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):  October 2, 2017
 
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

Delaware
 
000-50797
 
04-3561634
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 

675 West Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA
 
02142
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 491-9700
 
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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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 25, 2017, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ganesh V. Kaundinya, Ph.D., as its Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Kaundinya will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Scientific Officer. The Company publicly announced the appointment of Dr. Kaundinya as Chief Operating Officer in a press release dated October 2, 2017.
 
Dr. Kaundinya, age 51, is a co-founder of the Company and has been the Company's Chief Scientific Officer since September 2007. From September 2007 until his appointment as the Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Kaundinya was also a Senior Vice President of the Company. From April 2005 to September 2007, Dr. Kaundinya was the Company's Senior Vice President, Research, and from January 2002 until April 2005, Dr. Kaundinya served as the Company's Vice President, Technology. Dr. Kaundinya received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 
In connection with Dr. Kaundinya's appointment as Chief Operating Officer, effective September 25, 2017, Dr. Kaundinya's annual base salary was increased to $492,000, and his annual cash bonus opportunity target was increased to 50% of his annual base salary. As previously disclosed, Dr. Kaundinya and the Company are parties to the Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated April 28, 2008, as amended.  



 

 


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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.
 

 
MOMENTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
 
 
Date: October 2, 2017
By:
/s/ Scott M. Storer
 
 
Scott M. Storer
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 



 


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