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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Rule14a-11(c) or Rule14a-12
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GENELABS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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GENELABS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
April 26, 2000
To Our Shareholders:
You are cordially invited to attend the 2000 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
of Genelabs Technologies, Inc. The meeting will be held at the Company's offices
at 505 Penobscot Drive, Redwood City, California, on Thursday, June 1, 2000, at
10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
At the meeting, you will be asked to elect individuals to the Board of
Directors. This matter is described in detail in the following Notice of Annual
Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement.
I would like to thank you for your support as a Genelabs Technologies, Inc.
shareholder. Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the
Annual Meeting, please complete, date, sign and return your proxy card in the
enclosed envelope as soon as possible. Your stock will be voted in accordance
with your instructions. You may attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person
even if you have previously submitted your vote. We look forward to seeing you
at the meeting.
Sincerely,
/s/ JAMES A.D. SMITH
James A. D. Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
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GENELABS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
505 PENOBSCOT DRIVE
REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA 94063
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NOTICE OF 2000 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD JUNE 1, 2000
The 2000 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Genelabs Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company") will be held at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Thursday, June 1,
2000, at the Company's offices at 505 Penobscot Drive, Redwood City, California,
for the following purposes:
1. To elect eight directors of the Company, each to serve until the next
Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his or her successor has been
elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or
removal.
2. To transact other business that may properly come before the Annual
Meeting.
The Board of Directors has fixed April 10, 2000 as the record date for
determining shareholders entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, this
Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. Only
shareholders of record at the close of business on that date will be entitled to
notice of, and to vote at, this Annual Meeting.
ALL SHAREHOLDERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING IN
PERSON. WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE,
SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO
ENSURE YOUR REPRESENTATION AT THE MEETING. A RETURN ENVELOPE, WHICH IS POSTAGE
PREPAID IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES, IS ENCLOSED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SHAREHOLDERS MAY ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTE IN PERSON EVEN IF THEY HAVE
PREVIOUSLY VOTED. PLEASE NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD OF RECORD
BY A BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE AND YOU WISH TO VOTE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING,
YOU MUST OBTAIN FROM THE RECORD HOLDER A PROXY ISSUED IN YOUR NAME.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ Heather Criss Keller
Heather Criss Keller
Vice President, Legal Affairs and
Secretary
Redwood City, California
April 26, 2000
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GENELABS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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2000 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
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PROXY STATEMENT
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DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Genelabs Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company" or "Genelabs") is soliciting your proxy for use at the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders of the Company to be held at Genelabs' principal office located
at 505 Penobscot Drive, Redwood City, California 94063, on June 1, 2000, at
10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, and at any adjournment or postponement
thereof. This Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy card were first mailed
to the Company's shareholders on or about April 26, 2000.
RECORD DATE, OUTSTANDING SHARES AND QUORUM
Only holders of record of the Company's Common Stock or Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") at the close of business on
April 10, 2000 (the "Record Date") will be entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting. At the close of business on the Record Date, the Company had 40,784,994
shares of Common Stock outstanding and 44,118,328 shares of Common Stock and
Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis entitled to vote. A majority of the
shares entitled to vote on the Record Date will constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at the Annual Meeting.
VOTING RIGHTS AND SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
Holders of the Company's Common Stock are generally entitled to one vote
for each share held as of the above Record Date. However, in electing directors
each shareholder has cumulative voting rights and is entitled to a number of
votes equal to the number of shares held by such shareholder multiplied by the
number of directors to be elected. The shareholder may cast these votes all for
a single candidate or distribute the votes among any or all of the candidates.
No shareholder will be entitled to cumulate votes for a candidate, however,
unless that candidate's name has been placed in nomination prior to the voting
and the shareholder, or any other shareholder, has given notice at the Annual
Meeting prior to the voting of an intention to cumulate votes. In this event,
the proxy holder may allocate the votes represented by proxies among the Board
of Directors' nominees in the proxy holder's sole discretion.
Holders of the Company's Preferred Stock are entitled to one vote for each
share of Common Stock into which such Preferred Stock could be converted, in
accordance with a pre-determined formula. Under this formula, the holders of the
Preferred Stock are entitled to vote an aggregate of 3,333,334 shares at the
Annual Meeting.
In the election of directors, the nominees receiving the highest number of
affirmative votes will be elected as directors. All votes will be tabulated by
the Inspector of Elections appointed for the Annual Meeting who will separately
tabulate affirmative and negative votes, abstentions and broker non-votes for
each proposal. Abstentions will be counted toward a quorum. Broker non-votes
will be counted toward a quorum but are not counted for any purpose in
determining whether a matter has been approved.
