ITEM 10.
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DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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Directors of the Company
The following table sets forth the names of the persons serving on our Board of Directors (the “Board”). Our stockholders elect the directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and, if applicable, until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Effective on January 31, 2016, John G. Cooper, our former President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board, resigned his positions with the Company. Effective on February 1, 2016, the Board appointed Craig Fraser, our President and Chief Executive Officer, to serve as a member of the Board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Cooper’s resignation until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor shall be duly elected.
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Position with the Company
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John R. Leone
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Chairman of the Board
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Craig Fraser
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Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
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Joseph M. Mahady
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Director
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Bruce A. Peacock
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Director
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Marvin E. Rosenthale, Ph.D.
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Director
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John R. Leone,
age 68
,
has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2012 and was elected Chairman in January 2013. He serves as a member of the Board’s Compensation Committee and the Nomination and Governance Committee. With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Leone has built an outstanding track record in pharmaceutical operations, commercial portfolio management, and financing life science companies. His commercial experience includes significant domestic and international executive management roles and direct responsibility for the commercial launch of numerous pharmaceutical products.
Mr. Leone has been a Partner at Visium Asset Management, LLC, an investment platform focused on healthcare royalties and related revenues since May 2013. Prior to joining Visium, Mr. Leone was a Partner at Paul Capital Healthcare, a private equity firm that manages one of the largest dedicated healthcare funds globally (2007 to 2013). Previously, Mr. Leone served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Cambrex Corporation, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Commercial Operations at Aventis Pharmaceuticals. While at Aventis, he played a key role in spearheading the successful integration of its predecessor companies, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer and Hoechst Marion Roussel, and had responsibility for all commercial business units, including oncology, metabolism, cardiovascular, dermatology, respiratory and anti-infective. Mr. Leone also served on the Board of Directors at ViroPharma Incorporated from January 2006 until its acquisition in March 2014. Mr. Leone received his B.S. degree in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and his M.B.A. from the University of Colorado.
Craig Fraser
, age 51, was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board effective February 1, 2016. He brings over 25 years of experience as a leader in both product development and commercial operations and in building biopharmaceutical and device businesses for both startups and larger companies. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Fraser held executive positions at several biopharmaceutical companies, including Aegerion Pharmaceuticals as Chief Operating Officer (July 2014 to August 2015) and as President, International & Global Manufacturing and Supply (October 2011 to July 2014); as Vice President of Global Disease Areas at Pfizer (October 2009 to October 2011); and as Vice President and Global Business Manager at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (December 2007 to November 2009). Previously, Mr. Fraser served as Vice President, Sales & Marketing and Commercial Operations and as Vice President, Global Strategic Marketing at Johnson & Johnson; and as Gastroenterology Franchise Lead, National Sales Director – Immunology and Acute Cardiovasculars, and Marketing Director – Cardiovasculars and Diagnostics at Centocor. Mr. Fraser is a veteran of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Army. Mr. Fraser does not serve on any other public company boards. Mr. Fraser received his B.S. degree in Public Administration from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
Joseph M. Mahady
, age 63, has served as a member of our Board since January 2013. He also serves as Chairman of the Board’s Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Mahady has extensive strategic and operational experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. He has broad international commercial experience, having served in a direct leadership role in more than 30 product launches, and has a successful record of developing profitable businesses based on transformational technologies in both the U.S. and international markets.
Mr. Mahady held significant leadership positions during his 30-year career with Wyeth Corporation, including as President, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (2008 – 2009), and Senior Vice President, Wyeth Corporation (2002 – 2009), with responsibility to direct the worldwide operations of that company's $20 billion global pharmaceutical business. He also served as President of Global Business, where he directed all worldwide commercial operations, President of Americas and Global Business, President, North America Operations, President of Wyeth-Ayerst, as well as Vice President of Healthcare Systems and Vice President of Marketing and Sales Operations. He retired from Wyeth in 2009. Since his retirement, Mr. Mahady served as Chairman of Lumara Health (formerly KV Pharmaceuticals) and a member of the boards of directors of Albemarle, EKR Therapeutics and Strongbridge Biopharma. Mr. Mahady received his B.S. degree in Pharmacy from St. John's University College of Pharmacy and his M.B.A. in Pharmaceutical Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Bruce A. Peacock
, age 64, has served as a member of our Board since September 2010. He also serves as Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee and is a member of the Compensation and the Nomination and Governance Committees. Mr. Peacock brings to our Board extensive biotech and pharmaceutical experience, including financial expertise in debt, equity capital and alliance transactions. He also has significant experience in drug development, having led the effort to gain regulatory approval for several drug candidates in the United States and in other major markets worldwide. Mr. Peacock also has had responsibility for marketing, commercial and manufacturing operations.
