<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001390478-14-000049.txt : 20140918
<SEC-HEADER>0001390478-14-000049.hdr.sgml : 20140918
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140918164551
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001390478-14-000049
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140918
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140918
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140918

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Galena Biopharma, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001390478
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33958
		FILM NUMBER:		141110389

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4640 SW MACADAM AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 270
		CITY:			PORTLAND
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97239
		BUSINESS PHONE:		855 855 GALE

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4640 SW MACADAM AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 270
		CITY:			PORTLAND
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97239

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110926

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GALENA BIOPHARMA, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110922

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RXI PHARMACEUTICALS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110921
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<TYPE>8-K
<SEQUENCE>1
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<a name="s7552A4FF984F78AE150A6605E5DADE1D"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES <br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION <br>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:683px;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td width="216px"></td><td width="18px"></td><td width="216px"></td><td width="16px"></td><td width="216px"></td></tr><tr><td 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<a name="sD65935DA124233BEBA7E89DA1C29277C"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Employment Agreement (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) is made and entered into on September 16, 2014, by and between Galena Biopharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; or &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Employer</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), and Mark W. Schwartz, Ph.D., an individual and resident of the State of California (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Employee</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), and is retroactive to August 21, 2014 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Effective Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, Employer previously employed Employee as its Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer pursuant to that certain Employment Agreement between Employer and Employee dated April&#160;13, 2011, as amended by Amendment Nos.&#160;1 and 2 thereto dated as of September&#160;23, 2011 and March&#160;11, 2013, respectively (as so amended, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Former Employment Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;); and </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, effective the Effective Date, Employee was appointed by Employer&#8217;s Board of Directors (hereinafter the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Board</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) as Employer&#8217;s President and Chief Executive Officer; and </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, Employer and Employee desire to enter into a new employment agreement to supersede the Former Agreement and under which Employee shall serve as the Company&#8217;s President and Chief Executive Officer on the terms set forth in this Agreement, with the term of this Agreement to commence on the Effective Date; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, in conjunction with Employee&#8217;s employment hereunder, it is contemplated Employee will be appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Employer;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, upon the above premises, and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Engagement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Effective as of the Effective Date, Employer shall employ Employee, and Employee shall serve, as the Company&#8217;s President and Chief Executive Officer.  Employee understands that his duties as President and Chief Executive Officer may change from time to time during the Term (as herewith defined) in the discretion of the Board, but such duties shall be consistent with the duties customarily assigned to the offices of president and chief executive officer of a company substantially comparable as of the Effective Date to Employer. Employee and Employer previously entered into Employer&#8217;s standard-form Employee Confidentiality, Non-Competition, and Proprietary Information Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit 1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;and made a part hereof (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Confidentiality Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Duties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Employee shall perform faithfully, diligently and to the best of his ability all of his duties and responsibilities hereunder in accordance with the policies established by and under the direction of the Board.  Subject to the direction and supervision of the Board, Employee shall have such corporate power and authority as shall reasonably be required to enable him to discharge his duties under this Agreement.  Employee&#8217;s services hereunder shall be rendered primarily at the Company&#8217;s principal executive offices and at Employee&#8217;s current home office in the San Francisco Bay area, except for travel when and as required in the performance of Employee&#8217;s duties hereunder.  At the request of the Board, Employee also shall serve as a </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="15.384615384615387%"></td><td width="69.23076923076923%"></td><td width="15.384615384615385%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">-  .</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sD65935DA124233BEBA7E89DA1C29277C"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">member of the Board and as an officer or director of any subsidiary and Employer for no additional compensation.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">3.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Time and Efforts</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Employee shall devote all of his business time, efforts, attention and energies to Employer&#8217;s business and the discharge of his duties hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise agreed to in writing, Employee shall have the right to perform such incidental services as are necessary in connection with (a) his private, passive investments, (b) charitable or community activities, (c) participation in trade or professional organizations and (d) service on the board of directors (or comparable body) of not more than one third-party entity or organization that does not compete with the Company Business (as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement), so long as the foregoing do not interfere materially with Employee&#8217;s performance of his duties hereunder as determined in good faith by the Board.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">4.