UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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, 2015  

 

EVOKE PHARMA, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-36075

 

20-8447886

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

505 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite 270

 

 

Solana Beach, California

 

92075

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 345-1494

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)  

 

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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.

Base Salary Increases and Payment of Bonuses to Named Executive Officers

On January 21, 2015, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Evoke Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”) approved base salary increases for 2015 and cash bonus payments for 2014 to be paid to the Company’s named executive officers. Under the Company’s bonus program, the target performance bonus for David A. Gonyer, R.Ph., the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, is 50% of base salary, the target bonus for Matthew J. D’Onofrio, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer, is 40% of base salary, and the target performance bonus for Marilyn R. Carlson, DMD, MD, RAC, the Company’s Chief Medical Officer is 30% of base salary. Bonus payments were based on the Committee’s evaluation of performance goals for 2014. The base salary increases will be effective retroactively to January 1, 2015.

The 2015 base salaries and 2014 bonuses to be paid to each named executive officer are as follows:

 

Name and Title

 

2015 Base Salary

 

2014 Bonus

David A. Gonyer, R.Ph.,
President and Chief Executive Officer

 

$380,000

 

$152,145

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew J. D’Onofrio, Executive Vice President
and Chief Business Officer

 

$323,291

 

$105,462

 

 

 

 

 

Marilyn R. Carlson, DMD, MD, RAC
Chief Medical Officer

 

$293,550

 

$71,820

 

 



 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EVOKE PHARMA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 Date: January 22, 2015

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Matthew J. D’Onofrio

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Matthew J. D’Onofrio

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Business Officer and Secretary