Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain
Officers.
Awards of Performance Based Cash Compensation for Executive Officers
On February 14, 2020, the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board
of Directors of Adesto Technologies Corporation (the "Company") approved an
executive officer bonus plan for 2020 ("2020 Bonus Plan"), and set target bonus
amounts for its executive officers, including the named executive officers. The
Committee also approved target bonus amounts under the 2020 Bonus Plan.
Under the 2020 Bonus Plan, in 2021, participants will be eligible to receive a
bonus equal to their respective target bonus amounts, based upon Company
achievement of specific 2020 financial performance objectives and participant
achievement of specific 2020 non-financial management and business objectives
("MBOs") established for that participant.
The 2020 on-target bonus amounts were set at the following levels for the
following named executive officers:
Narbeh Derhacobian - 85% of base salary
Ron Shelton - 55% of base salary
Andy Lovit - 100% of base salary
For Mr. Derhacobian and Mr. Shelton, 70% of the bonus will be determined by
Company financial performance and 30% by achievement of MBOs. For Mr. Lovit,
10% of the bonus will be determined by Company financial performance, 85% by
divisional financial performance and 5% by achievement of MBOs.
Company financial objectives for 2020 are expressed in terms of revenue, gross
margin, and adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Company's earnings releases).
After setting specific target performance levels for revenue, gross margin and
adjusted EBITDA, the Committee weighted each metric and determined that
performance at 100% of these targets would drive 35%, 35% and 30% payouts on the
Company financial performance portion of the bonus, respectively. No bonus
would be earned for performance of a metric at 80% of target or less, and
performance at 110% of target (maximum) would drive 53.8%, 53.8% and 48.8%
payouts for the Company financial bonus.
MBOs targets for each participant are established by the Committee to align with
the Company's operational and strategic objectives and the participants' areas
of responsibility.
Grants of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units for Executive Officers
On February 14, 2020, the Committee also approved grants of performance-based
restricted stock units ("PRSUs") to acquire shares of Company common stock to
executive officers of the Company, including PRSUs covering up to 28,695 shares
for Mr. Derhacobian, 12,953 shares for Mr. Shelton and 8,462 shares for
Mr. Lovit. These awards, granted under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, are
subject to vesting based on the achievement of specified performance metrics.
Under the PRSUs, depending on the percentage by which the cumulative
appreciation of the closing price per share of Company common stock from January
31, 2020 to January 31, 2021 (with such price at the end of the period being
equal to the average closing price per share of Company common stock for the 30
consecutive trading days prior to and including January 31, 2021) ("Company
Stock Price Performance") exceeds the cumulative appreciation of the Russell
2000 Index from January 31, 2020 to January 31, 2021 ("Index Performance"), 0%
to 100% of the target shares will be eligible to be earned as of January 31,
2021. If (x) the Company Stock Price Performance for the performance period
does not exceed Index Performance over the same period or (y) the closing price
per share of Company common stock on January 31, 2021 does not meet or exceed a
pre-established price per share, then no shares will be earned under the awards
and all shares will be forfeited under the awards. If any target shares become
earned ("earned shares") as a result of achievement of the performance metrics,
then 25% of the earned shares shall vest in equal installments on July 31, 2021
and at the end of each of the next three six-month
periods thereafter until all of the earned shares have completed vested. Subject
to certain exceptions, the awards shall vest, if at all, only after January 31,
2021, and the executive officers must be employed by the Company at the time of
vesting for the award to vest.
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