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 2, 2013

 

OvaScience, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-35890

 

45-1472564

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

215 First Street, Suite 240

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

02142

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 500-2802

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 5.02 (b) and (e): Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On July 2, 2013, OvaScience, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Scott Chappel, its Chief Scientific Officer, mutually agreed that effective July 31, 2013 (the “Transition Date”), Dr. Chappel will transition from an employee of the Company to a member of the Company’s Scientific Advisory Board.  As the Company prepares for commercialization next year, Alison Lawton, our Chief Operating Officer, will continue to manage the development and planned launch of the AUGMENT program.  Jon Tilly, our scientific co-founder who first discovered egg precursor cells (EggPCs), which form the basis of OvaScience’s technology platform, will continue to be extensively involved in the research and development of OvaTure.

 

In connection with the transition, the Company will pay Dr. Chappel up to four months of base salary, and his options that would have vested during the year after the transition shall continue to do so while he serves on the Scientific Advisory Board.

 

This Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements about the prospects for the Company’s technology in addressing female infertility, the Company’s strategy, future plans and prospects, including statements regarding the development and planned launch of the Company’s product candidates, including AUGMENT. Any statements in this Report on Form 8-K about our strategy, plans, prospects and future expectations, financial position and operations, and other statements containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “aim,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements for the purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including risks related to: our expectations regarding the regulatory approvals required for AUGMENT; the science underlying our two product candidates (AUGMENT and OvaTure), which is unproven; our ability to obtain, maintain and protect intellectual property utilized by our products; our ability to obtain additional funding to support our activities; our dependence on third parties; the successful development of, and ability to obtain regulatory approval for, our product candidates; our ability to commercialize our product candidates, including AUGMENT, on the timeline we expect, if at all; competition from others; and our short operating history; as well as those risks more fully discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of our most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K. The forward-looking statements contained in this Report on Form 8-K reflect our current views with respect to future events.  We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our view as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.

 

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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.

 

 

 

OVASCIENCE, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: July 2, 2013

/s/ Christopher M. Lindblom

 

Christopher M. Lindblom

 

Vice President of Finance and Treasurer

 

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