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): June 25, 2015

 

 

Aduro Biotech, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37345   94-3348934

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

626 Bancroft Way, 3C

Berkeley, California

  94710
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 848-4400

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 25, 2015, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Aduro Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”), the Board appointed Stephen A. Sherwin, M.D., as a Class I director of the Company. Dr. Sherwin will serve until the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal, and will receive compensation as a non-employee director of the Company under the Company’s standard compensation arrangement with its non-employee directors as filed as Exhibit 10.33 with the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, as amended, on April 6, 2015.

 

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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.

 

Dated: June 26, 2015 Aduro Biotech, Inc.
By:

/s/ Jennifer Lew

Jennifer Lew
Senior Vice President of Finance

 

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