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) : January 12, 2015

 

AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 662-2000

 

 

(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

 

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:

 

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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.

 

On January 12, 2015, the Board of Directors of Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) approved, and the Company subsequently announced, the appointment of Bradley L. Campbell as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.

 

Prior to this appointment, Mr. Campbell, 39, served as Chief Operating Officer since December 2013 and Chief Business Officer since February 2012. From January 2010 to February 2012, he served as Senior Vice President, Business Operations. From May 2007 to January 2010, he served as Vice President, Business Planning and from April 2006 until May 2007, he served as Senior Director, Business Development. Previously, Mr. Campbell served as a Senior Product Manager in Global Marketing and later as Business Director of Cardiovascular Gene Therapy at Genzyme Corporation from 2002 to 2006. He also worked in sales & marketing for Bristol-Myers Squibb and as a business strategy consultant for Marakon Associates. Mr. Campbell received his B.A. from Duke University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

 

The terms of Mr. Campbell’s employment and compensation arrangements will remain the same.  A description of his employment and compensation arrangements can be found in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 12, 2014 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 29, 2014.

 

There are no transactions between the Company on one hand and Mr. Campbell or his affiliates on the other hand which would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.

 

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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.

 

	AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: January 15, 2015	By:	/s/ WILLIAM D. BAIRD III
	Name:	William D. Baird III
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

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