ADAMIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:ADMP) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01
See the description in Item 5.02 below of the indemnity agreements and the stock appreciation rights agreements between the Company and the new directors of the Company discussed below.
(d) Appointment of Directors
On August 26, 2019, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (the “Company”) increased the authorized number of directors constituting the Board and appointed Howard C. Birndorf and Roshawn Blunt as non-employee, independent members of the Board.
Mr. Birndorf is a biotechnology entrepreneur and one of the founders of the biotech industry in San Diego, California. Mr. Birndorf co-founded the monoclonal antibody company Hybritech in 1978, which was subsequently acquired by Eli Lilly and Company in 1986. He has founded or co-founded a number of other companies including Gen-Probe, IDEC Pharmaceuticals (which merged with Biogen to form Biogen-Idec), and Ligand Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Birndorf was also involved in the formation of Gensia (Sicor), and was a director of Neurocrine Biosciences. He was the founder and co-chair of the Coalition for 21st Century Medicine and was a co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nanogen, Inc. Mr. Birndorf received his B.A. in Biology from Oakland University, an M.S. in Biochemistry from Wayne State University, and has received honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Oakland University and Wayne State University.
Ms. Blunt has more than 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries. In 2010, Ms. Blunt founded and currently is managing director of 1798 Consultants, which is a national healthcare consulting firm focused on educating and developing strategies for clients to address healthcare compliance, reimbursement, health policy and patient access issues. She began her pharmaceutical career at The Boston Consulting Group, working primarily on cases in the healthcare industry. She has held a variety of strategic reimbursement and commercialization positions of increasing importance at Amgen, Inc. including involvement in the marketing of Aranesp and acting as global government affairs director in the company’s Washington DC office. Ms. Blunt was also the first global director of health economics and reimbursement for Biosense Webster, a Johnson & Johnson company. Prior to starting 1798 Consultants, she was vice president of strategy, planning, and communication at Long Beach Memorial Center and Miller Children’s Hospital. Ms. Blunt graduated from Princeton University, where she received her A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Policy. She earned her M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Mr. Birndorf and Ms. Blunt have been appointed to the Nominating and Governance Committee, Compensation Committee, and Audit Committee of the Board.
In connection with their appointment as directors of the Company, each of Mr. Birndorf and Ms. Blunt was granted a stock appreciation right (the “SAR”). Each SAR provides for a reference price equal to the fair market value of the common stock of the Company of the date of grant of the SAR, and a reference number of shares equal to 50,000 shares. The SAR vests monthly in equal installments over a period of three years from the grant date, subject to the recipient providing continuous service to the Company. The SAR has a term of seven years. The vested portion of the SAR may be exercised and settled only in cash. Upon settlement, the Company will pay to the recipient an amount of cash equal to the difference between the fair market value of the common stock on the date of exercise and the initial reference price, multiplied by the number of shares as to which the SAR is being exercised. In the event of a change of control of the Company before the SAR is fully vested, vesting is accelerated. In the event of the recipient’s termination of continuous service to the Company, the SAR is exercisable for 12 months after the date of termination of service.
to the Company’s policies regarding compensation for non-employee directors, each of Mr. Birndorf and Ms. Blunt will be entitled to receive directors fees to the Company’s policies for non-employee directors. Each director is also entitled to reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred in connection with Board-related activities. Each such director will also enter into the Company’s form of indemnification agreement for directors.
(b) Resignation of Directors
On August 25, 2019, Robert Rothermel, a director of the Company and a members of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee, notified the Company that for personal reasons, effective as of the close of business on August 26, 2019, he was resigning as a director of the Company and all subsidiaries, and that his resignation was not because of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, practices or financial statements.
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About ADAMIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:ADMP)
Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation is a pharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in the development of its specialty pharmaceutical products. The Company is developing various products in the allergy and respiratory markets, including a dry powder inhaler technology that it acquired from 3M Company (3M). The Company’s product portfolio includes specialty pharmaceutical products, such as Epinephrine pre-filled syringe (PFS), APC-5000 dry powder inhaler (DPI), APC-1000 and APC-2000, and biotechnology products, such as TeloB-VAX (vaccine), APC-100, APC-200 and APC-300. The Company’s lead product candidate, the Epinephrine Injection USP 1:1000 0.3 milligram Pre-filled Single Dose Syringe, or the Epinephrine PFS, is a pre-filled syringe designed to deliver a premeasured 0.3 milligrams dose of epinephrine for the treatment of anaphylaxis. The Company also has licensed vaccine technology called somatic transgene immunization (STI) technology.