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): March 25, 2011
Repligen Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 0-14656 | 04-2729386 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
41 Seyon Street, Bldg. 1, Suite 100, Waltham, MA 02453
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(781) 250-0111
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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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. |
On March 25, 2011, Walter C. Herlihy, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Repligen Corporation (“Repligen”), James R. Rusche, Repligen’s Senior Vice President, Research and Development, and Daniel P. Witt, Repligen’s Vice President, Operations, each agreed to surrender stock options to purchase 50,000, 20,000 and 10,000 shares, respectively, of Repligen’s common stock, which had an exercise price of $2.66 per share and were scheduled to expire on April 3, 2011. In exchange for surrendering these stock options, Drs. Herlihy, Rusche and Witt received a cash payment of $52,000, $20,800 and $10,400, respectively, which represented the difference between the closing price of Repligen’s common stock on March 30, 2011 and $2.66, multiplied by the total number of shares subject to the stock option.
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.
| REPLIGEN CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: March 31, 2011 | By: | /s/ Walter C. Herlihy | ||||
| Walter C. Herlihy | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||