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): March 31, 2017

 

 

ImmunoGen, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

830 Winter Street, Waltham,  MA 02451

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (781)  895-0600

 

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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

 

(a) – (d)  Not applicable.

 

(e)  On March 31, 2017, ImmunoGen, Inc. (also referred to as “we,” “our,” “us,” or “ImmunoGen”) entered into amended change in control severance agreements with each of our executive officers (collectively, the “Change in Control Severance Agreements”).  A summary of the material terms and conditions of the Change in Control Severance Agreements is set forth below.

 

Each Change in Control Severance Agreement provides for certain benefits in the event of a change in control of ImmunoGen.  A change in control includes:

 

If, within 12 months after a change in control of ImmunoGen, the executive’s employment is terminated (1) by us other than for cause or disability (as those terms are defined in the Change in Control Severance Agreements) or (2) by the executive for good reason (as defined in the Change in Control Severance Agreements), we have agreed to provide the executive with the following benefits:

 

With the exception of the outplacement benefit, which is new, the foregoing benefits are substantially the same as the benefits that were provided to each of the executive officers under their change in control severance agreements previously in effect.

 

The Change in Control Severance Agreements provide for a reduction of the payments or benefits described above to a level where the executive would not be subject to the excise tax pursuant to section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, but only if such reduction would put the executive in a better after-tax position than if the payments and benefits were paid in full.

 

The Change in Control Severance Agreements for each executive officer continue in effect through March 31, 2019, subject to automatic one-year extensions thereafter unless notice is given of ImmunoGen’s or the executive’s intention not to extend the term of the agreement; provided, however, that the Change in Control Severance Agreements continue in effect for 12 months following a change in control that occurs during the term of the agreement.  Except as otherwise provided in the Change in Control Severance Agreements, ImmunoGen and each executive may terminate the executive’s employment at any time.  Each Change in Control Severance Agreement has no further force and effect if either party terminates the executive’s employment before a change in control, except that any such termination by us other than for cause or disability, or by the executive for good reason, during the two-month period before a change in control of ImmunoGen will entitle the executive to the severance benefits described above.

 

At the time we entered into the Change in Control Severance Agreements with the above-mentioned executive officers, we were not in any discussions which, if continued to their conclusion, would result in an event that would constitute a change in control.

 

(f)  Not applicable.

 

 

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.