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): July 30, 2015

 

 

XENCOR, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

111 West Lemon Avenue

Monrovia, California 91016

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (626) 305-5900

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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.

 

(d)                                 Effective as of July 30, 2015, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Xencor, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Yujiro S. Hata as a director of the Company.

 

In connection with Mr. Hata’s appointment, the Company granted to Mr. Hata an option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan under its current compensation practice for newly appointed non-employee directors. Mr. Hata will receive a cash retainer consistent with the Company’s current compensation practice for non-employee directors. The Company also anticipates that Mr. Hata will enter into the Company’s standard indemnification arrangement for officers and directors of the Company, the form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to its Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-191689), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 11, 2013.

 

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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.

 

 

Date: July 31, 2015	XENCOR, INC.
	By:	/s/ Lloyd A. Rowland
		Lloyd A. Rowland
		Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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