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Term</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Employee&#8217;s employment shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue unless and until terminated in accordance with Section&#160;6 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Term</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Compensation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  As the total consideration for Employee&#8217;s services rendered under this Agreement, Employer shall pay or provide Employee the following compensation and benefits:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5.1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Base Salary</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Employee shall be entitled to receive an annual base salary during the Term of Four Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($480,000) per year, prorated for any partial year during the Term (hereinafter the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Base Salary</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), payable in accordance with the usual payroll practices of Employer as established from time to time.  Prior to February 1, 2015,  the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board shall review the adequacy of the Base Salary and of the &#8220;Option&#8221; (as defined in Section 5.3, below) and, at the sole discretion of the Board or of the Compensation Committee of the Board, increase the Base Salary as of February 1, 2015, or grant Employee one or more stock options in addition to the Option, or both; provided, however, that the Base Salary shall be increased to Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000) on February&#160;1, 2015 unless in the good-faith judgment of the Board or of the Compensation Committee of the Board the Company shall have failed substantially to meet its current principal, material corporate goals for the period then ending, and shall be subject to increase thereafter at the sole discretion of the Board or of the Compensation Committee of the Board.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5.2</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Discretionary Bonus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Subject to Employee remaining in Employer&#8217;s employ through the end of each calendar year during the Term, Employee shall be eligible to receive for each full calendar year during the Term, a target performance bonus of 60% of his Base Salary, the determination of the amount of any annual performance bonus earned by Employee to be made by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board at its sole discretion.  No bonus shall be payable for any partial calendar year, except that Employee shall be eligible for the full amount of such discretionary bonus for 2014.  For clarity, any such </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="15.384615384615387%"></td><td width="69.23076923076923%"></td><td width="15.384615384615385%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">-  .</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sD65935DA124233BEBA7E89DA1C29277C"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">discretionary bonus hereunder shall be in lieu of any discretionary bonus otherwise payable to Employee under the Former Agreement, or otherwise.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5.3</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Stock Option</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  In consideration for entering into this Agreement, as soon as practicable on or after the Effective Date, the Company shall grant Employee under the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated 2007 Incentive Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Plan</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) a stock option (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Option</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) to purchase two hundred thousand (200,000) shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock.  The Option shall vest in equal quarterly installments over three years beginning on the first quarterly anniversary of the Effective Date, provided, in each case, that Employee remains in the continuous employ of Employer through such quarterly anniversary.  The Option shall (a)&#160;be exercisable at an exercise price per share equal to the closing market price of the Company common stock on the date of the grant, (b) have a term of ten years, and (c) be on such other terms as shall be determined by the Board (or the Compensation Committee of the Board) and set forth in a customary form of stock option agreement under the Plan evidencing the Option.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5.4</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Expense Reimbursement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Employer shall reimburse Employee for reasonable business expenses incurred by Employee in connection with the performance of Employee&#8217;s duties in accordance with Employer&#8217;s usual practices and policies in effect from time to time.  Any reimbursements hereunder shall be paid to Employee in accordance with the Company&#8217;s expense reimbursement policies and procedures from time to time in effect.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5.5</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Vacation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Employee shall be entitled to 25 days of paid &#8220;time off&#8221; (vacation days plus sick time/personal time) for each full calendar year in accordance with the Company&#8217;s policies from time to time in effect, in addition to holidays observed by the Company (for partial calendar years, the Employee&#8217;s paid &#8220;time off&#8221; will be pro-rated).  Paid &#8220;time off&#8221; may be taken at such times and intervals as the Employee shall determine, subject to the business needs of the Company, and otherwise shall be subject to the policies of the Company, as in effect from time to time.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5.6</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Employee Benefits</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The Company shall provide Employee and his dependents, if any, with coverage under any and all medical, dental and vision plans and other benefit programs available generally to the Company&#8217;s senior executives and their dependents, to the extent Employee and his dependents satisfy the applicable eligibility requirements, and the Company shall pay, directly or indirectly, the premiums associated with any such medical plans to the same extent the Company pays such premiums for other senior executives of the Company.  Employee shall be eligible to participate in any medical insurance and other employee benefits made available generally by Employer to all senior executives under Employer&#8217;s plans and employment policies in effect during the Term. Employee acknowledges and agrees that, any such plans or policies now or hereafter in effect may be modified or terminated by Employer at any time in its discretion.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5.7</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Payroll Taxes</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  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Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement to the contrary, any discretionary or other incentive-based compensation paid to Employee pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreement or arrangement with the Company which is subject to recovery under any law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement will be subject to such deductions and clawback as may be required to be made pursuant to such law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement (or any policy adopted by the Company pursuant to any such law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">6.