Form 8-K

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): March 30, 2007

 


ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

DELAWARE   000-50768   06–1376651

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3911 SORRENTO VALLEY BOULEVARD  
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA   92121
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(858) 558–2871

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 


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Item 8.01. Other Events.

The following table provides information regarding the compensation earned during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) and each of the other individuals who will be disclosed as a “named executive officer” in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2007 annual meeting of stockholders:

 

Name

  

Title

   Year    Salary    Bonus    Option
Awards(1)
   All Other
Compensation
   Total

Uli Hacksell(2)

   Chief Executive Officer    2006    420,000    94,500    378,764    11,840    905,104

Thomas Aasen(2)

   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    2006    271,065    49,063    163,448    11,840    495,416

Roger Mills(3)

   Executive Vice President, Development    2006    168,788    30,563    62,104    450    261,905

Brian Lundstrom(2)

   Senior Vice President, Business Development    2006    262,614    25,999    131,210    11,840    431,663

Bo-Ragnar Tolf(4)

   Vice President, Chemistry and Managing Director, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals AB    2006    290,377    37,769    104,137    28,845    461,128

Mark Brann(5)

   Former President and Chief Scientific Officer    2006    261,064    —      159,346    14,587    434,997

(1) Amounts shown do not reflect compensation actually received by the named individual. The amounts reflect compensation expense recognized by the Company in 2006 and reflect option awards granted in and prior to 2006. See the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed March 9, 2007, for the SFAS 123(R) stock compensation expense assumptions used to determine the valuation and expensing of stock option awards. The values recognized in the “Options Awards” column above do not reflect estimated forfeitures.
(2) “All Other Compensation” includes $11,000 in employer 401(k) matching and $840 of supplemental life insurance premium payments.
(3) Dr. Mills became an employee of the Company on June 30, 2006. “All Other Compensation” includes $450 of supplemental life insurance premium payments.
(4) “All Other Compensation” includes an employer contribution of $28,845 to a Swedish pension fund.
(5) Dr. Brann resigned from the Company on October 20, 2006. “All Other Compensation” includes $11,000 in employer 401(k) matching and $690 of supplemental life insurance premium payments, and $2,897 of COBRA health insurance reimbursements after his resignation.

The Company is filing, as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, the Employment Offer Letter, dated as of May 26, 2006, for Dr. Mills who will be disclosed as a named executive officer for the first time in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2007 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number
 

Description

99.1   Employment Offer Letter for Roger Mills.


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.

 

Date: March 30, 2007

  ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  By:  

/s/ Thomas H. Aasen

    Thomas H. Aasen
    Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
    Treasurer and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
 

Description

99.1   Employment Offer Letter for Roger Mills.