Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) On July 9, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Mr. Utpal Koppikar as a director of the Company. Mr. Koppikar will serve as a Class II director with an initial term expiring at the Company's 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his earlier death, resignation, or removal. Mr. Koppikar was also appointed to serve as a member and Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board, replacing Mr. Patrick Mahaffy, who was serving in an interim role as a member and Chair of that Committee.

Mr. Koppikar will receive compensation in accordance with the Company's Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2020. The Company also entered into a standard form of indemnity agreement with Mr. Koppikar effective upon his appointment to the Board.

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