Mr. Peacock has served as a Venture Partner with SV Life Sciences Advisers LLC since 2006. From August 2013 to September 2104, Mr. Peacock served as Chief Financial and Business Officer of Ophthotech Corporation, having served as Chief Business Officer since September 2010. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Alba Therapeutics; Chief Executive Officer and Director of The Little Clinic, a medical care services company; President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Adolor Corporation, a publicly-held biotechnology company; President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Orthovita Inc., a publicly-held orthopaedic biomaterials company; Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Cephalon Inc.; and Chief Financial Officer of Centocor Inc. Mr. Peacock serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of Alba Therapeutics and as a member of the boards of directors of the following publicly held biopharmaceutical companies: since March 2015, AGTC Genetic Technologies Corporation; since September 2014, Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and since July 2014, Ocular Therapeutix. Since 2012, Mr. Peacock has served as a member of the board of directors of Invisible Sentinel, Inc. and, since 2015, PanOptica, Inc., both privately-owned companies. Mr. Peacock earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Villanova University and is a certified public accountant.
Marvin E. Rosenthale, Ph.D.
, age 82, has served as a member of our Board since 1998. He also serves as Chairman of the Board’s Nomination and Governance Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. Dr. Rosenthale brings to our Board more than 50 years of management and executive experience in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, since 1998, he has served as a member of the board of directors of nine pharmaceutical companies, which provides him a broad perspective of the customs, practices and strategic priorities of pharmaceutical companies in today’s challenging competitive and financial markets.
Prior to his retirement in 1999, Dr. Rosenthale served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Allergan Ligand Retinoid Therapeutics, Inc., having joined as Vice President in 1993. Previously, over a period of 16 years, Dr. Rosenthale served in a variety of executive positions at Johnson & Johnson, including Vice President, Drug Discovery Worldwide, at R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, and director of the divisions of pharmacology and biological research and Executive Director of Drug Discovery Research at Ortho Pharmaceutical. Dr. Rosenthale also served in various positions with Wyeth Laboratories. Dr. Rosenthale has served on the boards of directors of NuRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (2008-2010) and Radiant Pharmaceuticals Corp. (formerly AMDL, Inc., 2000-2006). Dr. Rosenthale received a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Hahnemann Medical College, a M.Sc. in pharmacology from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science and a B.Sc. in pharmacy from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science.
Executive Officers
The following table sets forth the names and positions of our executive officers. The Board approves the election of officers annually and such officers serve until the meeting of the Board following the next annual meeting of the stockholders and, if applicable, until their successors are duly elected and qualified:
Name
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Position with the Company
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Craig Fraser
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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John A. Tattory
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Steven G. Simonson, M.D.
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Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer
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Mary B. Templeton, Esq.
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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Kathryn A. Cole
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Senior Vice President, Human Resources
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George Cox
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Vice President, Technical Operations
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Lawrence A. Weinstein
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Vice President, Medical Device Development
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Mr. Fraser
’s biographical information appears above.
Steven G. Simonson, M.D.
, age 57,
was appointed our Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer in October 2014, having served as our Vice President, Clinical Development, since joining the Company in May of 2014. Dr. Simonson brings over 25 years of medical practice and pharmaceutical industry clinical trial experience with a significant background in pulmonary critical care and developing respiratory drugs to the Company, including preclinical, first time into man and phases 1-4, and IND, NDA and sNDA experience. Dr. Simonson spent 15 years at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in areas of medical and clinical leadership primarily in the pulmonary and infection therapeutic areas. He has been involved in or led several successful IND and NDA filings including the Pulmicort® Turbuhaler® M3 NDA, which was approved for treatment of asthma. He spent the next two years as Vice President of Clinical Development at Agennix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused in oncology and sepsis, leading programs including studies of talactoferrin in necrotizing enterocolitis, the second most common cause of morbidity in premature neonates. Most recently, Dr. Simonson was an Executive Director in the Molecule Development Group at Covance, a biopharmaceutical development services company, where he applied his experience to developing clinical programs for small and mid-size biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Simonson completed training in internal medicine followed by a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He then held several faculty appointments at Duke in the departments of Anesthesiology and Medicine, including the divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, and author or co-author of multiple peer reviewed publications, abstracts, posters and chapters. Dr. Simonson received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, and his Masters of Health Sciences degree in Biometry from the Duke University School of Medicine.
John A. Tattory
, age 50, was appointed our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in March 2014, having previously served as our Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (March 2013 - March 2014), and our Vice President, Finance, and Controller and the designated principal accounting officer (July 2010 - March 2013), and Vice President, Finance (January 2008 – July 2010). He brings more than 25 years of financial management and leadership experience, including in directing U.S. and international financial operations, strategic transactions, licensing and collaboration arrangements, and equity and debt financings. Prior to joining us, Mr. Tattory held financial management positions at Tyco International, where he served as Director, Financial Planning & Analysis for Tyco Flow Control, an operating unit that included the majority of business operations in international markets; and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), where he held financial roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Finance Director, U.S. Primary Care, with responsibility for the financial matters of various BMS pharmaceutical businesses, including international operations. Previously, Mr. Tattory served as an Audit Manager with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Tattory is a certified public accountant (CPA) and holds a B.S. degree in Commerce from Rider University.
