Explanatory Note
On October 16, 2023, DBV Technologies S.A. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) to report, among other things, the departure of Sébastien Robitaille from his position as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the appointment of Virginie Boucinha as the Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer of the Company. On November 2, 2023, the Company filed an Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A to supplement the disclosure contained in Item 5.02 of the Original Form 8-K by providing additional information regarding the compensatory and other arrangements entered into with Mr. Robitaille in connection with his departure (the “Amendment No. 1”). This Amendment No. 2 on Form 8-K/A is being filed to further supplement the disclosure contained in Item 5.02 of the Original Form 8-K and Amendment No. 1 by providing additional information regarding the compensatory and other arrangements entered into with Ms. Bouchinha in connection with her appointment. The Original Form 8-K and Amendment No. 1 otherwise remain unchanged.
| Item 5.02 |
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On October 16, 2023, DBV Technologies S.A. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Virginie Boucinha as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer, effective as of November 6, 2023.
On November 1, the Company entered into an offer letter with Ms. Boucinha, effective as of November 6, 2023, governing the terms of her service as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (the “Offer Letter”). Under the terms of the Offer Letter, Ms. Boucinha will receive an annual base salary of 295,000 euros and will be eligible to receive an annual performance bonus with a target of 40% of Ms. Boucinha’s base salary. Any actual annual performance bonus amount will be based upon the Board’s good faith assessment of Ms. Boucinha’s and the Company’s attainment of goals established by the Board in its reasonable discretion.
The Offer Letter further provides that, pending approval of the Board, Ms. Boucinha may be eligible to receive a grant for an option to purchase 113,000 shares and 19,000 restricted share units at a future date.
Ms. Boucinha is also expected to enter into the Company’s standard confidentiality and dispute resolution agreements, as well as the Company’s standard indemnification agreement with officers in the form of agreement previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1/A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2014.
Pursuant to the terms of the Offer Letter, Ms. Boucinha’s employment is at will and may be terminated at any time by the Company or Ms. Boucinha.
The foregoing description of the Offer Letter is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Offer Letter, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
