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 EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 24, 2012

 

 

 

Athersys, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-33876		20-4864095
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

3201 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-2634

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (216) 431-9900

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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 February 24, 2012, the Board of Directors of Athersys, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, approved the following cash bonuses to the named executive officers of the Company, based on individual performance and achievement of corporate goals in 2011:

 

Name		Title		Award
Dr. Gil Van Bokkelen		Chief Executive Officer		$40,000
William Lehmann, Jr.		President and Chief Operating Officer		$27,000
Dr. John Harrington		Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President		$27,000
Dr. Robert Deans		Executive Vice President of Regenerative Medicine		$24,300
Laura Campbell		Vice President of Finance		$15,300

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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: February 27, 2012