Mary B. Templeton, Esq
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age 69, has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since September 2011, having previously served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel since joining us in March 2006. Ms. Templeton brings to us more than 30 years of legal and senior management experience, including in corporate, contract and securities law, financing and strategic transactions. Prior to joining us, Ms. Templeton held senior executive positions in the financial services industry, including as Senior Vice President and General Counsel with The Charles Schwab Corporation and Senior Vice President and General Counsel with The Sequor Group Inc. (a subsidiary of Security Pacific Corporation) and spent several years in private practice in Philadelphia and New York. As Director of Investment Company Products at Charles Schwab & Co., Ms. Templeton led development of the first mutual fund marketplace, and, as Trust Officer of Bradford Trust Company (New York), the first for-profit clearing corporation registered with the SEC
. Ms. Templeton received a B.A. degree from Chatham University, where she is a member of the Board of Trustees, and a J.D. with High Honors from Rutgers Law School. She is a member of the Bar Associations of Pennsylvania and New York.
Kathryn A. Cole
, age 50, has served as our Senior Vice President, Human Resources, since January 2006. Ms. Cole brings more than 20 years of extensive Human Resources experience, mostly in the life sciences industry, managing change and aligning human resources strategies with business objectives to ensure a focused, results driven organization. Prior to joining us, Ms. Cole served as Vice President, Human Resources for Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc., in addition to other human resource management positions of increasing responsibility for Cytogen Corporation, EpiGenesis Pharmaceuticals, and the Prudential Insurance Company of America. Ms. Cole received her undergraduate degree in Communication from Douglass College and her M.S. degree in Industrial Relations and Human Resources from the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations.
George Cox
, age 64, currently serves as Vice President, Technical Operations, having served as Vice President, Supply Chain, since April 2008. Mr. Cox brings more than 30 years of technical operations and supply chain experience, including directing multi-facility manufacturing in the United States and Europe and the establishment of agreements with various Contract Manufacturing Organizations to insure the supply continuity for both drug and medical device products. Prior to joining us, Mr. Cox served as Senior Director, Supply Chain with Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, where he implemented the organizational strategy to support the growth of the commercial and clinical operations. Mr. Cox has held executive technical operations positions at MedImmune, where he was instrumental in obtaining significant government contracts for the pandemic flu vaccine and the launch of their nasal seasonal flu vaccine, and Rhone-Polenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals, and also spent significant time in the financial arena including as plant controller for Proctor-Silex. Mr. Cox received a B.S. in Accounting from Villanova University.
Lawrence A. Weinstein,
age 53, was appointed our Vice President, Medical Device Development, in April 2014. He brings over 30 years of respiratory medical device experience with significant direct experience working with capillary-based technologies, new product development, as well as operational and quality assurance activities. Mr. Weinstein was also involved in the successful launch of several respiratory products. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Weinstein served as President and Chief Operating Officer for ALR Technologies (July 2010 – May 2014), President of Hydrate, Inc. and Senior Vice President of Operations for PRE Holding (2007 – June 2010), and Vice President of Product Technology at PARI (2003 2007). Previously, Mr. Weinstein served as Director of Technology for DHD Healthcare as well as several roles of increasing responsibility with Cordis Corporation. Mr. Weinstein is a named inventor on over 20 U.S. patents. He is the author or co-author of over 20 published articles, abstracts and posters in aerosol drug delivery and respiratory humidification. Mr. Weinstein received his M.B.A. and a M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among our directors or executive officers.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), requires our directors, officers (including a person performing a principal policy-making function) and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities (collectively, “Reporting Persons”) to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and other equity securities.
Reporting Persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all filings they make under Section 16(a) and we are required to identify those Reporting Persons who failed to make such filings timely. Based solely on a review of the copies of any such filings made available to us and written representations from our officers and directors, we believe that all Reporting Persons complied with the filing requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act during the year ended December 31, 2015.
Procedures for Recommending Nominees to our Board
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to our Board since we described those procedures in our proxy statement for our 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we filed with the SEC on April 29, 2015.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee of the Board is a standing committee of our Board and currently consists of Bruce A. Peacock, Joseph M. Mahady and Marvin E. Rosenthale, Ph.D. The primary purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities relating to our accounting, reporting and financial practices, and our compliance with the all related legal and regulatory requirements, including oversight of:
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the maintenance by management of the reliability and integrity of the Company’s accounting policies, financial reporting and disclosure practices, and tax compliance;
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the establishment and maintenance by management of processes to assure that an adequate system of internal control is functioning within the Company; and
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the establishment and maintenance by management of processes to assure compliance by the Company with all applicable laws, regulations and Company policy.
