MetaVia Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
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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 January 5, 2026, MetaVia Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-292581) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (as amended, the “Registration Statement”). Pursuant to Instruction 1 to Item 402(c)(2)(iii) and (iv) of Regulation S-K, the “Summary Compensation Table for 2025 and 2024” included in the Registration Statement noted that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) had not yet determined the amount of discretionary cash bonuses payable to the Company’s principal executive officer and up to two of the most highly compensated executive officers other than the principal executive officer (the “Named Executive Officers”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (“Fiscal Year 2025”), and that the amounts of such discretionary cash bonuses would be disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 5.02(f) once the amounts are determined.
On January 23, 2026, the Compensation Committee approved discretionary cash bonuses payable to the Named Executive Officers for Fiscal Year 2025. In accordance with Item 5.02(f) of Form 8-K, set forth below is an updated “Summary Compensation Table for 2025 and 2024”, which includes the amount of discretionary cash bonuses payable to the Named Executive Officers for Fiscal Year 2025, as well as the total compensation figures for the Company’s Named Executive Officers for Fiscal Year 2025.
Summary Compensation Table for 2025 and 2024
Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary ($) | Bonus ($) | Stock Awards ($) | All Other Compensation ($)(1) | Total ($) | |||||||||||||
Hyung Heon Kim, President and Chief Executive Officer | 2025 | 479,723 | 239,862 | — | 36,743 | 756,328 | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 460,125 | 220,163 | — | 36,116 | 716,404 | |||||||||||||
Marshall H. Woodworth, Chief Financial Officer | 2025 | 393,300 | 157,320 | — | 12,365 | 562,985 | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 316,667 | 120,663 | 209,015 | 128,354 | 774,699 | |||||||||||||
(1) “All Other Compensation” for Fiscal Year 2025 was related to health and welfare benefits paid by MetaVia.
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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.
| METAVIA INC. | ||
Date: January 27, 2025 | By: | /s/ Hyung Heon Kim | |
Hyung Heon Kim | |||
President and Chief Executive Officer | |||