Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): August 9, 2019 (August 6, 2019)

ASSERTIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	001-13111	94-3229046
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

100 S. Saunders Road, Suite 300 , Lake Forest, IL 60045

(Address of Principal Executive Offices; Zip Code)

(224) 419-7106

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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 Stock, $0.0001 par value	ASRT	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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Emerging growth company o

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Item 5.02		Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Amendment to Amended and Restated Management Continuity Agreements

On August 6, 2019, the Board of Directors (“ Board ”) of Assertio Therapeutics, Inc, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) approved an amendment (the “ Amendment ”) to the amended and restated the form of Management Continuity Agreement (the “ Management Continuity Agreement ”) previously entered into with certain of the Company’s executive officers. Pursuant to the Amendment, in the event an executive officer is subject to an involuntary termination within 90 days prior to or 24 months following a change of control, the executive officer is entitled to receive a lump sum severance payment equal to three times (if the officer is the chief executive officer) or one and a half times (if the officer is not the chief executive officer) the base salary which the officer was receiving immediately prior to the change of control. The form of Management Continuity Agreement is otherwise unchanged by the Amendment.

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.