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In addition, the Audit Committee is responsible for, among other things, the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any registered public accounting firm engaged (including resolution of disagreements between management and the auditor regarding financial reporting), reviewing the range and cost of audit and non-audit services performed by our independent accountants, reviewing the adequacy of our systems of internal control, and reviewing all related party transactions. In discharging its role, the Audit Committee is empowered to investigate any matter brought to its attention and has full access to all of our books, records, facilities and personnel. The Audit Committee also has the power to retain such legal, accounting and other advisors as it deems necessary to carry out its duties.
The Board has adopted a written Audit Committee Charter. The composition and responsibilities of the Audit Committee and the attributes of its members, as reflected in its Charter, are intended to be in accordance with applicable listing requirements of The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) and the rules of the SEC for corporate audit committees. All members of our Audit Committee are “independent” as defined in Rule
5605(a)(2)
of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and the financial sophistication requirements of the SEC rules and Nasdaq Listing Rule
5605(c)(2)(A)
. The Board has determined that Bruce A. Peacock is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under SEC rules.
See,
Mr. Peacock’s biographical information in “Directors of the Company,” above.
ITEM 11.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
Named Executive Officers
The following table summarizes, for the years 2015 and 2014, the compensation of (1) the individual who was serving as our principal executive officer during 2015 and (2) the two most highly-compensated executive officers (other than the principal executive officer) who were serving as executive officers on December 31, 2015 ranked by their total compensation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, to whom we collectively refer herein as our “Named Executive Officers.”
To improve readability, the following columns have been removed from the table as there is no reportable information with respect to these items: “Stock Award,” “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” and “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings.”
Name and Principal Position
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Year
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Salary
($)
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Bonus
($)
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Option Award
($)
(1)
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All Other
Compensation
($)
(2)
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Total
($)
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John G. Cooper
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President and Chief Executive Officer
(3)
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2015
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$
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400,000
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$
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150,000
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$
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308,805
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$
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18,001
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$
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876,806
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2014
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400,000
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–
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206,410
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17,500
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623,910
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Steven G. Simonson, M.D.
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Senior Vice President and
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2015
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315,000
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100,000
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242,633
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18,001
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675,634
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Chief Development Officer
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2014
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186,364
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–
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163,212
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7,387
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356,963
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John A. Tattory
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Senior Vice President,
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2015
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265,850
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77,000
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132,345
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10,875
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486,070
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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2014
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253,495
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–
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185,769
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15,600
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454,864
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Thomas F. Miller, Ph.D., MBA
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Former Senior Vice President and
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2015
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447,590
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30,684
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-
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3,374
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481,648
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Chief Operating Officer
(3)
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2014
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325,000
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–
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123,846
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17,500
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466,346
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(1)
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Represents the grant date fair value of the stock options computed in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 718 “Stock Compensation” (ASC Topic 718). The assumptions that we utilized are described in Note 11, “Stock Options and Stock-based Employee Compensation,” to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015, which are included in the 2015 Annual Report. The amounts reported in this column have not been paid to, nor realized by, the Named Executive Officer. The Compensation Committee approved grants to Mr. Cooper, Dr. Simonson, and Mr. Tattory on March 27, 2015 for 25,000, 19,643 and 10,714 shares, respectively, each with an exercise price of $16.38. The Compensation Committee approved grants to Mr. Cooper, Mr. Tattory and Dr. Miller on March 6, 2014 for 7,143, 6,429 and 4,286 shares, respectively, each with an exercise price of $36.12. Dr. Simonson received a grant on May 19, 2014 upon the commencement of his employment of an option to purchase 8,571 shares with an exercise price of $23.80. All options vest in three equal annual installments beginning with the first year anniversary of the date of grant, except that Dr. Simonson’s initial option vested 17% when issued and thereafter in three equal installments on the first three anniversaries of the date of grant. All options have a term of 10 years.
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(2)
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The reported amount reflects the Company match under the Company’s 401(k) Plan. During 2015 and 2014, as applicable, the aggregate perquisites and other personal benefits afforded to each Named Executive Officer was less than $10,000, calculated as the incremental cost of providing such benefits to each Named Executive Officer, in accordance with SEC disclosure rules. This amount does not include the cost of medical and health benefits, as such benefits are available to all of our employees.
See also
, “– Retirement Benefits,” and “– Executive Employment Agreements.”
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(3)
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Mr. Cooper resigned his position effective January 31, 2016. We terminated Dr. Miller's employment agreement with us on April 17, 2015.
