Current Report Filing (8-k)
May 17 2019 - 6:05AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): May 15, 2019
Cytokinetics, Incorporated
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
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000-50633
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94-3291317
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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280 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California 94080
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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(650) 624-3000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined
in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company [ ]
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not
to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to
Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Trading Symbol(s)
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value
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CYTK
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The Nasdaq Global Select Market
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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.
On May 15, 2019, Cytokinetics,
Incorporated (the “Company”) appointed Robert Wong as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer.
Mr. Wong, age 52,
was most recently
Interim Chief Accounting Officer at Genentech, a division of Roche where he served for 23 years. Prior
to Genentech, Mr. Wong previously worked at Ernst & Young LLP for seven years.
Mr. Wong’s base salary
is $325,000 per year and his target annual bonus will be 35% of his base salary. In connection with his employment, On April 30,
Mr. Wong was granted a stock option grant to purchase fifty thousand (50,000) shares of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant
to the Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan. A description of the terms of the stock option grant and the Company’s
amended and restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan is set forth in Note 11, Stockholders’ Equity to our consolidated financial
statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. In April 2019, Mr. Wong received a
sign-on bonus of $50,000, subject to a repayment stipulation if Mr. Wong voluntarily resigns or is terminated for cause within
12 months of his date of hire.
Pursuant to his appointment,
Mr. Wong and the Company entered into an Executive Employment Agreement ("Agreement"). The Agreement provides for Mr.
Wong to remain an at-will employee of the Company and to receive salary, bonus and benefits as determined in the discretion of
the board of directors of the Company. Upon a qualifying resignation or termination, Mr. Wong will become entitled to receive continuing
severance payments at a rate equal to his base salary for a period of eighteen months; a lump sum payment equal to his full target
annual bonus; acceleration in full of vesting of equity awards held by him; and continued employee benefits until the earlier of
eighteen months following the date of termination or resignation or the date he obtains employment with generally similar employee
benefits. In the event that such payments constitute "parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code
and become subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code, the Agreement provides that the benefit amount may
be reduced so that no portion of the payment is subject to the excise tax.
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.
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Cytokinetics, Incorporated
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May 16, 2019
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By:
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/s/ Robert Wong
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Name:
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Robert Wong
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Title:
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Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
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