exv10w1



 






Exhibit 10.1




[CYTRX LETTERHEAD]




	 	 	 
	Dr. Scott Wieland

	 	April 29, 2005
	27525 Puerta Real, Suite 100-314
	 	 
	Mission Viejo, CA 92691
	 	 





Dear Dr. Wieland:




     On behalf of CytRx Corporation (the “Company”), I am pleased to offer you the position
of Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs of CytRx Corporation. Speaking for myself, as
well as the other members of the Company’s management team, we are all very impressed with your
credentials and we look forward to your future success in this position.



     Your responsibilities will be those assigned to you from time to time by your supervisor, Dr.
Jack Barber, including but not limited to those described in Schedule 1.



     You will be paid a bi-weekly salary of $7,916.66, less all applicable deductions, which is
equivalent to a gross sum of $190,000 on an annualized basis. Your salary will be payable pursuant
to the Company’s regular payroll policy. You will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus
opportunity, payable in cash, stock or any combination thereof. Any salary change and bonus will be
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon your personal performance, the
Company’s financial performance, achieving your milestones and other factors. The determinations
of the Board of Directors of the Company with respect to such bonus and any salary review shall be
final and binding.



     The Company will provide you with the opportunity to participate in the standard benefits
plans currently available to other similarly situated employees, including medical, dental and
vision insurance, subject to any eligibility requirements imposed by such plans. In addition, you
will be entitled to two (2) weeks vacation your first year, in addition to the Company’s standard
paid holidays, as such holidays may change from time to time.



     In connection with the commencement of your employment, the Board of Directors of the Company
will grant you an option to purchase 100,000 shares of CytRx Common Stock (NASDAQ: CYTR) with an
exercise price equal to the fair market value at the close of business on your first day of
employment. This option shall vest over a three-year period, with one-third of the option shares
vesting on each of the first three anniversaries of the first day of your employment. Vesting will,
of course, depend on your continued employment with the Company. The option will be a
non-qualified stock option and will be subject to the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and
the Stock Option Agreement between you and the Company, a copy of which you will be required to
execute as a condition of the grant. In addition, you will be required to comply with any Company
policies governing securities trades by Company personnel.



     As an employee of the Company, you will have access to certain Company confidential
information and you may, during the course of your employment, develop certain information or
inventions, which will become the property of the Company. As a condition of your employment, you
will be required to sign the Company’s Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement,
a copy of which is enclosed for your review and execution (the “Confidentiality
Agreement”), prior to or on your Start Date (as defined below). We wish to impress upon you
that we do not wish you to bring with you any confidential and proprietary material of any former
employer or to violate any other obligation to



 









 







your former employers. Also, by accepting this offer, you represent that you are not subject
to any restrictions that prevent you from working at the Company.



     As a condition of employment, you will be required to authorize the Company to conduct a
background investigation. This offer is contingent upon a positive outcome of such an
investigation, as well as your ability to provide to the Company documentary evidence of your
identity and eligibility for employment in the United States. Such documentation must be provided
to us within three (3) business days of the Start Date, or our employment relationship with you
will be terminated.



     Your employment with the Company will be on an “at will” basis, meaning that either you or the
Company may terminate your employment at any time for any reason or no reason, without further
obligation or liability. This is the full and complete agreement between us on this term.



     You hereby represent that you are not presently bound by any employment agreement,
confidential or proprietary information agreement or similar agreement with any current or previous
employer that would impose any restriction on your acceptance of this offer or that would interfere
with your ability to fulfill the responsibilities of your position with the Company. You agree to
abide by the Company’s strict policy that prohibits any new employee from using or bringing with
them from any prior employer any confidential information, trade secrets, proprietary materials or
processes of such former employers.



     While you render services to the Company, you agree that you will not engage in any other
employment, consulting or other business activity without the prior written consent of the Company.
While you render services to the Company, you also will not assist any person or entity in
competing with the Company, in preparing to compete with the Company or in hiring any employees or
consultants of the Company.



     You agree that there were no promises or commitments made to you regarding your employment
with the Company except as set forth in this letter. This letter, together with the
Confidentiality Agreement, set forth the terms of your employment with the Company and supersede
any prior representations or agreements, whether written or oral. This letter may not be modified
or amended except by a written agreement, signed by the Company and by you.



     We are all delighted to be able to extend you this offer and look forward to working with you.
To indicate your acceptance of the Company’s offer and to acknowledge that you have read,
understood and agreed to the terms and conditions of this offer, please sign and date this letter
in the space provided below and return it to me, along with a signed and dated copy of the
Confidentiality Agreement, on or before Friday April 29, 2005. The Company requests that you begin
work in this new position on or before Monday, May 2, 2005. Please indicate the date (either on or
before the aforementioned date) on which you expect to begin work in the space provided below (the
“Start Date”).



	 	 	 
	

	 	Very truly yours,
	 
	 	 
	

	 	CYTRX CORPORATION.
	 
	 	 
	

	 	By: /s/ MATTHEW NATALIZIO
	 
	 	 
	

	 	Matthew Natalizio
	

	 	Chief Financial Officer






 









 





I HAVE READ AND I UNDERSTAND THE TERMS OF THE OFFER SET OUT ABOVE. AS INDICATED BY MY SIGNATURE
BELOW, I ACCEPT THE OFFER AS OUTLINED ABOVE. I FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, AS A CONDITION
OF MY EMPLOYMENT, FROM TIME TO TIME, I MAY BE REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND ACKNOWLEDGE OTHER DOCUMENTS
WHICH MAY INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE COMPANY’S EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK AND POLICIES GOVERNING
SECURITIES TRADES BY COMPANY PERSONNEL. NO FURTHER COMMITMENTS WERE MADE TO ME AS A CONDITION OF
EMPLOYMENT:




	 	 	 
	Scott Wieland, Ph.D.
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	/s/ SCOTT WIELAND
	 	 
	


	 	 
	Signature
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	April 29, 2005
	 	 
	


	 	 
	Date
	 	 





Anticipated Start Date: April 29, 2005



Attachment A: Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement



CC: J. Barber