The expenses of soliciting proxies to be voted at the Annual Meeting will
be paid by the Company. Following the original mailing of the proxies and other
soliciting materials, the Company and/or its agents may also solicit proxies by
mail, telephone, or in person. Following the original mailing of the proxies and
other soliciting materials, the Company will request that brokers, custodians,
nominees and other record holders of the Company's Common Stock and Preferred
Stock forward copies of the proxy and other soliciting materials to persons for
whom they hold shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock and request authority
for the
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exercise of proxies. In such cases, the Company, upon the request of the record
holders, will reimburse such holders for their reasonable expenses.
REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES
Any person signing a proxy card accompanying this Proxy Statement has the
power to revoke it prior to the Annual Meeting or at the Annual Meeting prior to
the vote pursuant to the proxy. A proxy may be revoked by a writing delivered to
the Company stating that the proxy is revoked, by a subsequent proxy that is
signed by the person who signed the earlier proxy and is presented at the Annual
Meeting or by attendance at the Annual Meeting and voting in person.
PROPOSAL NO. 1 -- ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
At the Annual Meeting shareholders will elect individuals to the Company's
Board of Directors (the "Board") to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of
Shareholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or
until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Eight persons have been
nominated by the Board of Directors for election at the Annual Meeting to the
eight positions fixed by the Board pursuant to the Company's Bylaws. Shares
represented by the accompanying proxy will be voted for the election of the
eight nominees unless the proxy is marked to withhold authority to do so. If any
nominee for any reason is unable to serve or for good cause will not serve, the
proxies may be voted for such substitute nominee as the Board may determine. The
Company is not aware of any nominee who will be unable to, or for good cause
will not, serve as director.
DIRECTORS/NOMINEES
The names of the nominees and certain information about them are set forth
below:
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DIRECTOR
NAME OF NOMINEE AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION SINCE
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Irene A. Chow, Ph.D........ 61 Chairman of the Board, Genelabs Technologies, 1993
Inc.
J. Richard Crout, 70 President, Crout Consulting 1999
M.D.(1)..................
Thomas E. Dewey, Jr.(2).... 67 Partner, McFarland Dewey & Co., LLC 1999
Arthur Gray, Jr.(2)........ 77 Senior Managing Director, Carret & Co. 1991
H. H. Haight(2)............ 66 President and Chief Executive Officer, Argo 1989
Global Capital, Inc.
Alan Y. Kwan(1)............ 54 Attorney, Private Practice 1999
James A. D. Smith.......... 41 President and Chief Executive Officer, Genelabs 1999
Technologies, Inc.
Nina K. Wang(2)............ 62 Chairlady, Chinachem Group 1997
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(1) Member of the Human Resources Committee.
(2) Member of the Finance and Audit Committee.
Each of the directors listed above was elected to be a director at the
Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 16, 1999.
Irene A. Chow has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Genelabs since
April 1999. From July 1995 through March 1999 she was President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company and from May through June 1995 she was
President and Chief Operating Officer. From August 1993 through April 1995 she
was President of Genelabs' Biopharmaceutical Division. Dr. Chow has been a
director of the Company since 1993. In addition to her duties at the Company,
Dr. Chow is also the chairman of the board of directors of Genelabs
Biotechnology Co. Ltd. Prior to joining Genelabs in 1993, Dr. Chow held several
positions at Ciba-Geigy Corporation, most recently as Senior Vice President of
Drug Development for the pharmaceuticals division. She holds a B.A. degree in
Literature from National Taiwan University, and both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in
Biostatistics from the University of California, Berkeley.
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J. Richard Crout, M.D., has been a director of Genelabs since January 1999.
Dr. Crout is a pharmaceutical industry consultant, providing regulatory and drug
development advice to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Prior to
forming Crout Consulting in 1994, Dr. Crout served as Vice President, Medical
and Scientific Affairs of Boehringer Mannheim Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Dr.
Crout has also headed the Office of Medical Applications of Research at the
National Institutes of Health and served as Director of the Bureau of Drugs (now
the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research) at the Food and Drug
Administration. Dr. Crout is currently a member of the board of directors of
GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Trimeris, Inc.
Thomas E. Dewey, Jr. has been a director of Genelabs since January 1999. He
is a senior investment banker and financial adviser with McFarland Dewey & Co.,
LLC, an investment banking firm in New York City concentrating in health care.
Prior to founding his first firm in 1976, Mr. Dewey was General Partner of the
international investment banking firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Mr. Dewey is currently a
senior trustee of Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was Chairman for a ten-year
term, and a director of Northwest Natural Gas Company.
