Grindr Inc.
10/16/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/16/2024 14:14
Management Change/Compensation Form 8 K
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The Compensation Committee (the "Compensation Committee") of the Board of Directors of Grindr Inc. (the "Company"), with the assistance of Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc., its independent compensation consultant, reviewed the Company's compensation arrangements with certain executive officers, including Austin "AJ" Balance, the Company's Chief Product Officer. Based on its review, and to provide incentives that the Compensation Committee believes are appropriate to retain Mr. Balance over the long term and incentivize him to maximize stockholder value and achieve the Company's corporate objectives, the Compensation Committee approved the following long-term equity incentive awards for Mr. Balance on October 9, 2024:
Time-based RSU Award
An award of time-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the Company's Amended and Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") with respect to 200,000 shares of the Company's common stock (the "Balance RSU Award"). The Balance RSU Award will vest in its entirety on November 11, 2028, subject to Mr. Balance's continuous service to the Company through such date. The vesting of the Balance RSU Award will accelerate in full upon a termination of Mr. Balance's continuous service by the Company without cause or by Mr. Balance for good reason, in either case, within 12 months following a change in control of the Company.
Performance-based RSU Award
An award of performance-based RSUs under the Plan with respect to 200,000 shares of the Company's common stock (the "Balance PSU Award"). Under the Balance PSU Award, in the event that the Company's average market capitalization over a 90-day trading period exceeds $5 billion (the "Market Cap Threshold"), then Mr. Balance will be granted 200,000 RSUs, with any such RSUs to be fully vested upon grant, subject to Mr. Balance's continuous service to the Company through the grant date. In the event of a change in control of the Company prior to the grant of the Balance PSU Award, if the aggregate consideration payable in connection with such change-in-control transaction for all fully diluted shares of the Company's common stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction exceeds the Market Cap Threshold, then immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the consummation of the change-in-control transaction, Mr. Balance will be granted 200,000 fully vested RSUs, subject to Mr. Balance's continuous service to the Company through immediately prior to the consummation of such change-in-control transaction.