UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 16, 2024
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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 January 16, 2024, the Board of Directors of Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Stephen J. DiPalma as Treasurer and interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective immediately. The Company is continuing its search for a permanent CFO.
The Company previously entered into an agreement with Danforth Advisors, LLC (“Danforth”) pursuant to which Danforth provides strategic and financial consulting services to the Company. In addition to those services, the parties have agreed that Mr. DiPalma, a managing director at Danforth, will provide interim chief financial officer services to the Company. The Company will pay Danforth an agreed upon hourly rate for such services and will reimburse Danforth for expenses.
Mr. DiPalma, age 65, has served as a managing director at Danforth, a consultancy firm specializing in working with life sciences companies, since April 2014. Prior to and during his tenure at Danforth, Mr. DiPalma has served as chief financial officer to a number of public and privately held companies. Mr. DiPalma received a B.S. in finance and management information systems from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and an M.B.A. from Babson College. Mr. DiPalma has no family relationships with any of the executive officers or directors of the Company. Other than as described herein, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. DiPalma and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as an officer of the Company.
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.
FOGHORN THERAPEUTICS INC. | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Michael J. LaCascia | ||||||||||
| Michael J. LaCascia | |||||||||||
| Chief Legal Officer | |||||||||||