Current Report Filing (8-k)
December 06 2017 - 12:58PM
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): December 5, 2017
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-14888
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33-0969592
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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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660 W. Germantown Pike, Suite 110
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(267)
440-4200
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or
former address, if changed since last report)
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8-K
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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).
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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
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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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Effective as of December 5, 2017, the Board of Directors (the
Board
) of Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the
Company
) appointed Wendy Yarno as a director of the Company. Ms. Yarnos term will continue until the Companys 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until her successor is elected and qualified. There is
no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Yarno and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as a director, and there is no family relationship between Ms. Yarno and any of the Companys other directors or executive
officers.
Additional information regarding Ms. Yarno is set forth below:
Wendy Yarno
, age 63, retired in September 2008 from Merck & Co., Inc. following a
26-year
career there in commercial and human resource positions of increasing seniority, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer before she retired. Prior to this role, she served as General Manager for
Mercks Cardiovascular/Metabolic United States Business Unit and as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. From 2010 to 2011, Ms. Yarno was the Chief Marketing Officer of HemoShear LLC, a biotechnology research company. Ms. Yarno
currently serves on the boards of directors of the biopharmaceuticals companies Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. and MyoKardia, Inc., and Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., a pet therapeutics company. Ms. Yarno previously served as member of the board
of directors of St. Jude Medical, Inc., a medical device company, from 2002 until January 2017 when St. Jude Medical was acquired by Abbott Laboratories; Medivation, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from April 2013 until September 2016 when
Medivation was acquired by Pfizer Inc.; and Durata Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from August 2014 until November 2014 when Durata was acquired by Actavis plc. Ms. Yarno holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Portland State
University and an M.B.A from Temple University.
Ms. Yarno will be compensated in accordance with the Companys
non-employee
director compensation policy. She will receive an annual cash retainer of $45,000 for serving on the Board. In addition, Ms. Yarno received initial equity awards under the Companys 2016
Incentive Plan upon her appointment as of December 5, 2017, the date of grant. As a newly elected director, Ms. Yarno was awarded 12,270 restricted stock units and a stock option to purchase 20,000 shares of the Companys common stock
at an exercise price of $4.38, the closing price of the Companys common stock on the date of grant. The restricted stock units will vest over a period of three years, with
one-third
of the shares vesting
on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, subject to Ms. Yarnos continued service as a director of the Company as of each vesting date. With respect to the shares of common stock underlying the stock option
grant,
one-quarter
of the shares vested as of the grant date, with the remainder vesting in three equal annual installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, subject to
Ms. Yarnos continued service as a director of the Company as of each vesting date. Ms. Yarno will be eligible to receive additional annual equity awards on each date of the Companys annual meeting of stockholders in accordance
with the
non-employee
director compensation policy.
Item 7.01.
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Regulation FD Disclosure.
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On December 6, 2017, the Company issued a press release
announcing the appointment of Ms. Yarno to the Board. A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.
Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits
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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INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Peter Kies
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Date: December 6, 2017
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Peter Kies
Chief Financial
Officer
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