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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2015
The following table shows the number of shares covered by exercisable and unexercisable options held by the Named Executive Officers on December 31, 2015. To improve readability, the following columns have been removed from the table as there is no reportable information with respect to these items: “Option Awards – Equity Incentive Plan Awards: No. of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options,” “Stock Awards: Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested,” and “– Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested.”
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Option Awards
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Named
Executive
Officer
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No. of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised Options
–Exercisable
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No. of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised Options –
Unexercisable
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Option
Exercise
Price ($)*
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Option
Expiration
Date
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John G. Cooper
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238
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1,472.10
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1/3/16
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1,190
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472.50
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5/17/16
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952
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516.60
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12/15/16
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762
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686.70
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6/21/17
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714
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548.10
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12/11/17
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635
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254.10
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12/12/18
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1,270
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405.30
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12/12/18
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17,857
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25.62
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10/7/21
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9,286
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37.94
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5/4/22
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16,667
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(1)
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8,333
(1)
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33.04
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3/26/23
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2,381
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(1)
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4,762
(1)
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36.12
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3/6/24
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25,000
(1)
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16.38
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3/27/25
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Steven G. Simonson, M.D.
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3,810
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(2)
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4,761
(2)
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23.80
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5/19/24
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19,643
(1)
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16.38
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3/27/25
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John A. Tattory
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357
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378.00
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1/28/18
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238
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405.30
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9/26/18
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95
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254.10
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12/12/18
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5,357
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25.62
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10/7/21
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2,857
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37.94
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5/4/22
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3,811
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(1)
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1,904
(1)
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33.04
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3/26/23
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2,144
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(1)
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4,285
(1)
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36.12
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3/6/24
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10,714
(1)
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16.38
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3/27/25
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Thomas F. Miller
(3)
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167
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1,472.10
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1/3/16
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333
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|
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294.00
|
4/17/16
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|
|
72
|
|
|
417.90
|
4/17/16
|
|
|
476
|
|
|
516.60
|
4/17/16
|
|
|
381
|
|
|
686.70
|
4/17/16
|
|
|
524
|
|
|
548.10
|
4/17/16
|
|
|
238
|
|
|
254.10
|
4/17/16
|
|
|
476
|
|
|
405.30
|
4/17/16
|
|
|
14,285
|
|
|
25.62
|
4/17/16
|
|
|
4,762
|
|
|
37.94
|
4/17/16
|
|
|
9,525
|
|
|
33.04
|
4/17/16
|
|
|
1,429
|
|
|
36.12
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4/17/16
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*
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Adjusted where applicable to reflect the 1-for-15 reverse stock split effective December 28, 2010 and the 1-for-14 reverse stock split effective January 22, 2016.
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(1)
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These options vest and become exercisable in three equal installments on the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, and expire on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.
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(2)
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These options vest and become exercisable as follows: 1,429 on the date of grant and thereafter the remaining options in three equal installments on the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, and expire on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.
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(3)
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Under his employment agreement with us, Dr. Miller’s options continue to be exercisable until the earlier of the expiration of their term or the first anniversary of the date of termination of his employment with us on April 17, 2015.
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Retirement Benefits
During 2015, none of our Named Executive Officers participated in any plan that provides for the payment of retirement benefits, or benefits that will be paid primarily following retirement, other than our 401(k) savings plan (“401(k) Plan”). Under the 401(k) Plan, eligible employees (as defined in the 401(k) Plan) may elect to make pre-tax deferrals or Roth deferrals up to the maximum amount allowed by law (which was limited for this purpose in 2015 to $18,000). The 401(k) Plan also permits (i) rollover contributions and (ii) catch up contributions by employees age 50 and over (which was limited for this purpose in 2015 to $6,000). Under the 401(k), we may make matching contributions, which in 2015 equaled 75% of an employee’s deferred compensation. We have made our quarterly match in the form of shares of our common stock determined by reference to the lower of (i) the average closing price of shares of our common stock on all trading days in the applicable quarter, or (ii) the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the quarter.
Participant contributions are fully vested when made. Employer contributions in the form of shares generally vest in full over the first three years of service (as defined in the 401(k) Plan), with 34% vesting upon the anniversary of the first year of service, 33% vesting upon the anniversary of the second year of service, and 33% vesting upon the anniversary of the third year of service; provided, that a participant may not dispose of any shares of our common stock representing the employer contribution until all shares are fully vested at the end of the third year of service. The 401(k) Plan does not permit the acquisition or holding of employer securities, other than the shares of our common stock credited to participant accounts to satisfy the employer match. The 401(k) Plan contains standard provisions covering breaks in service, payment of expenses out of plan assets, hardship distributions, and distributions upon termination of employment, including retirement.
