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): June 5, 2022

 

Aileron Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Company as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-38130		13-4196017
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

285 Summer Street, Unit 101 Boston, MA		02210
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 995-0900

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, $0.001 par value per share		ALRN		Nasdaq Capital 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).

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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.

Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) previously announced on April 25, 2022 that Richard J. Wanstall, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, notified the Company of his resignation, effective May 6, 2022. On June 5, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Manuel Aivado, M.D., Ph.D., the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer to serve as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Dr. Aivado, age 52, has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors since September 2018.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Dr. Aivado and any other person pursuant to which Dr. Aivado was selected as an officer. Dr. Aivado has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. There are no transactions and no proposed transactions between Dr. Aivado and the Company that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

				Aileron Therapeutics, Inc.
Date: June 7, 2022				By:		/s/ Manuel Aivado
						Manuel Aivado, M.D., Ph.D.
						President and Chief Executive Officer