Current Report Filing (8-k)
October 15 2019 - 4:16PM
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): October 15, 2019
RITTER
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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001-37428
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26-3474527
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification No.)
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1880
Century Park East, Suite 1000
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Los
Angeles, California
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90067
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (310) 203-1000
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):
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Written
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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Securities
Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
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Title
of Each Class
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Trading
Symbol
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Name
of Each Exchange on Which Registered
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Common
Stock, par value $0.001
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RTTR
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Nasdaq
Capital Market
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company [X]
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements
of Certain Officers.
In
connection with its previously announced plan to reduce operating expenses, on October 15, 2019, Ritter Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (the “Company”) and each of Andrew J. Ritter, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, John W. Beck, the
Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and Ira E. Ritter, the Company’s Chief Strategic Officer (the “Executive
Officers”), entered into an amendment to their respective employment offer letters (the
“Offer Letter Amendments”).
Pursuant
to the terms of the Offer Letter Amendments, each of the executive officers named above has agreed to defer a portion of his annual
base salary (the “Deferred Amounts”), as set forth below, until such time as the board of directors, in its sole discretion,
decides to pay the Deferred Amounts (or any portion of the Deferred Amounts) to the executive officers, if ever.
Name of Executive Officer
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Deferred Amount
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Andrew J. Ritter
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$
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70,200
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John W. Beck
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$
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33,000
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Ira E. Ritter
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$
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53,820
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The
foregoing description of the Offer Letter Amendments does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the full text of the Offer Letter Amendments, which are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 10.1,
10.2 and 10.3, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
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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RITTER
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Andrew J. Ritter
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Name:
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Andrew
J. Ritter
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Date:
October 15, 2019
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