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Termination</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  This Agreement and Employee&#8217;s employment may be terminated as set forth in the Section 6.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">6.1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Termination by Employer for Cause; Termination by Employee</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  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Any payments under this Agreement that may be excluded from Section 409A either as separation pay due to an involuntary separation from service or as a short-term deferral shall be excluded from Section 409A to the maximum extent possible. For purposes of Section 409A, each installment payment provided under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment. 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Unless Employee consents in writing, the Accountants may not be an audit firm that is then providing services in any capacity to any person or entity that is acquiring Employer.  Such determinations shall be made by the Accountants using reasonable good faith interpretations of the Code.  Employer shall pay the fees and costs of the Accountants which are incurred in connection with this Section&#160;6.8.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">7.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Equitable Remedies; Injunctive Relief</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  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Subject to Employee&#8217;s insurability thereunder, Employer shall maintain Employee as an additional insured under its current policy of directors and officers liability insurance and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to continue to insure Employee thereunder, or under any replacement policies in effect from time to time, during the Term.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">9.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Severable Provisions</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  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This Agreement, including the Confidentiality Agreement, contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and the parties hereto have made no agreements, representations or warranties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement that are not set forth otherwise therein or herein.  This Agreement, including the Confidentiality Agreement, supersedes the Former Employment Agreement and any and all other prior or contemporaneous agreements, written or oral, between Employee and Employer relating to the subject matter hereof.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">12.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  No modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing, approved by the Board (or a committee of the Board) and signed by Employee and an executive officer of Employer (other than Employee designated by the Board).  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Employer and Employee shall mutually agree on the arbitrator; provided, however, that if Employer and Employee cannot mutually agree on the arbitrator, either Employer or Employee can request that JAMS, Inc. (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">JAMS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) select the arbitrator.  The arbitrator shall have at least ten (10) years&#8217; experience with respect to employment matters.  Any such arbitration shall be held in San Francisco, California, under JAMS&#8217;s Employment Arbitration Rules &amp; Procedures (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">JAMS Rules &amp; Procedures</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) then in effect.  A copy of the current JAMS Rules &amp; Procedures is attached hereto as </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit&#160;A</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The JAMS Rules &amp; Procedures are also available online at www.jamsadr.com/rules-employment arbitration.  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The arbitrator shall rule upon motions to compel or limit discovery and shall have the authority to impose sanctions, including attorneys&#8217; fees and costs, to the same extent as a court of law or equity, should the arbitrator determine that discovery was sought without substantial justification or that discovery was refused or objected to without substantial justification.  The decision of the arbitrator shall be written, shall be in accordance with applicable law, and shall be supported by written findings of fact and conclusions of law which shall set forth the basis for the decision of the arbitrator.  The arbitrator shall render a written decision on the claim or dispute presented as soon as practicable and in any event not more than forty-five (45) days after the close of evidence and briefing.  The decision of the arbitrator as to the validity and amount of any claim disputed by Employer and Employee shall be binding and conclusive upon such parties to this Agreement, and notwithstanding anything in this Section 13, such parties shall be required to act in accordance with such decision.  Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.  Employer will pay all costs of the arbitration, including administrative and arbitrator fees, other than costs the parties would normally incur in a civil action.  In the event that a judgment is made pursuant to this Section 13, all reasonable out of pocket costs and reasonable legal costs incurred by the prevailing party shall be paid by the non-prevailing party.  Any decision, judgment, ruling, finding, award or other determination of the arbitrator and any information disclosed in the course of any arbitration hereunder shall be kept confidential by Employer and Employee, and any court order to enforce the decision, judgment, ruling, finding, award or other determination of the arbitrator shall be filed under seal.  This agreement to arbitrate is freely negotiated between Employee and Employer and is mutually entered into between the parties.  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All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and mailed, electronically mailed, telecopied (in case of notice to Employer only) or delivered by hand or by a nationally recognized courier service guaranteeing overnight delivery to a party at the following address (or to such other address as such party may have specified by notice given to the other party pursuant to the provision):</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If to Employer:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Galena Biopharma, Inc.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Attention: Chairman of the Board</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">4640 Macadam Avenue, Suite 270</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Portland, Oregon 97239</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Phone: 503-400-6610</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="15.384615384615387%"></td><td width="69.23076923076923%"></td><td width="15.384615384615385%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">10</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">-  .</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sD65935DA124233BEBA7E89DA1C29277C"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If to Employee:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Mark W. 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