Form 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): December 21, 2010

 

 

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

000-50679

(Commission

File Number)

 

Delaware   77-0487658

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

149 Commonwealth Drive

Menlo Park, CA 94025

(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

(650) 327-3270

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(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

(e) Bonuses Payable to Named Executive Officers and Chairman of the Board for Fiscal 2010. On December 21, 2010, our Board of Directors approved cash bonus payments for the 2010 fiscal year to Joseph K. Belanoff, M.D., our Chief Executive Officer, Robert L. Roe, M.D., our President and Secretary, James N. Wilson, the Chairman of our Board, Caroline M. Loewy, our Chief Financial Officer, and Anne M. LeDoux, our Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. These bonus awards were made in connection with important achievements during 2010, including the completion of financing transactions for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $24.3 million, the reporting of positive top-line results from our Phase 3 study of CORLUX for the treatment of Cushing’s Syndrome and the commencement of commercialization planning activities for that product, and progress in the development of new chemical entities, including clinical development of CORT 108297 and the initiation of preliminary activities toward filing an Investigational New Drug application for CORT 113083.

The bonus amounts to be paid to our named executive officers and the Chairman of our Board in January 2011 are as follows:

 

Name

   

Title

    Amount of
2010 Bonus		  

Joseph K. Belanoff, M.D.

    Chief Executive Officer    $ 454,000   

Robert L. Roe, M.D.

    President and Secretary    $ 315,000   

James N. Wilson

    Chairman of the Board    $ 182,000   

Caroline M. Loewy

    Chief Financial Officer    $ 93,000   

Anne M. LeDoux

    Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer    $ 66,000   

 

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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.

 

  CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED
Date: December 28, 2010   By:  

/S/    JOSEPH K. BELANOFF        

    Joseph K. Belanoff
    Chief Executive Officer

 

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