8-K 1 cdxp_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT Cordex Pharma, Inc.


 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

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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 1, 2010

 

Cordex Pharma, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Nevada

000-33023

86-0982792

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

1735 Market Street, Suite A-408, Philadelphia, PA  19103

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 551-5700 


7660 Fay Avenue, Suite H-373, La Jolla, CA 92037

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Copies to:

Hank Gracin, Esq.

Gracin & Marlow, LLP

Suite 300

20283 State Route 7

Boca Raton, Florida 33498

(561) 237-0804

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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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.

(a)

N/A

(b)

The Company received written notice of the resignation of Dr. Jim Kuo as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company, effective February 1, 2010. Dr. Kuo is being replaced as Chief Executive Officer by Shepard Goldberg, age 53, a current director of the Company. Dr. Kuo will continue to serve as a director on the Board of Directors. Upon his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Goldberg resigned from the Audit Committee and Dr. Tuchman, a financial expert, is replacing him as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Goldberg has served as a director since October 2007. Since 2008, Mr. Goldberg has been chairman of Forticell Bioscience, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Goldberg served as Senior Vice President, Operations and Office of the President, at Emisphere Technologies, Inc. Emisphere is a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. Prior to joining Emisphere, Mr. Goldberg was President of Hydrovalve Co. Inc., a privately held manufacturing/distribution business.

There are no family relationships between Mr. Goldberg and any other executive officers or directors of the Company. Mr. Goldberg was not selected as Chief Executive Officer pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any other person, and does not have any reportable transactions under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

(c)

N/A

(d)

N/A

(e)

N/A

(f)

N/A


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) – (c)

N/A

(d) Exhibits.

N/A 

 




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: February 3, 2010

 

CORDEX PHARMA, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Wayne Lorgus

 

Name:

Wayne Lorgus

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer