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): September 26, 2016
 
Echo Therapeutics, Inc.
 (Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-35218
 
41-1649949
(State or other jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 

 
99 Wood Avenue South., Suite 302
Iselin, NJ
08830 
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Company’s telephone number, including area code: (732) 201-4194
 
 (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 Company under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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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
 
Effective as of September 26, 2016, Dr. Elazer Edelman resigned as a member of the board of directors of Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) and from the Company’s audit committee. Dr. Edelman’s resignation was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company or the Company’s board of directors on any matter relating to the operations, policies or practices of the Company.
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
              Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
                                                                                    
 
ECHO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
 
 
Dated: September 27, 2016
By: /s/ Alan W. Schoenbart
 
Alan W. Schoenbart
 
 
Chief Financial Officer