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<title>vrtx-20231003</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="f-20">0000875320</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityRegistrantName" id="f-21">VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" id="f-22">false</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references xml:lang="en-US"><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="vrtx-20231003.xsd"></link:schemaRef></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="c-1"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0000875320</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2023-10-03</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2023-10-03</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="id75ba26627114546930cb60343423d5b_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:232%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:DocumentType" id="f-1">8-K</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CURRENT REPORT</span></div><div style="margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate" format="ixt:date-monthname-day-year-en" 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as a new member of the board of directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), effective on October 5, 2023. In connection with the appointment of Mr. Lagarde, the size of the Board was increased from nine to ten members. </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Mr. Lagarde is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Offer of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (&#8220;Thermo Fisher&#8221;), a supplier of analytical instruments, life science solutions, specialty diagnostics, laboratory, pharmaceutical and biotechnology services. He was Executive Vice President of Thermo Fisher from 2019 through 2021. Mr. Lagarde was the Senior Vice President and President, Pharma Services from 2017 to 2019, joining Thermo Fisher as Senior Vice President, Pharma Services through its acquisition of Patheon N.V., a pharma services company, in 2017. He was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Patheon N.V. from 2016 to 2017 and Managing Director of JLL Partners, a private equity firm focused on healthcare, from 2008 to 2016. Mr. Lagarde holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree in business administration from European University in Antwerp and an executive master&#8217;s degree in finance and control from the University of Maastricht and University of Amsterdam.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Upon joining the Board on October 5, 2023, Mr. Lagarde received a $400,000 restricted stock unit award that vests in October 2024. Additional information regarding compensation policies for non-employee directors can be found in Exhibit 10.38 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. There are no transactions involving the Company and Mr. Lagarde that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Lagarde</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Lagarde</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> was appointed to the Board.</span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><div id="id75ba26627114546930cb60343423d5b_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">SIGNATURES</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">&#160; </span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">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.</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">&#160;</span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:88.888%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.794%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:66.006%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:99pt;padding-right:2.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Registrant)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:2.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date:  October 5, 2023</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Jonathan Biller</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:2.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Jonathan Biller</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-right:2.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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vrtx-20231003
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)
October 3, 2023
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts
000-19319
04-3039129
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
50 Northern Avenue
Boston
,
Massachusetts
02210
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(
617
)
341-6100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value Per Share
VRTX
The Nasdaq Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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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.
(d) On October 3, 2023, Michel Lagarde was appointed as a new member of the board of directors (the "Board") of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (the "Company"), effective on October 5, 2023. In connection with the appointment of Mr. Lagarde, the size of the Board was increased from nine to ten members.
Mr. Lagarde is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Offer of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. ("Thermo Fisher"), a supplier of analytical instruments, life science solutions, specialty diagnostics, laboratory, pharmaceutical and biotechnology services. He was Executive Vice President of Thermo Fisher from 2019 through 2021. Mr. Lagarde was the Senior Vice President and President, Pharma Services from 2017 to 2019, joining Thermo Fisher as Senior Vice President, Pharma Services through its acquisition of Patheon N.V., a pharma services company, in 2017. He was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Patheon N.V. from 2016 to 2017 and Managing Director of JLL Partners, a private equity firm focused on healthcare, from 2008 to 2016. Mr. Lagarde holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from European University in Antwerp and an executive master's degree in finance and control from the University of Maastricht and University of Amsterdam.
Upon joining the Board on October 5, 2023, Mr. Lagarde received a $400,000 restricted stock unit award that vests in October 2024. Additional information regarding compensation policies for non-employee directors can be found in Exhibit 10.38 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. There are no transactions involving the Company and Mr. Lagarde that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr.
Lagarde
and any other persons pursuant to which Mr.
Lagarde
was appointed to the Board.
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.
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
(Registrant)
Date:  October 5, 2023
/s/ Jonathan Biller
Jonathan Biller
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer