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Form 8-K for GENENTECH INC


19-Feb-2009

Change in Directors or Principal Officers


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

Bonus Program
We maintain a bonus program administered annually by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee"). The purpose of the bonus program is to reward employees for successful achievement of certain corporate goals. The Compensation Committee historically sets a one year performance period to run from January 1 through December 31 and establishes a list of corporate goals for that period as well as bonus amounts tied to each goal. The extent to which these corporate goals are achieved determines the amount of funds available in the bonus pool. The bonus pool is allocated among eligible employees based on recommendations from management and approval by the Compensation Committee.
All employees working 20 hours or more per week (except for interns, post-doctoral fellows, employees covered by a sales compensation plan, temporary employees and employees hired after September 28, 2009), including all of our named executive officers, are eligible to participate in the fiscal year 2009 annual bonus program. Eligible employees must remain employed by Genentech at the time awards are paid out under the program in order to receive their awards, if any. The Compensation Committee may modify, amend, revoke or suspend the annual bonus program at any time in its sole discretion.
On February 12, 2009, the Compensation Committee approved corporate goals and associated bonus target amounts for fiscal year 2009. The Compensation Committee approved targets and goals in the following four categories, weighted as indicated: (i) corporate/financial goals, including growth in earnings per share and achievement of an operating margin target (30%); (ii) research and development goals relating to new molecular entities, patient enrollment, regulatory filings and the advancement of certain clinical trials (35%);
(iii) commercial goals relating to product sales, expenses and reimbursement (20%); and (iv) product manufacturing and regulatory goals relating to regulatory inspections, inventory levels, facility licensure, qualification batches, production costs and facility operations (15%). An additional amount may be added to the bonus pool if we achieve certain earnings per share growth and operating revenue growth that are above the median of those same financial measures from a group of thirteen peer companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The actual bonuses payable for fiscal year 2009, if any, will vary depending on the extent to which actual performance meets, exceeds, or falls short of the corporate goals approved by the Compensation Committee. Management and the Compensation Committee retain the discretion to increase, reduce or eliminate the bonus that otherwise might be payable to any individual based on actual performance as compared to pre-established goals. The specific amounts payable to participants in the bonus program, including named executive officers, have not been determined.


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