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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): September 27, 2018

 

ADMA BIOLOGICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware 001-36728 56-2590442

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

   
465 State Route 17, Ramsey, New Jersey 07446
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 478-5552

 

 
(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.

 

On September 27, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ADMA Biologics, Inc. (the “Company”) approved payments in 2019 of the following temporary living expenses of certain of the Company’s named executive officers: (i) a continuation payment of $5,000 per month in temporary housing expenses, plus appropriate tax gross-up, through December 2019, for Brian Lenz, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and (ii) a continuation payment of $8,000 per month in temporary living expenses, plus appropriate tax gross-up, through December 2019, for Dr. James Mond, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Medical Officer. As previously disclosed by the Company in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 15, 2018, the Board previously approved the temporary housing expense payments of $5,000 and $8,000 to Mr. Lenz and Dr. Mond, respectively, plus appropriate tax gross-ups, through December 2018.

 

Item 8.01Other Events.

  

On October 3, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ADMA Bio Centers Georgia Inc., has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval for its third plasma collection center, located at 166 Ernest W Barrett Parkway, NW, Marietta, Georgia. The facility commenced operations and initiated source plasma collection in December 2017, and is now FDA licensed to collect and enter into interstate commerce to sell and use the human source plasma for further manufacturing in the United States.

 

The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
99.1 ADMA Biologics, Inc. Press Release, dated October 3, 2018.

 

 

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.

 

October 3, 2018 ADMA Biologics, Inc.
   
   
  By: /s/ Brian Lenz
    Name: Brian Lenz
    Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer