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): January 19, 2024
Mustang Bio, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | | 001-38191 | | 47-3828760 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
377 Plantation Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(781) 652-4500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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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, par value $0.0001 per share | | MBIO | | Nasdaq Capital 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). ¨
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. ¨
| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On January 19, 2024, Mustang Bio, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed James Murphy as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. In his role as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Murphy will serve as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Murphy provides consulting services to the Company pursuant to a consulting agreement (the “Danforth Consulting Agreement”) between the Company and Danforth Advisors, LLC (“Danforth”) and receives no compensation directly from the Company.
Mr. Murphy, age 67, has served as a consultant to several companies through Danforth, an advisory firm that provides operational and strategic support services to life science companies. During Mr. Murphy’s tenure at Danforth, he has served as interim Chief Financial Officer in both public and private life science companies since 2012. Prior to joining Danforth, Mr. Murphy served as the Chief Financial Officer at OxiGene, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company, from February 2004 to April 2012. Mr. Murphy began his career in this life science sector in 1990 when he joined Sepracor Inc., a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical and device company. Mr. Murphy received his B.A. in economics and accounting from the College of the Holy Cross.
No family relationships exist between Mr. Murphy and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. Other than the Danforth Consulting Agreement, there are no arrangements between Mr. Murphy and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Murphy was selected as the Company’s principal financial officer, nor are there any transactions to which the Company is or was a participant and in which Mr. Murphy has a material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibit is furnished herewith:
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | Mustang Bio, Inc. |
| | (Registrant) |
| Date: January 25, 2024 | |
| | By: | /s/ Manuel Litchman, M.D. |
| | | Manuel Litchman, M.D. |
| | | President and Chief Executive Officer |
