8-K

Dated: January 20, 2022

Annexon, Inc.

/s/ Jennifer Lew

Jennifer Lew

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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): January 19, 2022

ANNEXON, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-39402

27-5414423

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1400 Sierra Point Parkway, Bldg C, Suite 200

Brisbane, California 94005

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 822-5500

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:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

ANNX

The Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02.

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

(d) On January 19, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Annexon, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Bettina M. Cockroft, M.D., to the Board, effectively immediately. Dr. Cockroft will serve as a Class III director with a term expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until her successor has been elected and qualified.

Pursuant to the Company’s non-employee director compensation program, as a non-employee director, Dr. Cockroft will receive (i) a $35,000 annual retainer for her service on the Board, (ii) an automatic initial grant of a stock option to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company’s 2020 Incentive Award Plan and (iii) on the date of each annual stockholder meeting, an automatic grant of a stock option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company’s 2020 Incentive Award Plan. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Company’s non-employee director compensation program, the form of which was filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 20, 2020.

In addition, Dr. Cockroft will enter into the Company’s standard indemnification and advancement agreement for directors and executive officers, the form of which was filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 2, 2020.

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of the Company’s press release, dated January 20, 2022, announcing the appointment of Dr. Cockroft to the Board is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information in this Item 7.01, including the exhibit hereto, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibit shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the SEC made by the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release dated January 20, 2022.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in inline XBRL.

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.

Annexon Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits