AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD)

Acadia Pharmaceuticals appoints Jonathan M. Poole to board and Audit Committee

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

Acadia Pharmaceuticals appointed Jonathan M. Poole as a director on March 3, 2026, filling a board vacancy, and named him to the Audit Committee effective immediately. The filing details his director pay and an initial equity grant with a target value of $200,000, plus a prorated annual grant of $95,300, which adds to the board's composition and compensation terms but does not report any financial results.

Key points

  • Poole appointed to the Board on March 3, 2026 as a Class II director, with a term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  • Annual cash retainers of $50,000 for board service and $12,500 for Audit Committee membership, prorated per the Policy
  • Initial equity grant with target fair value of $200,000 and prorated annual grant with target fair value of $95,300, both vesting over one year to three years
  • Future annual equity grant target value of $400,000 starting with the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

The filing

CompanyAcadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMar 4, 2026, 8:56 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-092213

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:38 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on March 04, 2026.

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