Connect Biopharma Holdings Ltd 6-K, filed Nov 22, 2021
Connect Biopharma Holdings Ltd (CNTB)
About this 6-K
Connect Biopharma Holdings Ltd filed this 6-K on November 22, 2021.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2021
Commission File Number: 001-40212
Connect Biopharma Holdings Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Science and Technology Park
East R&D Building, 3rd Floor
6 Beijing West Road, Taicang
Jiangsu Province, China 215400
(Address of principal executive office)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K
On November 22, 2021, Connect Biopharma Holdings Limited (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Steven Chan as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of November 22, 2021. Mr. Chan succeeds Eric Hall, who had served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 2020. Mr. Chan will also serve as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Chan served as Chief Financial Officer at Delphon Industries LLC, a global materials manufacturer, from April 2019 to November 2021. Prior to this role, from April 2017 to April 2019, Mr. Chan was Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Controller at Arcus Biosciences, Inc. Previously, Mr. Chan served as Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Controller at MyoKardia, Inc. from November 2014 to March 2017 and as Vice-President, Corporate Controller at Solta Medical, Inc. from June 2010 to November 2014. Mr. Chan received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant in California (inactive status).
The information in the first paragraph under “Information Contained in this Report on Form 6-K” in this Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-254524).
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: November 22, 2021 | CONNECT BIOPHARMA HOLDINGS LIMITED | |||||
| By | /s/ Zheng Wei, Ph.D. | |||||
| Name: | Zheng Wei, Ph.D. | |||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||