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): April 827, 2020

Aradigm Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California	001-36480	94-3133088
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
39655 Eureka Drive, Newark, California		94560
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

3929 Point Eden Way, Hayward, California		94545
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 265-9000

~~Not~~3929 ~~Applicable~~Point Eden Way, Hayward, California

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common	ARDMQ	OTC Pink

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 8 27, 2020, ~~Aradigm~~the ~~Corporation~~Bankruptcy ~~(the~~Court ~~“Company”)~~entered ~~filed~~an ~~with~~order (i) conditionally approving the ~~Bankruptcy~~disclosure ~~Court~~statement ~~its~~for the Combined Chapter 11 Plan and Disclosure Statement (the “Combined Plan”). ~~As described in the Form 8K~~ filed by ~~the~~Aradigm ~~Company~~Corporation ~~on April 3, 2020,~~ (the “Company”); ~~sold~~(ii) ~~its~~directing ~~assets and intellectual property that pertain to Lipoquin, Free Ciprofloxacin, Apulmiq and any derivatives thereof for cash,~~ the ~~right~~Company to ~~receive~~distribute ~~milestone payments on~~ the ~~occurrence of certain events and the right to receive royalty payments based on future sales of the product. The~~ Combined Plan ~~provides that on the Effective Date of the Combined Plan these assets, as well as the Company’s other assets, will be contributed~~ to ~~a liquidating trust for the benefit of the Company’s~~ creditors and shareholders. ~~The~~for ~~Company’s~~voting; ~~stock will be cancelled~~ and ~~creditors and shareholders will receive a~~(iii) fixing ~~pro~~April 24, ~~rata~~2020 ~~interest~~as in the ~~liquidating~~record ~~trust.~~date ~~The~~for ~~liquidating~~shareholders ~~trust will satisfy the claims of the Company’s priority creditors~~ and ~~will collect any milestone payments and royalty payments that are earned and distribute the proceeds to the Company’s~~ creditors. ~~After creditors are paid in full with interest, the liquidating trust will distribute any remaining proceeds that are received~~ to ~~the Company’s shareholders~~vote.

~~The~~As ~~Combined~~described ~~Plan~~in isthe ~~subject~~Forms to8K filed by the ~~vote~~Company ofon ~~creditors~~April 3, 2020 and ~~shareholders~~on April 13, 2020, the Company sold its assets and isintellectual ~~further~~property ~~subject~~that pertain to Lipoquin, Free Ciprofloxacin, Apulmiq and any derivatives thereof for cash, the ~~approval~~right to receive milestone payments on the occurrence of certain events and the ~~Bankruptcy~~right ~~Court~~to receive royalty payments based on future sales of the product. The ~~Bankruptcy~~Combined ~~Court has~~Plan ~~scheduled~~provides athat ~~hearing~~on ~~for~~the ~~April~~Effective 22Date of the Combined Plan these assets, ~~2020~~as towell ~~consider~~as ~~whether~~the Company’s other assets, will be contributed to ~~grant~~a ~~tentative~~liquidating trust ~~approval~~for the benefit of the ~~Combined~~Company’s ~~Plan~~creditors asand ~~providing~~shareholders. ~~adequate~~The ~~information~~Company’s asstock ~~provided~~will be cancelled and creditors and shareholders will receive a pro rata interest in 11the Uliquidating trust.S The liquidating trust will satisfy the claims of the Company’s priority creditors and will collect any milestone payments and royalty payments that are earned and distribute the proceeds to the Company’s creditors.C. ~~§ 1125~~After creditors are paid in full with interest, the liquidating trust will distribute any remaining proceeds that are received to the Company’s shareholders.

The Combined Plan is subject to the vote of creditors and shareholders and is further subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The Bankruptcy Court has scheduled a hearing for June 10, 2020 to consider whether to confirm the Combined Plan as provided in 11 U.S.C. § 1129. Aradigm anticipates that the Effective Date of the Combined Plan will be June 26, 2020.

The Combined Plan is on file with the Bankruptcy Court. This description of the Combined Plan is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Combined Plan.

~~SIGNATURES~~Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~Pursuant~~(d) ~~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~~Exhibits.



99.1		Press Release of Aradigm Corporation dated April 30, 2020

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.

ARADIGM CORPORATION

Dated: April 13, 2020

/s/ John M. Siebert

Name: John M. Siebert

Title: Acting Principal Executive Officer

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