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 6, 2013
Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35935 | 20-0216859 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
270 E. Grand Avenue South San Francisco, California | 94080 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 246-7300
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) On November 6, 2013, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), approved increases to Mardi C. Dier’s annual base salary, target bonus and ownership percentage target as set forth in the following table in connection with her promotion to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of November 1, 2013.
Executive Officer | Base Salary | Target Bonus | Ownership Percentage Target | |||||||||
Mardi C. Dier Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | $ | 360,000 | 45 | % | 0.70 | % | ||||||
The Board also approved the grant to Ms. Dier of a nonstatutory stock option under the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan to purchase 75,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, with an exercise price of $22.06 per share. Twenty-five percent of the shares subject to the option will vest and become exercisable on November 1, 2014 and the balance of the shares will vest and become exercisable in a series of 36 successive equal monthly installments thereafter, subject, in each case, to Ms. Dier’s continued employment with the Company through such vesting dates.
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.
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||||
| Dated: November 12, 2013 | ||||
| By: | /s/ William Lis | |||
| William Lis | ||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||