Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Resignation of Thomas E. Hughes as CEO and Appointment as CSO
Effective as of October 9, 2017, the Board of Directors (the Board) of Zafgen, Inc. (the Company) accepted the
resignation of Thomas E. Hughes, Ph.D., as the Companys Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and principal executive officer and appointed him as the Companys Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Dr. Hughes will continue
to serve as the Companys President and a member of the Board.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Dr. Hughes
and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as CSO, and there are no transactions between Dr. Hughes and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
The Company also entered into an amendment to the at-will employment offer letter agreement with Dr. Hughes, effective as of
October 9, 2017 (the Hughes Offer Letter), pursuant to which Dr. Hughes shall serve as the President, CSO and a member of the Board, and shall continue to receive his existing annual base salary, benefits, target bonus
opportunity and equity vesting.
Pursuant to the Hughes Offer Letter, the Company also granted Dr. Hughes an option to purchase
275,000 shares of the Companys common stock under the Companys 2014 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the Plan). Such option will vest in accordance with certain stock price appreciation performance goals set forth in the
Hughes Offer Letter.
In connection with the Hughes Offer Letter, Dr. Hughes agreed to waive his option to resign for good
reason as set forth in his existing Severance and Change in Control Agreement for the transition from CEO to CSO. However, Dr. Hughes may elect to resign for good reason on the third anniversary of the effective date of his transition to
CSO, in which case he will be eligible to receive (i) 12 months of base salary continuation and 12 months of COBRA continuation medical benefits subsidized by the Company, (ii) a pro-rated bonus for the time period between January 1,
2020 and such third anniversary, and (iii) 12 months of accelerated vesting of his then outstanding time-based equity awards, provided that he executes and does not revoke a separation agreement and release of the Company and its affiliates, in
accordance with his existing Severance and Change in Control Agreement.
The foregoing summary of the Hughes Offer Letter does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Appointment of Jeffrey S. Hatfield as a Director and CEO
Effective as of October 9, 2017, the Board appointed Jeffrey S. Hatfield as the CEO and principal executive officer. The Board also
increased the size of the Board from nine (9) members to ten (10) members and appointed Mr. Hatfield as a member of the Board.
Mr. Hatfield, 59, served as president, chief executive officer and director of Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company,
from March 2004 until September 2016, when Allergan Plc entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Vitae Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Hatfield worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb, or BMS, a biopharmaceutical
company, which he joined in 1985. While at BMS, Mr. Hatfield held a variety of executive positions, including senior vice president of BMSs Virology and Immunology
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Divisions from 2000 to 2004; president and general manager, Canada from 1997 to 2000; and vice president, U.S. Managed Health Care from 1996 to 1997. He currently serves as a board member of
miRagen Therapeutics, Inc., InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. and aTyr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Hatfield holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and received a bachelors degree in Pharmacy from Purdue
University.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Hatfield and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed
as a director, CEO and principal executive officer, and there are no transactions between Mr. Hatfield and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
The Company also entered into an at-will employment offer letter agreement with Mr. Hatfield, effective as of October 9, 2017 (the
Hatfield Offer Letter), pursuant to which Mr. Hatfield shall serve as the CEO and a member of the Board. Mr. Hatfield is entitled to receive an annual base salary of $500,000 and is eligible to receive an annual performance
bonus, with a target bonus amount of 50% of his annual base salary. Mr. Hatfields base salary is subject to adjustment pursuant to the Companys employee compensation policies in effect from time to time. In addition,
Mr. Hatfield is eligible to receive a sign-on bonus of $100,000 and reimbursement of relocation expenses in an amount determined by the Board.
Further, as a material inducement to Mr. Hatfields acceptance of employment with the Company, the Compensation Committee of the Board
recommended and the Board approved the grant to Mr. Hatfield on October 9, 2017 of (i) an option to purchase 550,000 shares of the Companys common stock, with 25% of the option shares vesting on the first anniversary of Mr. Hatfields
employment start date and the balance vesting in equal monthly installments over the next three years, subject to his continued service to the Company through each vesting date (Option 1), and (ii) an additional option to purchase
1,100,000 shares of the Companys common stock, with such option shares vesting in accordance with certain stock price appreciation and other financial performance goals set forth in the Hatfield Offer Letter (Option 2, and together
with Option 1, the Hatfield Options). The Hatfield Options are being made pursuant to stand-alone inducement award agreements outside of the Plan as a material inducement to Mr. Hatfields acceptance of employment with the Company
in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The Company will file the inducement award agreements as exhibits to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. The foregoing description of the material terms of
the Hatfield Options are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to the descriptions in the Hatfield Offer Letter and the inducement award agreements, when filed.
In connection with the Hatfield Offer Letter, the Company also entered into a Severance and Change in Control Agreement with
Mr. Hatfield. In the event that Mr. Hatfield terminates his employment with good reason or is terminated without cause, he is eligible to receive 12 months of base salary continuation and 12 months of COBRA
continuation medical benefits subsidized by the Company, provided that he executes and does not revoke a separation agreement and release of the Company and its affiliates. In the event that Mr. Hatfields employment is terminated without
cause or Mr. Hatfield terminates his employment for good reason within 12 months of a change of control, Mr. Hatfield is eligible to receive 18 months of base salary continuation, 18 months of COBRA
continuation medical benefits subsidized by the Company, and all options and other stock-based awards held by him shall immediately accelerate and become fully exercisable or non-forfeitable as of the date of termination, provided that he executes
and does not revoke a separation agreement and release of the Company and its affiliates.
For purposes of the Severance and Change in Control Agreement,
cause means:
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the commission by the executive of any felony, any crime involving the Company, or any crime involving fraud or dishonesty;
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any unauthorized use or disclosure of the Companys proprietary information by the executive;
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any intentional misconduct or gross negligence on the executives part which has a materially adverse effect on the Companys business or reputation; or
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the executives repeated and willful failure to perform the duties, functions and responsibilities of the executives position after a written warning from the Company.
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For purposes of the Severance and Change in Control Agreement, good reason means:
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a material diminution in the executives title, responsibilities, authority or duties;
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a material diminution in the executives base salary except for across-the-board salary reductions based on the Companys financial performance similarly affecting all or substantially all senior management
employees of the Company;
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a breach by the Company of the material terms of the severance and change in control agreement or any other written agreement between the Company and the executive; or
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a 50 mile or greater change in the geographic location at which the executive is required to provide services to the Company, not including business travel and short-term assignments.
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For purposes of the Severance and Change in Control Agreement, a change in control shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of any one
of the following events:
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the sale or exclusive out-license (even as to the Company) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity;
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a merger, reorganization or consolidation pursuant to which the holders of the Companys outstanding voting power and outstanding stock immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding
voting power or fair market value of the stock or other equity interests of the resulting or successor entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable) immediately upon completion of such transaction;
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the sale of all of the stock of the Company to an unrelated person, entity or group thereof acting in concert; or
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any other transaction in which the owners of the Companys outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own at least a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company or any
successor entity immediately upon completion of the transaction other than as a result of the acquisition of securities directly from the Company.
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The foregoing summary of the Hatfield Offer Letter and Severance and Change in Control Agreement does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete Hatfield Offer Letter and Severance and Change in Control Agreement, which are attached as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.