8-K

 

 

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): February 11, 2014

 

 

DICERNA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36281   20-5993609

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

480 Arsenal Street

Building 1, Suite 120

Watertown, Massachusetts 02472

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 621-8097

 

 

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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.

 

(f) Disclosure of Bonuses and Total Compensation of Certain Officers.

On February 11, 2014, the compensation committee of the board of directors of Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), approved cash incentive awards for 2013 for the Company’s named executive officers in the amounts reported in the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column for 2013 in the table below. In accordance with rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the table below updates the “Summary Compensation Table—Year Ended December 31, 2013”, which appears in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 initially filed with the SEC on December 30, 2013, as subsequently amended and declared effective by the SEC on January 29, 2014 (the “Registration Statement”), to include the 2013 bonus information.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table provides a summary of compensation paid to our principal executive officer and our two other most highly compensated executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2013 (collectively, the named executive officers).

Summary Compensation Table—Year Ended December 31, 2013

 

NAME AND PRINCIPAL
POSITION

   FISCAL
YEAR
     BASE
SALARY
($)
     BONUS
($)(2)
     STOCK
AWARDS
($)
     OPTION
AWARDS
($)(1)
     NON-EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLAN
COMPENSATION
($)(2)
     ALL OTHER
COMPENSATION
($)(3)
     TOTAL
($)
 

Douglas M. Fambrough,
III, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

    
 
2013
2012
  
  
    
 
375,000
375,000
  
  
    

 

—  

—  

  

  

    
 
—  
—  
  
  
    
 
1,151,485
—  
  
  
    
 
164,063
65,625
  
  
    
 
8,875
8,688
  
  
    
 
1,699,423
449,313
  
  

James E. Dentzer(4)

Chief Financial Officer

     2013         20,401         45,000         —           882,813         9,235         —           957,449   

Bob D. Brown, Ph.D

Chief Scientific Officer,
Senior Vice President

    

 

 

2013

 

2012

  

 

  

    

 

 

315,000

 

315,000

  

 

  

    

 

 

—  

 

—  

  

 

  

    

 

 

—  

 

—  

  

 

  

    

 

 

445,778

 

—  

  

 

  

    

 

 

118,125

 

47,250

  

 

  

    

 

 

78,654

 

73,108

  

 

  

    

 

 

957,557

 

435,358

  

 

  

James B. Weissman

Chief Business Officer

    
 
2013
2012
  
  
    
 
295,000
295,000
  
  
    

 

—  

—  

  

  

    
 
—  
—  
  
  
    
 
307,249
78,325
  
  
    
 
110,625
44,250
  
  
    
 
11,698
121,476
  
  
    
 
724,572
539,051
  
  

 

(1)  Pursuant to applicable SEC rules, the amounts reported in the “Option Awards” column of the table above reflect the fair value on the grant date of the option awards granted to our named executive officers during 2013 and 2012, and do not reflect the actual amounts earned. These amounts also include an incremental charge for the repricing of certain stock options held by Dr. Fambrough, Dr. Brown and Mr. Weissman during 2013. These values have been determined under the principles used to calculate the value of equity awards for purposes of our financial statements. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to calculate the amounts referred to above, please see the discussion of option awards contained in Note 10, Common Stock and Stock Option Plan, to our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 included in the Registration Statement.

The amounts reported in this column for each executive for 2013 include certain grants of stock options that are subject to performance-based vesting requirements as described in the footnotes to the “Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2013” table below. These amounts are reported based on the probable outcome (as of the grant date) of the performance-based conditions applicable to the awards, as determined under generally accepted accounting principles. In each case, the amount was determined assuming that the maximum level of performance applicable to the award would be achieved.

(2)  These amounts include payments under our annual incentive bonus plan, which is based on our performance against certain operational and financial goals established by our compensation committee. Based on our overall performance against the performance objectives, our named executive officers were awarded bonuses of 125 percent of their target bonus levels for 2013 (with Mr. Dentzer’s bonus being prorated to reflect his period of service with the Company during 2013) and were awarded bonuses of 50 percent of their target bonus levels for 2012. The amount reported in the “Bonus” column for Mr. Dentzer represents the first installment of a $90,000 signing bonus provided under his employment agreement.
(3)  The amounts reported in this column consist of matching contributions we made to each executive’s account under our 401(k) plan, as well as, in the case of Dr. Brown and Mr. Weissman, payment by us of certain temporary housing and relocation expenses and reimbursement for taxes incurred in connection with such payments.
(4)  Mr. Dentzer commenced employment with us in December 2013.


SIGNATURES

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.

 

Date: February 18, 2014

   DICERNA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
   By:   

/s/ James E. Dentzer

      James E. Dentzer
      Chief Financial Officer