Form 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): December 15, 2014

 

 

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35409   04-3210530

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Kendall Square, Suite B7201

Cambridge, MA

   02139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 441-1000

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On December 15, 2014, Sarah E. Nash provided notice of her resignation from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), effective as of December 31, 2014.

(d) On December 16, 2014, the Board elected Russell T. Ray as a director of the Company, effective as of January 1, 2015, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Ms. Nash. Mr. Ray was also elected to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board, effective as of January 1, 2015.

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.

 

        MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: December 17, 2014     By:  

/s/ Jeffrey A. Munsie

     

Jeffrey A. Munsie

Vice President and General Counsel