Current Report Filing (8-k)
March 06 2020 - 4:45PM
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): March 5, 2020
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 672-9100
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):
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).
Emerging growth company ☐
If 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
On March 5, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SIGA Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of
the Board, determined that it will nominate Jaymie Durnan to serve as a director at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2020 Annual Meeting”).
Mr. Durnan serves as the Deputy
Assistant to the Director for Strategic Initiatives at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, the nation’s premiere federally
funded research, development and prototyping center, since September 2015. A
member of the New York State Bar, he has served from approximately 1992 through
1999 as a Senior Vice President and Special Counsel at MacAndrews & Forbes
Holding Inc. Mr. Durnan has also served as a Product Line Manager at BAE
Systems; a Partner at Radius Capital Partners, a private investment firm; and,
as the Managing Member of Woodbury Hill Partners, LLC, a strategic advisory
firm counseling companies from startup to the Fortune 200. His government
service includes as a member of the Federal Senior Executive Service,
where he served as the Special Assistant (Chief of Staff) to the Deputy
Secretary of Defense and a Special Assistant to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary
of Defense in the President George W. Bush administration. He also served as
the Senior Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer and the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Research and Engineering in the Department of Defense from March
2009 to August 2013. A retired naval officer, he served as an aircraft
carrier-based naval aviator; a strategic planner in the Office of the Secretary
of Defense; an operations analyst on the staff of the Chief of Naval
Operations; an Aide to the Chief
of Naval Operations; a member of staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff supporting arms control negotiations; and a Military Social Aide to the
President of the United States. For his service, Mr. Durnan has received some
of the highest Defense Department non-combat awards including, the Department
of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, and the Navy Distinguished
Public Service Award presented by the Secretary of the Navy to a civilian for specific
courageous or heroic acts or exceptionally outstanding service of substantial
and long-term benefit to the Navy, Marine Corps or Department of the Navy. Mr.
Durnan has served as a director or trustee for MacAndrews & Forbes
Worldwide Corp.; Swift Prepaid Solutions; kSARIA Corp.; Orthozon Technologies;
Defensewerx; Antioch New England University; and, Unity College. He is the
Chairman of the Andrew W. Marshall Foundation. He is a graduate of
the United States Naval Academy, Georgetown University, and the Georgetown
University School of Law.
On March 5, 2020, the Company and Jeffrey B. Kindler agreed that Mr. Kindler will not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting. This agreement is not the result of any
disagreement with the Company relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices. Mr. Kindler will continue to serve on the Board until his term expires at the conclusion of the 2020 Annual Meeting.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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