ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. Description of Executive Officer Annual Incentive Cash CompensationProgram
Exhibit 10.26
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Description of Executive Officer Annual Incentive Cash Compensation Program
The Compensation Committee (the Committee) of the Board of Directors (the Board) of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the Company) has recommended to the Board, and the Board has approved, incentive cash compensation for the Companys executive officers pursuant to an annual incentive cash compensation program. The program provides for an annual incentive cash compensation target equal to a percentage of each executives base salaries as follows: 30% for Uli Hacksell, CEO; 26.5% for Mark R. Brann, President and CSO; 23.5% for Thomas H. Aasen, Vice President and CFO and Brian Lundstrom, Senior Vice President, Business Development; and 20% for Bo-Ragnar Tolf, Vice President, Chemistry.
Under the program, after the completion of each fiscal year the Committee recommends to the Board for approval for each executive a bonus that will be equal to an amount from 0 to 150% of the applicable target amount. In making its recommendations, the Committee assesses the level of achievement of specific criteria by the executive and the Company. These criteria include the achievement of research and development milestones, including the advancement of the Companys clinical programs and the Companys preclinical assets toward clinical development; and other criteria the disclosure of which would reveal confidential business information and plans of the Company.