UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): August 1, 2018

SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
0-23047
13-3864870
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

27 East 62nd Street
New York, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
10065
(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 672-9100

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 1, 2018, SIGA Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the “Second Amended and Restated Abrams Employment Agreement”) with its General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, Robin E. Abrams. The Second Amended and Restated Abrams Employment Agreement amends and restates the Company’s First Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated August 1, 2016, with Ms. Abrams (the “Prior Abrams Agreement”). A copy of the Prior Abrams Agreement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 2, 2016. The Second Amended and Restated Abrams Employment Agreement amends the Prior Abrams Agreement to provide for an additional two year term commencing on August 1, 2018, and to make certain other technical and clarifying changes. Otherwise, the material terms of the Second Amended and Restated Abrams Employment Agreement are substantially unchanged from those of the Prior Abrams Agreement.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Amended and Restated Abrams Employment Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The disclosure contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) The following exhibits are included in this report:

Exhibit
No.
Description

10.1
Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated August 1, 2018, between SIGA Technologies, Inc. and Robin E. Abrams.
 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
     
 
By:
/s/ Daniel J. Luckshire
 
 
Name:
Daniel J. Luckshire
 
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
 

Date: August 3, 2018