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus, dated December 21, 2005, relating to the resale by selling securityholders of our 3.25% convertible subordinated notes due 2012 and shares of our common stock into which the notes are convertible. This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with the prospectus, and is qualified by reference to the prospectus, except to the extent that the information presented herein supersedes the information contained in the prospectus. This prospectus supplement is not complete without, and may not be delivered or utilized except in connection with, the prospectus, including any amendments or supplements thereto.

 

Investing in our notes or our common stock offered by this prospectus involves a high degree of risk. Please carefully consider the “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 of the prospectus as well as the section entitled “Risk Factors” included in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and in our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, as well as any amendments thereto, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS TO WHICH IT RELATES IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

 

 

The information in the table appearing under the caption “Selling Securityholders” in the prospectus is amended by adding the information below with respect to persons not previously listed in the prospectus or in any amendments or supplements thereto, and by superseding the information with respect to persons previously listed in the prospectus with the information that is set forth below:

 

Name

    Principal Amount
of Notes Beneficially
Owned and Offered (1)
    Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned (1)(2)
    Common
Stock
Offered (1)(2)
   

Principal

Amount of

Notes Owned

After
Completion of
Offering

    Common Stock
Beneficially Owned After
Completion of the Offering (3)
               Number of
Shares
    Percentage
Ownership

Independence Blue Cross

    $ 139,000    6,459    6,459    —      —      *

Lehman Brothers Inc. (4)

    $ 25,000,000    1,161,817    1,161,817    —      —      *

LLT Limited

    $ 283,000    13,151    13,151    —      —      *

Morley Alternative Investment Strategy Fund PCC LTD/FAO Convertible Bond Arbitrage Fund

    $ 2,000,000    92,945    92,945    —      —      *

New York Hotel Trades Council & Assoc of NYC Pension Funds

    $ 100,000    4,647    4,647    —      —      *

United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds

    $ 100,000    4,647    4,647    —      —      *

Maxim Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio

    $ 285,000    13,244    13,244    —      —      *

No. California UFCW Employers Joint Pension

    $ 160,000    7,435    7,435    —      —      *

Firefighters Pension & Relief Fund - City of New Orleans

    $ 5,000    232    232    —      —      *

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. - Medium Grade

    $ 60,000    2,788    2,788    —      —      *

Name

    Principal Amount
of Notes Beneficially
Owned and Offered (1)
    Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned (1)(2)
    Common
Stock
Offered (1)(2)
   

Principal

Amount of

Notes Owned

After
Completion of
Offering

    Common Stock
Beneficially Owned After
Completion of the Offering (3)
               Number of
Shares
    Percentage
Ownership

CDC AM - L/S High Yield Fund

    $ 155,000    7,203    7,203    —      —      *

CDC AM - L/S Bond Fund

    $ 145,000    6,738    6,738    —      —      *

Health Services Retirement Plan

    $ 75,000    3,485    3,485    —      —      *

United Technologies Corp Master Retirement Trust

    $ 440,000    20,447    20,447    —      —      *

Michigan Laborers’ Pension Fund

    $ 20,000    929    929    —      —      *

Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc.

    $ 375,000    17,427    17,427    —      —      *

Dallas Police and Fire Pension System

    $ 100,000    4,647    4,647    —      —      *

Houston Firefighters Relief & Retirement Fund B

    $ 200,000    9,294    9,294    —      —      *

LA Water and Power Employee’s Retirement Plan

    $ 290,000    13,477    13,477    —      —      *

High Yield Verizon Master Trust

    $ 20,000    929    929    —      —      *

Health Care Security Trust - High Yield

    $ 50,000    2,323    2,323    —      —      *

High Yield PRIT

    $ 2,775,000    128,961    128,961    —      —      *

Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Co.

    $ 100,000    4,647    4,647    —      —      *

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

    $ 10,000    464    464    —      —      *

Bakery & Confectioner Union Pension Fund

    $ 295,000    13,709    13,709    —      —      *

Stealth Growth Fund - Loomis

    $ 40,000    1,858    1,858    —      —      *

New Hampshire Retirement System

    $ 70,000    3,253    3,253    —      —      *

North Dakota State Investment Board

    $ 60,000    2,788    2,788    —      —      *

Firemen’s Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago - Opportunistic FI

    $ 50,000    2,323    2,323    —      —      *

Centerpoint Energy, Inc.

    $ 155,000    7,203    7,203    —      —      *

Desert States UFCW Unions Pension Plan

    $ 45,000    2,091    2,091    —      —      *

City of Fresno Employees and Fire and Police Retirement System

    $ 400,000    18,589    18,589    —      —      *

The Detroit Medical Center Consolidated Pension Plan

    $ 55,000    2,555    2,555    —      —      *

O5

    $ 25,000    1,161    1,161    —      —      *

The Detroit Medical Center Endowment / Funded Dep Fund

    $ 15,000    697    697    —      —      *

U.S. Retirement Trust

    $ 45,000    2,091    2,091    —      —      *

NSTAR Union Medical VEBA

    $ 110,000    5,111    5,111    —      —      *

LS Bond Fund

    $ 4,230,000    196,579    196,579    —      —      *

LS Fixed Income Fund

    $ 275,000    12,779    12,779    —      —      *

LS Institutional High Income Fund

    $ 350,000    16,265    16,265    —      —      *

Name

    Principal Amount
of Notes Beneficially
Owned and Offered (1)
    Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned (1)(2)
    Common
Stock
Offered (1)(2)
   

Principal

Amount of

Notes Owned

After
Completion of
Offering

    Common Stock
Beneficially Owned After
Completion of the Offering (3)
               Number of
Shares
    Percentage
Ownership

Halliburton High Yield

    $ 45,000    2,091    2,091    —      —      *

Sony Pension Fund

    $ 30,000    1,394    1,394    —      —      *

Richmond Retirement System High Yield Fixed Income

    $ 115,000    5,344    5,344    —      —      *

Albertsons

    $ 90,000    4,182    4,182    —      —      *

Ohio Carpenters Pension Fund

    $ 160,000    7,435    7,435    —      —      *

Alameda County Retirement Association Fund B

    $ 495,000    23,003    23,003    —      —      *

LS Strategic Income Fund

    $ 2,730,000    126,870    126,870    —      —      *

Houston Municipal Employees Pension System

    $ 35,000    1,626    1,626    —      —      *

The Boston Foundation Inc. - Fixed Income

    $ 20,000    929    929    —      —      *

Orange County Employees Retirement System

    $ 115,000    5,344    5,344    —      —      *

Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan

    $ 180,000    8,365    8,365    —      —      *

State of Connecticut Fund F

    $ 425,000    19,750    19,750    —      —      *

Minnesota Laborers Pension Fund

    $ 30,000    1,394    1,394    —      —      *

So. CA UFCW Unions & Food Employers Joint Pension Trust Fund

    $ 95,000    4,414    4,414    —      —      *

Topaz Fund (5)

    $ 8,000,000    371,781    371,781    —      —      *

Radcliffe SPC, Ltd for and on behalf of the Class A Convertible Crossover Segregated Portfolio

    $ 2,770,000    128,729    128,729    —      —      *

UBS O’Connor LLC f/b/o O’Connor Global Convertible Arbitrage II Master Limited

    $ 191,000    8,876    8,876    —      —      *

UBS O’Connor LLC f/b/o O’Connor Global Convertible Arbitrage Master Limited

    $ 1,009,000    46,890    46,890    —      —      *
* Less than one percent.
(1) Amounts indicated may be in excess of the total amount registered due to sales or transfers exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act since the date upon which the selling holders provided to us the information regarding their notes and common stock.
(2) Unless otherwise noted, represents shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.
(3) Percentage is based on 87,684,184 shares of common stock outstanding as of December 13, 2005.
(4) These selling security holders are also registered broker-dealers and therefore may be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
(5) These selling security holders are affiliates of registered broker-dealers and have advised us that they purchased the notes in the ordinary course of business and, at the time of the purchase of the notes, had no agreements or understandings directly or indirectly with any person to distribute the notes or the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion thereof.

 

The date of this prospectus supplement is February 14, 2006.