Company: SUPN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-042531
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Company: SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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 qualifies her to serve as a director. Jack A. Khattar is the founder of our Company and has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary and a Director since 2005. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Khattar served in various positions during that time as a board member, President and Chief Executive Officer of Shire Laboratories Inc., the drug delivery subsidiary of Shire plc. From 1999 to 2004, he also served as a member of Shire plc’s executive committee. Prior to that, Mr. Khattar served as an executive officer and the Chairman of the management committee at CIMA Labs Inc. (CIMA), a drug delivery company where he was also responsible for business development, corporate alliances and strategic planning. Prior to joining CIMA in 1995, Mr. Khattar held several marketing and business development positions at Merck & Co., Novartis, Playtex and Kodak in various locations, including the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Khattar currently serves on the boards of directors of Navitor Pharmaceuticals, LLC a privately-held development stage biotechnology company, and on the advisory board of New Rhein Healthcare, a private equity firm. Mr. Khattar also serves as Chairman of the board of directors of scPharmaceuticals and Cognition Therapeutics Inc., two publicly traded pharmaceutical companies. Mr. Khattar earned his degrees in Marketing with a BBA from American University of Beirut and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Khattar’s leadership, executive, managerial, business and pharmaceutical company experience, along with his more than 30 years of industry experience in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products and drug delivery technologies, qualify him to be a director. The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election of the Class I nominees to the Board of Directors named above. Class II Directors Continuing for Term of Office Expiring in 2026: Frederick M. Hudson has served as a member of our Board of Directors and chair of the Audit Committee since 2010. Mr. Hudson retired as a partner in the accounting firm of KPMG LLP in 2006 after 7 a 37 year career with the firm. During Mr. Hudson’s career with KPMG, he was the partner in charge of the health care audit practice for the Washington — Baltimore business unit, and held leadership positions for serving the middle market practice and due diligence and