Kala Pharmaceuticals (KALA) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

UNITED STATES
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): December 16, 2021

Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Company as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	001-38150	27-0604595
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

490 Arsenal Way, Suite 120

Watertown, MA 02472

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Company’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 996-5252

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

Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	KALA	The Nasdaq Global Select Market

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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 December 16, 2021, the Board of Directors of Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Todd Bazemore, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Mark Iwicki will continue to lead the Company as its Chief Executive Officer and as Chairman of the Board of Directors but will no longer serve as President of the Company.

Mr. Bazemore, 51, has served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company since November 2017. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Santhera Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. (“Santhera”), a pharmaceutical company and subsidiary of Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holdings AG, from September 2016 until November 2017. Prior to joining Santhera, Mr. Bazemore served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Dyax Corp. (“Dyax”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on orphan diseases, between April 2014 and January 2016, when Dyax was acquired by Shire plc. At Dyax, Mr. Bazemore oversaw all aspects of Dyax’s commercial department, including sales, marketing, commercial analytics, market access and patient services. Between April 2012 and September 2013, he served as Vice President, Managed Markets at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Sunovion”) (a subsidiary of Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd.), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on serious medical conditions. Prior to that, Mr. Bazemore held several roles of increasing responsibility at Sunovion, including Vice President of Sales and Vice President of the Respiratory Business Unit. Since October 2020, Mr. Bazemore has served on the board of directors of Pulmatrix Inc., a clinical stage publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Mr. Bazemore has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. There are no transactions and no proposed transactions between Mr. Bazemore and the Company that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

There have been no changes to Mr. Bazemore’s compensatory plans or arrangements in connection with his appointment described herein.

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.

	KALA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: December 20, 2021	By:	/s/ Eric L. Trachtenberg
		Name:	Eric L. Trachtenberg
		Title:	General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary