Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 25, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Pinterest, Inc. (the
"Company") appointed Julia Brau Donnelly as the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company effective as of June 20, 2023 (the "Effective Date").
Ms. Donnelly, age 40 years, currently oversees the Global Finance team at
Wayfair Inc., an e-commerce platform, as Vice President, Global Head of Finance
and Accounting, overseeing accounting, financial operations, tax, capital
markets, investor relations, corporate development, strategic operations
finance, strategic corporate finance and procurement. Before taking this role in
September 2019, she served as Head of Corporate Finance from August 2017 to
September 2019, and Director of Strategic Finance and Investor Relations from
March 2016 to August 2017. Prior to Wayfair, Ms. Donnelly was a private equity
investor in technology and media companies at Thomas H. Lee Partners in Boston
and served on the board of directors at Agencyport Software and iHeartMedia. Ms.
Donnelly holds a master's degree in business administration from Harvard
Business School and a bachelor's degree in Economics from Stanford University.
The Company and Ms. Donnelly entered into an employment offer letter in
connection with her appointment as Chief Financial Officer (the "Offer Letter").
Pursuant to the Offer Letter, Ms. Donnelly is eligible to receive: (i) an annual
base salary of $600,000; (ii) an award of restricted stock units with an
aggregate value of $13 million that will vest quarterly over 24 months, subject
to Ms. Donnelly's continued service to the Company on each applicable vesting
date; (iii) a one-time bonus of $500,000 payable in advance to be earned
pro-rata over the course of her first year of employment; and (iv) a one-time
additional discretionary bonus of $500,000 payable in September 2023 in advance
to be earned pro-rata over the following twelve months of employment
("Additional Bonus"). If Ms. Donnelly leaves the Company under certain
conditions within twelve months of the Effective Date or payment of the
Additional Bonus, she will forfeit or be required to pay back a portion of,
certain bonuses and other benefits received.
The Company also entered into its standard form of executive severance and
change in control agreement with Ms. Donnelly, which was previously filed by the
Company as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Form 10-K filed on February 3, 2022.
The severance payments and benefits are subject to Ms. Donnelly's execution of a
general release of claims against the Company and her compliance with certain
restrictive covenants.
The Company also intends to enter into its standard form of indemnification
agreement with Ms. Donnelly, which was previously filed by the Company as
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form S-1/A filed on April 8, 2019.
There are no family relationships between Ms. Donnelly and any Company director
or executive officer, and there are no arrangements or understandings between
Ms. Donnelly and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as an
officer. Ms. Donnelly is not a party to any current or proposed transaction with
the Company for which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act, 1934 as amended.
The foregoing description of the Offer Letter does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Offer
Letter, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 25, 2023, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders (the
"Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted on the
following proposals:
1.To elect the four Class I nominees for director named in the proxy statement
to hold office until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their
successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until their office is
otherwise vacated.
2.To approve, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation of the
Company's named executive officers.
3.To ratify the audit and risk committee's selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
2023.
4.To consider and vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a report on certain
data relating to anti-discrimination and anti-harassment.
5.To consider and vote on a stockholder proposal requesting additional reporting
on government requests to remove content.
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Holders of the shares of Class A common stock were entitled to one vote per
share held as of the close of business on March 29, 2023 (the "Record Date") and
holders of the shares of Class B common stock were entitled to 20 votes per
share held as of the Record Date. Holders of the shares of Class A common stock
and holders of the shares of Class B common stock voted together as a single
class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions and
broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon are set forth below.
1.Election of directors
Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
Jeffrey Jordan 1,849,866,651 128,781,982 657,356 58,592,422
Jeremy Levine 1,807,669,530 170,981,806 654,653 58,592,422
Gokul Rajaram 1,903,336,472 75,341,531 627,986 58,592,422
Marc Steinberg 1,975,715,735 2,942,779 647,475 58,592,422
Based on the votes set forth above, each director nominee was duly elected to
serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors
have been duly elected and qualified, or until their office is otherwise
vacated.
2.Approval, on an advisory non-binding basis, of the compensation of the
Company's named executive officers
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
1,650,008,160 318,864,298 10,433,531 58,592,422
Based on the votes set forth above, the stockholders approved, on an advisory
non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
3.Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm
For Against Abstain
2,034,913,511 2,420,654 564,246
Based on the votes set forth above, the stockholders ratified the appointment of
Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm
for the fiscal year 2023.
4.Stockholder proposal requesting a report on certain data relating to
anti-discrimination and anti-harassment
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
108,884,453 1,869,262,203 1,159,333 58,592,422
Based on the votes set forth above, the stockholders did not approve the
stockholder proposal.
5.Stockholder proposal requesting additional reporting on government requests to
remove content
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
6,513,391 1,971,697,492 1,095,106 58,592,422
Based on the votes set forth above, the stockholders did not approve the
stockholder proposal.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
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On May 30, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment
of Ms. Donnelly as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the press
release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and
shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the
Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number Description
10.1 Offer Letter, dated May 24, 2023, between Pinterest, Inc. and
Julia Brau Donnelly.
99.1 Press Release issued by Pinterest, Inc., dated May 30, 2023.
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
104 document).
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