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The following is an excerpt from a S-1/A SEC Filing, filed by AGRAQUEST INC on 10/3/2001.

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Employees

As of June 30, 2001, we had 65 full-time employees, of whom 16 hold Ph.D. degrees. Approximately 32 employees are engaged in research and development, ten in sales and marketing, nine in management, accounting/finance, regulatory and administration in the United States. In addition, we have 14 employees engaged in manufacturing at our facility in Mexico. None of our domestic employees is represented by a labor union. We have entered into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor union that represents two employees at our manufacturing plant in Tlaxcala, Mexico. We consider our employee relations to be good.

Facilities

We are headquartered in Davis, California, where we occupy approximately 13,000 square-feet of office, research and development, sales and marketing and laboratory space under a lease that expires in July 2008. Our fermentation pilot plant occupies approximately 3,000 square-feet of this facility. We also own a 208,000 square-foot fermentation, manufacturing and extraction facility on approximately 35 acres in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

Legal Proceedings

We may from time to time become a party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently subject to any legal proceeding.

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MANAGEMENT

Executive Officers and Directors

The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers and directors and our key employees as of June 30, 2001.

Name Age Position ---- --- -------- <C> Pamela G. Marrone, 44 Ph.D. ................. President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Donald J. Glidewell..... 44 Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary James Chambers.......... 35 Director of Sales and Marketing Jennifer Ryder Fox, 51 Ph.D................... Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Technical Development G. Steven Burrill(2).... 56 Director Jack Hunt(1)............ 56 Director Frank F.C. Kung, 52 Ph.D.(1)............... Director Walter Locher(2)........ 58 Director Joe A. Mancini.......... 43 Director George E. Myers(2)...... 43 Director Ann Partlow(1).......... 57 Director James A. 72 Schlindwein(2)......... Director



(1) Member of the Audit Committee.
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee.

Pamela G. Marrone, Ph.D. has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as Chairman of our board of directors since our incorporation in January 1995. From February 1990 to January 1995, Dr. Marrone served as President of Novo Nordisk Entotech, Inc., a subsidiary of the biotechnology company Novo Nordisk A/S. Dr. Marrone has also held various management positions at Monsanto Company, a leading provider of agricultural solutions to growers worldwide. She received her Ph.D. from North Carolina State University and holds a B.S. degree with honors and distinction in Entomology from Cornell University.

Donald J. Glidewell has served as our Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since May 2000. From November 1994 to May 2000, Mr. Glidewell served as Chief Financial Officer of Bio-Trends International, a biotechnology company. In February 1999, Mr. Glidewell filed a plan of reorganization under Chapter 13 of the federal bankruptcy laws as a result of three separate floods that severely damaged riverfront real estate owned by him, each of which was declared a federal disaster. Mr. Glidewell is licensed by the California Society of Certified Public Accountants and holds a B.S. in Business Administration, Accounting from Arizona State University

James Chambers has served as our Director of Sales & Marketing since June 2001. From August 1995 to January 2001, Mr. Chambers held product development, sales and marketing positions with Monsanto Company. Most recently, he was a Product Manager for a biotechnology product. Prior to that, he was a Market Manager for the Dairy Division. He has also managed a family farm. Mr. Chambers has a B.S. in Economics & Marketing from Ohio State University.

Jennifer Ryder Fox, Ph.D. has served as our Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Technical Development since August 2001. From May 1998 to July 2001, she served as our Director of Regulatory Affairs. From November 1994 to May 1998, Dr. Fox served as a Manager of Regulatory Affairs at the agricultural products group of FMC Corporation, an agricultural chemical company. She received her Ph.D. in Agronomy & Horticulture and her M.S. in Soil Science from New Mexico State University and holds a B.S. in Soil Science from California Polytechnic State University.

