American Well Corp 8-K, filed Mar 7, 2022
American Well Corp (AMWL)
About this 8-K
American Well Corp filed this 8-K on March 7, 2022, reporting on events of March 1, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
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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.
Long-Term Equity Incentive Compensation Program
On March 1, 2022, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) of American Well Corporation (the “Company”) approved grants of performance stock units (“PSUs”) to certain of the Company’s named executive officers, reflecting the implementation of changes to the award mix under the Company’s long-term equity incentive (“LTI”) compensation program which the Committee believes will enhance the alignment of executive compensation and long-term shareholder value creation. Commencing with awards granted in 2022, the Company’s named executive officers (other than Messrs. Ido and Roy Schoenberg) will receive 70% of their annual award in the form of PSUs that vest and become earned based on the Company’s achievement of specified market capitalization milestone thresholds, as further described below. The remaining 30% of such named executive officers’ LTI award will continue to be granted in the form of time-vesting restricted stock units, on terms consistent with the Company’s current equity grant practices.
The PSUs will be eligible to be earned between 0% and 300% of target levels based on the Company’s sustained market capitalization growth over a rolling 30 trading-day period during the performance period beginning March 1, 2022 and ending February 28, 2025 (the “Performance Period”) as measured against the Company’s market capitalization on the grant date (the “Market Capitalization Milestones”). The PSUs may be earned at any time during the Performance Period, and will vest and be settled in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at such time as the Committee approves and certifies that an applicable Market Capitalization Milestone has been achieved, subject to the participant’s continued employment through such certification date; provided that, if an applicable Market Capitalization Milestone is achieved during the first year of the Performance Period, then the PSUs will not vest and be settled until the 180-day anniversary of the achievement of the Market Capitalization Milestone (subject to the participant’s continued employment through such date). Any PSUs that remain unearned at the end of the Performance Period will be cancelled and forfeited. Upon a participant’s termination of employment with the Company and its affiliates for any reason, any unvested PSUs will be immediately forfeited.
The aggregate values of the PSUs granted on March 1, 2022 to each of the Company’s named executive officers and the Company’s principal financial officer are as follows: (i) Phyllis Gotlib, $2,100,000; (ii) Kurt Knight, $2,100,000; and (iii) Robert Shepardson, $2,100,000. The Company’s co-Chief Executive Officers, Ido and Roy Schoenberg, may receive PSU grants under the LTI program at a later time in 2022.
The foregoing description of the PSUs is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of PSU award agreement, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2022.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 7, 2022
| AMERICAN WELL CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Bradford Gay | |
| Bradford Gay | ||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel | ||