mnkd-8k_20221026.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): October 26, 2022

MannKind Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	000-50865	13-3607736
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1 Casper Street, Danbury, Connecticut 06810

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(818) 661-5000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company ☐

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

MNKD

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC


Item 5.02	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b)

On October 26, 2022, MannKind Corporation (the “Company”) and Joseph Kocinsky, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, discussed and agreed that Mr. Kocinsky’s duties and responsibilities will be reduced such that he will no longer function in the same position, effective October 31, 2022 (the “Effective Date”). Mr. Kocinsky will remain employed with the Company following the Effective Date, subject to the at-will employment relationship.

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.

	MannKind Corporation


Date: October 31, 2022	By:	/s/ David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D.
		David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D.
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary