Tyme (TYME) 8-K Tyme Appoints Accomplished Healthcare Executive Douglas A. Michels to Board of Directors

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM8-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 17, 2018

Tyme Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38169	45-3864597
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

17 State Street – 7th Floor

New York, New York 10004

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(212)461-2315

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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Introductory Comment – Use of Terminology

Throughout this Current Report on Form8-K, the terms “the Company,” “we” and “our” refers to Tyme Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its subsidiaries (“Tyme”).

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

On September 17, 2018, in connection with his employment as Tyme’s Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, director James Biehl informed the Company that he would be resigning as a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”). Mr. Biehl’s resignation from the Board will be effective September 30, 2018.

On September 17, 2018, the Board approved the appointment of Mr. Douglas A. Michels, effective October 1, 2018, to fill the vacancy on the Board from Mr. Biehl’s resignation. Mr. Michels will serve as a Class III director on the Board. Mr. Michels, 62, is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of OraSure Technologies, Inc., beginning in June 2004 and retiring in March 2018. Mr. Michels brings considerable expertise and executive leadership skills in the having nearly thirty years of experience in pharmaceutical industry having spent time with OraSure Technologies, Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Laboratories. In February 2010, Mr. Michels was appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. He previously served on the Board of the National Blood Foundation, the Board of the National Committee for Quality Health Care and the Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care. Mr. Michels is currently a director of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., as well as a Trustee for St. Luke’s University Hospital and Health Network and Miller-Keystone Blood Center, both in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

In conjunction with his appointment to the Board, Mr. Michels will be awarded options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as the standardsign-on award as well as apro-rated grant for fiscal year 2019 director service, both under the Company’s 2016Non-Employee Director Plan (the “Options”). The Options have aten-year term and vest in equal quarterly increments over the next year. He will also be entitled to receive compensation provided tonon-employee directors as approved by the Board and described in the Company’s proxy statement filed on July 25, 2018 and its quarterly report on Form10-Q filed on July 31, 2018.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 10, 2018, James Biehl was hired as the Company’s Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. In connection with his hiring, on September 18, 2018, the Company issued a press release, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Set forth below is a list of the exhibits to this Current Report on Form8-K.

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated September 18, 2018.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Form8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Tyme Technologies, Inc.
Dated: September 18, 2018	By:	/s/ Ben R. Taylor
		Ben R. Taylor, President and Chief Financial Officer