The 401(k) Plan is intended to be a qualified plan under the rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service. We act as Plan Administrator, the trustee and custodian of plan assets is The Charles Schwab Trust Company and the third party administrator is Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group. As Plan Administrator, and with the assistance of Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group, we determine the list of funds that will be made available to participants, who then direct the investment of their participant account balances among those funds. In addition, participants may elect to place their entire plan assets (other than shares of our common stock from the employer match that are not vested) in a self-directed brokerage account with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Executive Employment Agreements
On March 26, 2013, the Compensation Committee approved a form of executive employment agreement (the “Executive Agreements”) for senior executive officers, including Mr. Cooper, Mr. Tattory, and Dr. Simonson, on substantially similar terms. These agreements had an initial term expiring on March 31, 2015. In December 2014, we entered into amendments to the Executive Agreements to eliminate automatic acceleration of outstanding equity awards upon a change in control and to extend the term of the agreements through March 31, 2017. The following describes the key terms of the Executive Agreements as in effect on December 31, 2015.
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The Executive Agreements were effective April 1, 2013 for Mr. Cooper, March 21, 2014 for Mr. Tattory and December 19, 2014 for Dr. Simonson. Beginning on April 1, 2017, the Compensation Committee or an executive may determine not to renew an agreement and provide notice of non-renewal to the other party at least 90 days prior to the expiration date. If such notice is not provided, the term of such agreement will automatically be extended for two additional years. The Executive Agreements include a 12-month post-employment noncompetition agreement, an 18‑month non-solicitation agreement, and provide for confidentiality and the assignment to us of all intellectual property. The base salaries for Mr. Cooper, Mr. Tattory, and Dr. Simonson were originally $400,000, $260,000, and $300,000, respectively, and following adjustments in March 2015, were $400,000, $267,800, and $320,000, respectively on December 31, 2015. Effective February 1, 2016, Mr. Tattory’s base salary was increased to $290,000 and Dr. Simonson’s base salary was increased to $330,000. Each executive has a target annual bonus (“Annual Bonus Amount”), which is a percent of base salary and is awarded at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. The Annual Bonus Amount for Mr. Cooper was 50% and for each of Mr. Tattory, and Dr. Simonson, 30%, of such individual’s base salary.
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Upon termination by us without Cause or by the executive for Good Reason (in each case as defined in the Executive Agreements), in addition to any amounts or benefits that are due under any of our vested plans or other policy, and on the condition that the executive enters into a separation agreement containing a final and effective plenary release of claims in a form acceptable to us, each executive will be entitled to: (i) a pro rata bonus equal to a percentage of the executive’s Annual Bonus Amount determined by dividing the total actual bonuses paid to other contract executives for the year in which the termination occurs by the aggregate of such other contract executives’ total target bonuses for that year, and further prorated for the number of days the executive was employed in the year of termination, payable at the time that other contract executives are paid bonuses with respect to the year of termination; (ii) a severance amount equal to the sum of the executive’s base salary then in effect (determined without regard to any reduction constituting Good Reason) and the Annual Bonus Amount (multiplied by 1.5 for Mr. Cooper), payable in equal installments from the date of termination to the date that is 12 months (18 months for Mr. Cooper) after the date of termination (the “Severance Period”); and (iii) all vested stock options, restricted stock grants and other similar equity awards held by the executive (“Executive Equity Awards”) shall continue to be exercisable during the Severance Period. For Mr. Cooper, his Executive Equity Awards shall continue to vest for a period of 18 months, and be exercisable for a period of 36 months, after the date of termination. In addition, during the Severance Period, if the executive elects to continue medical benefits through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), we will continue to pay our costs of the executive’s and his or her dependents’ benefits as in effect on the date of termination as such benefits are provided to active employees. If COBRA coverage is unavailable, we will reimburse the executive an amount which, after taxes, is sufficient to purchase medical and dental coverage substantially equivalent to that which the executive and his dependents were receiving immediately prior to the date of termination and that is available to comparable active employees, reduced by the amount that would be paid by comparable active employees for such coverage under our plans, and provided further, that our obligation to provide benefits will cease or be reduced to the extent that a subsequent employer provides substantially similar coverages. All of our obligations to an executive shall cease if at any time during the Severance Period the executive engages in a material breach of the Executive Agreement and fails to cure such breach within five business days after receipt from us of notice of such breach.
