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
February 16, 2011
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
FEI COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Oregon | 000-22780 | 93-0621989 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission Identification No.) |
(IRS Employer File Number) |
5350 NE Dawson Creek Drive, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(503) 726-7500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 16, 2011, under metrics previously approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, FEI Company (the “Company”) determined payments under the Company’s Management Variable Compensation Plan (“MVP”) to the Company’s named executive officers (as such term is defined in Item 401(a)(3) of Regulation S-K) for performance in 2010. The payments were calculated in accordance with the metrics disclosed by the Company in a Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 22, 2009. The amounts payable to the named executive officers are as follows:
| Named Executive Officer: |
Incentive Payments Under 2010 MVP |
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| Don R. Kania |
$ | 830,336 | ||
| Raymond A. Link |
$ | 291,286 | ||
| Benjamin Loh |
$ | 280,117 | ||
| Bradley J. Thies |
$ | 179,267 | ||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| FEI COMPANY | ||||||
| /s/ Bradley J. Thies | ||||||
| Bradley J. Thies | ||||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||
| Date: February 18, 2011 | ||||||