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):  December 3, 2008

 

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

(617) 491-9700

(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

 

Not applicable

(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 registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b)           On December 3, 2008, Peter Barrett submitted his resignation to the Board of Directors of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), effective as of the close of business on December 4, 2008.  Mr. Barrett’s decision to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors is not the result of any disagreement with the Company, known to an executive officer of the Company, on any matter relating to the registrant’s operations, policies or practices.

 

The full text of the Company’s press release issued in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)         Exhibits

 

99.1.  Press Release issued by Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on December 5, 2008.

 

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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.

 

 

	MOMENTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: December 5, 2008	By:	/s/ Craig A. Wheeler
		Craig A. Wheeler
		Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

 

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