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): September 1, 2018

 

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 326-5300

 

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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.

 

Appointment of New Chief Operating Officer

 

On September 26, 2018, Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or the Company, announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, or the Compensation Committee, approved the appointment of David Pernock to the position of Chief Operating Officer effective as of September 1, 2018.

 

Mr. Pernock, age 64, has served as President and Chief Commercial Officer of the Company since January 2017.  Previously, Mr. Pernock served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors from April 2015 to January 2017.  In addition to his new role as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Pernock will continue to serve as the Company’s President.

 

Mr. Pernock does not have a family relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer, and there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Pernock and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Pernock was selected to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.

 

As disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2016, the Company and Mr. Pernock have entered into an offer letter agreement, as more fully described therein and in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2018.

 

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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.

 

 

	Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Dated: September 26, 2018
	By:	/s/ Scott Tarriff
		Scott Tarriff
		Chief Executive Officer

 

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