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): March 7, 2016

 

 

CHEMOCENTRYX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35420   94-3254365

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

850 Maude Avenue, Mountain View, CA   94043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 210-2900

 

(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.

On March 7, 2016, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of ChemoCentryx, Inc. (the “Company”) approved cash bonuses to be paid to the executive officers listed below (the “NEOs”) for the 2015 fiscal year and approved and awarded the stock options and restricted stock units listed below to the NEOs under the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Award Plan. The exercise price per share of such stock options is $3.57, the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock on March 7, 2016. Twenty-five percent of the total number of shares of common stock subject to each Named Executive Officer’s option will vest on January 1, 2017, and 1/48th of the total number of shares of common stock subject to such option will vest monthly thereafter, subject to such Named Executive Officer’s continued employment or service relationship with the Company on each such vesting date. One third of each of the NEO’s restricted stock unit awards will vest on January 1, 2017, and the remaining two thirds of each of the NEO’s restricted stock unit awards will vest on January 1, 2018 and January 1, 2019, respectively, subject to such NEO’s continued employment or service relationship with the Company on each such vesting date.

The 2015 actual cash bonus payments, stock option grants and restricted stock unit awards are as follows:

 

Name

  

Title

   2015 Actual
Cash Bonus
     Stock
Options
     Restricted
Stock Unit
Awards
 

Thomas J. Schall, Ph.D.

   President and Chief Executive Officer    $ 228,580         300,000         100,000   

Susan M. Kanaya

   Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary    $ 116,368         190,000         60,000   

Petrus Bekker, M.D., Ph.D.

   Chief Medical Officer    $ 114,914         110,000        

 

40,000

 

  

 


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: March 9, 2016

    CHEMOCENTRYX, INC.
    By:   /s/ Susan M. Kanaya
    Name:   Susan M. Kanaya
    Title:  

Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial

Officer and Secretary