UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 8, 2016 (August 3, 2016)
JM GLOBAL HOLDING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-37513 | 47-3709051 | ||
| (State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number) |
1615 South Congress Avenue Suite 103 Delray Beach, Florida |
33445 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 900-3672
Not Applicable
(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) On August 3, 2016, Shifu Zhao resigned as a Class I director of JM Global Holding Company (the “Company”) to pursue other professional interests.
(d) On August 3, 2016, the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Xiaoguang Liu as a Class I director to serve until the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders.
Xiaoguang Liu, age 52, has served as a professor in the Tianjin University of Science and Technology since October 2009. From April 2006 until August 2009, Dr. Liu served as a post-doctoral associate in the Department of Biology of Texas A&M University and from March 2002 until January 2006 he served as a post-doctoral associate in the Department of Medicine of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Liu received his bachelor degree from Jiangxi Agricultural University, his master degree from Zhejiang Agricultural University and his doctorate from the University of Arizona. The Company believes Dr. Liu is well qualified to serve as a member of the Board because his clinical and technical background adds to, and rounds out the experience of, the Board.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Dr. Liu and any other persons pursuant to which Dr. Liu was appointed as a director of the Company. In addition, there are no family relationship between Dr. Liu and any director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer. Furthermore, since the inception of the Company, there have been no transactions in which the Company was or is to be a participant and the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which Dr. Liu had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, and there are currently no such proposed transactions.
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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.
Dated: August 8, 2016
| JM GLOBAL HOLDING COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Tim Richerson | |
| Name: Tim Richerson | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
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