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): August 29, 2017
Horizon Pharma Public Limited Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Ireland | 001-35238 | Not Applicable | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File No.) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Connaught House, 1st Floor, 1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 C5Y6, Ireland
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 011-353-1-772-2100
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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. |
(e) On August 29, 2017, the compensation committee of our board of directors, or the Compensation Committee, approved an amendment to our 2014 equity incentive plan, as amended, or 2014 EIP, to reserve an additional 1,200,000 of our ordinary shares to be used exclusively for grants of awards to individuals who were not previously employees or non-employee directors of ours (or following a bona fide period of non-employment with us), as an inducement material to the individual’s entry into employment with us within the meaning of Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules, or Rule 5635(c)(4). The 2014 EIP was amended by the Compensation Committee without shareholder approval pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4).
A complete copy of the 2014 EIP, as amended, is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1. The above summary of the amendment to the 2014 EIP does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(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.
| Date: September 1, 2017 | HORIZON PHARMA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | |||||
| By: | /s/ Paul W. Hoelscher | |||||
| Paul W. Hoelscher | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||