Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Compensation for Named Executive Officers

On January 7, 2020, the Compensation Committee ("Committee") and the Board of Directors ("Board") of Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Company"), and in consultation with the Company's independent compensation consultant, Radford, approved the following annual base salary increases for the following named executive officers of the Company, effective January 1, 2020:



Name                Title                      2020 Base Salary

Dr. Roger Crystal Chief Executive Officer $610,139 Dr. Phil Skolnick Chief Scientific Officer $435,814 David O'Toole Chief Financial Officer $391,608





Option Grants

On January 7, 2020, the Committee and the Board also approved a grant of stock options to each of Dr. Crystal, Dr. Skolnick and Mr. O'Toole, in the amounts of 27,250 shares, 8,250 shares and 8,250 shares, respectively. Such stock option grants (i) are exercisable for the purchase of common stock of the Company at $13.60 per share, (ii) have an exercise period of ten years from the date of grant, (iii) vest in forty-eight equal monthly amounts starting on the first monthly anniversary of January 7, 2020, and (iv) were granted under the Company's 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("2017 LTIP"), which was filed as Exhibit 10.52 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on October 13, 2017.

On January 7, 2020, the Committee and the Board also approved a grant of restricted stock units ("RSU") to each of Dr. Crystal, Dr. Skolnick and Mr. O'Toole, in the amounts of 13,650 shares, 4,150 shares and 4,150, respectively. Such RSU grants (i) are exercisable in to common stock of the Company, (ii) vest in four equal annual amounts starting on the first anniversary of January 7, 2020, and (iii) were granted under the Company's 2017 LTIP.













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