txmd-8k_20211214.htm

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): December 14, 2021

TherapeuticsMD, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Nevada

001-00100

87-0233535

(State or Other

Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

951 Yamato Road, Suite 220

Boca Raton, FL 33431

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 961-1900

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	TXMD	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2). 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.

On December 14, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of TherapeuticsMD, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), appointed Mr. Hugh O’Dowd, the Company’s President, as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and on December 18, 2021, the Board appointed Mr. O'Dowd as a director. Mr. O’Dowd succeeds Mr. Robert G. Finizio as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer; Mr. Finizio will continue to serve as Vice Chair of the Board.

Except pursuant to Mr. O’Dowd’s existing employment agreement, dated August 3, 2021, which was filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on August 9, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. O’Dowd and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer or as a director of the Company and no family relationships between Mr. O’Dowd and any director or executive officer of the Company. Other than as described in this Current Report on Form 8-K, since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, the Company has not engaged in any transactions, and there are no proposed transactions, or series of similar transactions, in which the Company was or is to be a participant and in which Mr. O’Dowd had a direct or indirect material interest in which the amount involved exceeds or exceeded $120,000.

Mr. Finizio’s separation as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer is a termination without “Cause,” as defined in that certain employment agreement, dated November 24, 2020, by and between Mr. Finizio and the Company, and Mr. Finizio will receive the separation benefits provided therein.

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.

Date: December 20, 2021		THERAPEUTICSMD, INC.

		/s/ James C. D’Arecca
		James C. D’Arecca
		Chief Financial Officer

TherapeuticsMD, Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update