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):

 

April 14, 2014

 

IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-34620

 

04-3404176

(State or other jurisdiction

 

 

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

 

(Commission file number)

 

Identification Number)

 

 

 

 

 

301 Binney Street

 

 

 

 

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

 

 

02142

(Address of principal

 

 

 

 

executive offices)

 

 

 

(Zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

(617) 621-7722

(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



 

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

 

(b)        On April 14, 2014, David E. Shaw informed Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will not stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on June 3, 2014.  As a result, Mr. Shaw’s term of office as a Class I director of the Company will end on the date of the Annual Meeting, and the size of the Company’s Board of Directors will be reduced from 11 to ten at such time.

 



 

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.

 

 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Dated: April 18, 2014

By:

/s/ Halley E. Gilbert

 

 

 

Name:

Halley E. Gilbert

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer,

 

 

 

and Secretary