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): January 21, 2011

 

ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

001-34973

 

25-1854385

(State of incorporation)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1020 East Meadow Circle

Palo Alto, CA 94303-4230

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 543-7500

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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 January 21, 2011, the Compensation Committee of Board of Directors of Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) determined that the cash incentive bonuses payable to certain of the Company’s named executive officers (as defined in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission) under the Company’s 2010 cash incentive bonus plan, were as set forth in the table below, based on the achievement of corporate objectives for 2010 and individual objectives for such persons for the fourth quarter of 2010 established under such plan.

 

Named Executive Officer

 

Cash Incentive Bonus (1)

 

 

 

 

 

Geoffrey M. Parker, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

 

$26,681

 

 

 

 

 

Kirk R. Maples, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Program Management

 

$67,005

 

 

 

 

 

Jacob J. Plattner, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research

 

$70,910

 

 

 

 

 

Irwin A. Heyman, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Product Development

 

$55,470

 

 


(1) Based on the achievement of corporate objectives for 2010 and individual objectives for the fourth quarter of 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

Date: January 27, 2011

 

ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Geoffrey M. Parker

 

 

 

Geoffrey M. Parker

 

 

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

 

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