The Company uses stock options to enable key executives to participate in a meaningful way in the Company’s success and to link their interests directly with those of stockholders. The number of stock options the Company grants to executives is based upon a number of factors, including base salary level and how such base salary level relates to those of other companies in the Company’s industry, the number of options previously granted, individual and corporate performance during the year, and the size and nature of option packages granted to comparable employees in comparable companies.
David H. Pohl, CEO - Total Compensation ($) 1,940,784
Thomas J. Sweeney, CFO - Total Compensation ($) 362,638
Carlton M. Johnson, Jr - Total Compensation ($) 241,118
(Consists of $36,000 board fee, $36,000 Phoenix Digital Solutions, LLC management committee fee, and $60,000 Compensation Committee and Executive Committee Chair fee (August 2006 to May 2007) + options.
Gloria H. Felcyn - Total Compensation ($) 185,118
(Consists of $36,000 board fee and $40,000 Audit Committee Chair fee (August 2006 to May 2007) + options.
Helmut Falk, Jr. - Total Compensation ($) 145,118
James L. Turley - Total Compensation ($) 195,118
(Consists of $36,000 board fee and $50,000 Technology Committee Chair fee (August 2006 to May 2007) + options.
In connection with Mr. Flowers’ appointment as the Chief Financial Officer, and also commencing on September 17, 2007, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Mr. Flowers for an initial 120-day term if not terminated pursuant to the Agreement, with an extension period of one year and on a day-to-day basis thereafter. Pursuant to the Agreement, Mr. Flowers is to receive a base salary of $225,000 per year and is eligible to receive an annual merit bonus of up to 50% of his base salary, as determined in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors. Also pursuant to the Agreement and on the date of the Agreement, Mr. Flowers received a grant of non-qualified stock options to purchase 150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and a grant of non-qualified stock options to purchase 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Agreement also provides for Mr. Flowers to receive customary employee benefits, including health, life and disability insurance.
Pursuant to the Agreement, if Mr. Flowers is terminated without cause or resigns with good reason within the first two years of employment, he is entitled to receive an amount equal to his annual base salary for the greater of (i) 6 months or (ii) the period remaining in the extended one-year term. If Mr. Flowers is terminated without cause or resigns with good reason any time after two years of continuous employment, he is entitled to receive an amount equal to 12 months of his annual base salary. Mr. Flowers is also entitled to certain payments upon a change of control of the Company if the surviving corporation does not retain him. All such payments are conditional upon the execution of a general release.
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