-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UdsXg4r0684+7atu3zxM/ucOzWHOXOOpN5yML1/DSxTBLuyJtUyN4OLX5SIwcQJT kooXumpSEv3oOg2Uax7Inw== 0001104659-08-075194.txt : 20081208 0001104659-08-075194.hdr.sgml : 20081208 20081208101137 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-075194 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20081204 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20081208 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081208 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000744218 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: IN VITRO & IN VIVO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES [2835] IRS NUMBER: 133191702 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-15006 FILM NUMBER: 081234737 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 119 FOURTH AVE CITY: NEEDHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02494 BUSINESS PHONE: 7814330771 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 119 FOURTH AVE CITY: NEEDHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02494-2725 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AVANT IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980828 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: T CELL SCIENCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 a08-29974_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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): December 4, 2008

 

CELLDEX THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-15006

 

13-3191702

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

119 Fourth Avenue

Needham, Massachusetts 02494-2725

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(781) 433-0771

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 5.02.              Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On December 4, 2008, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) unanimously elected Anthony S. Marucci, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, to the Board.  There were no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Mr. Marucci was appointed as a director.  There are no related party transactions between the Company and Mr. Marucci other than the Employment Agreement, dated July 23, 2008, between the Company and Mr. Marucci which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K on July 28, 2008.  Mr. Marucci will not serve as a member of any committee of the Board.

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

CELLDEX THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: December 8, 2008

By:

/s/ Avery W. Catlin

 

 

Avery W. Catlin

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 

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