Current Report on 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): November 17, 2011

 

 

Cytokinetics, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-50633   94-3291317

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

280 East Grand Avenue, South San

Francisco, California

  94080
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 624 - 3000

Not Applicable

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) Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Awards of Restricted Stock Unit Grants to Certain Named Executive Officers

On November 17, 2011, the Board of Directors of Cytokinetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), granted the following awards of restricted stock units (“Stock Units”) to all employees, including certain named executive officers of the Company set forth below.

 

Name

   Number of Stock Units  

Robert I. Blum

President and Chief Executive Officer

     350,000   

Sharon A. Barbari

EVP Finance and Chief Financial Officer

     200,000   

David Cragg

SVP, Human Resources

     125,000   

Andrew A. Wolff, MD, FACC

SVP Clinical R&D and Chief Medical Officer

     175,000   

Fifty percent of each Stock Unit grant vests on September 4, 2012 and the remaining fifty percent vests on September 3, 2013, provided that the grantee remains a service provider to the Company through each applicable vesting date. The Board of Directors approved the grant and issuance of the Stock Units pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended. The form of restricted stock unit agreement is included as Exhibit 10.69 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The above Stock Unit grants were previously reported on Form 4s filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2012.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.69    Cytokinetics, Inc. Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.


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.

 

  Cytokinetics, Incorporated
December 2, 2011   By:  

/s/ Sharon Barbari

  Name:   Sharon Barbari
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.69    Cytokinetics, Inc. Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.