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 19, 2016

 

 

PARATEK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-36066

 

33-0960223

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

75 Park Plaza

Boston, MA

 

 

02116

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 807-6600

 

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 (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 19, 2016, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) and the compensation committee of the Board (the “Committee”), as applicable, approved the payment of annual cash bonus awards with respect to performance for fiscal year 2015 for the Company’s executive officers, including the named executive officers (the “Named Executive Officers”). The following table is a summary of the compensation decisions approved by the Board and the Committee, as applicable, for the Named Executive Officers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Officer

 

 

2015
Cash
Bonus

 

 

 

Michael F. Bigham

 

 

$

150,000

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evan Loh, M.D.

 

 

$

135,000

 

 

President and Chief Medical Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Douglas W. Pagán

 

 

$

100,000

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Company will provide additional information regarding the compensation paid to the Named Executive Officers for fiscal year 2015 in its proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 


 

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.

 

 

 

PARATEK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

 

Date: January 22, 2016

 

By:

/s/ Douglas W. Pagán

 

 

 

Douglas W. Pagán

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer