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 28, 2019

CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

001-37587

27-3521219

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

151 Oyster Point Blvd.

Suite 400

South San Francisco, CA 94080

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 515-3185

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 Instructions A.2. below):

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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, par value $0.00001

CTMX

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

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 August 28, 2019, CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a consulting arrangement with Rachel W. Humphrey, M.D., former Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Company, pursuant to which she will serve as a special advisor to the Company at a rate of $500 per hour for a period up to June 30, 2020. In addition, the Company and Dr. Humphrey entered into a Separation Agreement on August 28, 2019 which provides that Dr. Humphrey will receive severance benefits consistent with the terms of her Amended and Restated Severance and Change of Control Agreement dated as of March 25, 2019 and filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 9, 2019.

SIGNATURES

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.