Exhibit 10.14

 

TREVENA, INC.

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY

 

Each member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) who is not also serving as an employee of Trevena, Inc. (the “Company”) or any of its subsidiaries (each such member, an “Eligible Director”) will receive the compensation described in this Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy for his or her Board service on and following the date of the underwriting agreement between Company and the underwriters managing the initial public offering of  the common stock of Company (the “Common Stock”), pursuant to which the Common Stock is priced in such initial public offering (the “Effective Date”).  This policy is effective as of the Effective Date and may be amended at any time in the sole discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board.

 

Annual Cash Compensation

 

The annual cash compensation amount set forth below is payable in equal quarterly installments, payable in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter in which the service occurred. If an Eligible Director joins the Board or a committee of the Board at a time other than effective as of the first day of a fiscal quarter, each annual retainer set forth below will be pro-rated based on days served in the applicable fiscal year, with the pro-rated amount paid for the first fiscal quarter in which the Eligible Director provides the service, and regular full quarterly payments thereafter. All annual cash fees are vested upon payment.

 

1.                                      Annual Board Service Retainer:

 

a.                                      All Eligible Directors: $30,000

b.                                      Chairman of the Board Service Retainer (in addition to Eligible Director Service Retainer): $30,000

 

2.                                      Annual Committee Member Service Retainer:

 

a.                                      Member of the Audit Committee: $7,500

b.                                      Member of the Compensation Committee: $5,000

c.                                       Member of the Nominating & Governance Committee: $3,500

 

3.                                      Annual Committee Chair Service Retainer (in addition to Committee Member Service Retainer):

 

a.                                      Chairman of the Audit Committee: $15,000

b.                                      Chairman of the Compensation Committee: $10,000

c.                                       Chairman of the Nominating & Governance Committee: $7,000

 

Equity Compensation

 

The equity compensation set forth below will be granted under the Trevena, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), subject to the approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders. All stock options granted under this policy will be nonstatutory stock options, with an exercise

 

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price per share equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the underlying Common Stock on the date of grant, and a term of ten years from the date of grant (subject to earlier termination in connection with a termination of service as provided in the Plan).

 

1.                                      Initial Grant: On (a) the Effective Date, for each Eligible Director who is serving on the Board as of such date, or (b) the date of the Eligible Director’s initial election to the Board, for each Eligible Director who is first elected to the Board following the Effective Date (or, if either such date in (a) or (b) is not a market trading day, the first market trading day thereafter), the Eligible Director will be automatically, and without further action by the Board or Compensation Committee of the Board, granted a stock option for 110,000 shares, subject to appropriate adjustment for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, stock combination or other change in the capitalization of the Company, including the reverse stock split contemplated prior to the Effective Date.  Commencing on the first date that is three months after the date of grant, the shares subject to each stock option will vest in a series of 12 equal quarterly installments, such that the option is fully vested on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the Eligible Director’s Continuous Service (as defined in the Plan) through each such vesting date; provided that the vesting date for the quarterly period in which the Company’s annual stockholders’ meeting occurs shall be the date immediately prior to such annual meeting.

 

2.                                      Annual Grant: On the date of each Company’s annual stockholder meeting held after the Effective Date, each Eligible Director who continues to serve as a non-employee member of the Board immediately therefore will be automatically, and without further action by the Board or Compensation Committee of the Board, granted a stock option for 55,000 shares, subject to appropriate adjustment for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, stock combination or other change in the capitalization of the Company, including the reverse stock split contemplated prior to the Effective Date. The shares subject to the stock option will vest on the day immediately prior to the next annual stockholders’ meeting held after the date of grant, subject to the Eligible Director’s Continuous Service (as defined in the Plan) through such vesting date.

 

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