UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 27, 2013
Interleukin Genetics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 001-32715 | 94-3123681 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 135 Beaver Street Waltham, MA | 02452 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(781) 398-0700
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(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. |
(b) On March 27, 2013, Thomas R. Curran, Jr. announced that he was resigning as a director of Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (the “Company”) and as a member of all committees of the Company’s Board of Directors on which he serves, effective as of the close of business on March 28, 2013. Mr. Curran served as a designee elected by the holder of the Company’s Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A-1”), and served on the Company’s Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. The Series A-1 stockholder has not yet designated a replacement for Mr. Curran. Goran Jurcuvic has been appointed by the Board to fill the vacancy on the Audit Committee.
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.
| INTERLEUKIN GENETICS, INC. | |
| Date: March 28, 2013 | /s/ Eliot M. Lurier |
| Eliot M. Lurier | |
| Chief Financial Officer |