Current Report Filing (8-k)
June 22 2018 - 5:30PM
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): June 21, 2018
Trovagene, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-35558
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27-2004382
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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11055 Flintkote Avenue
San Diego, CA 92121
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (858)
952-7570
(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:
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Written communication 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 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
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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On June 21, 2018, William Welch, the Chief Executive Officer of Trovagene, Inc. (the Company), notified the Board of
Directors of his resignation as Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company for personal reasons. On June 22, 2018, the Board appointed Dr. Thomas Adams, the Companys Chairman, to serve as interim Chief Executive Officer,
effective immediately. The Company has a succession planning process in place and has begun a search for a permanent Chief Executive Officer.
Dr. Adams has been the Companys Chairman of the Board since April 2009. From June 2005 through 2011, Dr. Adams
served as a director of IRIS International, Inc., a diagnostics company, and served as Chief Technology Officer of IRIS since April 2006. Dr. Adams was the Head of Iris Molecular Diagnostics from 2006 until November
2012 and served as the President of Iris Personalized Medicine. In November 2012, IRIS was acquired by Danaher Corporation. Dr. Adams served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Leucadia Technologies, a privately held
medical-device company, from 1998 to April 2006, when Leucadia was acquired by IRIS. Dr. Adams founded Genta, Inc., a publicly held biotechnology company in the field of antisense technology, and served as its Chief
Executive Officer until 1997. Dr. Adams founded
Gen-Probe,
Inc. in 1984 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman until its acquisition by Chugai Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. in
1989. Dr. Adams holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of California, at Riverside.
The Company announced
Mr. Welchs resignation and the appointment of Dr. Adams as interim CEO in a press release dated June 22, 2018. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form
8-K.
Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(d) Exhibits.
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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.
Dated: June 22, 2018
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TROVAGENE, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Thomas Adams, Ph.D.
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Thomas Adams, Ph.D.
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Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer
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