UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): March 7, 2012
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT NOTES COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware Delaware |
333-147828 333-147828-08 |
71-1018770 20-8650498 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
10511 East Central, Wichita, Kansas | 67206 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (316) 676-7111
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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) Material compensatory plan or arrangement.
On March 7, 2012, the board of directors (the Board) of Hawker Beechcraft, Inc. (the Company), following the recommendation of its Compensation Committee (the Committee), approved certain adjustments to the salaries of certain members of its senior leadership team, including Messrs. Worth W. Boisture, Jr., the Chairman of Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, the Companys operating subsidiary, Shawn W. Vick, the Companys Executive Vice President, Customers, and William E. Brown, the Companys Executive Vice President, Global Operations, each effective as of January 1, 2012. These adjustments constitute the retroactive restoration of the 10% voluntary pay reductions which such executives had taken beginning in August 2009 (for Mr. Boisture) and November 2010 (for Messrs. Vick and Brown). After restoring their salaries to the levels they were at prior to the voluntary reductions, the annual salaries for Messrs. Boisture, Vick and Brown, effective as of January 1, 2012, became $630,000 and $330,000 and $290,000, respectively. In addition to resetting salaries to their pre-reduction levels, the Company shall make a lump sum payment of $10,904 to Mr. Boisture, $5,712 to Mr. Vick and $5,019 to Mr. Brown, which amounts represent the amount of salary which each executive has forgone since January 1, 2012.
The Board also approved a salary increase of approximately 4%, effective as of March 5, 2012, for Messrs. Vick and Brown. After accounting for these salary adjustments, the annual salaries for Messrs. Vick and Brown, effective as of March 5, 2012, are $342,000 and $302,000, respectively.
The Board, following the recommendation of the Committee, also authorized the Company to enter into severance agreements (the Severance Agreements) with Messrs. Vick and Brown. The Severance Agreements provide that if the Company terminates the subject executive without Cause or if the subject executive resigns with Good Reason (each as defined in the applicable Severance Agreement), the Company shall pay such executive a lump sum cash amount equal to his salary (as of the time of termination) and his target management incentive plan bonus (for the year in which he was terminated) (the Severance Amount). In order to receive the Severance Amount, the subject executive will be required to execute a general release in favor of the Company in a form acceptable to the Company (the General Release). The Severance Amount, if any, shall be paid out within 60 days of the termination date and as promptly as practical after the date on which the executive executes the General Release.
Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 13, 2012
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC |
By Hawker Beechcraft, Inc., its Sole Member |
/s/ Alexander L.W. Snyder |
Alexander L. W. Snyder Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT NOTES COMPANY |
/s/ Alexander L. W. Snyder |
Alexander L. W. Snyder Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |