8-K

 

 

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): February 25, 2014

 

 

Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36287   26-1388364

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

10 Mall Road, Suite 301

Burlington, Massachusetts

  01803
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 305-7777

 

 

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:

 

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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.

(e)

On February 25, 2014, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), upon recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”), determined that the Company had achieved 90% of the Company’s 2013 corporate goals for purposes of 2013 annual performance-based bonuses. Accordingly, Michael D. Clayman, M.D., the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, was awarded a 2013 annual performance-based cash bonus in the amount of $137,684 and, based on the Committee’s and Dr. Clayman’s assessment, Neil Bodick, M.D., Ph.D., the Company’s Chief Medical Officer, and Frederick Driscoll, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, were awarded 2013 annual performance-based cash bonuses in the amounts of $83,593 and $55,479, respectively.


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.

 

    Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.
Dated: March 3, 2014      
    By:  

/s/ Michael D. Clayman, M.D.

      Michael D. Clayman, M.D.
      President and Chief Executive Officer