Exhibit 10.3
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.
Non-Employee Director Compensation Program
(Effective April 27, 2017)
Non-employee members of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (the “Company”) shall be eligible to receive cash and equity compensation as set forth in this Non-Employee Director Compensation Program (this “Program”). The cash and equity compensation described in this Program shall be paid or be made, as applicable, automatically and without further action of the Board, to each member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company (each, a “Non-Employee Director”) who may be eligible to receive such cash or equity compensation. This Program shall become effective as of the date set forth above.
Cash Compensation
Board Service |
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Annual Retainer: | $50,000 |
Committee Service |
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Audit Committee: |
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Chair Annual Retainer: | $20,000 |
Committee Member (Non-Chair) Retainer: | $10,000 |
Compensation Committee: |
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Chair Annual Retainer: | $15,000 |
Committee Member (Non-Chair) Retainer: | $7,500 |
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee: |
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Chair Annual Retainer: | $10,000 |
Committee Member (Non-Chair) Retainer: | $5,000 |
Equity Compensation
Non-Employee Directors shall be granted the equity awards described below. The awards described below shall be granted under and shall be subject to the terms and provisions of the Company’s 2011 Incentive Award Plan, as may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
Initial Option Grant: | Each Non-Employee Director who is initially elected or appointed to serve on the Board is hereby granted an Option with a value of $700,000 (the “Initial Grant”).
The number of Shares subject to the Initial Grant will be determined by dividing the value by the Black-Scholes valuation as of the grant date using a trailing 30-calendar day average closing price for the Company’s common stock through and including the applicable grant date. The Initial Grant is hereby granted on the date on which such Non-Employee Director is initially elected or appointed to serve on the Board (the “Election Date”), and shall vest with respect to one-third (1/3rd) of the Shares subject thereto on the first anniversary of the applicable Election Date, and with respect to an additional 1/36th of the Shares subject thereto on each monthly anniversary thereafter, subject to continued service through the applicable vesting date. Each Initial Grant shall have an exercise price per Share equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the applicable Election Date. |
Miscellaneous
Each Initial Grant and Annual Grant shall be an Option and shall have a maximum term of ten years from the applicable date of grant. All applicable terms of the Plan apply to this Program as if fully set forth herein, and all grants of awards are hereby subject in all respect to the terms of the Plan. The grant of any award under this Program shall be made solely by and subject to the terms set forth in a written Award Agreement in a form approved by the Board and duly executed by an executive officer of the Company.
Non-Employee Director Award Limit
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Program, the sum of any cash compensation and the grant date fair value (determined as of the date of the grant under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or any successor thereto) of all awards granted under this Program shall be subject to any limitations imposed under the Plan or any other applicable agreement, program, policy or plan.
Amendment, Modification and Termination
This Program may be amended, modified or terminated by the Board in the future at its sole discretion. No Non-Employee Director shall have any rights hereunder, except with respect to any awards actually granted pursuant to the Program.