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): April 18, 2011
 

 
NILE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
         
Delaware
 
001-34058
 
88-0363465
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
4 West 4th Ave., Suite 400
San Mateo, California 94402
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(650) 458-2670
(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.

On April 18, 2011, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Nile Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) awarded to Daron Evans, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, a 10-year option to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price equal to $0.69 per share. The stock option award was made pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) and was fully-vested and immediately-exercisable upon the date of grant.  The stock option award is evidenced by a stock option agreement between the Company and Mr. Evans in the standard form of agreement for use under the Plan, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 21, 2007.


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.
 

 
 
NILE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
 
       
       
Date: April 22, 2011
By:
/s/ Daron Evans
 
   
Daron Evans
 
   
Chief Financial Officer