Item 5.02 (e) Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Compensation for Named Executive Officers
The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Committee") of
Following the Committee's evaluation of the Company's compensation practices, the Committee has adopted the following compensation program changes for 2023 for the co-Chief Executive Officers,Reed Hastings andTed Sarandos , and the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Product Officer,Greg Peters : (1) a minimum 50% allocation of the officer's allocatable compensation to stock options, (2) a salary cap of$3 million in the case of the co-Chief Executive Officers and$1.5 million in the case of the Chief Operating Officer, and (3) an annual performance-based cash bonus program (the "Bonus Program") under the Company's Amended and Restated Performance Bonus Plan (the "Plan"). The portion of the allocatable compensation not allocated to stock options and in excess of the applicable salary cap will be subject to the Bonus Program and is the estimated target bonus below. For 2023,Ted Sarandos andGreg Peters will participate in the Bonus Program.Reed Hastings will not participate in the Bonus Program because his cash compensation is less than the$3 million salary cap. The Named Executive Officers' salaries and stock option allocations, as well as estimated target bonuses for participants in the Bonus Program under the Plan are as follows: ANNUAL STOCK ESTIMATED TARGET ANNUAL SALARY OPTION ALLOCATION BONUS
$ 34,000,000 N/A of the Board Ted Sarandos, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief 3,000,000 20,000,000$ 17,000,000 Content Officer Greg Peters, Chief Operating Officer and Chief 1,500,000 12,000,000 10,500,000 Product Officer Spencer Neumann, Chief Financial Officer 7,000,000 7,000,000 N/A David Hyman, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary 4,000,000 7,000,000 N/A Rachel Whetstone, Chief Communications Officer 5,700,000 800,000 N/A The number of options to be granted each month is determined by the following formula: (annual stock option allocation ÷ 12) / ([Fair Market Value on the date of grant] * 0.40). Each monthly grant shall be made on the first trading day of the month. The options granted toReed Hastings ,Ted Sarandos andGreg Peters will vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date. The options granted toSpencer Neumann ,David Hyman andRachel Whetstone will vest upon grant. The options shall be exercisable at a strike price equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Company's 2020 Stock Plan) on the date of grant. The options will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Company's 2020 Stock Plan and will be administered on a non-discretionary basis without further action by the Board of Directors or the Committee, provided that only the Board of Directors or the Committee may change the amount or terms of future grants. These stock options can generally be exercised up to 10 years following the date of grant, regardless of employment status. The form of stock option agreement for the stock options to be granted toReed Hastings ,Ted Sarandos andGreg Peters is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein. Awards under the Plan will only be paid after achievement of specified performance goals. The Committee will be the administrator of the Plan and will assign each participant a target award and performance goal or goals for a performance period set by the Committee. The estimated target bonus amounts set out in the table above are estimates only, and any actual amounts that may be paid to the may differ based on factors adopted by the Committee pursuant to the Plan.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2020 Stock Plan (Options 10.1 Subject to Vesting) Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL 104 document)
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