Item 5.02 |
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Replidyne, Inc - Recent Material Event(e) On
March 31, 2008, Replidyne, Inc. (the Company) entered into retention bonus agreements with each of Donald
Morrissey and Mark Smith (the Retention Bonus Agreements).
The Retention Bonus Agreements provide that Messrs. Morrissey and Smith are each eligible to earn
both (i) a cash bonus in the amount of $100,000 (the September Bonus), provided that such
employee remains employed by the Company through September 30, 2008, and (ii) a cash bonus in an
amount of not less than $100,000 and not greater than $150,000, which final amount will be
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in its sole discretion, provided that such
employee remains employed by the Company through the consummation of a strategic transaction. For
purposes of the Retention Bonus Agreements, a strategic transaction is defined as, subject to the
sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company, (i) a strategic alliance or partnership
with an unaffiliated third party that relates to the development and commercialization of faropenem
medoxomil or (ii) another strategic transaction to which the Company is a party.
In the event that the employment of Messrs. Morrissey or Smith with the Company is terminated by
the Company without cause (as defined in such employees employment agreement with the Company) or
by such employee for good reason (as defined in such employees employment agreement with the
Company) prior to September 30, 2008, such employee will become entitled to the September Bonus.
The term of the Retention Bonus Agreements extends until the later to occur of (i) September 30,
2008 and (ii) ten days following the consummation of a strategic transaction, provided that the
Company has made all required payments thereunder.
The Retention Bonus Agreements do not affect the terms of the employment agreements that the
Company has entered into with each of Messrs. Morrissey and Smith, which remain in full force and
effect.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
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.
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