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): May 24, 2018

 

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (734) 887-3903

 

Not Applicable

Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02.  Election of Directors

 

On May 24, 2018, Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Jay P. Shepard to the Board. Mr. Shepard was elected as a Class III director and will serve until the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2019 or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The Company believes that Mr. Shepard is qualified to serve as a director based on his substantial experience in global pharmaceutical development, commercialization and market access. In addition, Mr. Shepard was appointed to serve on the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors.

 

As a non-employee director, Mr. Shepard will receive cash and equity compensation paid by the Company pursuant to its non-employee director compensation program. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Shepard and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Shepard was selected as a director, and there are no transactions between Mr. Shepard and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. In addition, the Company has entered into an indemnification agreement with Mr. Shepard in connection with his appointment to the Board which is in substantially the same form as that entered into with the other directors of the Company.

 

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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.

 

Date: May 29, 2018	Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Tim M. Mayleben
		Tim M. Mayleben
		President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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