CONCERT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Form: 8-K, Received: 07/10/2017 07:02:32)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): July 6, 2017

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)




Delaware	001-36310	20-4839882
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)




99 Hayden Avenue, Suite 500 Lexington, Massachusetts		02421
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 860-0045

(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.

(e) On July 6, 2017, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the terms of restricted stock unit awards (the “RSUs”) to all of the current employees of the Company, including Roger Tung, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, James Cassella, the Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer of the Company, and Nancy Stuart, the Chief Operating Officer of the Company. The Committee approved an award of 80,000 RSUs to Dr. Tung and awards of 60,000 RSUs to each of Dr. Cassella and Ms. Stuart.

Fifty percent (50%) of the RSUs granted to Dr. Tung are eligible to vest on March 31, 2018 and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the RSUs granted to Dr. Tung are eligible to vest of March 31, 2019, in each case subject to the achievement of certain performance criteria prior to March 31, 2018, including the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the institution by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of a Post Grant Review petition filed by the Company against Incyte Corporation.

Fifty percent (50%) of the RSUs granted to each of Dr. Cassella and Ms. Stuart are eligible to vest on March 31, 2018, subject to the achievement of the same performance criteria described above, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the RSUs are time-based awards and will vest on March 31, 2019.

The RSUs will be granted pursuant to a form of RSU Award Agreement approved by the Committee on July 6, 2017 under the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan. Under the terms of the RSU Award Agreement, the Company may issue the right to receive, upon vesting and the satisfaction of any required tax withholding obligation, shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”), which will become vested as set forth in the applicable award on the basis of one share of Common Stock for each RSU, provided that the grantee has remained continuously employed by the Company from the grant date to such applicable vesting date. The Form of RSU Award Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K are listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto.

SIGNATURE

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.





		CONCERT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

	By:	/s/ Roger D. Tung
Date: July 10, 2017		Roger D. Tung
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit		Description

10.1		Form of Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement Granted under 2014 Stock Incentive Plan.

Exhibit 10.1

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement

Granted Under 2014 Stock Incentive Plan

This Agreement is made as of the date of your restricted stock unit grant set forth in the notice of restricted stock unit grant between Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and you, an employee of the Company (“Participant”).

1. Restrictions on Transfer of Award . This Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Participant, and any shares of Common Stock issuable with respect to the Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until (i) the Restricted Stock Units have vested as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement and (ii) shares of Common Stock have been issued to the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.

2. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units . The restrictions and conditions of Paragraph 1 of this Agreement shall lapse on the schedule set forth in your notice of restricted stock unit grant. The Board may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in your notice of restricted stock unit grant.

3. Termination of Employment . If the Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason (including death or disability) prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 above, any Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be forfeited, and neither the Participant nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Restricted Stock Units.

4. Issuance of Shares of Stock . As soon as practicable following each applicable vesting date (but in no event later than two and one-half months after the end of the year in which each such vesting date occurs), the Company shall issue to the Participant the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement on such date and the Participant shall thereafter have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to such shares.

5. Incorporation of Plan . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Board set forth in Section 3 of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

6. Tax Withholding . The Participant shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Board for payment of any federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the required minimum tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Participant a number of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due.

7. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as “short-term deferrals” as described in Section 409A of the Code.

8. No Obligation to Continue Employment . The Company is not obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Participant in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the employment of the Participant at any time.

9. Integration . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

10. Data Privacy Consent . In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Participant (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Participant may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Participant shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

11. Notices . Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Participant at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.