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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(e) Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On January 25, 2021, the Board of Directors of The Joint Corp. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”), approved an amendment to the Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan (the “Executive STIP”) under which the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer are eligible to receive compensation in the form of cash on an annual basis.
Under the Executive STIP, budgeted EBITDA will be established by the Board of Directors of the Company annually. The Executive STIP bonus pool will be combined with the bonus pool for the Non-Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan (the “Combined Pool”). The Compensation Committee will establish the maximum amount that may be allocated to the Combined Pool (the “Combined Pool Maximum”), and the amount by which actual EBITDA exceeds budgeted EBITDA will be allocated to the Combined Pool up to the established maximum.
The amendment provides that the Combined Pool will not be funded, and participants will not receive payment, if the amount allocated to the Combined Pool for the year in question is less than 85% of the Combined Pool Maximum for that year (the “Award Threshold”), provided that if the amount allocated to the Combined Pool is less than the Award Threshold, the Company’s Board of Directors may create a bonus pool under such terms and conditions as it may determine.
If the amount in the Combined Pool meets the Award Threshold, the amount allocated to the Combined Pool will be paid to the participants in both the Executive STIP and the Non-Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan on a pro rata basis based on their respective eligibility, and in each case, up to their maximum targeted STIP award. The President and CEO’s targeted STIP award will not exceed 50% of his base salary. The CFO’s STIP award will not exceed 40% of his base salary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that actual EBITDA for the year in question after the funding of the Combined Pool Maximum (“Revised EBITDA”) exceeds budgeted EBITDA for that year, the maximum targeted STIP award for the President and CEO would increase to 62.5% of his base salary, and the maximum targeted STIP award for the CFO would increase to 50% of his base salary. In that event, 25% of each dollar by which Revised EBITDA exceeds budgeted EBITDA will be added to the Combined Pool and allocated to the participants in both the Executive STIP and the Non-Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan on a pro rata basis based on their respective eligibility, and in each case, up to their maximum targeted STIP award, as adjusted.
The foregoing description of the Executive STIP as amended does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Executive STIP, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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| 10.1 | The Joint Corp. Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan (Amended January 25, 2021). | |
Signature
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.
Date: January 27, 2021.
| The Joint Corp. | ||
| By | /s/ Peter D. Holt | |
| Peter D. Holt | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||