UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

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 19, 2019

 

 

MeiraGTx Holdings plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands		001-38520		Not applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

450 East 29th Street, 15^th Floor

New York, NY 10016

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(646) 860-7985

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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:

 

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

 

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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

 

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, $0.00003881 par value per share		MGTX		The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A is being filed to amend the Current Reports on Form 8-K previously filed by MeiraGTx Holdings plc (the “Company”) on (i) February 22, 2019, in order to disclose the committee appointment of Martin Indyk, who joined the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) on February 19, 2019, and (ii) May 10, 2019, in order to disclose the committee appointments of Nicole Seligman, who joined the Board on May 9, 2019.

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

On December 28, 2019, Dr. Indyk was appointed to serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board and Ms. Seligman was appointed to serve on each of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Science and Technology Committee of the Board.

 

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SIGNATURE

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: December 31, 2019

 

 

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