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): July 19, 2019

 

 

UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38443   46-5308248

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

200 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 3100

Cambridge, Massachusetts

  02140
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (617) 945-5576

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, $0.001 Par Value   UMRX   The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company  ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☒

 

 

 


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

On July 19, 2019, in connection with Michael Vasconcelles, M.D.’s resignation from his position as Chief Medical Officer of Unum Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”), the Company entered into a consulting agreement (the “Consulting Agreement”) with Dr. Vasconcelles, pursuant to which he will serve as a consultant to the Company for a two-year term.

Under the Consulting Agreement, Dr. Vasconcelles will receive a stock option to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under the Company’s 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Options”). The Options shall have a ten-year term and will vest in equal quarterly installments, over two years.

The Consulting Agreement also requires Dr. Vasconcelles’ compliance with certain restrictive covenants, including an inventions assignment, retention agreement, and confidentiality agreement.


SIGNATURES

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.

 

Date: July 25, 2019

   

UNUM THERAPEUTICS INC.

   

By:

 

/s/ Charles Wilson

     

Charles Wilson, Ph.D.

     

Chief Executive Officer and President