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): April 25, 2012
Interleukin Genetics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 001-32715 | 94-3123681 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 135 Beaver Street Waltham, MA | 02452 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(781) 398-0700
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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. |
(e) On April 25, 2012, Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the employment agreement, dated November 12, 2008 (the “Agreement”), with its President and Chief Scientific Officer, Kenneth S. Kornman. The Amendment, which has an effective date of March 31, 2012, extends the term of the Agreement through November 30, 2012. The terms of the Agreement were set forth in “Part II - Item 5. Other Information” of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2008 (File No. 001-32715), and are incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| 10.1 | First Amendment, effective as of March 31, 2012, to the Employment Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2008, by and between Interleukin Genetics, Inc. and Kenneth S. Kornman. |
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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.
| INTERLEUKIN GENETICS, INC. | |
| Date: April 26, 2012 | /s/ Eliot M. Lurier |
| Eliot M. Lurier | |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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