Siga Technologies Inc 8-K, filed Nov 14, 2022
Siga Technologies Inc (SIGA)
8-K
2022-11-14
For: 2022-11-10
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About this 8-K
Siga Technologies Inc filed this 8-K on November 14, 2022, reporting on events of November 10, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): November 10, 2022
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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On November 10, 2022, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SIGA Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Board appointed Harold Ford and Jay Varma, MD as directors of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Ford and Dr. Varma will each serve a term through the date of the next annual meeting of the
Company’s stockholders.
Mr. Ford and Dr. Varma will each receive compensation consistent with that awarded to other non-employee Board members for their
duties performed in serving on the Board, as previously disclosed in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2022. As such, on the date of their appointment, Mr. Ford and Dr. Varma
were each granted fully vested stock options to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $9.27 per share, the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on November 10, 2022. Mr. Ford and Dr. Varma each
will also receive an annual retainer of $45,000 (prorated for the portion of the annual term remaining), with such payments to be made quarterly, in arrears.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Daniel J. Luckshire
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Name:
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Daniel J. Luckshire
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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Date: November 14, 2022
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