Unassociated Document
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

May 18, 2010

 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware 001-15697 22-3542636
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
165 Ludlow Avenue, Northvale, New Jersey 07647

(Address of principal executive offices)


(201) 750-2646

 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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Item 2.01  Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On May 18, 2010, Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) executed an asset purchase agreement with Mikah Pharma LLC (the “Seller”) and under that agreement completed the acquisition from the Seller of Abbreviated New Drug Application number 76-723 (Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Tablets USP, 8 mg) and all amendments thereto (the “ANDA”), that have to date been filed with the FDA seeking authorization and approval to manufacture, package, ship and sell the products described in the ANDA, for aggregate consideration of $225,000, comprised of an initial payment of $150,000 paid to the Seller on May 18, 2010 and a second payment of $75,000 to be made to the Seller on June 15, 2010 (the “Final Payment”).  The Company has the option to make the Final Payment in either cash or shares of common stock of the Company with an aggregate value of $75,000, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on May 18, 2010.

 Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated May 24, 2010.
 
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.
 
Dated: May 24, 2010
 
  ELITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.  
       
 
By:
/s/ Chris Dick  
    Name: Chris Dick  
    Title: President & Chief Operating Officer