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 13, 2018

 


 

LANNETT COMPANY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

COMMISSION FILE NO. 001-31298

 

State of Delaware

 

23-0787699

(State of Incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer I.D. No.)

 

9000 State Road

Philadelphia, PA 19136

(215) 333-9000

(Address of principal executive offices and telephone number)

 

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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)                                              Compensatory Arrangement

 

On December 13, 2018, the Board of Directors of Lannett Company, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted a retention bonus plan (the “Retention Plan”) that applies to the following executive officers of the Company: Timothy C. Crew, Martin P. Galvan, Samuel H. Israel, John Kozlowski, John Abt, Robert Ehlinger and Maureen Cavanaugh (collectively, the “Participants”). The purpose of the Retention Plan is to ensure that the expertise of such Participants is preserved for the benefit of the Company through at least December 1, 2019.

 

Pursuant to the Retention Plan, each Participant will receive a retention bonus in the amount of one year of his current base salary in the event that such Participant (i) remains employed by the Company and performs his duties and responsibilities in a satisfactory manner through December 1, 2019 or (ii) is terminated other than for Cause (as such term is defined in each Participant’s employment agreement with the Company) before December 1, 2019.

 

The foregoing description of the Retention Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Retention Plan Bonus Letter, which is filed as Exhibit 10.53 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.                              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description of Exhibit

10.53

 

Form of Retention Plan Bonus Letter

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

LANNETT COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Samuel H. Israel

 

 

Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel

 

 

Date: December 18, 2018

 

 

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