Current Report Filing (8-k)
June 06 2018 - 8:31AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): June 6, 2018
ADVAXIS,
INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
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001-36138
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02-0563870
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification No.)
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305
College Road East
Princeton, New Jersey, 08540
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(609)
452-9813
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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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. [ ]
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements
of Certain Officers
On
June 6, 2018, Advaxis, Inc. (“Advaxis” or the “Company”) announced the appointment of Molly
Henderson as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective June 6, 2018.
Ms.
Henderson, 47, joins the company having over 20 years of operating company experience, most recently with Iovance Biotherapeutics,
(formerly Lion Biotechnologies, Inc.) (Nasdaq: IOVA), an immuno-oncology company where she was responsible for all SEC and financial
related matters including raising $100 million in equity capital. In her over twenty years of financial experience, Ms. Henderson
brings to Advaxis a demonstrated set of skills that includes operational efficiency, fund raising, M&A evaluation, investor
relations, accounting and financial controls. Prior to Iovance, for more than a decade Ms. Henderson was Chief Financial Officer
of VirtualScopics, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: VSCP) during a period when the company evolved from an early stage company to a publicly-traded,
profitable business serving the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Earlier in her career Ms. Henderson was Corporate
Controller at Ultralife Corporation and an expert advisor to entrepreneurs in Switzerland. She began her career as an audit manager
at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ms. Henderson holds an MBA and a BS in Accounting from the University at Buffalo. She is a licensed
CPA (inactive) in the State of New York.
The
Company and Ms. Henderson entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) effective as of June 6,
2018, pursuant to which Ms. Henderson’s base salary will be $375,000 per year, and she will have the opportunity to earn
annual incentive awards with a target amount as a percentage of her base salary (prorated for fiscal year 2018). Ms. Henderson
will also have the opportunity to earn a special bonus in the amount of $50,000, based on the Company completing a financing transaction
or in the event of a change in control of the Company. In addition, Ms. Henderson received a one-time equity award consisting
of 250,000 stock options. She will be eligible to participate in the Company’s group health insurance plan and other benefit
plans applicable to the Company’s senior executives.
Pursuant
to the Employment Agreement, if the Company terminates Ms. Henderson’s employment without Just Cause or if she resigns her
employment for Good Reason, Ms. Henderson will be entitled to 12 months of continued salary, a pro rata bonus, continued health
benefits at active-employee rates for 12 months, and full vesting of outstanding equity awards. The foregoing description of the
Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of this document,
which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
No
family relationships exist between Ms. Henderson and any of the Company’s directors or other executive officers. There are
no arrangements between Ms. Henderson and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Henderson was selected as an officer or director,
nor are there any transactions to which the Company is or was a participant and in which Ms. Henderson has a material interest
subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits.
The
following exhibit is filed as part of this report:
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.
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ADVAXIS, INC.
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(Registrant)
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Date:
June 6, 2018
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By:
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/s/
Kenneth A. Berlin
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Kenneth
A. Berlin
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President,
CEO and Director
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