EXECUTIVE OFFICER CASH COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS

EX-10.17 5 exhibit10-17.htm COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS WITH NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Exhibit 10.17

EXECUTIVE OFFICER CASH COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS

Annual salaries for Avigen’s “named executive officers” are, as of March 15, 2009, as follows:

Name          Position          Salary
Kenneth Chahine, J.D., Ph.D.  President, Chief Executive  $        443,251
  Officer and Director     
 
Michael Coffee  Chief Business Officer  $ 313,903
 
Kirk Johnson, Ph.D.  Vice President, Research and  $ 278,528
  Development     
 
Andrew Sauter  Chief Financial Officer  $ 267,931
 
M. Christina Thomson, J.D.  Vice President, General    $ 267,931
  Counsel and Secretary     

The Compensation Committee has not yet established target bonuses for 2009, nor has it established criteria for corporate and individual performance objectives that are intended to be used to determine actual bonuses to be paid for serviced rendered in 2009.