8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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 FORM 8-K
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 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 19, 2016

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Codexis, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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Delaware
 
001-34705
 
71-0872999
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
200 Penobscot Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(650) 421-8100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 19, 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Codexis, Inc. (the “Company”) approved increases in the annual base salaries and annual target bonuses of Gordon Sangster, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and James Lalonde, Ph.D., the Company’s Senior Vice President, Research and Development, with such increases to be effective as of March 1, 2016.
The 2016 annual base salaries and target bonuses for Mr. Sangster and Dr. Lalonde are set forth below:
 
Name
 
Title
 
2016 Base Salary
 
2016 Target Bonus
Gordon Sangster
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
$
380,000

 
50
%
James Lalonde, Ph.D.
 
Senior Vice President, Research and Development
 
$
320,000

 
45
%





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.
Date: February 23, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
CODEXIS, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Douglas T. Sheehy
 
Name:
 
Douglas T. Sheehy
 
Title:
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary