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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 9, 2022

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 216-3500

 

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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

 

(e)         

 

On February 9, 2022, the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), with approval of the Board with respect to the CEO, approved time-based stock options (“Stock Options”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) for the Company’s named executive officers under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), with a grant date of February 11, 2022. The Stock Options are evidenced by an option grant notice, option agreement and notice of exercise, which, together with the Plan, set forth the terms and conditions of the options. The RSUs are evidenced by an RSU grant notice and award agreement which, together with the Plan, set forth the terms and conditions of the RSUs. 

 

The number of Stock Options and RSUs granted to the officers are set forth in the table below, along with a brief description of the vesting conditions applicable to such equity awards.

 

 

The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the Stock Options and RSUs, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan, the form of option grant notice, option agreement, and notice of exercise under the Plan, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020, and the form of RSU grant notice and award agreement under the Plan, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020.

 

 

 

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.