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): September 14, 2006

Array BioPharma Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-31979

84-1460811

(State or Other

(Commission

(IRS Employer

Jurisdiction of

File Number)

Identification No.)

Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

3200 Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado

80301

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (303) 381-6600

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 14, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Array BioPharma Inc. (the “Company”) approved the base salaries for fiscal year 2007 for Robert E. Conway, Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Koch, Ph.D., President and Chief Science Officer, David L. Snitman, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer and Vice President, Business Development, John R. Moore, Vice President and General Counsel, and R. Michael Carruthers, Chief Financial Officer, each of whom are named executive officers of the Company (as defined in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission), in the following amounts: $425,000, $360,000, $300,000, $250,000 and $230,000, respectively.

The Compensation Committee also approved annual performance bonuses awarded to the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. The bonus payments were based on the achievement of Company-wide goals relating to financial performance, clinical development of product candidates and success in entering into new collaborations previously determined by the Compensation Committee under the Company’s fiscal 2006 performance bonus program, as well as on individual performance. The bonuses awarded to Messrs. Conway, Koch, Snitman, Moore and Carruthers were $173,400, $129,472, $93,983, $81,151 and $74,562, respectively.

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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.

ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.

 

 

 

Date: September 14, 2006

By:

/s/ Robert E. Conway

 

 

Robert E. Conway

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

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