Arthur Gray, Jr. has been a director of Genelabs since March 1991. He has
been Senior Managing Director of Carret & Co. since October 1999. He was a
Managing Director of Cowen Investment Counselors, a division of Cowen & Co.,
from July 1993 to September 1999. Prior to joining Cowen, he was President and
Chief Executive Officer of Dreyfus Personal Management, Inc., a subsidiary of
the Dreyfus Corporation, from January 1984 to June 1993. He is a director of
Seventh Generation, an environmental product catalog company.
H.H. Haight has been a director of Genelabs since May 1989. Mr. Haight is
President and Chief Executive Officer of Argo Global Capital, Inc., where he
specializes in high-technology industries. Prior to joining Argo in 1998, Mr.
Haight was a Managing Director of Advent International Corporation, an advisor
and manager of international venture capital funds, where he was closely
involved in Advent's Far East activities and responsible for Advent's Far East
Group from 1985 through 1998. Mr. Haight holds a B.S. in Forestry from the
University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Alan Y. Kwan has been a director of Genelabs since January 1999. Mr. Kwan
is an attorney based in Houston, Texas, maintaining a general legal practice
with an emphasis in business transactions and asset management. Previously, for
more than 20 years Mr. Kwan was active in real estate development and general
management for several Hong Kong-based international companies including the
Chinachem Group, Swire Properties, Ltd. and Tai Cheung Properties, Ltd. Mr. Kwan
was also a director of the Hong Kong operation of China International Trust &
Investment Corp.
James A. D. Smith has been the Company's Chief Executive Officer since
January 2000 and President since April 1999. From October 1996 through March
1999 he was Chief Operating Officer of Genelabs. From June 1995 through
September 1996 he was Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, and
from January 1994 through June 1995 he was Director of Marketing. Prior to
joining Genelabs, Mr. Smith was with ICN Pharmaceuticals for more than ten years
in various marketing and business development positions, most recently as
Director of Worldwide Business Development. Mr. Smith has a B.S. in Molecular
and Cellular Biology from the University of California, San Diego.
Nina K. Wang has been a director of Genelabs since February 1997. Mrs. Wang
is the Chairlady of the Chinachem Group, one of Hong Kong's largest private real
estate developers. She is currently a director of FPB Bank Holding Company
Limited in Hong Kong, Yangming Marine Transport Corporation in Taiwan, Bank of
Overseas Chinese in Taiwan, Chelsfield PLC in the United Kingdom and the
University of International Business and Economics and the Foreign Affairs
College in China. Mrs. Wang created the Ruxin Agricultural Award to recognize
technological advancements and achievements in agriculture in China, is the
Honorary President of the Chinese Red Cross Foundation and is Special Advisor to
the World
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Federation of United Nations Associations. Mrs. Wang is a John Harvard Fellow of
Harvard University and is a Professor at both Peking University and The Foreign
Affairs College.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR
THE ELECTION OF ALL DIRECTORS NOMINATED.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES
The Board of Directors met six times during 1999. All directors attended at
least 75% of the meetings of the Board and of the committees on which they
served, except for Dr. Douglas and Mrs. Wang.
The standing committees of the Board are the Finance and Audit Committee
and the Human Resources Committee. The Board does not have a nominating
committee or a committee performing similar functions.
Mr. Dewey, Mr. Gray, Mr. Haight and Mrs. Wang are currently the members of
the Finance and Audit Committee which met four times during 1999. All members of
the Finance and Audit Committee are non-employee directors of the Company. The
Finance and Audit Committee reviews the Company's accounting practices, internal
control systems, cash investment policy and Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") filings, and meets with the Company's outside auditors concerning the
scope and terms of their engagement and the results of their audits. In
addition, the Finance and Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing
significant finance transactions.
Dr. Crout, Dr. Douglas and Mr. Kwan are currently the members of the
Company's Human Resources Committee which met four times during 1999. All
members of the Human Resources Committee are non-employee directors of the
Company. The Human Resources Committee is primarily responsible for reviewing
compensation paid to officers of the Company and for administering the Company's
stock option and employee benefit plans.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Each director of the Company who is not an employee is eligible to receive
$1,000 per Board meeting attended. In addition, directors are reimbursed for
actual business expenses incurred in attending each Board meeting. Each
non-employee director, upon his or her first election to the Board, is granted
an option to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at an exercise
price equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant
pursuant to the terms of the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan. At the Company's
Annual Meeting of Shareholders following the second anniversary of his or her
election to the Board, and at each subsequent Annual Meeting of Shareholders,
each non-employee director is granted an additional option to purchase 10,000
shares. Directors who are also employees of the Company are granted options
under the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan in accordance with Genelabs' general
compensation policy.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information, as of March 31, 2000,
with respect to the beneficial ownership of each class of the Company's voting
securities held by (i) each shareholder known by the Company to be the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of either class of the Company's voting
securities, (ii) each director and nominee, (iii) each Named Executive Officer
(defined herein) and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group.
