pbsv_8k.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 1, 2014
Pharma-Bio Serv, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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0-50956
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20-0653570
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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6 Road 696, Dorado, Puerto Rico
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00646
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(787) 278-2709
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(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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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 December 1, 2014, Pharma-Bio Serv, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Victor Sanchez as the President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of the Company, effective January 1, 2015. Mr. Sanchez will continue to serve as the President of the European Operations of the Company.
Mr. Sanchez, 44, has served as the President of the European Operations of the Company since January 2011. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Operations Manager in the LOCM and OSD divisions of Merck Sharp & Dohme (“MSD”), a pharmaceutical company, in Madrid, Spain from April 2010 to January 2011 and as Operations Manager of the LOCM division of Schering-Plough S.A., a pharmaceutical company, in Madrid, Spain, from September 2004 to April 2010. He served as Quality Control Validations Manager for Schering-Plough Products, LLC, a pharmaceutical company (“Schering-Plough”), in Puerto Rico from December 2000 to August 2004 and as Quality Control Laboratory Supervisor of Schering-Plough from April 1996 to December 2000. Mr. Sanchez holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, summa cum laude, and a M.B.A. in Industrial Management, cum laude, from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Validation Technology from the Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. Mr. Sanchez is a licensed chemist by the Puerto Rico State Department and a member of the American Chemical Society, the Parenteral Drug Association, the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society, and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineers.
The Company and Mr. Sanchez are finalizing the terms of his employment agreement.
On December 2, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Sanchez. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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99.1
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Press release, dated December 2, 2014, announcing the appoint of Mr. Sanchez.
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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.
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PHARMA-BIO SERV, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Pedro J. Lasanta |
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Pedro J. Lasanta
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Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Finance and Administration
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99.1
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Press release, dated December 2, 2014, announcing the appoint of Mr. Sanchez.
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