UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 2054

 

 

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): April 20, 2020

 

 

Outlook Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware	001-37759	38-3982704
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

7 Clarke Drive Cranbury, New Jersey	08512
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (609) 619-3990

 

                                  N/A                                   
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock		OTLK		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Series A Warrants		OTLKW		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

 

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).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

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 Act.

x

 

 

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

 

On April 20, 2020 (“Effective Date”), upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from five (5) to seven (7) members, and effective upon the Effective Date, appointed both Dr. Gerd Auffarth and Julian Gangolli to fill the newly created vacancies, with (i) Dr. Auffarth to serve on the Board as a Class II director until the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and (ii) Mr. Gangolli to serve as a Class III director of the Board until the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, and in each case, until his successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Based upon the further recommendation of its Nominating Committee, the Board, effective upon the Effective Date, appointed (i) Mr. Gangolli to serve as a member of both the Audit Committee of the Board, replacing Faisal G. Sukhtian, and on the Executive Committee of the Board, and (2) Dr. Auffarth to serve as a member of the Nominating Committee, replacing Yezan Haddadin. Mr. Sukhtian and Mr. Haddadin will continue to serve as members of the Board and on any other respective committees of the Board to which they are appointed, for their respective terms. Neither Dr. Auffarth nor Mr. Gangolli were selected by the Board to serve as a director pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any person.

 

Dr. Auffarth and Mr. Gangolli will receive compensation as non-employee directors in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation policy that took effect on October 1, 2019, as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2020. Pursuant to the automatic grant program under such policy, each of Dr. Auffarth and Mr. Gangolli were granted an option to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under the Company’s 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, which vests annually over three-years, subject to each of Dr. Auffarth’s and Mr. Gangolli’s continuous service through the applicable vesting dates, and acceleration in the event of a change of control as defined in the plan. Such option grants have an exercise price of $0.72 per share (the closing sales price of the Company’s common stock on April 20, 2020 as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market) and a term of 10 years, subject to earlier termination for cessation of continuous service.

 

In connection with the aforementioned appointments to the Board, the Company entered into its standard indemnification agreement, which form indemnity agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-209011) filed with the SEC on January 15, 2016 with Dr. Auffarth and Mr. Gangolli, which requires the Company, under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, to indemnify the indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against certain expenses and other amounts incurred by him as a result of either of him being made a party to certain actions, suits, investigations and other proceedings.

 

 

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.

 

		Outlook Therapeutics, Inc.
Date: April 21, 2020		By:   /s/ Lawrence A. Kenyon                                            Lawrence A. Kenyon        Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer