Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August 25, 2021, NXP USA, Inc. ("NXP USA"), a wholly owned subsidiary of NXP
Semiconductors N.V. (the "Company"), entered into an employment agreement (the
"Employment Agreement") with Jennifer Wuamett, the Company's Executive Vice
President and General Counsel. The Employment Agreement documents the terms and
conditions of Ms. Wuamett's employment as Executive Vice President and General
Counsel, a position she has held since September 1, 2018. Under the terms of the
Employment Agreement, Ms. Wuamett's base salary is set at $515,000 and is
subject to annual review whether any increase to the base salary shall be made.
Her annual incentive target is set at 80% of her base salary, and Ms. Wuamett
will continue to remain eligible to participate in all employment benefit plans,
policies and programs applicable to other NXP executives and officers. Either
Ms. Wuamett or NXP USA may terminate Ms. Wuamett's employment for any reason
upon 3 months' written notice and NXP USA may terminate her employment
immediately under certain conditions involving misconduct. In the event that NXP
USA terminates Ms. Wuamett's employment absent certain conditions involving
misconduct, Ms. Wuamett is entitled to receive a lump sum cash severance payment
of one year's base salary and pro rata payment of the annual incentive bonus for
the period that Ms. Wuamett performed actual work, to the extent the conditions
for a bonus payout have been met. In the event Ms. Wuamett's employment is
terminated within twelve months following a change of control or if Ms. Wuamett
resigns for "good reason", in either case not under certain conditions involving
misconduct, then Ms. Wuamett is entitled to the change of control arrangements
approved from time to time by the Company's Compensation Committee, which
currently provide a severance payment of 24 months base salary and target bonus
and 12 months of benefits continuation. All severance payments are contingent on
Ms. Wuamett signing and not revoking a release of claims. Ms. Wuamett is subject
to non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions for 12 months and customary
prohibitions on disclosing confidential information following the termination of
her employment for any reason.
The foregoing description of the Employment Agreement is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the full text of the Employment Agreement attached as
Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated by
reference herein.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On August 26, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the payment
of an interim dividend for the third quarter of 2021 of $0.5625 per ordinary
share. The interim dividend will be paid on October 6, 2021 to shareholders of
record as of September 15, 2021. Additionally, the Board of Directors of the
Company approved a $2 billion expansion of its 2021 share repurchase program.
The new $2 billion share repurchase authorization is in addition to the
approximately $380 million remaining for repurchase under the previously
authorized share repurchase programs.
A copy of the Company's press release announcing the dividend payment and share
repurchase program is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K, and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
10.1 Employment Agreement dated August 25, 2021 between NXP USA, Inc. and
Jennifer Wuamett
99.1 Press release dated August 26, 2021 entitled: "NXP Semiconductors Announces
Quarterly Dividend and Expansion of the 2021 Share Repurchase Program"
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).
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