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): April 25, 2012
Interleukin Genetics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-32715 | 94-3123681 | |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
135 Beaver Street Waltham, MA | 02452 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(781) 398-0700
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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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. |
(e) On April 25, 2012, Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the employment agreement, dated November 12, 2008 (the “Agreement”), with its President and Chief Scientific Officer, Kenneth S. Kornman. The Amendment, which has an effective date of March 31, 2012, extends the term of the Agreement through November 30, 2012. The terms of the Agreement were set forth in “Part II - Item 5. Other Information” of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2008 (File No. 001-32715), and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits. |
10.1 | First Amendment, effective as of March 31, 2012, to the Employment Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2008, by and between Interleukin Genetics, Inc. and Kenneth S. Kornman. |
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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.
INTERLEUKIN GENETICS, INC. | |
Date: April 26, 2012 | /s/ Eliot M. Lurier |
Eliot M. Lurier | |
Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT 10.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of November 12, 2008, by and between Interleukin Genetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Employer”), and Kenneth S. Kornman, an individual (“Employee”), is made effective as of March 31, 2012. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, Employer and Employee desire to amend the Agreement to extend the Term through November 30, 2012.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained in this Amendment and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Amendment of Section 1 of the Agreement. Section 1 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “for a period of three (3) years thereafter” and inserting “through November 30, 2012.”
2. Miscellaneous.
(i) Except as contemplated by this Amendment, all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
(ii) This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers effective as of the date first above written
INTERLEUKIN GENETICS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Lewis H. Bender | |
Name: | Lewis H. Bender | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
EMPLOYEE | ||
By: | /s/ Kenneth S. Kornman | |
Name: | Kenneth S. Kornman, D.D.S., Ph.D. |
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