G. Steven Burrill has served as a director since July 1999. Mr. Burrill is the Chief Executive Officer of Burrill & Company, a private merchant bank focused on life science companies, which he founded in January 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Burrill spent 27 years with Ernst & Young, including the last 17 years as a partner of

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the firm. Mr. Burrill currently serves on the boards of directors of DepoMed, Inc., Paradigm Genetics, Inc., Third Wave Technologies, Inc. and Transgene SA. Mr. Burrill holds a B.B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Jack Hunt has served as a director since March 1998. Since May 1995, Mr. Hunt has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of King Ranch, Inc., a ranching and agricultural business company. Mr. Hunt currently serves as a director of King Ranch, Inc. and St. Mary Land and Exploration Company. Mr. Hunt also currently serves as a member of the Texas Water Development Board. Mr. Hunt is a member of the Board of Trustees of Baylor College of Medicine. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard University and holds a B.A. from Williams College.

Frank F.C. Kung, Ph.D. has served as a director since March 1998. Since January 1997, Dr. Kung has served as managing member of BioAsia Investments LLC, a venture capital firm. From January 1984 to May 1996, Dr. Kung served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Genelabs Technologies, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. He received both his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and his M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the National TsingHwa University, Taiwan.

Walter Locher has served as a director since November 1999. Since October 1997, Mr. Locher has been a consultant with GSM, LLC, a consulting firm. From December 1990 to September 1997, Mr. Locher served as the Chief Executive Officer of Anderson Clayton Corp., a cotton and cottonseed processor, and concurrently served as President of Volkart International, Inc., an international cotton trading house. He currently serves as President of Volkart America, Inc. He received his Diploma in Management from IMD, Lausanne and holds a Diploma in Commerce from Commercial College, Winterthur, Switzerland.

Joe A. Mancini has served as a director since December 2000. Since June 1997, Mr. Mancini has served with CDC Group Plc, a global private equity firm. He is currently director of technology-related investments at CDC Capital Partners, a division of CDC Group Plc. From January 1991 to May 1997, Mr. Mancini served as a director of Eurocontinental (Advisers) Limited, advisers to Eurocontinental Ventures S.A., a European venture capital fund. He received his M.B.A. from Schiller International University, London. He holds a B.Eng. in Civil Engineering and a B.Sc. in Mathematics, both from the University of Sydney, Australia.

George E. Myers has served as a director since May 1997. Since 1995, Mr. Myers has served as President of Ojai Ranch and Investment Co., Inc., a venture capital and agricultural business firm. He holds a B.S. in Agricultural Economics and Business Management from the University of California, Davis.

Ann Partlow has served as a director since May 1997. Since April 1974, Ms. Partlow has worked at Rockefeller & Company as a financial advisor and has served as the investment manager of Rockefeller & Company's Odyssey Fund since 1977. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Connecticut College.

James A. Schlindwein has served as a director since June 1998. Mr. Schlindwein has served as a consultant to Morgan Stanley since August 1994. Mr. Schlindwein also serves on the board of directors of a number of private companies, including Imperial Sugar Group, Chilay Corp., Eggs Innovation, Alaska Seafood International and Emmpak Foods.

Key Research and Development Managers

Our key research and development managers lead our new product discovery and development and have significant technical expertise in microbiology, natural product chemistry, entomology, plant pathology, fermentation, product formulation and field development. Our key research and development managers are:

Denise C. Manker, Ph.D. Dr. Manker has served as our Research Manager since January 1996 and leads our natural product chemistry, microbiology and secondary testing teams. She also co-led the project team that developed Serenade. From September 1990 to November 1995, Dr. Manker served as a staff researcher at Novo

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Nordisk Entotech, Inc., a subsidiary of the biotechnology company Novo Nordisk A/S, where she established and managed the natural products chemistry laboratory. Dr. Manker holds a Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and served as a post-doctoral research associate at the University of California, Davis.

Desmond R. Jimenez, Ph.D. Dr. Jimenez has served as our Staff Scientist since November 1995 and leads our primary screening and entomology teams. From June 1993 to November 1995, he was employed at Novo Nordisk Entotech, Inc. where he led advanced testing of insecticidal natural products, high throughput bioassays, and mode of action studies for Bt bioinsecticide. Dr. Jimenez holds a Ph.D. in Food and Nutritional Sciences from the University of Arizona and served as a post-doctoral research associate at the USDA-ARS Horticultural Research Lab and the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center.

