ADVAXIS, INC. (NASDAQ:ADXS) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On June 6, 2018, Advaxis, Inc. (“Advaxis” or the “Company”) announced the appointment of Molly Henderson as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective June 6, 2018.
Ms. Henderson, 47, joins the company having over 20 years of operating company experience, most recently with Iovance Biotherapeutics, (formerly Lion Biotechnologies, Inc.) (Nasdaq: IOVA), an immuno-oncology company where she was responsible for all SEC and financial related matters including raising $100 million in equity capital. In her over twenty years of financial experience, Ms. Henderson brings to Advaxis a demonstrated set of skills that includes operational efficiency, fund raising, M&A evaluation, investor relations, accounting and financial controls. Prior to Iovance, for more than a decade Ms. Henderson was Chief Financial Officer of VirtualScopics, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: VSCP) during a period when the company evolved from an early stage company to a publicly-traded, profitable business serving the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Earlier in her career Ms. Henderson was Corporate Controller at Ultralife Corporation and an expert advisor to entrepreneurs in Switzerland. She began her career as an audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ms. Henderson holds an MBA and a BS in Accounting from the University at Buffalo. She is a licensed CPA (inactive) in the State of New York.
The Company and Ms. Henderson entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) effective as of June 6, 2018, to which Ms. Henderson’s base salary will be $375,000 per year, and she will have the opportunity to earn annual incentive awards with a target amount as a percentage of her base salary (prorated for fiscal year 2018). Ms. Henderson will also have the opportunity to earn a special bonus in the amount of $50,000, based on the Company completing a financing transaction or in the event of a change in control of the Company. In addition, Ms. Henderson received a one-time equity award consisting of 250,000 stock options. She will be eligible to participate in the Company’s group health insurance plan and other benefit plans applicable to the Company’s senior executives.
to the Employment Agreement, if the Company terminates Ms. Henderson’s employment without Just Cause or if she resigns her employment for Good Reason, Ms. Henderson will be entitled to 12 months of continued salary, a pro rata bonus, continued health benefits at active-employee rates for 12 months, and full vesting of outstanding equity awards. The foregoing description of the Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of this document, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
No family relationships exist between Ms. Henderson and any of the Company’s directors or other executive officers. There are no arrangements between Ms. Henderson and any other person to which Ms. Henderson was selected as an officer or director, nor are there any transactions to which the Company is or was a participant and in which Ms. Henderson has a material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:
Advaxis, Inc. ExhibitEX-10.1 2 ex10-1.htm EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT This Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 6,…To view the full exhibit click here
About ADVAXIS, INC. (NASDAQ:ADXS)
Advaxis, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. The Company’s immunotherapies are based on a platform technology that utilizes live attenuated Listeria monocytogenes (Lm or Listeria) bioengineered to secrete antigen/adjuvant fusion proteins. It is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of Lm-LLO cancer immunotherapies. The Company’s immunotherapy candidates include Axalimogene filolisbac, ADXS-PSA and ADXS-HER2. Axalimogene filolisbac (ADXS-HPV) is a lead Lm-LLO immunotherapy product candidate for the treatment of human papilloma virus (HPV) associated cancers. ADXS-PSA is an Lm-LLO immunotherapy product candidate designed to target the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) associated with prostate cancer. ADXS-HER2 is an Lm-LLO immunotherapy product candidate designed for the treatment of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) expressing cancers, including human and canine osteosarcoma, breast, gastric and other cancers.