Edgar Filing: MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS INC

MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Date: June 16, 2015

/s/ Jeffrey A. Munsie

Jeffrey A. Munsie

Vice President and General Counsel

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): June 15, 2015

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

(b) On June 15, 2015, Gordon J. Fehr provided notice of his resignation from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), effective as of June 15, 2015.

(d) On June 15, 2015, the Board elected John M. Dineen as a director of the Company to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Fehr. Mr. Dineen was also elected to serve on the Organization and Compensation Committee of the Board and will serve as the Chair of such committee.

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.