Form 8-K

 

 

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): April 30, 2012

 

 

MannKind Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-50865   13-3607736

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

28903 North Avenue Paine

Valencia, California

  91355
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (661) 775-5300

N/A

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

 

 

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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.

(b) On April 30, 2012, James Shannon, M.D., MRCP (UK), a member of the Board of Directors of MannKind Corporation (the “Company”), informed the Company that he was resigning from the Board of Directors effective May 1, 2012 in connection with his appointment as Corporate Chief Medical Officer of GlaxoSmithKline plc.


SIGNATURE

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

 

MANNKIND CORPORATION
By:   /s/    DAVID THOMSON, PH.D., J.D.        
Name:     David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D.
Title:  

Corporate Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

Dated: May 4, 2012