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Upon termination in connection with a Change of Control (as defined in the Executive Agreements), in addition to the benefits that arise upon a Change of Control (discussed below) and any benefits that are due to an executive under any vested plans or other policies, the executive shall be entitled to: (i) a pro rata bonus equal to the executive’s Annual Bonus Amount and prorated for the number of days the executive was employed in the year of termination, payable in a lump sum within 10 days after the date of termination; (ii) a severance amount equal to 1.5 (2.0 for Mr. Cooper) times the sum of the executive’s base salary then in effect (determined without regard to any reduction constituting Good Reason) and the Annual Bonus Amount, payable in a lump sum within 10 days after the date of termination except in certain circumstances; and (iii) all Executive Equity Awards shall accelerate and become fully vested and any restrictions under restricted stock agreements will be lifted. In addition, if the executive elects to continue medical benefits through COBRA, for a period of 18 months (24 months for Mr. Cooper), we will continue to pay our costs of the executive’s benefits as in effect on the date of termination as such benefits are provided to active employees. If COBRA coverage is unavailable, we will reimburse the executive an amount which, after taxes, is sufficient to purchase coverage that is substantially equivalent to the coverage available to comparable active employees on the date of termination, reduced by the amount that would be paid by comparable active employees, provided that our obligation to provide benefits shall cease or be reduced to the extent that a subsequent employer provides substantially similar coverages. All of our obligations to an executive shall cease if at any time during the Severance Period the executive engages in a material breach of the Executive Agreement and fails to cure such breach within five business days after receipt from us of notice of such breach. If the foregoing payments shall be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties with respect to such excise tax, they will be automatically be reduced to the extent and in the manner provided in the Executive Agreements.
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Upon a Change of Control and assuming the executive remains employed, (i) the term of the Executive Agreements (if shorter) shall be automatically extended until the second anniversary of the date of the Change of Control; and (ii) during the remaining term of the Executive Agreements (as extended), and provided that an executive is employed on the last day of a fiscal year ending in that period, the executive will be entitled to an annual bonus at least equal to the Annual Bonus Amount, payable no later than March 15 in the next succeeding fiscal year.
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Appointment of President and Chief Executive Officer
Effective on February 1, 2016, our Board appointed Craig Fraser, 51, to serve as our President and Chief Executive Officer. The Board also appointed Mr. Fraser to serve as a member of the Board, effective immediately. (Mr. Fraser’s background appears in Item 10, above.) At the time of his appointments, Mr. Fraser was not a related person to us and there was no transaction or other arrangement involving us under which Mr. Fraser or any of his related persons has or will have a direct or indirect material interest. He has no family relationship with any of our other directors or executive officers.
Effective February 1, 2016, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Fraser (the “Fraser Agreement”) that included terms and conditions that are substantially similar to the terms of the Executive Agreements described above, except as follows:
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The Fraser Agreement is effective until terminated. Mr. Fraser’s initial base salary is $415,000. He will be eligible for an annual bonus with a target of 50% of base salary (the “Target Bonus”), as may be awarded at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. In connection with his hiring, Mr. Fraser was awarded an inducement grant in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) in the form of an option to purchase 204,863 shares of our common stock, representing 2.5% of our outstanding shares, at an exercise price of $2.33 per share, which was the closing price on February 2, 2016 and the price next determined after approval of the grant. These options will vest in three equal installments on the next three anniversary dates of the grant, provided that Mr. Fraser remains employed with us throughout the period. The option has a term of 10 years. Although issued outside the Company's 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 2011 Plan), the option is subject to terms and conditions that are generally consistent with the 2011 Plan and the form of option agreement in effect thereunder.
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Upon termination by us without Cause or by Mr. Fraser for Good Reason (in each case, the definitions are substantially as set forth in the Executive Agreements), subject to the terms and limitations discussed above with respect to the other contract executives and determined on the same basis, Mr. Fraser will be entitled to the following benefits: (i) a pro-rated bonus; (ii) a severance amount payable over a Severance Period of 12 months; and (iii) all of his vested equity awards will continue to be exercisable for a period of 12 months after the date of termination. In addition, if Mr. Fraser elects COBRA, he will be entitled to a continuation of benefits during his Severance Period on the same terms as outlined above for other contract executives.
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Upon termination in connection with a Change of Control, subject to the terms and limitations discussed above with respect to the other contract executives (other than Mr. Cooper), Mr. Fraser will be entitled to the following benefits: (i) a pro-rated bonus; (ii) a severance amount equal to 1.5 times the sum of his base salary then in effect (determined without regard to any reduction constituting Good Reason) and his Target Bonus; and (iii) all Executive Equity Awards shall accelerate and become fully vested and any restrictions under restricted stock agreements will be lifted. The foregoing payment will be payable in a lump sum within 10 days after the date of termination except in certain circumstances. In addition, if Mr. Fraser elects COBRA, he will be entitled to a continuation of benefits for 18 months on the same terms as outlined above for other contract executives.
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Upon a Change of Control and assuming that Mr. Fraser remains employed with us, subject to the terms and limitations discussed above with respect to the other contract executives, he will be entitled to the same benefits as will be available to the other contract executives.
