Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (Form: 8-K/A)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

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 1, 2011

Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 000-50767 04-3523569
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
1255 Crescent Green Drive, Suite 250, Cary, North Carolina   27518
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   919-678-6611

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. hereby amends its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 7, 2011 (the “Original Form 8-K”) pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 5.02 of Form 8-K to disclose a committee appointment and related information that was not determined or available at the time of filing the Original Form 8-K. Item 5.02 of the Original Form 8-K is amended and restated as set forth below. There are no other changes to the Original Form 8-K.

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

On December 1, 2011, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) appointed James Harper to serve as a director, effective immediately.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Harper and any other persons pursuant to which he was to be appointed as a director, and Mr. Harper is not, has not been, and is not currently proposed to be a participant in any related person transactions with the Company or any related person that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Harper will be compensated in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation and Reimbursement Policy, which (i) is described under the heading Director Compensation for Fiscal 2010 in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2011 and (ii) was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. Pursuant to this policy and in connection with his appointment to the Board, on December 1, 2011, Mr. Harper was granted an option to purchase up to 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

At the time of Mr. Harper’s appointment to the Board, it had not been determined on which committees of the Board Mr. Harper would serve. On January 6, 2012, the Board appointed Mr. Harper to serve as chairman of the Investment Committee of the Board, effective immediately. The Board established the Investment Committee to take actions on behalf of the Board when considered necessary to facilitate the identification, review and negotiation of various merger, acquisition, financing and licensing transactions, and to make recommendations for action by the full Board with respect to such transactions. The current members of the Investment Committee are Mr. Harper as Chairman, Anton Giorgio Failla and Michael Heffernan.

As of the date of Mr. Harper’s appointment to the Investment Committee, the Board has not determined whether Mr. Harper will be appointed to any additional Board committees.

A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Harper’s appointment to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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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.

         
    Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc.
          
January 12, 2012   By:   /s/ Andrew K. W. Powell
       
        Name: Andrew K. W. Powell
        Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary