Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Chief Commercial Officer
TPI Composites, Inc. (the Company) has appointed Lance Marram as Chief
Commercial Officer, effective January 1, 2022, reporting to the Chief Executive
Officer. Mr. Marram will oversee all sales, business development and account
management activities for the Company's wind and field service markets.
Mr. Marram, age 50, has served as the Company's Senior Vice President
- Global Service since October 2019. Prior to joining TPI, Mr. Marram was the
Managing Director for Senvion North America from June 2017 to July 2019. Mr.
Marram managed his own project development advisory company, E2M International
from April 2012 to May 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Marram also served for three
years as Vice President Business Development at Vestas while living in Spain and
also spent seven years working for Gamesa. While at Gamesa, he helped launch
Gamesa's wind business in North America, as well as in the United Kingdom and
Ireland. Mr. Marram also served as an Executive Vice President at Gamesa and in
this role he managed sales, marketing, and operations for North America. Mr.
Marram holds a B.A. in Environmental Law from the University of California,
Santa Barbara, and a MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain.
Mr. Marram will be entitled to an annual base salary of $450,000
(subject to periodic increases at the Company's discretion) and the opportunity
to participate in the Company's annual cash incentive bonus program, with a
target bonus percentage of 65% of his annual base salary. Mr. Marram will be
eligible to participate in the Company's standard employee benefit programs and
will be entitled to benefits consistent with those provided to other senior
executives of the Company and any other benefits that the Company may, in its
sole discretion, elect to grant to him from time to time.
In the event of a termination of employment by the Company "without
cause" or for "good reason" by Mr. Marram (each as defined in Mr. Marram's
employment agreement) and not involving a change of control of the Company,
subject to the delivery of a fully effective release of claims and continued
compliance with applicable restrictive covenants, Mr. Marram will receive cash
severance equal to 12 months' salary continuation, and up to 12 monthly cash
payments equal to the Company's monthly contribution for Mr. Marram's health
insurance.
In the event Mr. Marram is terminated by the Company "without cause"
or "for good reason" by Mr. Marram, within 12 months following a change in
control of the Company, subject to the delivery of a fully effective release of
claims and continued compliance with applicable restrictive covenants, Mr.
Marram will not be entitled to the severance benefits described above, but will
instead be entitled to the following: (i) a lump sum cash severance payment
equal to 100% of his base salary and 100% of his annual target bonus, (ii) up to
12 monthly cash payments equal to the Company's monthly contribution for Mr.
Marram's health insurance, (iii) for all outstanding and unvested equity awards
of the Company subject to time-based vesting held by Mr. Marram, full
accelerated vesting of such awards, with a post-termination exercise period, if
applicable, of one year and (iv) for all outstanding and unvested equity awards
of the Company subject to performance-based vesting held by Mr. Marram fully
accelerated vesting of such awards to the extent provided in the underlying
award agreement.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Marram and
any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as Chief Commercial Officer
and no family relationships among any of the Company's directors or executive
officers and Mr. Marram. Mr. Marram has no direct or indirect material interest
in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K.
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