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): April 6, 2018
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36070 | 26-0038620 | ||
| (state or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| Two Corporate Drive South San Francisco, California |
94080 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 365-5600
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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 |
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (“FivePrime”) and Marc Belsky, FivePrime’s former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, entered into a Consulting Agreement, effective April 7, 2018 (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which Mr. Belsky will provide up to 25 hours of consulting services to FivePrime for a term ending April 7, 2019. FivePrime previously disclosed Mr. Belsky’s resignation, effective April 6, 2018 (the “Resignation Date”), in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2018. Pursuant to the Agreement, FivePrime agreed to pay Mr. Belsky at a rate of $500 per hour of services that he performs under the Agreement.
In addition, FivePrime entered into an Amendment to Stock Option Agreements, effective April 6, 2018, with Mr. Belsky (the “Options Amendment”) under which FivePrime agreed to extend Mr. Belsky’s period to exercise any options to purchase common stock of FivePrime that vested on or prior to the Resignation Date until April 6, 2019.
The foregoing description of the Agreement and Options Amendment is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement and Options Amendment, copies of which will be filed as exhibits to FivePrime’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 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.
| Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Francis Sarena | |
| Francis Sarena | ||
| Chief Strategy Officer and Secretary | ||
Dated: April 9, 2018
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