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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.

 

 

On June 22, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mark Strobeck, Ph.D., as a member of the Board, effective as of June 22, 2023, to serve until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. The Board also appointed Dr. Strobeck to serve as a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board, effective as June 22, 2023.

 

Mark Strobeck, Ph.D., 52, has served as the President and CEO, and as a member of the board of directors, of Rockwell Medical, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, since July 2022. Dr. Strobeck served as Managing Director of Aquilo Partners, LP, a life sciences investment bank, from May 2021 to June 2022. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Assertio Holdings, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from May 2020 to December 2020. Prior to that, Dr. Strobeck was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Zyla Life Sciences, a pharmaceutical company, from September 2015 through its merger with Assertio Holdings, Inc. in May 2020, and previously served as Zyla’s Chief Business Officer from January 2014 to September 2015. Before his employment at Zyla, he served as Zyla’s advisor from June 2012 to December 2013. From January 2012 to December 2013, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Corridor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceuticals company, which was acquired by AstraZeneca plc in 2014. From December 2010 to October 2011, Dr. Strobeck served as Chief Business Officer of Topaz Pharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company acquired by Sanofi Pasteur in 2011. From June 2010 to November 2010 and October 2011 to January 2012, Dr. Strobeck worked as a consultant. From January 2008 to May 2010, Dr. Strobeck served as Chief Business Officer of Trevena, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. Prior to joining Trevena, Dr. Strobeck held management roles at GlaxoSmithKline plc, a pharmaceuticals company, and venture capital firms SR One Limited and EuclidSR Partners, L.P. Dr. Strobeck currently serves on the board of directors of Horse Power For Life, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals diagnosed with cancer, a position he has held since 2012. Dr. Strobeck received his B.S. in Biology from St. Lawrence University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Biophysics from the University of Cincinnati in 1999 and completed his post-doctoral fellowship in Cardiovascular Gene Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2001.

 

The Board has determined that Dr. Strobeck is independent under the applicable Nasdaq listing rules. No family relationships exist between Dr. Strobeck and any of the Company’s directors or other executive officers. There are no arrangements or understandings between Dr. Strobeck and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director, nor are there any transactions to which the Company is or was a participant and in which Dr. Strobeck had or will have a direct or indirect material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Dr. Strobeck will receive an annual cash retainer in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation policy, as described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed on May 1, 2023. The Company, in consultation with its compensation consultant, is evaluating its non-employee director compensation policy as it relates to initial and annual equity grants, and intends to grant Dr. Strobeck an initial equity award consistent with the policy following such evaluation.

 

Item 8.01         Other Events.

 

 

On June 22, 2023, the Board appointed Craig E. Fraser as the Chair of the Board, effective as of June 22, 2023, to serve as the Chair until a successor is duly elected and qualifies, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal, or until otherwise determined by the Board.

 

 

On June 22, 2023, the Board appointed Leslie J. Williams to serve as lead independent director, effective June 22, 2023, until her successor is duly qualified and elected or until her earlier death, resignation, or removal, or until otherwise determined by the Board.

 

 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.