XOMA Ltd. 8K - 02/21/07
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): February 21, 2007
 
XOMA LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
BERMUDA
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 

0-14710
  
52-2154066
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 
2910 Seventh Street, Berkeley, California
94710
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(510) 204-7200
 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
 
The Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of XOMA Ltd. (the “Company”) and the Board, in connection with their annual review of the compensation of the Company’s officers, have determined that management had met a percentage of the corporate objectives for 2006 in excess of the minimum required by the Management Incentive Compensation Plan established effective July 1, 1993 (as amended, the “MICP”) in order to make awards thereunder, have made awards thereunder (one half of each award to be paid in cash and one-half to be paid in Common Shares of the Company, the exact number of which will be determined at a future date) and have granted options under the Company’s 1981 Share Option Plan, as amended, in each case as of February 21, 2007. The following table sets forth the amount of each such award and the number of options so granted to each of the following executive officers who were named in the Summary Compensation Table of the Company’s 2006 Proxy Statement:

Name/Title
MICP Award
Options
     
Patrick J. Scannon, M.D., Ph.D.
    
Executive Vice President and Chief Biotechnology Officer
$81,360
40,000
     
J. David Boyle II
    
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
$56,810
40,000
     
Christopher J. Margolin
    
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
$65,213
40,000

In addition, the Compensation Committee and the Board, in connection with their annual review of the compensation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, John L. Castello, have determined that Mr. Castello had met a percentage of the corporate objectives for 2006 in excess of the minimum required by the CEO Incentive Compensation Plan (the “CICP”) in order to make an award thereunder, have made an award of $213, 250 thereunder (one half to be paid in cash and one-half to be paid in Common Shares of the Company, the exact number of which will be determined at a future date) and have granted 150,000 options to Mr. Castello under the Company’s 1981 Share Option Plan, as amended, in each case as of February 21, 2007.



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.
 
Dated: February 23, 2007                                                                           XOMA LTD.
 
 
By:  /s/  Christopher J. Margolin
        Christopher J. Margolin
        Vice President, General
        Counsel and Secretary