LivaNova PLC 8-K, filed May 19, 2020
LivaNova PLC (LIVN)
8-K
2020-05-19
For: 2020-05-13
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About this 8-K
LivaNova PLC filed this 8-K on May 19, 2020, reporting on events of May 13, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
UNITED STATES
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): May 13, 2020
LivaNova PLC
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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.
On May 13, 2020, it was determined that Thad Huston, Chief Financial Officer of LivaNova PLC (the "Company" or "LivaNova"), would become the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, effective May 19, 2020, following the resignation of the Company’s previous Principal Accounting Officer on May 15, 2020.
Previous to his start at LivaNova as Chief Financial Officer on May 20, 2017, Mr. Huston, age 50, was at Johnson & Johnson, Inc. ("J&J"), where he was most recently Group Chief Financial Officer, Medical Devices. His career at J&J spanned more than twenty-five years and included various senior roles, including: President of J&J’s Xian-Janssen Pharmaceuticals division in China; Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer in J&J Pharmaceutical Research and Development; as well as Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals. Prior to this, he held senior financial roles at various J&J locations in the U.S., China, Belgium, Russia and Hungary.
No new compensatory arrangements will be entered into with Mr. Huston in connection with this role, and he did not enter into this position pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any other person. Mr. Huston does not have any family relationships with any executive officer or director of the Company, and he is not a party to any transaction to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURE
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.
LivaNova PLC | |
Date: May 19, 2020 | By:/s/ Keyna Skeffington |
Name: Keyna Skeffington | |
Title: Company Secretary | |