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Executive Separation Agreement
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John G. Cooper
Effective February 1, 2016, we and John G. Cooper, our then President and Chief Executive Officer, terminated his Employment Agreement dated April 1, 2013, as amended December 29, 2014. Under the terms of his Employment Agreement, Mr. Cooper is entitled to receive the benefits outlined above under the caption “Executive Employment Agreements” with respect to benefits in connection with a termination without Cause. In addition, Mr. Cooper agreed to cooperate in the transition of his duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably requested by the Company, and cooperate in other matters in which his cooperation may be reasonably requested for up to 10 hours per month during the Severance Period. The Company has agreed, with certain exceptions, to pay Mr. Cooper an hourly rate of $300 per hour for his time incurred in excess of 10 hours per month during the Severance Period.
Thomas F. Miller
Effective April 17, 2015, we terminated the Employment Agreement of Thomas F. Miller. Under the terms of his Employment Agreement, he became entitled to receive the benefits outlined above under the caption “Executive Employment Agreements,” with respect to benefits in connection with a termination without Cause. Mr. Miller did not receive continuation of benefits under his employment agreement as such benefits were available from his subsequent employer.
Director Compensation
Each of our non-employee directors receives cash compensation for his services. Directors who are also employees are not compensated separately for serving on the Board or any of its committees. On June 10, 2014, the Compensation Committee and Board approved cash compensation for non-employee directors as follows: (i) $8,750 per quarter for all directors other than the Chairman of the Board, and $15,000 per quarter for the Chairman of the Board; (ii) $3,750 per quarter for the director who served as Chairman of the Audit Committee; (iii) $2,500 per quarter for the director who served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee; (iv) $1,875 per quarter for the director who served as Chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee; (v) $1,750 per quarter for each director who served as a non-Chairman member of the Audit Committee; (vi) $1,250 per quarter for each director who served as a non-Chairman member of the Compensation Committee; and (vii) $1,000 per quarter for each director who served as a non-Chairman member of the Nomination and Governance Committee. In addition, in order to better align the interests of our Board with our stockholders, the Compensation Committee considers and recommends to the Board long-term equity compensation. On August, 14, 2015, in addition to approving retainers for the following year in the amounts authorized under the June 10, 2014 resolutions, the Compensation Committee approved an award to each non-employee director of options to purchase our common stock and restricted stock units as set forth in the table below. These awards, which were issued pursuant to our 2011 Plan, were approved after due consideration of the practices of other similarly situated biotechnology companies in providing equity compensation to their non-employee directors. The foregoing annual compensation amounts and equity awards will remain in effect until superseded. The Compensation Committee plans to conduct a review of peer company director compensation practices periodically, including before considering changes to our director compensation policy and amounts in the future.
The following chart summarizes the cash and non-cash compensation paid to our non-employee directors during the year ended December 31, 2015. To improve readability, the following columns have been removed from the table, as there is no reportable information with respect to these items: “Non-Equity Incentive Compensation” and “Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings.”
Name
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Fees Earned
or Paid in
Cash
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Stock
Awards
(1)
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Option Awards
(2)
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Total
|
|
|
|
|
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John R. Leone
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$
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71,500
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$
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8,000
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|
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$
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4,530
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|
|
$
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84,030
|
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Joseph M. Mahady
|
|
|
49,500
|
|
|
|
8,000
|
|
|
|
4,530
|
|
|
|
62,030
|
|
Bruce A. Peacock
|
|
|
59,000
|
|
|
|
8,000
|
|
|
|
4,530
|
|
|
|
71,530
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Marvin E. Rosenthale, Ph.D.
|
|
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49,500
|
|
|
|
8,000
|
|
|
|
4,530
|
|
|
|
62,030
|
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(1)
Represents the grant date fair value of the stock award, equivalent to the closing stock price on the grant date, computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718. On August 14, 2015, the Compensation Committee approved stock awards for each director of 1,191 restricted stock units. All restricted stock units awarded in 2015 vest in full on the first anniversary of the grant.
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(2)
Represents the grant date fair value of the stock options computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718. The assumptions utilized are described in Note 11, “Stock Options and Stock-based Employee Compensation,” to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015, which are included in the accompanying 2015 Annual Report to Stockholders. The amounts reported in the table for stock-based compensation have not been paid to, nor realized by, the director. On August 14, 2015, the Compensation Committee approved grants for each director of options to purchase 1,071 shares with an exercise price of $6.72. These options vest in full on the first anniversary of the grant. All options have a term of 10 years.
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In addition to the items included in the foregoing chart, directors are entitled to reimbursements for their travel, lodging and other expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the Board, Board committee meetings and related activities.
Pursuant to our charter documents, we indemnify our directors to the maximum extent permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. In addition, we have entered into indemnity agreements with our officers and directors that provide, among other things, that we will indemnify them, under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, for expenses, damages, judgments, fines and settlements he or she may be required to pay in actions or proceedings to which he or she is or may be made a party by reason of his or her position as a director, officer, or other agent of ours, and otherwise to the fullest extent permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and our Amended and Restated By-Laws (“By-Laws”). These agreements were updated and re-executed in January 2016.