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): October 11, 2019

IMMUNIC, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-36201	56-2358443
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Am Klopferspitz 19

82152 Martinsried

Germany

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 49 89 250079460

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001	IMUX	Nasdaq Capital 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 (§ 240.12b2 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. Yes ☒ No ☐

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 15, 2019, Immunic, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Tamar Howson as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, effective as of October 11, 2019. As a Class II director, Ms. Howson’s term lasts until the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.

Ms. Howson is not a party to, and does not have any direct or indirect material interest in, any transaction requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Howson and any other persons pursuant to which she was selected as a director.

In connection with her appointment as director, Ms. Howson was granted a long-term equity incentive grant in the form of an option (the “Option”) to purchase a total of 29,959 shares of the Company’s common stock. The option to purchase 9,986 shares vests in monthly increments over a period of one year from the grant date, and the option to purchase 19,973 shares vests in monthly increments over a period of three years from the grant date. The Option has an exercise price per share of $9.54, which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market on the grant date.

Additionally, Ms. Howson and the Company entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement for directors and executive officers.

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.