EX-10.53






Exhibit 10.53




Compensation Information for Executive Officers




GTx Executive Bonus Compensation Plan

Effective January 1, 2007

Amended and Restated November 4, 2008




Plan Objectives




     The objectives of the GTx Executive Bonus Compensation Plan (the “Bonus Plan”) are to:




	 	•	 	provide a link between compensation and performance
	 
	 	•	 	motivate participants to achieve individual and company objectives
	 
	 	•	 	enable the company to attract and retain highly qualified executives





Eligibility




     All GTx executive officers (defined as officers who are vice presidents or above within the
organization) are eligible to participate in the Bonus Plan for each performance year (which, for
purposes hereof, will be the company’s calendar year commencing with the calendar year 2007),
subject to the following exceptions:




	 	•	 	Executive officers who receive a performance rating by his or her superior (or, for the
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), a rating by the Compensation Committee) of less than 3 on his or her
annual performance evaluation, where 5 is considered the highest and 1 is the lowest, are not
eligible for a bonus award for that calendar year regardless of whether he or she obtained the
Bonus Plan objectives established at the beginning of the performance year for the executive.
	 
	 	•	 	Executive officers whose initial hire date is in November or December of a performance year
first become eligible for a bonus award in the following year.
	 
	 	•	 	Any executive officer who joins the company before November of the performance year may be
eligible for a prorated bonus award, depending on the length of service during such year, or may be
eligible for a full bonus award for the performance year if the Compensation Committee approves
such an award.
	 
	 	•	 	Any GTx employee who is elected to serve as an executive officer of the company during a
performance year may be eligible for a full bonus award for the performance year if his or her
Bonus Plan objectives are approved by the Compensation Committee as being sufficiently fair to
evaluate the performance of the newly elected executive officer for such performance year.





     A participant whose employment is terminated (or who notifies the company that he or she
intends to terminate his or her employment) for any reason prior to the payment date will not



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be eligible for a bonus award. Bonuses earned under this Bonus Plan will be paid not later
than March 15 of the year following the year as to which performance relates. Amounts payable
under this Bonus Plan are intended to be exempt from the application of Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4)
and this Bonus Plan shall be interpreted to the greatest extent possible in a manner consistent
with such intention.



Terms and Conditions of Bonus Awards




     (a) Pre-Established Performance Goals. Payment of bonus awards shall be based solely on
account of the attainment of one or more pre-established, objective Performance Goals. The
Compensation Committee shall approve one or more objective Performance Goals with respect to each
eligible executive officer in writing not later than 90 days after the commencement of the
performance year for which the Performance Goals relate, provided that the outcome of the
Performance Goals is substantially uncertain at the time of their approval by the Compensation
Committee. Performance Goals shall be based on criteria and objectives that are consistent with
the goals, objectives and strategies of the company and should be designed to reward the executive
officer who achieves his or her Performance Goals for assisting the company in obtaining its goals
and objectives.



     (b) Committee Certification. Prior to the payment of any bonus award, the Compensation
Committee shall determine by an affirmative vote of the Compensation Committee that the Performance
Goals were satisfied.



Target Bonus Awards




     Target bonus awards will be approved by the Compensation Committee after reviewing
recommendations and other information supplied to the Compensation Committee by the company. The
target bonus awards will be communicated to the eligible executive officers in writing annually at
or prior to the determination of the Performance Goals for the performance year. Bonus awards
shall be expressed as a percentage of base salary for each eligible executive officer and shall be
calculated by multiplying the percentage attained, as determined by the Compensation Committee
after review of executive officers performance for the performance year, times the executive
officer’s annualized base salary as of the end the applicable performance year.



Administration of the Bonus Plan




     (a) The Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee.



     (b) Powers of the Committee. Subject the provisions of the Bonus Plan (including any other
powers given to the Compensation Committee hereunder), the Compensation Committee shall have the
authority, in its discretion:




	 	•	 	to approve the Performance Goals;




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	 	•	 	to construe and interpret the terms of the Bonus Plan and bonuses awarded under the Bonus
Plan;
	 
	 	•	 	to establish and approve additional terms, conditions, rules or procedures for the
administration of the Bonus Plan; and
	 
	 	•	 	to take such other action, not inconsistent with the terms of the Bonus Plan, as the
Compensation Committee deems appropriate.





     (c) Indemnification. In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as
members of the Board, members of the Compensation Committee who administer the Bonus Plan shall be
defended and indemnified by the company to the extent permitted by law on an after-tax basis
against all reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees), actually and necessarily incurred in
connection with the defense of any claim, investigation, action, suit or proceeding, or in
connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any
action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Bonus Plan, or any bonus awarded
hereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is
approved by the company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such claim,
investigation, action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be
adjudged in such claim, investigation, action, suit or proceeding that such person is liable for
gross negligence, bad faith or intentional misconduct; provided, however, that within 30 days after
the institution of such claim, investigation, action, suit or proceeding, such person shall offer
to the company, in writing, the opportunity at the company’s expense to handle and defend the same.



Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan.




     The Board may at any time amend, suspend or terminate the Bonus Plan at any time.



Unfunded Obligation.




     Executive officers who are eligible to participate in the Bonus Plan shall have the status of
general unsecured creditors of the company. Any amounts payable to such employees pursuant to the
Bonus Plan shall be unfunded and unsecured obligations for all purposes, including, without
limitation, Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. The
company shall not be required to segregate any monies from its general funds, or to create any
trusts, or establish any special accounts with respect to such obligations. Eligible executive
officers shall have no claim against the company for any changes in the value of any assets that
may be invested or reinvested by the company with respect to the Bonus Plan.




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