UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest reported event): March 8, 2012
Commission File No. 001-33399
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COMVERGE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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22-3543611
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(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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5390 Triangle Parkway, Suite 300
Norcross, Georgia 30092
(Address of Principal Executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (678) 392-4954
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Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
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Annual Incentive Awards for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011
On March 8, 2012, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Comverge, Inc. (the “Company”) approved annual incentive awards with respect to the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. The recipients of these annual incentive awards included the executive officers set forth below for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.
The elements of our 2011 annual incentive plan were primarily structured to reward our executive officers for achieving certain financial and business objectives, consisting of the following metrics: (i) revenue, (ii) net increase in megawatts, and (iii) net income. The 2011 incentive plan consisted of two components: a cash incentive award and a long-term incentive equity award. Incentive targets were established as a percentage of the participant’s base salary and provide a range of potential payments based on business performance, accomplishment of divisional or departmental goals and job performance and demonstrating the Company’s behaviors and values. Business
performance was measured on overall Company results with 50% based on revenue, 30% based on net increase in megawatts, and 20% on net income. Each of the three business metrics may be satisfied independently of the others. Threshold performance must be reached for any individual business metric to reach a payout level. Once threshold is reached, performance results between threshold, target and maximum levels will be interpolated for payout purposes. Divisional or departmental goals are quantitative and qualitative goals assigned to participants in support of overall Company objectives. The metrics based on the Company’s behaviors and values outline how participants must act and interact as a team to ensure success. Examples may include operational excellence, customer intimacy, innovation, respect, transparency and open communication.
The following table summarizes, for each named executive officer, the threshold, target and maximum incentive award potential as previously established for his 2011 long-term annual incentive plan.
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Named Executive Officer
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Long-term Incentive
as a % of Base Salary
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Base Salary
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Threshold
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Target
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Maximum
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R. Blake Young
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$480,000
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225%
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300%
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375%
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David Mathieson
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$325,000
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113%
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150%
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188%
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Steven Moffitt
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$350,000
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113%
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150%
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188%
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Matthew H. Smith
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$225,000
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113%
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150%
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188%
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Arthur Vos IV
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$240,000
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125%
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175%
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225%
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These metrics and the associated performance levels that were established represented the factors that the Compensation Committee deemed most important and which, if achieved, would likely result in an increase in stockholder value. The specific performance levels were determined with reference to our 2011 budget, which we used to manage our day-to-day business and were determined by our Board of Directors as representing an aggressive level of growth and financial performance for us in 2011. In turn, the target levels were designed to be obtainable with stretch performance. The following table summarizes, for each named executive officer, the weighted percentage of incentive award potential assigned
to each incentive metric for his 2011 incentive plan.
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Named Executive Officer
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Revenue
(1)
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Net Increase in New MW
(2)
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Net Income (3)
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Total
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R. Blake Young
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50%
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30%
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20%
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100%
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David Mathieson
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50%
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30%
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20%
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100%
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Steven Moffitt
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50%
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30%
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20%
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100%
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Matthew H. Smith
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50%
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30%
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20%
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100%
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Arthur Vos IV
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50%
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30%
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20%
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100%
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After reviewing the Company’s financial performance for fiscal 2011 and evaluating the long-term incentive targets previously established for the Company’s executive management under the 2011 annual incentive plan by the Compensation Committee, the Compensation Committee approved annual incentive awards for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, to various executives, including the executive officers listed below in the amounts set forth below opposite such individual’s name. In approving the long-term incentive awards, the Compensation Committee considered the fact that for fiscal 2011, the Company’s executive management executed on the Company’s
business plan and strategic initiatives and met their threshold objectives on two out of three goals.
The awards represented in the table below are formulaic in nature. Such formulas and 2011 Performance Metrics were approved by the Compensation Committee on March 8, 2012, including cash awards made to executives that were materially consistent with the previously disclosed terms of the 2011 annual incentive plan.
In addition, due to a declining stock price, the Committee applied reductions to the executives’ long-term incentive targets ranging from 0% to 65%. Further, the Committee used the closing price on March 3, 2011 of $5.55 (the date on which the 2011 annual and long-term incentive plans were approved by the Committee) for determining the number of shares to grant, which had the effect of reducing the overall number of shares awarded to the executives, rather than using the volume weighted average share price on date of grant, as was previously disclosed in the terms of the 2011 annual incentive plan. The new long-term incentive targets were recommended by the Company’s external
compensation consultant and were designed to bring the long-term incentive targets for executives in line with the market, as well as the Company’s stated compensation philosophy.
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Named Executive Officer
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Long-term Incentive
as a % of Base Salary
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Base Salary
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Old Target
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New Target
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R. Blake Young
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$480,000
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300%
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300%
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David Mathieson
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$325,000
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150%
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120%
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Steven Moffitt
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$350,000
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150%
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120%
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Matthew H. Smith
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$225,000
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150%
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120%
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Arthur Vos IV
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$240,000
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175%
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120%
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Based on the new targets, the long-term incentive awards to the executives included payments of grants of restricted stock as follows:
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Executive Officers
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Position
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Restricted
Stock Award
( Shares ) *
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R. Blake Young
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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180,000
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David Mathieson
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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48,000
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Steve Moffitt
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Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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54,000
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Matthew H. Smith
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Senior Vice President and General Counsel
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21,000
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Arthur Vos IV
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Senior Vice President Utility Sales & Chief Technology Officer
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49,000
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* Each of the shares of restricted stock is initially subject to a repurchase right in favor of the Company. With continued service to the Company, all of the shares of restricted stock set forth above shall vest, and the repurchase right shall lapse with respect to such shares, on March 8, 2015.
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.
COMVERGE, INC.
By: /s/ R. Blake Young
Name: R. Blake Young
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: March 14, 2012