Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 14, 2020

CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

001-37587

27-3521219

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

151 Oyster Point Blvd.

Suite 400

South San Francisco, CA

94080

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (650) 515-3185

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share

CTMX

Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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. ☐

Item 5.02.

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

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On February 14, 2020, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) approved: (a) annual base salaries for 2020, and (b) cash performance bonuses for 2019 for the following named executive officers of the Company:


Name and Current Position	Salary Increase ($)		2020 Base Salary		2019 Cash Bonus
Lloyd Rowland, Senior Vice President, General Counsel	$	13,650	$	403,650	$	132,600
W. Michael Kavanaugh, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Research and Non-Clinical Development	$	15,556	$	460,007	$	168,891

On February 14, 2020, the Board approved (a) the annual base salary for 2020, and (b) cash performance bonus for 2019 for the following principal executive and principal financial officer:

Name and Current Position

Salary
Increase
($)

2020
Base
Salary

2019
Cash
Bonus

Sean A. McCarthy, D. Phil., President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

20,000

595,000

327,750

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.