COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS WITH NAMEDEXECUTIVE OFFICERS
EXHIBIT 10.17
COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS WITH NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following are the annual salaries of our named executive officers as amended by the Compensation Committee (the Committee) of the Board of Directors effective September 16, 2007.
| Name | Position | Salary | ||||||||||
| Kenneth G. Chahine, J.D., Ph.D. | President, Chief Executive | $ | 426,613 | |||||||||
| Officer and Director | ||||||||||||
| Michael Coffee | Chief Business Officer | $ | 302,120 | |||||||||
| M. Christina Thomson, J.D. | Vice President, Corporate | $ | 213,210 | |||||||||
| Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||||||
| Kirk Johnson, Ph.D. | Vice President, Research and | $ | 248,824 | |||||||||
| Development | ||||||||||||
| Andrew A. Sauter | Vice President, Finance | $ | 238,625 | |||||||||
The Committee, pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors, approves adjustments to the compensation packages for Avigen’s executive officers based upon assessments of both corporate and individual performance objectives and the discretion of the Committee.
Bonus payments are determined for each individual executive officer based on target bonus payments that represent a percent of base salary between 30% and 45%. Target bonus payments are subsequently weighted so that the bonus payments received are based on the assessments of the achievement of corporate performance objectives as well as the achievement of individual performance objectives. This determination is not based on a formula, but rather the discretionary determination by the Committee.
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