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): May 24, 2018

 

BioTime, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

California		1-12830		94-3127919
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

1010 Atlantic Avenue

Suite 102

Alameda, California 94501

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(510) 521-3390

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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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).

 

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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. ☐

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Any statements that are not historical fact (including, but not limited to statements that contain words such as “may,” “will,” “believes,” “plans,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates”) should also be considered to be forward-looking statements. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements are contained in BioTime’s periodic reports filed with the SEC under the heading “Risk Factors” and other filings that BioTime may make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date they are made, and the facts and assumptions underlying these statements may change. Except as required by law, BioTime disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

 

References in this Report to “BioTime,” “we” or “us” refer to BioTime, Inc.

 

Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

 

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

 

Executive Compensation

 

On May 24, 2018, our Board of Directors, based on recommendations of its Compensation Committee, approved an incentive program for certain BioTime executive officers to encourage continuing outstanding execution of near term Company objectives. The Board of Directors approved the potential payment of equity awards that will be based on the sole determination by the Board of Directors that BioTime has achieved certain milestones as described below and shown in the following table:

 

				Number of Stock
Executive		Office		Restricted Stock Units (RSU)
Aditya Mohanty		Co- Chief Executive Officer			175,000
Russell Skibsted		Chief Financial Officer			45,000
Stephana Patton		General Counsel, Corporate Secretary,			55,000
		and Chief Compliance Officer

 

The BioTime restricted stock units (RSUs) are to be granted under our Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The restricted stock units shall vest on December 31, 2018, and thereby become exercisable, if the Board of Directors determines that the following milestones were met:

 

	●	25% will vest if BioTime receives a notice of Renevia CE mark approval;
	●	25% will vest if AgeX attains trading as a public company or other AgeX transformative transaction occurs;
	●	25% will vest if OpRegen interim functional data is obtained from at least five patients;
	●	25% will vest if the OpRegen interim functional data is recognized by certain industry thought leaders as an early indication of treatment effect.

 

The vesting of these RSU’s and the payment of the 2018 bonus, in proportion with the Company’s other officers bonus payments, will be maintained for Mr. Mohanty, Mr. Skibsted and Dr. Patton if terminated without cause prior to December 31, 2018.

 

 

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.

 

	BIOTIME, INC.
Date: May 29, 2018	By	/s/ Russell Skibsted
		Chief Financial Officer