Current Report Filing (8-k)
September 18 2015 - 4:11PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): September 16, 2015
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware |
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000-50797 |
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04-3561634 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
675 West Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA |
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02142 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
(617) 491-9700
(Registrants telephone number,
including area code)
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):
¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On September 16, 2015, the Board of Directors (the Board) of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the Company) appointed Georges Gemayel, Ph.D. as a director of the Company, effective January 1, 2016. Dr. Gemayel was appointed as a Class I director and will serve until the Companys 2017 annual meeting of stockholders. Dr. Gemayel has been appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board, effective January 1, 2016.
Dr. Gemayel will participate in the Companys standard compensation program for non-employee directors, including an aggregate annual retainer of $50,000 for his service as a member of the Board and of the Audit Committee and an initial award of an option to purchase 30,000 shares of the Companys common stock (the Initial Award). The Initial Award will have an exercise price equal to the closing price per share of the Companys common stock on the date of grant, and will vest and become exercisable with respect to 10,000 shares on the one year anniversary of the grant date and with respect to the remaining shares in equal quarterly installments over the following two years, subject to Dr. Gemayels continued service on the Board through the applicable vesting date. Dr. Gemayel will also enter into the Companys standard indemnification agreement for directors and officers.
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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.
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MOMENTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
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Date: September 18, 2015 |
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/s/ Bruce A. Leicher |
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Bruce A. Leicher |
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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