AMOUNT AND NATURE OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED(1)
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TITLE OF NUMBER OF RIGHT TO TOTAL SHARES PERCENT OF
CLASS(2) NAME SHARES OWNED ACQUIRE(3) BENEFICIALLY OWNED OUTSTANDING SHARES
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Common Veron International
Limited(4)..................... 5,391,633 -- 5,391,633 13.2%
Common Irene A. Chow.................. 23,602 683,400 707,002 1.7%
Common James A.D. Smith............... 22,661 166,589 189,250 *
Common Arthur Gray, Jr. .............. 75,000 10,000 85,000 *
Common Debra C. Bannister............. 13,975 59,945 73,920 *
Common Marc J. Gurwith................ 14,453 53,083 67,536 *
Common H. H. Haight................... 30,162 35,000 65,162 *
Common Rich B. Meyer, Jr. ............ 9,595 44,583 54,178 *
Common Heather Criss Keller........... 10,059 12,395 22,454 *
Common J. Richard Crout............... 10,000 10,000 20,000 *
Common Nina K. Wang................... -- 20,000 20,000 *
Common Frank L. Douglas(5)............ -- 20,000 20,000 *
Common Alan Y. Kwan................... 4,500 10,000 14,500 *
Common Thomas E. Dewey, Jr. .......... -- 10,000 10,000 *
Common Gilbert R. Mintz............... -- -- -- *
Common All directors and executive
officers as a group (16
persons)(6).................... 243,512 1,201,673 1,445,185 3.4%
Preferred Chiron Corporation(7).......... 5,000 -- 5,000 50.0%
Preferred Johnson & Johnson Development
Corp.(8)....................... 5,000 -- 5,000 50.0%
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* Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1%
(1) This table is based on information supplied by executive officers, directors
and principal shareholders and Schedules 13D and 13G, if any, filed with the
SEC. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table and subject
to community property laws where applicable, each of the shareholders named
in this table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the
shares indicated as beneficially owned. Applicable percentages are based on
40,783,994 shares of Common Stock and 10,000 shares of Preferred Stock
outstanding on March 31, 2000, adjusted as required by rules promulgated by
the SEC.
(2) The Company has two classes of voting securities, Common Stock and Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock. The two holders of the Company's Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to one vote for each share of
Common Stock into which their Convertible Preferred Stock could be
converted, in accordance with a pre-determined formula. Under this formula,
each holder is entitled to vote 1,666,667 shares at this year's Annual
Meeting.
(3) Represents shares that can be acquired through stock option exercises
through May 30, 2000.
(4) The address of Veron International Limited ("Veron") is Top Floor Chinachem
Golden Plaza, 77 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Veron is
an investment holding company whose principal shareholder is Mrs. Nina K.
Wang, a director of the Company.
(5) Dr. Douglas is a current director who is not standing for reelection to the
Board.
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(6) Includes holdings of the above-listed officers and directors and two other
executive officers of the Company. This amount does not include shares held
by Veron International, Ltd., an investment holding company whose principal
shareholder is Mrs. Nina K. Wang, a director of the Company.
(7) The address of Chiron Corporation is 4560 Horton Street, Emeryville,
California 94608-2916.
(8) The address of Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation is One Johnson &
Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08933-7002.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND OTHER INFORMATION
The following table sets forth the compensation paid, or to be paid, by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, during the fiscal years indicated, to the
Chief Executive Officers, the other four highest paid executive officers at the
end of the most recent fiscal year and another officer who would have been among
such four highest paid executive officers had he served as an executive officer
at the end of the last completed fiscal year (collectively the "Named Executive
Officers") in all capacities in which they serve.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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LONG-TERM
COMPENSATION
ANNUAL COMPENSATION AWARDS
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OTHER ANNUAL SECURITIES
COMPENSATION UNDERLYING
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY($) BONUS($) ($)(1) OPTIONS(#)
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James A.D. Smith.......................... 1999 216,275 38,028 42,225 90,000
President & Chief 1998 195,833 45,100 35,191 12,000
Executive Officer 1997 184,250 39,775 21,934 22,600
Irene A. Chow(2).......................... 1999 263,542 79,326 101,164 135,000
Chairman of the Board 1998 293,583 97,055 110,479 40,000
1997 276,500 92,435 79,667 100,000
Marc J. Gurwith........................... 1999 196,617 38,690 34,943(3) 35,000
Vice President, 1998 187,750 35,720 21,836(4) 4,000
Drug Development and Chief Medical 1997 69,375 15,108 -- 60,000
Officer
Rich B. Meyer, Jr......................... 1999 186,000 26,040 112,963(5) 20,000
Vice President, Research 1998 41,568 -- 6,198(6) 100,000
Debra C. Bannister........................ 1999 147,792 29,106 22,976 22,500
Vice President, 1998 139,250 26,040 14,296 10,000
Corp. Communications 1997 130,583 24,366 6,174 18,600
and Investor Relations
Gilbert R. Mintz(7)....................... 1999 157,523 -- 14,171(8) 27,500
Former Vice President, Business 1998 109,471 18,700 70,000
Development
Heather Criss Keller...................... 1999 138,600 18,322 -- 20,000
Vice President, Legal Affairs and 1998 25,057 -- 25,000
Secretary
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(1) Unless otherwise noted, amounts in this column represent amounts vested in
the long-term portion of the Company's Annual and Long-term Incentive Based
Compensation Program.
(2) Dr. Chow was President and Chief Executive Officer through March 31, 1999.
(3) Represents $16,943 vesting in the Annual and Long-term Incentive Based
Compensation Program, forgiveness of $14,400 in principal of a loan made to
Dr. Gurwith, and forgiveness of $3,600 in interest on the loan.
(4) Represents $5,036 vesting in the Annual and Long-term Incentive Based
Compensation Program, forgiveness of $14,400 in principal of a loan made to
Dr. Gurwith, and forgiveness of $2,400 in interest on the loan.
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(5) Represents forgiveness of $6,250 in principal of a loan made to Dr. Meyer,
forgiveness of $1,563 in interest on the loan, and $105,150 in relocation
costs incurred to move Dr. Meyer to the San Francisco Bay Area.
(6) Represents relocation costs incurred to move Dr. Meyer to the San Francisco
Bay Area.
(7) In December 1999, Gilbert R. Mintz resigned his position with the Company.
(8) Represents payment of accrued vacation upon the resignation of Dr. Mintz.
The following table sets forth information regarding individual grants of
stock options pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan during 1999 to
each of the Named Executive Officers.
INDIVIDUAL OPTION GRANTS IN 1999
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NUMBER OF PERCENT OF
SECURITIES TOTAL OPTIONS
UNDERLYING GRANTED TO EXERCISE GRANT DATE
OPTIONS EMPLOYEES PRICE EXPIRATION PRESENT VALUE
NAME GRANTED(#)(1) IN 1999 ($/SHARE) DATE ($)(2)
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James A. D. Smith.................. 12,000 1.0 2.6875 01/22/2009 21,626
50,000 4.1 2.0625 02/25/2009 69,356
28,000(3) 2.3 2.2032 08/06/2009 38,845
Irene A. Chow...................... 40,000 3.3 2.6875 01/22/2009 72,087
73,000(4) 6.0 2.0625 02/25/2009 82,914
22,000(3) 1.8 2.2032 08/06/2009 30,521
Marc J. Gurwith.................... 10,000 0.8 2.6875 01/22/2009 18,052
25,000 2.1 2.2032 08/06/2009 35,134
Rich B. Meyer, Jr.................. 20,000(3) 1.6 2.2032 08/06/2009 28,107
Debra C. Bannister................. 7,500 0.6 2.6875 01/22/2009 13,539
15,000(3) 1.2 2.2032 08/06/2009 21,081
Gilbert R. Mintz................... 3,000 0.2 2.6875 01/22/2009 5,416
4,500 0.4 2.1719 03/15/2009 6,565
20,000(3) 1.6 2.2032 08/06/2009 27,747
Heather Criss Keller............... 10,000 0.8 1.6875 07/08/2009 11,335
10,000(3) 0.8 2.2032 08/06/2009 14,053
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(1) Stock options are awarded with an exercise price equal to the fair market
value of the Company's Common Stock on the date of award. Except where
noted, 25% of the stock options become exercisable on the first anniversary
of the date of grant, with pro-rata monthly vesting thereafter for the
remaining three years, so long as employment with the Company continues. All
of the options granted have a 10-year term.
(2) The estimated "grant date present value" of options granted in 1999 is based
on a Black-Scholes option pricing model, a model that reflects certain
assumptions regarding variable factors such as interest rates and stock
price volatility. Stock options have value only as a result of appreciation
in the price of the Company's Common Stock. If, at the time of exercise, the
price of the Company's Common Stock is the same as or lower than the option
exercise price, there will be no gain to the optionee. Because changes in
the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value
estimate, it is the Company's belief that this model does not necessarily
provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of the options granted.
