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19-Feb-2009
Change in Directors or Principal 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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