---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-000142"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESPR"
cik: "0001434868"
company_name: "Esperion Therapeutics, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:56:13.727276+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Esperion appoints Benjamin O. Looker as General Counsel effective Jan 1, 2022

## Summary
- Appointed Benjamin O. Looker as General Counsel effective Jan 1, 2022, reporting to CEO Sheldon Koenig.
- Looker previously served as GC of Trillium Therapeutics until its acquisition by Pfizer in Nov 2021.
- Compensation includes $375k base salary, 40% target bonus, option for 100,450 shares, and 70,800 RSUs.
- Looker will lead legal, compliance, and ethics operations, with focus on upcoming CLEAR Outcomes trial results.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-000142
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESPR
- cik: 0001434868
- company_name: Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434868/000162828022000142/0001628280-22-000142-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434868/000162828022000142/espr-20220104.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-000142
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-000142.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-000142.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Benjamin O. Looker was appointed as General Counsel at Esperion Therapeutics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: General Counsel
  source text: On January 4, 2022, Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Benjamin O. Looker as the Company’s General Counsel pursuant to the terms of an employment agreement with Mr. Looker (the “Looker Agreement”), effective as of January 1, 2022 (the “Start Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434868/000162828022000142/0001628280-22-000142-index.htm

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