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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): April 30, 2006
SIGA
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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0-23047
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13-3864870
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Commission
file number)
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(I.R.S.
employer
identification
no.)
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420
Lexington Avenue, Suite 408
New
York, New York
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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10170
(Zip
code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (212) 672-9100
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Item
5.02.
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Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of
Principal Officers.
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As
previously reported on the Registrant’s Form 8-K, filed on April 3, 2006 (the
“April 8-K”), effective April 30, 2006, Dr. Bernard L. Kasten, the Registrant’s
Chief Executive Officer, resigned his employment with the
Registrant.
In
addition, and also as previously reported on the April 8-K, Thomas N. Konatich
(“Konatich”), currently the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer, was, as of May
1, 2006, appointed to serve in an additional capacity as Acting Chief Executive
Officer of the Registrant until such point as the board of directors of the
Registrant shall select a permanent Chief Executive Officer. Additional
information about Konatich and his employment agreement with the Registrant
is
incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A filed on April 29, 2005 and Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on
March 29, 2006.
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.
SIGA
TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
By:
/s/
Thomas N.
Konatich
Name:
Thomas
N.
Konatich
Title:
Chief
Financial Officer
and Acting Chief Executive Officer
Date: May
4,
2006