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: September 10, 2020
(Date of earliest event reported)
Invitae Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-36847 | 27-1701898 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. employer identification number) |
1400 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94103
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(415) 374-7782
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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, $0.0001 par value per share | NVTA | The New York Stock Exchange 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 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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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 September 10, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Invitae Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Kimber D. Lockhart to serve as a member of the Board. Ms. Lockhart was designated a Class II director and will stand for re-election at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2021.
Ms. Lockhart, age 34, has served as Chief Technology Officer of 1Life Healthcare, Inc. (dba One Medical) (Nasdaq: ONEM), a company offering a membership-based primary care platform, since March 2015. Prior to that, from April 2014 to March 2015, Ms. Lockhart served as Vice President of Engineering at One Medical. Ms. Lockhart holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.
In connection with Ms. Lockhart’s appointment to the Board, Ms. Lockhart entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement.
Ms. Lockhart will receive compensation for her service as a non-employee director, as described under the heading “Fiscal Year 2020 Director Compensation” of the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2020.
Ms. Lockhart has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers, and she has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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.
INVITAE CORPORATION | ||||||
Date: September 11, 2020 | By: | /s/ Shelly D. Guyer | ||||
Name: | Shelly D. Guyer | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |