UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 16, 2019
ORBCOMM Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-33118 | 41-2118289 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
395 W. Passaic Street
Rochelle Park, New Jersey 07662
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(201) 363-4900
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share | ORBC | The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ORBCOMM Inc. (the Company) previously announced on April 5, 2019 that Constantine Dean Milcos had been appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. Mr. Milcos served as the Companys Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since September 25, 2013 and also served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company from May to September 2018.
On July 16, 2019, the Compensation Committee of the Companys Board of Directors established Mr. Milcoss 2019 compensation as Chief Financial Officer, which includes the following principal components:
(i) | an annual base salary of $280,000 effective as of April 1, 2019; |
(ii) | a target annual cash bonus opportunity for fiscal 2019 of $157,500, representing 75% of his 2019 annual base salary, pro rated for the number of days in calendar year 2019 that he is expected to be employed by the Company, subject to achieving the same financial performance targets (and relative weighting of such performance targets as a percentage of the target annual cash bonus) for fiscal 2019 as the Companys other senior executives established by the Compensation Committee with respect to fiscal 2019 described in the Companys proxy statement for its 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. |
(iii) | additional grants of equity based awards under the Companys 2016 Long-Term Incentives Plan (the Plan) to be made on July 16, 2019 (the Grant Date) as follows: |
(a) | an award of additional time-vested Restricted Stock Units (Time-Vested RSUs), effective as of the Grant Date, determined by dividing $96,750 by the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Companys common stock on the Grant Date, and rounded down to the nearest whole number, which Time-Vested RSUs shall vest in their entirety on January 1, 2020; |
(b) | an award of additional performance vested Restricted Stock Units (Performance Vested RSUs), effective as of the Grant Date, determined by dividing $96,750 by the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Companys comomon stock on the Grant Date, and rounded down to the nearest whole number, which Performance Vested RSUs shall be subject to the same 2019 performance targets (and relative weighting of such performance targets as a percentage of the Performance Vested RSUs granted on the Grant Date) as for other senior executives established by the Compensation Committee as described in the Companys proxy statement for its 2019 annual meeting of stockholders; and |
(c) | a new award of Performance Units representing up to 41.25% of Mr. Milcoss increased 2019 annual base salary and with the vesting schedule consistent with the Performance Unit awards of other senior executives of the Company for the fiscal 2019 to 2021 Performance Periods (except that for the 2019 Performance Period the amount of the Performance Unit award will be up to 11.25% of his 2019 annual base salary (representing a pro rated amount based on the number of days in |
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calendar year 2019 he is expected to be employed by the Company) and for each of the 2020 and 2021 Performance Periods the amount of the Performance Unit award will be up to 15% of his 2019 annual base salary), which Performance Unit awards are subject to achievement of the vesting performance targets based on the Companys stock price performance for the fiscal years 2019, 2020 and 2021 in the same manner for the Companys other senior executives. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ORBCOMM Inc. | ||||
By: | /s/ Christian Le Brun | |||
Name: | Christian Le Brun | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Date: July 19, 2019
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