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): April 9, 2012
REPLIGEN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its 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) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (781) 250-0111
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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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. |
| (d) | Election of Michael A. Griffith to the Board of Directors. |
On April 9, 2012, Repligen Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of its Board of Directors from seven to eight members and appointed Michael A. Griffith as a director of the Company. Mr. Griffith is currently CEO and director at Laureate Biopharma. For his services as a director of the Company, Mr. Griffith will be compensated consistent with the Company’s current non-employee director compensation policy, although his initial award of an option to purchase 24,000 shares of the Company’s common stock will be delayed until the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Griffith was not appointed to any committees of the Board of Directors.
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 | ||||
| Dated: April 11, 2012 | By: | /s/ Walter C. Herlihy | ||
| Walter C. Herlihy | ||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||