Jian-Er Lin, Ph.D. Dr. Lin has served as our Manager of Fermentation/Process Development since July 2000 and is responsible for developing and scaling up manufacturing processes for our natural products. From August 1994 to July 2000, he served as a group leader, applications and technical support for Sybron Chemicals, Inc. Dr. Lin also held technical microbiology and engineering positions at Celgene Corporation, the U.S. EPA Research Laboratory and the Michigan Biotechnology Institute. Dr. Lin holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology/Biochemical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Scientific Advisory Board

Our Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of individuals specializing in the fields of natural product chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and fermentation who from time to time provide our management with specific expertise in both research and product development. Non-employee members of our Scientific Advisory Board have received stock options and some have received cash compensation. Our Scientific Advisory Board currently consists of the following individuals:

. William Fenical, Ph.D. Professor of Oceanography and Director, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; Scientific Founder, Nereus Pharmaceuticals, a marine microbial natural products pharmaceutical company.

. Bruce Hammock, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Entomology and Cancer Research Center, University of California, Davis; Program Director, National Institute of Environment and Health Science Superfund Basic Research Project; Member, National Academy of Sciences.

. Tadeusz Molinski, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis.

. David Block, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Departments of Viticulture and Enology and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis.

Board of Directors

Our board of directors is currently comprised of nine directors. All of our directors hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Our certificate of incorporation to be effective upon completion of this offering provides that, as of the first annual meeting of stockholders, our board of directors will be divided into three classes, each with staggered three-year terms. As a result, only one class of directors will be elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders, with the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms.

Messrs. Burrill and Mancini and Dr. Kung have been designated as Class I directors, and their terms will expire at the 2002 annual meeting of stockholders; Messrs. Hunt and Myers and Ms. Partlow have been designated as Class II directors, and their terms will expire at the 2003 annual meeting of stockholders; and Messrs. Locher and Schlindwein and Dr. Marrone have been designated as Class III directors, and their terms will expire at the 2004 annual meeting of stockholders.

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Board Committees

The audit committee of the board of directors was formed in May 1998 and currently consists of Mr. Hunt, Dr. Kung and Ms. Partlow. The audit committee reviews the results and scope of the annual audit and other services provided by our independent auditors, reviews and evaluates our internal audit and control functions and monitors transactions between us and our employees, officers and directors.

The compensation committee of the board of directors was formed in May 1998 and currently consists of Messrs. Locher, Myers, Burrill and Schlindwein. The compensation committee exercises the authority of our board of directors on all compensation matters, including both cash and equity incentive compensation, and administers our employee benefit plans.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of our executive officers serves as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving as a member of our board of directors or compensation committee.

Director Compensation

Our directors who are also employees receive no additional compensation for their services as directors. Our non-employee directors do not receive a fee for attendance in person at meetings of our board of directors or committees of our board of directors, but they are reimbursed for travel expenses and other out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with their attendance at meetings. In addition, our non-employee directors are eligible to receive options and be issued shares of common stock directly under our 2001 non-employee director stock option program. Upon the effective date of the registration statement relating to this offering, each non-employee director will automatically be granted an option to purchase 5,000 shares of our common stock with subsequent annual options to purchase 5,000 shares of our common stock, both at an exercise price per share equal to the fair market value of the common stock at the date of grant. Our directors who are also employees are eligible to receive options and be issued shares of common stock directly under our 2000 stock incentive plan.

Executive Compensation

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation that we paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 for services rendered to us in all capacities to our Chief Executive Officer and our most highly compensated executive officers whose total salary, bonus and other compensation exceeded $100,000 during that fiscal year. We refer to these persons as named executive officers elsewhere in this prospectus. In accordance with the rules of the Securities Exchange Commission, the compensation described in this table does not include perquisites and other personal benefits received by the executive officers named in the table below which do not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of the total salary and bonus reported for these executive officers.