8-K 1 a07-5214_18k.htm 8-K

 

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):  February 14, 2007

 

DYAX CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-24537

 

04-3053198

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

300 Technology Square

Cambridge, MA  02139

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

 

(617) 225-2500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02.                                          Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
.

On February 14, 2007, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Dyax Corp. determined the base salaries of Dyax’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and three other most highly compensated executive officers, also known as the named executive officers, and their target bonus potential for 2007 expressed as a percentage of their respective base salaries.  This bonus potential can be exceeded by up to 20% of the target for exceptional performance.

The 2007 base salaries and target bonuses for Dyax’s named executive officers are listed in Exhibit 10.1 and are incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)           Exhibits.

10.1         2007 base salaries and target bonuses for Dyax’s named executive officers.

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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.

DYAX CORP.

 

 

Dated: February 21, 2007

By:

/s/ Ivana Magovcevic-Liebisch

 

 

Ivana Magovcevic-Liebisch

 

 

General Counsel and

 

 

Executive Vice President,

 

 

Corporate Communications

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

10.1

 

2007 base salaries and target bonuses for Dyax’s named executive officers.

 

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