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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): December 4, 2018

 

 

 CALADRIUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

001-33650

(Commission

File Number)

22-2343568

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

110 Allen Road, Second Floor, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

(908) 842-0100

Registrant's Telephone Number

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation 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))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

¨    Emerging growth company

 

¨    If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

  

 

 

 

 

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

 

Effective December 4, 2018, the Compensation Committee of Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain employment letter, dated January 5, 2015, as subsequently amended on January 16, 2015, July 25, 2016 and September 18, 2017, by and between the Company and David J. Mazzo, Ph.D., the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (as subsequently amended, the “Employment Agreement”).

 

The Amendment provides for the inclusion of a modified economic cutback provision to the severance provision contained in the Employment Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
10.1 Amendment to Employment Letter with David Mazzo, effective December 6, 2018.

  

 

 

 

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.

 

 

  CALADRIUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.  
       
Dated:    December 7, 2018 By: /s/ David J. Mazzo  
  Name: David J. Mazzo, PhD  
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer