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2-Jul-2009
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Change in Directors or P
A. Employment Agreement with Max Lyon
On June 26, 2009, the Company appointed Max Lyon President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Lyon of the same date (the "Employment Agreement").
From October, 2005 thru April, 2008, Mr. Lyon, age 65, one of its founders, served as President of C.G.Therapeutics, Inc., a development stage company commercializing a proprietary cancer vaccine for multiple cancer types. Mr Lyon also served on the C.G.Therapeutics, Inc. board of directors from October 2005 through September 2008. From November, 2002 thru November, 2004, Mr. Lyon served as President, CEO and a director of Confirma, Inc., a company that developed and marketed the first FDA-cleared MRI-based computer-aided detection (CAD) system for cancer, the CADstream breast cancer system. CADstream became the market leading MRI CAD system. From 1985 thru 2002, Mr. Lyon co-founded and led four other medical companies including Bainbridge Sciences (acquired by C.R.Bard - NYSE:BCR), NexCura (acquired by The Thomson Corporation) and BioControl Systems. From 1982 to 1985, Mr. Lyon served Vice President-Administration of Genetic Systems Corp. (NASDQ:GENS), acquired by Bristol-Myers Corporation (NYSE:BMY).
Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Mr. Lyon will be entitled to an annual
base salary of $190,000 and will be eligible for discretionary performance and
transactional bonus payments. Additionally, Mr. Lyon's was granted options to
purchase 400,000 shares of the Company's common stock with an exercise price
equal to the Company's per share market price on the date of issue. 100,000 of
the options vest immediately with the remainder vesting pro rata, on a monthly
basis, over the following thirty-six (36) months. If the Employment Agreement
is terminated for certain events such as the death or disability of Mr. Lyon, a
material breach by the Company of the terms of the Employment Agreement or the
termination of Mr. Lyon without "Just Cause", the Company has agreed to either
(i) continue Mr. Lyon's salary for three months or (ii) issue freely tradable
shares of the Company stock with a value equal to three months of his
salary. Mr. Lyon will perform substantially all of his professional duties under
the agreement from the Company's offices.. The agreement also includes
confidentiality obligations of and inventions assignments by Mr. Lyon.
The information contained in this Item 1.01 regarding the Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the copy of the Employment Agreement attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by this reference.
There are no family relationships between Mr. Lyon and any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become as director or executive officer. Additionally, there have been no transactions involving Mr. Lyon that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
B. Amendment to Narayan Torke and Hartlab LLC Limited Liability Company PurchaseAgreement dated May 30, 2009.
On June 30, 2009, the Company, Narayan Torke and Hartlab LLC amended their Limited Liability Company Purchase Agreement dated May 30, 2009 to extend the closing date and the "Closing" as such term is defined in such agreement from June 30, 2009 to July 10, 2009 (or earlier than July 10, 2009 if agreed to by the parties in writing).
On June 26, 2009, the Company appointed Max Lyon President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
On June 26, 2009, Mr. Steve Kanzer resigned from his positions as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Kanzer continues to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.
The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 with respect to Mr. Lyon is incorporated herein by reference.
A copy of the Press Release announcing the appointment of Mr. Lyon is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being furnished as part of this
Report.
Exhibit
Number Description of Exhibit
10.1 Employment Agreement with Max Lyon dated June 26, 2009
99.2 Press Release dated June 29, 2009
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