UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 10, 2014
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-31918 | 04-3072298 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 167 Sidney Street Cambridge, Massachusetts |
02139 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 679-5500
(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 December 10, 2014, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) approved compensation for its named executive officers, as set forth in the bullets and the table below:
| • | The payment of cash bonus award for 2014; |
| • | The grant of options to purchase shares of common stock of the Company; and |
| • | New annual base salaries for 2015. |
| Name |
2014 Bonus |
Stock Options (1) |
2015 Annual Salary |
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| Sudhir Agrawal, D. Phil. President of Research (Former President and Chief Executive Officer) |
$ | 285,480 | 850,000 | $ | 588,100 | |||||||
| Louis Brenner, M.D. Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer |
$ | 120,500 | 350,000 | $ | 360,500 | |||||||
| Louis J. Arcudi, III Senior Vice President of Operations, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary |
$ | 98,300 | 200,000 | $ | 337,400 | |||||||
| Robert D. Arbeit, M.D. Vice President, Clinical Development |
$ | 93,600 | 200,000 | $ | 321,400 | |||||||
| Timothy M. Sullivan, Ph.D. Vice President, Development Programs and Alliance Management |
$ | 93,300 | 180,000 | $ | 320,300 | |||||||
| (1) | Each of the options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock is granted effective as of December 10, 2014 and made pursuant to the Company’s 2013 Stock Incentive Plan. The exercise price is $3.97 per share, which is equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on December 10, 2014. Subject to the named executive officer’s continued employment with the Company on the applicable vesting date, the options vest in equal quarterly installments over four years commencing on the date of grant. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: December 15, 2014 |
By: |
/s/ Louis J. Arcudi, III | ||||
| Louis J. Arcudi, III Senior Vice President of Operations, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary | ||||||
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