For the purposes of establishing the "grant date present value" shown in the
table, the model assumed a dividend yield of zero, risk-free interest rate
of 6.0%, volatility factor of the expected market price of the Company's
Common Stock of 1.0, and an expected life of the options of one year
subsequent to vesting.
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(3) Stock options vest monthly in equal installments for three years, so long as
employment with the Company continues.
(4) Vests in three equal six-month installments, so long as employment with the
Company continues.
During 1999 there were no stock option exercises by any of the Named
Executive Officers. The following table sets forth certain information
concerning the number and value of unexercised options held by each of the Named
Executive Officers at December 31, 1999.
DECEMBER 31, 1999 OPTION VALUES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SECURITIES VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED IN-THE-MONEY
OPTIONS AT YEAR-END OPTIONS AT YEAR-END
(#) ($)(1)
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NAME EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
James A.D. Smith........................... 133,535 119,065 272,168 348,843
Irene A. Chow.............................. 630,389 173,516 1,499,740 461,998
Marc J. Gurwith............................ 39,610 59,390 101,470 169,071
Rich B. Meyer, Jr.......................... 31,388 88,612 114,875 319,811
Debra C. Bannister......................... 49,049 40,051 47,028 102,783
Gilbert R. Mintz........................... 29,930 -- 64,473 --
Heather Criss Keller....................... 8,402 36,598 28,839 128,581
</TABLE>
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(1) These values are based on the positive spread between the respective
exercise price of outstanding stock options and the fair market value of the
Company's Common Stock at December 31, 1999 ($5.50). These amounts may not
represent amounts actually realized by the Named Executive Officers.
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The following pages contain a report issued by the Human Resources Committee
relating to executive compensation for 1999 and a chart titled "Company Stock
Price Performance." Shareholders should be aware that under SEC rules, the Human
Resources Committee report and the stock price performance chart are not
considered filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, unless these sections are
specifically referenced.
REPORT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Decisions regarding executive compensation and stock option grants to
executives are made by the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors
(the "Committee") subject to the review and, in certain cases, approval by the
Board. The Committee is currently composed of three non-employee directors.
Although Mr. Smith attended the meetings of the Committee during 1999, he did
not vote on any matters that relate to compensation and was excused from
meetings when matters concerning his compensation were discussed.
COMPENSATION POLICY
The Committee acts on behalf of the Board to establish the general
compensation policy of the Company for all employees of the Company. The primary
goal of the Company's compensation policy is to align compensation with the
Company's business objectives and performance. The Committee's primary aim is to
attract, reward, and retain executive officers and other employees who
contribute to the long-term success of the Company. The Committee typically
reviews base salary levels and target bonuses for the President and Chief
Executive Officer and other executive officers of the Company and key employees
at or about the beginning of each year. The Committee has adopted a total
compensation package comprised of base salary, bonus, long-term incentive
awards, stock options and stock grant awards.
SALARY AND VARIABLE COMPENSATION
The base salaries, incentive compensation and stock option grants for the
executive officers are determined by the Committee in part by reviewing the
Radford Survey and other published surveys for similar positions in the
biopharmaceutical industry. These surveys are nationally known for their
databases of high technology and biopharmaceutical companies' compensation
practices. The Radford Survey itself covers over 1,500 high technology companies
and 335 biopharmaceutical companies. In addition, custom survey data are also
reviewed on a case by case, position by position basis. The compensation of the
Company's executive officers is evaluated against comparable positions and
market compensation levels to determine base salary, target bonuses and target
total cash compensation. The Committee attempts to target total cash
compensation at competitive rates and percentiles of the survey companies. The
Committee also reviews and compares stock option practices of the survey
companies.
In addition to their base salaries, the Company's executive officers,
including the Chief Executive Officer, are each eligible to receive an annual
cash bonus under the Incentive Bonus Compensation Program ("IBC Program"). The
Committee's philosophy in compensating executive officers, including the Chief
Executive Officer, is to relate compensation principally to corporate and
executive performance. Thus, a portion of the cash compensation paid to the
Company's executive officers, including the Chief Executive Officer, is in the
form of discretionary bonus payments that are paid on an annual basis. Under the
IBC Program, cash bonuses are awarded only if an executive officer achieves
predetermined individual performance objectives and the Company met certain
corporate objectives that were approved by the Committee. Bonus payments are
expressly linked to the attainment of goals established for each executive
officer, as well as overall corporate goals, and are limited by the target bonus
amount established for each executive officer which is a percentage of the
officer's base salary.
In the biopharmaceutical industry, traditional measures of corporate
performance, such as earnings per share or return on equity, may not readily
apply in evaluating the performance of executives. Because the Company has been
engaged primarily in research and development activities, the Company's
objectives are based on other financial and strategic measures, such as the
progress of the Company's research and
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development programs, the establishment of cooperative development and marketing
relationships with corporate partners, the recruitment of management personnel,
and the securing of capital resources sufficient to enable the Company to
further research and product development plans. General corporate goals for 1999
included completion of the second phase III clinical trial of GL701 for systemic
lupus erythematosus, analysis of the data generated from this clinical trial,
preparation for submission of a New Drug Application to the Food and Drug
Administration, progress milestones in the Company's DNA-binding and RNA-binding
programs, and renewal of the grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency.
Under the IBC Program, for certain executive management positions, there is
a long-term compensation element that is in addition to the annual bonus
described above. If a person in this category should be eligible for and receive
an annual bonus, the amount of the bonus will also be awarded in the long-term
portion of the IBC Program. This long-term element is designed to defer payments
to the executive over a three-year period, vesting one third each year. In doing
so, the goal of the plan is to encourage the executive to remain with the
Company on a long-term basis by committing the payment of additional
compensation if employment continues throughout the vesting period.
LONG-TERM EQUITY INCENTIVES
The Company's equity incentive plans include the 1995 Stock Option Plan,
Restricted Stock Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Long-term equity incentives for executive officers are provided through the
granting of stock options under the 1995 Stock Option Plan. The exercise price
of options granted under the 1995 Stock Option Plan is equal to the fair market
value of the Company's Common Stock on the date of award. These options have
value only if the price of the Company's stock increases above the fair market
value on the award date and the executive remains an employee for the period
required for the shares to vest. Generally, 25% of underlying shares become
exercisable on the first anniversary of the date of grant, with pro-rata monthly
vesting thereafter for the remaining three years.
Stock options typically have been granted to executive officers and other
employees when they first join the Company, in connection with a significant
change in responsibilities and, occasionally, to achieve parity within a peer
group. The Committee may, however, grant additional stock options to executives
for other reasons. Generally, the number of shares subject to each stock option
granted may also be based on anticipated future contribution and ability to
impact corporate and/or business unit results, past individual or corporate
performance or consistency within the executive's peer group. In making its
decisions, the Committee considers these factors, as well as the number of
options held by such executive officers as of the date of grant that remained
unvested. In the discretion of the Committee, executive officers may also be
granted stock options under the 1995 Stock Option Plan to provide greater
incentives to continue their employment with the Company and to strive to
increase the value of the Company's Common Stock.
1999 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
For most of the executive officers, base salaries were increased in
February based on their previous base salary as well as the surveys noted above
and other information available to the Committee. Under the Company's IBC
Program, for 1999 performance, the Chief Executive Officer determined that the
executive officers individually achieved their objectives in various ranges.
Based upon the Chief Executive Officer's recommendations and review of the
supporting data for such, the Committee concluded that the executive officers'
objectives were met, and the Committee awarded cash bonuses to the executive
officers. The Committee awarded bonuses based on the percentage of base salary
for which a bonus was available after giving effect to the degree to which the
Committee believed each such executive officer realized his or her objectives.
In addition, stock options were granted as part of the annual review of
performance.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
Mr. Smith's 1999 bonus and salary were set by the Committee with due regard
to his industry experience, competitive salary information and current market
conditions. As with other executive officers, the amount of
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Mr. Smith's total compensation was based on the Company's 1999 results and his
individual performance with respect to meeting previously established
performance objectives. The Committee recommended that the Company pay Mr. Smith
a $38,028 bonus based upon the board's determination of the completion of his
and the Company's objectives for 1999.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 162(M) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986
The Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan meets the requirements of Section
162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. None of the Company's
Executive Officers received cash compensation exceeding the statutory limit
under Section 162(m).
HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
J. Richard Crout
Frank L. Douglas
Alan Y. Kwan
COMPANY STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE
The graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on the
Common Stock of the Company for the five-year period from December 31, 1994
through December 31, 1999 with the cumulative total return on the NASDAQ Stock
Market Index (U.S. companies) and the NASDAQ Pharmaceuticals Stock Index over
the same period (assuming the investment of $100 in the Company's Common Stock
and in each of the indexes on December 31, 1994, and reinvestment of all
dividends).
PERFORMANCE GRAPH
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<CAPTION>
NASDAQ STOCK MARKET (US NASDAQ PHARMACEUTICALS
GENELABS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. COMPANIES) STOCKS
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
12/31/94 100.00 100.00 100.00
12/31/95 410.50 141.30 183.40
12/31/96 515.80 173.90 184.00
12/31/97 236.80 213.10 190.00
12/31/98 231.60 300.20 241.70
12/31/99 463.20 542.40 451.60
</TABLE>
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, audited the financial statements
of the Company for the year ended December 31, 1999. Representatives of Ernst &
Young LLP are expected to attend the Annual Meeting, will have the opportunity
to make a statement if they desire to do so, and are expected to be available to
respond to appropriate questions.
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
From January 1, 1999 to the present, there have been no transactions in
which the amount involved exceeded $60,000 to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries was a party and in which any executive officer, director, 5%
beneficial owner of the Company's Common Stock or member of the immediate family
of any of the foregoing persons had or have a direct or indirect material
interest, except the transaction identified below.
In connection with hiring Richard A. Waldron, Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, on October 27, 1999, the Company provided him with a loan of
$125,000 to assist him with the purchase of a home in the San Francisco Bay
Area. On February 15 of each year, beginning in 2000, the Company will forgive
accrued interest and $25,000 of the loan principal provided that Mr. Waldron is
still employed full time. If the Company terminates Mr. Waldron's employment
other than for cause, the Company will forgive the unpaid principal balance of
loan.
FUTURE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
A shareholder who wants to present a proposal to be considered for
inclusion in the Company's proxy materials for the 2001 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders must submit that proposal in writing no later than December 27,
2000. A shareholder who wants to present a proposal to be considered at that
Annual Meeting, but not through the Company's proxy materials, must submit that
proposal in writing no earlier than March 2, 2001, and no later than April 2,
2001. Either type of proposal must be sent to the Corporate Secretary and
received at the Company's executive offices according to the dates specified
above.
COMPLIANCE UNDER SECTION 16(A)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires
the Company's directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than
10% of the Company's Common Stock, to file initial reports of ownership and
reports of changes in ownership with the SEC. Such persons are required by SEC
regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that
they file. Based solely on its review of the copies of such forms furnished to
the Company and written representations from the executive officers and
directors, the Company believes that all Section 16(a) filing requirements were
met.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Board does not presently intend to bring any other business before the
Annual Meeting, and, so far as is known to the Board, no matters are to be
brought before the Annual Meeting except as specified in the Notice of Annual
Meeting. As to any business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting,
however, it is intended that proxies, in the form enclosed, will be voted in
respect thereof in accordance with the judgment of the persons voting such
proxies.
ALL SHAREHOLDERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING IN
PERSON. WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE,
SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO
ENSURE YOUR REPRESENTATION AT THE MEETING. A RETURN ENVELOPE, WHICH IS POSTAGE
PREPAID IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES, IS ENCLOSED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SHAREHOLDERS MAY ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTE IN PERSON EVEN IF THEY HAVE
PREVIOUSLY VOTED. PLEASE NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD OF RECORD
BY A BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE AND YOU WISH TO VOTE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING,
YOU MUST OBTAIN FROM THE RECORD HOLDER A PROXY ISSUED IN YOUR NAME.
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PROXY
GENELABS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
JUNE 1, 2000
The undersigned hereby appoints James A.D. Smith and Heather Criss Keller, and
each of them, with power of substitution, to represent the undersigned at the
2000 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Genelabs Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company") to be held at the Company's principal executive offices located at
505 Penobscot Drive, Redwood City, California 94063 on June 1, 2000, at 10:00
a.m. P.D.T., and any adjournment thereof, and to vote the number of shares the
undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present at the meeting on
the following matters:
(CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE.)
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WITHHELD
1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FOR FOR ALL
Irene A. Chow H.H. Haight [ ] [ ]
J. Richard Crout Alan Y. Kwan
Thomas E. Dewey, Jr. James A.D. Smith
Arthur Gray, Jr. Nina K. Wang
Instruction: To withhold authority to vote for any
individual nominee, write that nominee's name on the
space provided below.
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I PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING. [ ]
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all nominees for election.
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED ABOVE, IN THE ABSENCE OF DIRECTION, THIS
PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE COMPANY'S NOMINEES FOR ELECTION. In their
discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may
properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof to the extent
authorized by Rule 14a-4(c) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND
PROMPTLY RETURN THIS PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE SO THAT
YOUR SHARES MAY BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING.
Signature(s) Date
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Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on your stock certificate. If
shares of stock are held of record in the names of two or more persons or in the
name of husband and wife, whether as joint tenants or otherwise, both or all of
such persons should sign the proxy. If shares of stock are held of record by a
corporation, the proxy should be executed by the president or vice president and
the secretary or assistant secretary. Executors, administrators, or other
fiduciaries who exercise the above proxy for a decreased shareholder should give
their full title. Please date the proxy.
