UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 13, 2018
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DIFFUSION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
000-24477 |
30-0645032 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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1317 Carlton Avenue, Suite 200 Charlottesville, Virginia |
22902 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
(434) 220-0718
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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.
(f) On March 13, 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Diffusion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") approved cash bonus awards for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 for the Company's Named Executive Officers identified in Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-222203) (the "Registration Statement"), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2018. All other compensation for the Named Executive Officers for fiscal year 2017 was previously reported by the Company in the 2017 Summary Compensation Table beginning on page 34 of the Registration Statement. As of the filing of the Registration Statement, the amounts of the cash bonus awards for fiscal year 2017 for the Named Executive Officers had not been determined and, therefore, were not included in the 2017 Summary Compensation Table included in the Registration Statement. Pursuant to Item 5.02(f) of Form 8-K, the amounts of the cash bonus awards for fiscal year 2017 and the total compensation for fiscal year 2017 for the Named Executive Officers, recalculated to include the cash bonus awards for fiscal year 2017, are set forth below.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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Name and Principal Position |
Year |
Salary (1) |
Bonus |
Option |
All Other |
Total |
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David G. Kalergis |
2017 |
$ | 317,677 | $ | 0 | $ | 99,966 | $ | 92,612 | $ | 510,255 | |||||||||||
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Chief Executive Officer |
2016 |
$ | 244,144 | $ | 0 | $ | 410,240 | $ | 96,000 | $ | 750,384 | |||||||||||
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John L. Gainer, Ph.D. |
2017 |
$ | 265,958 | $ | 0 | $ | 82,899 | $ | 99,508 | $ | 448,365 | |||||||||||
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Chief Scientific Officer |
2016 |
$ | 191,740 | $ | 0 | $ | 146,209 | $ | 82,615 | $ | 420,564 | |||||||||||
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Ben L. Shealy |
2017 |
$ | 178,400 | $ | 0 | $ | 56,323 | $ | 55,311 | $ | 290,034 | |||||||||||
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Senior Vice President – Finance, Treasurer & Secretary |
2016 |
$ | 152,225 | $ | 0 | $ | 107,892 | $ | 62,359 | $ | 322,746 | |||||||||||
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(1) |
Represents cash portion of base salary as described below under "--Employment Agreements." |
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(2) |
The amounts shown in this column reflect the grant date fair value of option awards granted during the applicable year, calculated in accordance with the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 ("ASC Topic 718") and determined without regard to forfeitures. The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 will be and are disclosed in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. |
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(3) |
Represents annual cash incentive bonus paid to Messrs. Kalergis, Gainer and Shealy in (i) March 2018 for service in 2017 in the amount of $81,000, $89,000 and $51,000, respectively, and (ii) March 2017 for service in 2016 in the amount of $96,000, $79,000 and $58,000, respectively. The remaining amounts reported in this column represent 401(k) Plan matching contributions by the Company for the applicable year. |
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.
| Dated: March 16, 2018 | DIFFUSION PHARMACEUTICALS INC. |
| By: /s/ David G. Kalergis | |
| Name: David G. Kalergis | |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |