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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 24, 2015 (April 20, 2015)
Akorn, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Louisiana | 001-32360 | 72-0717400 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| 1925 W. Field Court, Suite 300 Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) |
(847) 279-6100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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(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) On April 24, 2015, Akorn, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that on April 20, 2015, the Company's Board of Directors approved the appointment of Terry Rappuhn to fill a vacant seat on the Board and to join the Company's audit committee. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
Ms. Rappuhn has served on the boards of AGA Medical Holdings, Inc., where she served as the board's audit committee chairperson and Genesis HealthCare Corporation, where she served as the board's audit committee chairperson and as a member of the compliance and compensation committees. From 1999 to April 2001, Ms. Rappuhn served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quorum Health Group, Inc., an owner and operator of acute care hospitals. From 1996 to 1999 and from 1993 to 1996, Ms. Rappuhn served as Quorum's Vice President, Controller and Assistant Treasurer and as Vice President, Internal Audit, respectively. Ms. Rappuhn holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
The information in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1. Press release dated April 24, 2015
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.
| Date: April 24, 2015 | Akorn, Inc. |
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| By: | /s/ TIMOTHY A. DICK Timothy A. Dick Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit No. |
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Description of Exhibit. |
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99.1 |
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Press release issued by the Company on April 24, 2015. |