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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-255942
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190926
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190926
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190926

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			XOMA Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000791908
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				522154066
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-14710
		FILM NUMBER:		191117923

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 POWELL STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 310
		CITY:			EMERYVILLE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94608
		BUSINESS PHONE:		510-204-7239

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 POWELL STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 310
		CITY:			EMERYVILLE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94608

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	XOMA LTD /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990107

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	XOMA CORP /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September&nbsp;26, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>XOMA CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">000-14710</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"><B>2200 Powell Street, Suite 310, Emeryville, California</B></TD>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(510)&nbsp;204-7200</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17
CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Common&nbsp;Stock,&nbsp;par&nbsp;value $0.0075 per share</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>The Nasdaq Global Market</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act of 1933 (&#167; 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September 26, 2019, XOMA (US) LLC (the &#147;Company&#148;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of XOMA Corporation, entered into a royalty purchase
agreement (the &#147;Purchase Agreement&#148;) with Palo Biofarma, S.L. (&#147;Palo&#148;), a company organized and existing under the laws of Spain. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired the rights to potential royalty payments
in low single digit percentages of aggregate Net Sales (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) associated with six drug candidates in various clinical development stages, targeting the adenosine pathway with potential applications in solid tumors,
asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, inflammatory bowel disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, psoriasis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and other indications (the &#147;Licensed Products&#148;) that are being developed by
Palo. Novartis Pharma AG is a development partner on one of the Licensed Products (the &#147;Licensee&#148;) and such Licensed Product is being developed pursuant to a license agreement between Palo and the Licensee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company will pay Palo $10&nbsp;million (the &#147;Payment&#148;) for the rights to potential
royalty payments on future sales of the Licensed Products. The Company plans to partially finance the Payment by drawing a $5&nbsp;million term loan under its Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank dated May&nbsp;7, 2018, as amended on
March&nbsp;4, 2019, as previously filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-Q&nbsp;for</FONT> the three month period ending June&nbsp;30, 2018 and the three month period ending
March&nbsp;31, 2019. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Purchase Agreement also contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities. The Purchase
Agreement will terminate six (6)&nbsp;months following the full satisfaction of any amounts due under any of the License Agreements (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and receipt by the Company of all payments to which it is entitled under the
Purchase Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The description of the Purchase Agreement contained herein does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such Purchase Agreement, together with the exhibits thereto, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the period ending
September&nbsp;30, 2019. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item 2.01. Completion or Acquisition or Disposition of Assets</B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information included under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> is incorporated by
reference herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">an&nbsp;Off-Balance&nbsp;Sheet</FONT> Arrangement of a Registrant. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information included under
Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> is incorporated by reference herein. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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