Employment arrangements
Offer letters and employment agreements
On April 27, 2021, we entered into an offer letter with Ms. Glaser for the position of Chief Financial Officer. The offer letter provides for her at-will employment and sets forth her initial base salary, initial target annual performance-based incentive, sign-on bonus in the amount of $500,000, initial equity award, eligibility to participate in the equity acceleration plan, certain additional severance and acceleration benefits if Ms. Glaser is terminated before the first anniversary of her date of hire, as described below, and eligibility for the Company’s benefit plans generally.
On March 4, 2021, we entered into an offer letter with Ms. Constantinople for the position of Chief Marketing Officer. The offer letter provides for her at-will employment and sets forth her initial base salary, initial target annual performance-based incentive, sign-on bonus in the amount of $500,000, initial equity award, eligibility to participate in the equity acceleration plan, certain additional severance and acceleration benefits if Ms. Constantinople is terminated before the first anniversary of her date of hire, as described below, and eligibility for the Company’s benefit plans generally.
On November 26, 2017, we entered into an offer letter with Mr. Gennaro for the position of Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales. In November 2019, Mr. Gennaro was promoted to our President, Worldwide Sales. The offer letter provided for his
at-will
employment and sets forth his initial base salary, initial target annual performance-based incentive,
sign-on
bonus in the amount of $100,000, initial equity award, eligibility to participate in the equity acceleration provisions, and eligibility for the Company’s benefit plans generally.
On June 16, 2010, we entered into an offer letter with Mr. McDermott for the position of Vice President of Engineering. In October 2016, Mr. McDermott was promoted to our President of Products. Effective April 2021, Mr. McDermott was appointed to the position of Chief Technology Officer. The offer letter generally provides for his
at-will
employment and sets forth his initial base salary, initial equity award, and eligibility for the Company’s benefit plans generally.
On April 6, 2016, we entered into an offer letter with Ms. Gomez for the position of Chief Financial Officer. The offer letter provides for her
at-will
employment and sets forth her initial base salary, initial target annual performance-based incentive, initial equity award, eligibility to participate in the equity acceleration plan, and eligibility for the Company’s benefit plans generally. Ms. Gomez’s employment with the Company terminated May 5, 2021.
On February 24, 2014, we entered into an offer letter with Mr. Cabi for the position of Vice President, Financial Strategy. Mr. Cabi served in various roles at the Company until 2020 when he was promoted to our SVP of Investor Relations and Strategic Finance & Analytics. In April 2021, Mr. Cabi was appointed as the Company’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer and, effective May 5, 2021, interim principal financial officer of the Company. Upon Ms. Glaser’s commencement of employment on May 28, 2021, Ms. Glaser replaced Mr. Cabi as principal financial officer of the Company, and Mr. Cabi continued to be the Company’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer. The offer letter provides for his
at-will
employment and sets forth his initial base salary, initial target annual performance-based incentive, initial equity award, eligibility to participate in the equity acceleration plan, and eligibility for the Company’s benefit plans generally. Mr. Cabi’s employment with the Company terminated November 8, 2021.
Potential payments upon termination or change in control
Acceleration of equity awards and severance
. In the event of a “sale event” (as defined in the 2009 Plan or the 2014 Plan, as applicable), if Mr. Svane’s employment is terminated by us without “cause” or by Mr. Svane for “good reason” ( with definitions consistent with those in the Acceleration Plan) at any time during the period that ends 12 months following the sale event, then 100% of the outstanding and unvested equity awards held by Mr. Svane will be fully accelerated.
. Pursuant to the provisions of the Acceleration Plan, in the event of a “change in control” (as defined in the Acceleration Plan), if Ms. Glaser’s employment is terminated by us without “cause” or by Ms. Glaser for “good reason” (in each case, as defined in the Acceleration Plan) at any time during the period that ends 12 months following the change in control, then 100% of the outstanding and unvested equity awards held by Ms. Glaser will be fully accelerated. Furthermore, if Ms. Glaser’s employment is terminated by us without “cause” prior to the first anniversary of her date of hire, Ms. Glaser is also entitled to receive (subject to her execution of a release of claims) accelerated vesting of an amount of shares subject to the stock option and RSU award granted to her in connection with her hire that would have vested on the first anniversary of the “vesting commencement date” of each award. If Ms. Glaser’s employment was terminated by us without “cause” on December 31, 2021, without the occurrence of a change in control, she would be entitled to (i) a lump sum severance payment equal to $285,000, (ii) a payment of $27,745 in respect of 12 months of benefit coverage (including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, an employee assistance program, and the subscription fee for an application related to mental health services), and (iii) accelerated vesting of her 71,003 new hire stock options and her new hire RSU award in respect of 35,502 shares of Company common stock, which awards would have had an aggregate value of $3,702,503.58 based on the Company’s December 31, 2021 closing stock price of $104.29 per share.
. Pursuant to the provisions of the Acceleration Plan, in the event of a “change in control” (as defined in the Acceleration Plan), if Ms. Constantinople’s employment is terminated by us without “cause” or by Ms. Constantinople for “good reason” (in each case, as defined in the Acceleration Plan) at any time during the period that ends 12 months following the change in control, then 100% of the outstanding and unvested equity awards held by Ms. Constantinople will be fully accelerated. Additionally, pursuant to the provisions of her offer letter, in the event that Ms. Constantinople’s employment is terminated by us without “cause”, Ms. Constantinople will be entitled (subject to her execution of a release of claims) to a lump sum amount equal to twelve months of her base salary in effect at the time of termination. Furthermore, if Ms. Constantinople’s employment is terminated by us without “cause” prior to the first anniversary of her date of hire, Ms. Constantinople is entitled to receive (subject to her execution of a release of claims) accelerated vesting of an amount of shares subject to the stock option and RSU award granted to her in connection with her hire that would have vested on the first anniversary of the “vesting commencement date” of each award. If Ms. Constantinople’s employment was terminated by us without “cause” on December 31, 2021, without the occurrence of a change in control, she would be entitled to (i) a lump sum severance payment equal to $261,539, and (ii) accelerated vesting of her 48,893 new hire stock options and her new hire RSU award in respect of 24,447 shares of Company common stock, which awards would have had an aggregate value of $2,549,577.63 based on the Company’s December 31, 2021 closing stock price of $104.29 per share.
. Pursuant to the provisions of the Acceleration Plan, in the event of a “change in control” (as defined in the Acceleration Plan), if Mr. Gennaro’s employment is terminated by us without “cause” or by Mr. Gennaro for “good reason” (in each case, as defined in the Acceleration Plan) at any time during the period that ends 12 months following the change in control, then 100% of the outstanding and unvested equity awards held by Mr. Gennaro will be fully accelerated.
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