Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;


           Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
           Officers.

On August 23, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of iBio, Inc. (the "Company") elected William D. (Chip) Clark as a Class III Director of the Board. Mr. Clark was appointed to the Company's Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. Each Class of directors stands for re-election every three (3) years. Class III Directors are next up for election at the Company's 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Clark's term as a director will continue until such time as his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal.

Mr. Clark will receive compensation that includes $40,000 in annual fees in cash compensation, payable quarterly, and an additional $7,500 in annual fees in cash compensation for service on the Company's Audit Committee and $4,000 in annual fees in cash compensation for service on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, payable quarterly. In addition, on August 23, 2021 Mr. Clark was granted a nonqualified stock option to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to vest in equal monthly installments over a 36 month period, issued pursuant to the iBio, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan. Mr. Clark will enter into a stock option agreement in connection with the option grant. A brief description of the qualifications and experiences of Mr. Clark is below.

Mr. Clark has more than 30 years of biotechnology and pharmaceutical experience, with a focus on business development, commercialization, strategic planning, and general management. Since 2011, he has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical company, Genocea Biosciences, Inc. ("Genocea") . In that role, among other accomplishments, he executed Genocea's successful strategic pivot from infectious disease to immuno-oncology. Prior to joining Genocea, Mr. Clark was Chief Business Officer at Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Vanda"), a company he co-founded in 2004. There, he played central roles in completing the company's 2006 Nasdaq initial public offering and its 2009 out-licensing deal with Novartis Pharma AG, from which Vanda received an upfront payment of $200 million, plus contingent additional future milestone payments totaling up to $265 million. Previously, he was a Principal at Care Capital, LLC, a venture capital firm investing in biopharmaceutical companies. Earlier in his career, he spent 10 years at SmithKline Beecham Corporation (now part of GlaxoSmithKline plc) in a variety of business development roles. Mr. Clark holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Harvard University.

There are no family relationships between the above- named director and any other director or executive officer of the Company, nor has any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 26, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Clark. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

This information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language contained in such filing, unless otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.






(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:





Exhibit
Number      Description
  10.1        Director Offer Letter
  99.1        Press Release issued by iBio, Inc. on August 26, 2021

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