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): September 6, 2012
BG Medicine, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
001-33827
(Commission File Number)
| Delaware | 04-3506204 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 610 Lincoln Street North, Waltham, Massachusetts | 02451 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(781) 890-1199
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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.
(b) The employment of Stephen R. Miller, the Chief Commercial Officer of BG Medicine, Inc. (the “Company”), was terminated effective as of September 6, 2012. Mr. Miller will receive the severance pay to which he is entitled under his previously filed employment agreement. He has also agreed to consult for the Company on an interim basis following his termination. In related news, the Company issued a press release on September 11, 2012 announcing that it had appointed Howard Rosen to the Company as Vice President, Sales and Marketing in the United States and Thomas Bendix Mortensen as Vice President, Sales and Marketing in Europe.
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.
| BG MEDICINE, INC. | ||||
| Date: September 12, 2012 | /s/ Anastasia Rader | |||
| Anastasia Rader Senior Vice President, Executive Operations & Human Resources | ||||