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 September 1, 2006
ARQULE, INC.
(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | 000-21429 | 04-3221586 |
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) | | Identification No.) |
19 Presidential Way
Woburn, MA
(Address of principal executive offices)
01801
Zip code)
(781) 994-0300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Section 5—Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
On September 1, 2006, ArQule, Inc. (the “Registrant”) engaged Richard H. Woodrich to serve as its Acting Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis. The Registrant has put in place an executive search process to identify a permanent Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Woodrich is President and CEO of Woodrich & Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm providing strategic consulting to the biotechnology industry. Mr. Woodrich has more than twenty-five years of business experience in technology-based life science companies. Prior to founding Woodrich & Associates, Mr. Woodrich held several senior management positions with emerging growth biotechnology companies. Mr. Woodrich served from 1999 to 2004 as the Senior Vice President, Business Development for Therion Biologics Corporation, a privately held biopharmaceutical company. Previously, Mr. Woodrich served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of CytoMed, Inc. from 1995 until its acquisition in 1999. From 1991 until its acquisition in 1995, Mr. Woodrich served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, CFO and later as President and Director of Oculon Corporation. Mr. Woodrich has served in financial management positions at Infinet, Inc., Applied bioTechnology, and Millipore Corporation. While serving as a Senior Accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co., Mr. Woodrich became a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Woodrich has a Bachelor of Science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.
In accordance with a previously disclosed plan, Louise A. Mawhinney, the Registrant’s Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, resigned effective September 1, 2006.
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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.
| ARQULE, INC. |
| (Registrant) |
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| /s/ Peter S. Lawrence |
| Peter S. Lawrence |
| Executive Vice President, Chief Business |
| Officer, General Counsel and Secretary |
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Date: September 6, 2006 | |
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