AKAO 2017 Annual Report

141 PART III Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance. The information required by this item will be contained in our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Schedule 14A in connection with our 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”), which will be filed not later than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, under the headings “Executive Officers,” “Election of Directors,” “Corporate Governance,” and “ Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” and is incorporated herein by reference. We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our officers, directors and employees which is available on our website at www.achaogen.com . The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is intended to qualify as a “code of ethics” within the meaning of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Item 406 of Regulation S-K. In addition, we intend to promptly disclose (1) the nature of any amendment to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions and (2) the nature of any waiver, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of our code of ethics that is granted to one of these specified officers, the name of such person who is granted the waiver and the date of the waiver on our website in the future. Item 11. Executive Compensation. The information required by this item will be contained in our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the headings “Executive Compensation,” “Director Compensation,” “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” and “Report of the Compensation Committee,” and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters. The information required by this item will be contained in our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the headings “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information,” and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence. The information required by this item will be contained in our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the headings “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Corporate Governance,” and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services. The information required by this item will be contained in our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the heading “Principal Accounting Fees and Services,” and is incorporated herein by reference.