UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
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 27, 2018
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-34899 | 16-1590339 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| 1305 O’Brien Drive Menlo Park, California |
94025 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) (650) 521-8000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Explanatory Note
Pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 5.02 of Form 8-K, Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A to amend the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2018 (the “Original Filing”), to disclose the subsequent appointment of Christian O. Henry to two committees of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”). Mr. Henry’s initial appointment to the Board was disclosed in the Original Filing. At the time of the Original Filing, the Board had not determined to which committees, if any, Mr. Henry would be appointed. Except as stated herein, the Original Filing shall remain in effect.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 11, 2019, Mr. Henry was appointed to serve on the Compensation Committee and the Science and Technology Committee of the Board, effective immediately after the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
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.
| Date: April 16, 2019 | PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Stephen M. Moore | |||||||
| Name: | Stephen M. Moore | |||||||
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||||