Edgar Filing: DURECT CORP

DURECT Corporation

Date: January 13, 2015

/s/ James E. Brown

James E. Brown

President and Chief Executive Officer

Form 8-K

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

January 13, 2015

Date of Report

(January 9, 2015)

(Date of earliest event reported)

DURECT CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-31615

94-3297098

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

10260 Bubb Road

Cupertino, CA 95014

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(408) 777-1417

(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.

Executive Officer Compensation

The following sets forth a summary of the compensation for fiscal year 2015, and bonuses awarded for fiscal year 2014, approved on January 9, 2015 by the Compensation Committee of DURECT Corporation (“the Company”) for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, and the other named executive officers of the Company for whom compensation disclosure was required in the Company’s most recent proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Name and Position	Fiscal year 2015 Base Salary (1)		Bonus Awarded for Performance in 2014				Number of Shares subject to annual option grant (3)		Target Bonus for Performance in 2015 (Percentage of Base Salary) (4)
Name and Position	Fiscal year 2015 Base Salary (1)		Cash		Stock Options (Number of Shares subject to option grant) (2)		Number of Shares subject to annual option grant (3)
James E. Brown, D.V.M., President & Chief Executive Officer	$	531,289	$	0		0		250,000		60	%
Felix Theeuwes, D. Sc., Chairman & Chief Scientific Officer	$	395,950	$	0		0		200,000		60	%
Matthew J. Hogan, Chief Financial Officer	$	345,015	$	14,387		69,613		125,000		40	%
Su Il Yum, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Systems Research & Development	$	353,167	$	14,572		70,512		80,000		40	%

Notes:

(1)	The 2015 base salary (effective April 1, 2015) reflects a 3% increase as compared to the base salary in 2014.

(2)

The bonus awarded for performance in 2014 as determined by the Compensation Committee on January 9, 2015 was established to be paid 25% in cash and 75% in stock options. The total shares subject to each bonus option was determined by using a standard Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The exercise price per share of such option grant is $0.88, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on the date of grant. The shares subject to the bonus options are fully vested upon grant. In the event of the optionee’s termination of service with the Company for a reason other than Cause, the post termination exercise period for the options shall be one (1) year, subject to the ten (10) year term of the option.

(3)

The 2015 annual options were granted by the Compensation Committee on January 9, 2015. The exercise price per share of such option grant is $0.88, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on the date of grant. The vesting associated with the options is as follows: one-sixteenth (1/16) of the total shares subject to the option shall vest quarterly over four (4) years following the date of grant, subject to continued service. In the event of the optionee’s termination of service with the Company for a reason other than Cause, the post termination exercise period for the options shall be one (1) year, subject to the ten (10) year term of the option.

(4)	The actual bonus to be awarded will be at the Committee’s complete discretion based on the Company’s performance against specified corporate objectives and other factors to be taken into account at the discretion of the Committee.

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.