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

2021 Short-Term Incentive Program

On February 21, 2021, the compensation committee of the board of directors (the "Committee") of Archrock Inc. (the "Company" or "us") adopted a short-term incentive program (the "2021 Incentive Program") to provide the short-term cash incentive compensation element of our total direct compensation program for this year. The Committee set the cash incentive target under the 2021 Incentive Program for each of our named executive officers set forth below (the "Named Executive Officers"), as a specified percentage of his or her respective eligible earnings.





                                                                            2021 Cash
                                                                         Incentive Target
Executive Officer                           Title                    (% of eligible earnings)
D. Bradley Childers        President and Chief Executive Officer               120
Douglas S. Aron            Senior Vice President and Chief                      80
                           Financial Officer
Stephanie C. Hildebrandt   Senior Vice President, General Counsel               75
                           and Secretary
Jason G. Ingersoll         Senior Vice President, Sales and                     70
                           Operations Support
Eric W. Thode              Senior Vice President, Operations                    70

Each Named Executive Officer's potential cash incentive payout ranges from 0% to 200% of his or her respective target, as may be adjusted by the Committee in its discretion.

Actual payouts under the 2021 Incentive Program will be based on the Committee's assessment of our performance for 2021 relative to the following performance indicators, as well as such other factors or criteria that the Committee in its discretion deems appropriate:





·       Adjusted EBITDA -  a non-GAAP measure, defined as net income (loss)
        excluding loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, income taxes,
        interest expense, depreciation and amortization, long-lived asset
        impairment, restatement and other charges, restructuring and other
        charges, corporate office relocation costs, debt extinguishment loss,
        merger-related costs, indemnification (income) expense, net, non-cash
        stock-based compensation expense and other items;

·       Safety - to be assessed by specific corporate and group metrics,
        including the total incident rate for recordable injuries;

·       Technology - a special multi-year initiative to improve operating
        efficiencies; and

·       Operating team performance - to be assessed by metrics established for
        and applicable to our operations, operations support and sales teams.

The Committee intends to award performance-based short-term incentive compensation under the 2021 Incentive Program based on its assessment of: (i) for each Named Executive Officer, the factors listed above, provided, however, that operating team performance is applicable to Messrs. Ingersoll and Thode only, (ii) each Named Executive Officer's individual contribution toward our company and/or operating unit performance, including his or her demonstrated leadership and implementation of our business strategy, (iii) the recommendations of our Chief Executive Officer (other than with respect to himself), and (iv) any other factors or criteria that the Committee may choose to consider, in its discretion. The Committee has reserved the right to modify the target levels of one or more of the performance indicators, in its discretion based on internal and external developments during the course of 2021.





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Adjustments to Base Salaries for 2021

Pursuant to a compensation letter executed among each executive and the Company on April 24, 2020 and effective June 7, 2020, annual base salaries were temporarily reduced by 25% in the case of Mr. Childers, and 10% in the case of all other Named Executive Officers, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on market conditions. As a result of such reductions, the following base salaries are currently in effect: Mr. Childers: $656,250; Mr. Aron: $414,000; Ms. Hildebrandt: $378,000; Mr. Ingersoll: $324,000; and Mr. Thode: $315,000.

The Committee expects to restore base salaries to pre-reduction levels during 2021 and to increase Mr. Thode's salary at such time from $350,000 to $360,000, pursuant to the Committee's review and approval of base salaries on February 21, 2021. No other changes in base salaries were approved by the Committee.





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