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): June 15, 2021

 

REVIVA PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-38634

 

85-4306526

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

19925 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 100, Cupertino, CA

 

95014 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 501-8881

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.  

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which
registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

RVPH

 

Nasdaq Capital Market

Warrants to purchase one share of Common Stock

 

RVPHW

 

Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). 

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

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.         ☐

 


 

 

 

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

 

Non-Employee Director Compensation

 

On June 14, 2021, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Reviva Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) recommended to the Board a non-employee director compensation policy (the “Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy”), which the Board approved on June 15, 2021, with such policy effective as of December 14, 2020.

 

The Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy provides for the following cash compensation:

 

 

Each non-employee director is entitled to receive an annual cash retainer fee of $32,500, except that the Chairman of the Board is entitled to receive an annual cash retainer fee of $57,500;

 

Each non-employee director sitting on the Audit Committee is entitled to receive an annual cash retainer fee of $7,500, except that the Chairman of the Audit Committee is entitled to receive an annual cash retainer fee of $15,000;

 

Each non-employee director sitting on the Compensation Committee is entitled to receive an annual cash retainer fee of $5,000, except that the Chairman of the Compensation Committee is entitled to receive an annual cash retainer fee of $10,000;

 

Each non-employee director sitting on the Governance Committee is entitled to receive an annual cash retainer fee of $3,750, except that the Chairman of the Governance Committee is entitled to receive an annual cash retainer fee of $7,750; and

 

No per meeting fees shall be paid.

 

All annual cash retainer fees under the Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy will be paid quarterly in arrears.

 

The Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy also provides generally for the following equity compensation under the Company’s existing Reviva Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), or any other equity incentive plan the Company may adopt in the future:

 

 

Each non-employee director is entitled to receive, upon initial election, a one-time initial equity grant of nonqualified stock options (the “Initial Equity Grant”) in respect of a whole number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (as defined in the Plan) with an approximate value of $20,000. All of the shares subject to the Initial Equity Grant shall vest 33% per year over three years from the date of initial election, provided that the recipient remains a director of the Company through each vesting date.

 

Each non-employee director is entitled to receive an annual equity grant of nonqualified stock options (the “Annual Equity Grant”) in respect of a whole number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock with an approximate value of $20,000. All of the shares subject to the Annual Equity Grant shall cliff vest after 1-year, provided that the recipient remains a director of the Company through the vesting date.

 

 

Award of Initial Equity Grants

 

On June 15, 2021, the Board approved the grant of the Initial Equity Grants to each of the current non-employee directors, for an aggregate of 16,000 shares subject to stock options, with an exercise price of $4.73 per share (the closing price of Company common stock on June 15, 2021). The number of shares awarded subject to stock options, and corresponding vesting provisions, were determined in accordance with the Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy described above.

 


 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

REVIVA PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS, INC.

     

Dated: June 16, 2021

By:

/s/ Laxminarayan Bhat

 

Name:

Title:

Laxminarayan Bhat

Chief Executive Officer