UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): October 16, 2014
BG Medicine, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
001-33827
(Commission File Number)
| Delaware | 04-3506204 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 880 Winter Street, Suite 210, Waltham, Massachusetts | 02451 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(781) 890-1199
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 16, 2014, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BG Medicine, Inc., the developer of the FDA-cleared BGM Galectin-3® Test (the “Company”), suspended further payments of cash and equity compensation to its non-employee directors under the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy for services to be provided by the non-employee directors beginning on October 1, 2014. The Board took this action to conserve the Company’s cash and equity to deploy for other operational purposes. The Board intends to re-evaluate the payment of compensation to its non-employee directors in 2015.
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.
| BG MEDICINE, INC. | ||||
| Date: October 17, 2014 | /s/ Paul R. Sohmer, M.D. | |||
Paul R. Sohmer, M.D. President & Chief Executive Officer | ||||