Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- EX-10.17




 Exhibit 10.17 

VIROBAY, INC. 

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY

 ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 
 Each member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Virobay, Inc.
(the “Company”) who is not an employee of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company (each, a “Non-Employee Director”) will be eligible to receive cash and equity compensation as set forth
in this Virobay, Inc. Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (this “Policy”). The cash and equity compensation described in this Policy will be paid or granted, as applicable, automatically and without further action of
the Board to each Non-Employee Director who is eligible to receive such cash or equity compensation, unless such Non-Employee Director declines the receipt of such cash or equity compensation by written notice to the Company. This Policy will become
effective on the date of the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders held in 2014, provided that the Virobay, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) is approved by the Company’s stockholders at such
annual meeting, and will remain in effect until it is revised or rescinded by further action of the Board. Capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Policy but defined in the 2014 Plan will have the same definitions as in the 2014 Plan. 

1. CASH COMPENSATION. 

(a) Annual Fees. Each Non-Employee Director will be eligible to receive the following annual fees for service as (i) a member of
the Board and (ii) a member or chairperson of a committee of the Board (“Committee”) set forth below, as applicable, to be paid in the form of annual retainers: 

 

							
	 Board or Committee
	  	 Type of Fee
	  	Amount (Per Year)	 
	 Board
	  	Retainer Fee	  	$	35,000	  
		  	Chairman/Lead Independent Director Fee (in addition to Board Retainer Fee)	  	$	20,000	  
	 Audit Committee
	  	Chair Retainer Fee	  	$	15,000	  
		  	Member Retainer Fee	  	$	7,500	  
	 Compensation Committee
	  	Chair Retainer Fee	  	$	10,000	  
		  	Member Retainer Fee	  	$	5,000	  
	 Nominating and Governance Committee
	  	Chair Retainer Fee	  	$	5,000	  
		  	Member Retainer Fee	  	$	2,500	  


  
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 (b) Expenses. Each Non-Employee Director will be entitled to reimbursement from the
Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Non-Employee Director in connection with his or her attendance at Board and Committee meetings. 

To the extent that any taxable reimbursements are provided to a Non-Employee Director, they will be provided in accordance with
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations and other guidance thereunder and any state law of similar effect, including, but not limited to, the following provisions: (i) the amount of any
such expenses eligible for reimbursement during the Non-Employee Director’s taxable year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year; (ii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense must be made no later
than the last day of the Non-Employee Director’s taxable year that immediately follows the taxable year in which the expense was incurred; and (iii) the right to any reimbursement may not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another
benefit. 
 2. EQUITY COMPENSATION. The options described in this Policy will be granted under the 2014 Plan and
will be subject to the terms and conditions of (i) this Policy, (ii) the 2014 Plan and (iii) the forms of option grant notices and option agreements approved by the Board for the grant of options to Non-Employee Directors. 

(a) Initial Grants. Each individual who is elected or appointed for the first time to be a Non-Employee Director automatically will be
granted, on the date of such initial election or appointment, a nonstatutory stock option to purchase 55,000 shares of Common Stock (an “Initial Option Grant”). 

(b) Annual Grants. On the date of each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, each individual who is then a Non-Employee
Director and will be continuing as a Non-Employee Director following the date of such annual meeting automatically will be granted a nonstatutory stock option to purchase 42,000 shares of Common Stock (an “Annual Option
Grant”), provided that such individual has served as a Non-Employee Director for at least three (3) months prior to the date of such annual meeting. 

(c) Terms of Options. 

(i) Exercise Price. The exercise price of each Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant will be equal to 100% of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the option on the date the option is granted. 
 (ii) Vesting. Subject to
Section 3 below, each Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant will vest and become exercisable as follows: 
 (A) Each
Initial Option Grant will vest and become exercisable as to 3% of the shares of Common Stock subject to the option on each monthly anniversary of the date of grant, rounded down to the nearest whole share, subject to the Non-Employee Director’s
Continuous Service through such dates. 

  
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 (B) Each Annual Option Grant will vest and become exercisable as to 8% of the shares of
Common Stock subject to the option on each monthly anniversary of the date of grant for the first 11 months following the date of grant, rounded down to the nearest whole share, and as to the remaining shares of Common Stock subject to the option on
the date of the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders for the year following the year of grant for such option, subject to the Non-Employee Director’s Continuous Service through such dates. 

3. CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS. 

(a) Fundamental Transaction. The provisions of this Section 3(a) (and not Section 9(c) of the 2014 Plan) will apply to all
outstanding Initial Option Grants and Annual Option Grants in the event of a Fundamental Transaction. In the event of a Fundamental Transaction while a Participant remains a Non-Employee Director, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to
each outstanding Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant held by such Participant, but not otherwise vested, will automatically vest in full so that each such Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant will, immediately prior to the effective
date of the Fundamental Transaction, become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock subject to such Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant as fully vested shares and may be exercised for any or all of those vested shares. Immediately
following the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, each Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant will terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or Affiliate thereof). 

Each Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant which is assumed in connection with a Fundamental Transaction will be appropriately
adjusted, immediately after such Fundamental Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to the Participant in consummation of such Fundamental Transaction had the Initial Option Grant or Annual Option
Grant been exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. Appropriate adjustments will also be made to the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant, provided that the
aggregate exercise price payable for such securities will remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the successor
corporation may, in connection with the assumption of the outstanding Initial Option Grants and Annual Option Grants, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share
of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction. 
 (b) Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control while a Participant
remains a Non-Employee Director, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant held by such Participant, but not otherwise vested, will automatically vest in full so that each such
Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant will, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock subject to such Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant as fully vested
shares and may be exercised for any or all of those vested shares. Each such Initial Option Grant and Annual Option Grant will remain exercisable for such fully vested shares until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term in
connection with a Change in Control. 
 [END OF POLICY] 

  
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