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): May 19, 2021
SONNET BIOTHERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35570 | 20-2932652 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
100 Overlook Center, Suite 102
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 375-2227
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, $0.0001 Par Value | SONN | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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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 May 19, 2021, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) of Sonnet BioTherapeutics Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the payment of the remainder of the cash bonuses for the Company’s named executive officers with respect to their performance during the last three quarters of the Company’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2020. These incremental bonuses were calculated at the target percentages set forth in the applicable employment agreements, disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2020 (the “Form 10-K”). Pankaj Mohan, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, John Cini, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Jay Cross, Chief Financial Officer were awarded $183,749, $85,817 and $100,212.
The Company pays bonuses to its executive officers based on calendar years, and so the information in the Summary Compensation Table regarding the fiscal year 2020 bonus in the Form 10-K represented bonus earned in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, which was the last quarter of calendar year 2019, and the balance of the bonus earned for fiscal year 2020 was not calculable through the latest practical date prior to filing the Form 10-K, and was therefore not included in the “Bonus” column. The new total amounts of compensation that would have been reflected in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table had the amounts of these awards been determined prior to the filing of the Form 10-K are $1,895,068, $672,657 and $704,972 for Dr. Mohan, Dr. Cini and Mr. Cross, respectively. Such amounts include the salary, bonus and equity incentive plan stock awards previously paid for fiscal year 2020 and disclosed in the Form 10-K.
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.
| Sonnet BioTherapeutics Holdings, Inc. | ||
| a Delaware corporation | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Date: May 21, 2021 | By: | /s/ Pankaj Mohan, Ph.D. |
| Name: | Pankaj Mohan, Ph.D. | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |