Corporate Board Profile
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| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2006-03-30 | James L. Heppell has been a director of Inovio since September 1994, Interim Chairman of the Board from September 1999 to March 2001, and Chairman of the Board since March 2001. ... During 2005, Inovio paid the Chairman of the Board an annual retainer fee of $30,000. ... For 2005, Inovio also paid the chairman of each of the Compensation and Nomination & Corporate Governance Committee an additional $3,000 as compensation for his services as chairman of those committees. |
| 2007-04-03 | James L. Heppell, L.L.B. has been a director of Inovio since September 1994, Interim Chairman of the Board from September 1999 to March 2001, and Chairman of the Board since March 2001. Mr. Heppell is President and Fund Manager of BC Advantage Funds (VCC) Ltd., a venture fund that invests in early stage life science and technology companies located in British Columbia. Mr. Heppell is a director of several biotechnology companies. In addition to his L.L.B., Mr. Heppell has a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from the University of British Columbia. The Compensation Committee are James L. Heppell (Chair), Tazdin Esmail. Felix Theeuwes, and Simon Benito. Each member of the Compensation Committee is independent under the American Stock Exchange listing standards. During 2006, Inovio paid each non-employee director of Inovio (other than the Chairman of the Board) an annual retainer fee of $15,000 and paid the Chairman of the Board an annual retainer fee of $30,000. We pay or reimburse all reasonable expenses associated with directors 27 attendance at and participation in board and committee meetings and other company business to which a director attends. For 2006, Inovio also paid the chairman of each of the Compensation and Nomination 26 Corporate Governance Committee an additional $3,000 as compensation for his services as chairman of those committees and an additional $5,000 to the Audit Committee chairman as compensation for services as that committee 27s chairman. Inovio also pays each non-employee director $1,250 for attendance at each Board meeting conducted in person and $625 for each Board meeting conducted telephonically. The following table sets forth certain information with respect to director compensation during 2006. Amounts representing Stock Awards, Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation, Changes in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings and All Other Compensation are not included in the following table as they are not applicable to our compensation program during 2006. James Heppell 39,250 45,257 84,507 |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2026-03-05