8-K

 

 

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): February 23, 2017

 

 

Mallinckrodt public limited company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   001-35803   98-1088325

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

3 Lotus Park, The Causeway, Staines Upon Thames

Surrey TW18 3AG, United Kingdom

(Address of Principal Executive Office and zip code)

+44 017 8463 6700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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 February 23, 2017, Virgil D. Thompson, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Mallinckrodt plc (the “Company”), notified the Company that he will not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2017 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Thompson stated that he decided to not stand for re-election for health reasons and not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.


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.

 

    MALLINCKRODT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

Date: February 23, 2017

  By:  

/s/ Kenneth L. Wagner

  Name:   Kenneth L. Wagner
  Title:   Vice President and Corporate Secretary