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): July 11, 2019

 

 

Atreca, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

 

(650) 595-2595

(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 (see General Instructions A.2. below):

 

o                     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 

Item 5.02(e)                           Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On July 11, 2019, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Atreca, Inc. (the “Company”) and the Board approved the modification of annual base salaries and target annual cash bonus opportunities for the 2019 fiscal year for certain of the Company’s named executive officers (as defined in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission) and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective July 11, 2019.

 

The base salary and target annual cash bonus opportunity percentage for John A. Orwin, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, increased to $550,000 annually and 55% of his total paid 2019 fiscal year base salary, respectively. The target annual cash bonus opportunity percentages for Herbert Cross, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and Norman Michael Greenberg, the Company’s Chief Scientific Officer, increased to 40% of their total paid 2019 fiscal year base salary, while their annual base salaries remain the same.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	Atreca, Inc.
Dated: July 15, 2019	By:	/s/ Herbert Cross
		Herbert Cross
		Chief Financial Officer

 

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