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): June 20, 2012
VIROPHARMA INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| DELAWARE | 0-021699 | 23-2789550 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
| 730 STOCKTON DRIVE, EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA | 19341 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(610) 458-7300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K 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. |
As of June 20, 2012, Richard Morris will no longer serve as the Chief Accounting Officer of ViroPharma Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Mr. Morris will remain with the Company as Vice President, Financial Planning and Strategic Analysis. The Company is actively searching to fill Mr. Morris’s former role. In the interim, Charles Rowland, our Chief Financial Officer, will assume the role of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer.
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.
| VIROPHARMA INCORPORATED | ||||
| Date: June 22, 2012 | By: | /s/ J. Peter Wolf | ||
| J. Peter Wolf | ||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||