11/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/01/2024 14:12
Item 5.02 |
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Amendment of Deferred Compensation Program
On October 30, 2024, the Company's Human Resources and Compensation Committee (the "Committee") amended the Deferred Compensation Program (the "Program") to eliminate Stock Options as an investment alternative for the 2025 calendar year and thereafter.
Prior to the amendment, the Program allowed eligible participants, including Karl G. Glassman, President& CEO, Benjamin M. Burns, EVP& CFO, J. Tyson Hagale, EVP, President - Bedding Products, and other named executive officers and key managers to defer up to 100% of salary, incentive awards and other cash compensation in exchange for any combination of the following:
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Stock Units with dividend equivalents, acquired at a 20% discount to the fair market value of our common stock on the dates the compensation or dividends otherwise would have been paid. |
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At-marketStock Options with the underlying shares of common stock having an initial market value five times the amount of compensation foregone, with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of our common stock on the grant date (December 15 of the year in which the deferral election was made). |
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Cash Deferrals accruing interest at a rate established by the Committee, and until the Committee determines otherwise, to be set by the Chief Financial Officer. |
Any at-marketStock Options, previously elected and granted prior to the amendment, will remain outstanding. These Options have a 10-yearterm and may be exercised on March 15 (for executives) following the year the compensation is earned and vested. The Options are exercisable (for non-employeedirectors) on December 31 of the year the compensation is earned and vested. A participant has no rights as a shareholder with respect to the shares covered by a previously granted Option until common stock has been issued. Although the Company intends to settle any Option exercise in stock, notwithstanding any other provision of the Program, the Company reserves the right, subject to the Committee's approval, to settle the Option exercise in cash in lieu of shares of common stock, if sufficient shares are not available under the Company's Flexible Stock Plan.
Stock Units and Cash Deferrals remain investment alternatives under the Program. Participants who elect a stock unit or cash deferral can receive distributions in a lump sum or in annual installments. Distribution payouts must begin no more than 10 years from the effective date of the deferral and all amounts subject to the deferral must be distributed within 10 years of the first installment. Although the Company intends to settle the Stock Units in shares of the Company's common stock, it reserves the right, subject to the Committee's approval, to distribute the balance in cash in lieu of shares of common stock if sufficient shares are not available under the Company's Flexible Stock Plan.
The foregoing is only a summary of the amendment to the Program and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Deferred Compensation Program, effective October 30, 2024, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-Kand is incorporated herein by reference.
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