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 26, 2016

 

 

Horizon Pharma Public Limited Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   001-35238   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Connaught House, 1st Floor, 1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 C5Y6, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 011-353-1-772-2100

 

 

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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.

(c) On February 26, 2016, our board of directors appointed Barry J. Moze as our executive vice president, chief operating officer, and in such role he will constitute our principal operating officer.

Mr. Moze, 62, joined us in May 2014 as our executive vice president, corporate development, with responsibility for corporate strategy, human resources, information technology, project management, business operations and government affairs. Prior to that, Mr. Moze spent more than 28 years as a partner of Crystal Clear Communications, a consulting firm focused on the development and execution of corporate strategies. Prior to Crystal Clear, Mr. Moze was a founder and president of Review Services and Asset Management Group, a licensed investment advisory firm. Mr. Moze serves on the board of directors of Palermo Villa.

Mr. Moze has no family relationship with any of our officers or directors and has not been party to any transactions with us during the past fiscal year to the present that would require reporting pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Moze and any third party pursuant to which he was selected as executive vice president, chief operating officer or principal operating officer. Mr. Moze has entered into our standard forms of indemnification agreements.


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.

 

Date: March 3, 2016     HORIZON PHARMA PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    By:  

/s/ Paul W. Hoelscher

      Paul W. Hoelscher
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer