Form 8-K

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 AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

December 8, 2006

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 


SPECTRUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   000-28782   93-0979187
(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

157 Technology Drive
Irvine, California
    92618
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

(949) 788-6700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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 December 8, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) approved fiscal 2006 bonus payments and 2007 base salaries (effective January 1, 2007) for the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth below in the following table:

 

Name

   Fiscal 2006 Bonus    Fiscal 2007 Base Salary

Rajesh Shrotriya, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

   $ 250,000    $ 500,000

Luigi Lenaz, Chief Scientific Officer

   $ 100,000    $ 370,000

Shyam Kumaria, Vice President, Finance

   $ 50,000    $ 250,000


SIGNATURES

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: December 14, 2006

 

SPECTRUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:   /s/ Shyam Kumaria
Name:   Shyam Kumaria
Title:   V.P., Finance