Form 8-K

 

 

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 14, 2013

 

 

ABIOMED, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-09585   04-2743260

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

22 Cherry Hill Drive

Danvers, MA 01923

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(978) 646-1400

(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 Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) On May 14, 2013, our compensation committee made its annual compensation determinations for our named executive officers. The committee determined the bonuses for fiscal 2013 performance, the salaries and target bonuses for fiscal 2014, granted stock options and made performance share awards in the form of restricted stock units to executive officers. The compensation decisions made with respect to our executive officers who are serving as our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, or who were named executive officers in our most recent proxy statement were as follows:

 

Executive Officer

   Fiscal
2013
Bonus
     Fiscal
2014
Salary
     Target
Fiscal 2014
Bonus
(Percentage
of salary)
    Shares
Underlying
Stock Options
(4 year
vesting)
    

Shares

Underlying
Restricted
Stock Units
(time based
vesting)

     Target Shares
Underlying
Restricted
Stock Units
(time and
performance
based vesting)
 

Michael R. Minogue,
Chairman, CEO and President

   $ 730,080       $ 522,210         120     85,000         28,000         82,500   

Robert L. Bowen,
Chief Financial Officer

   $ 155,384       $ 316,982         60     20,000         7,000         13,500   

David Weber,
Chief Operating Officer

   $ 200,104       $ 343,511         70     23,000         9,000         21,000   

William J. Bolt,
Senior VP, Engineering and Quality Assurance

   $ 152,710       $ 285,985         60     20,000         7,000         15,000   

Michael G. Howley,
VP and General Manager, Global Sales and Marketing

   $ 200,454       $ 300,682         65     25,000         8,000         18,000   

The performance share awards of time based restricted stock units vest in three equal installments annually on the anniversary of the date of grant over three years. The performance share awards of performance and time based restricted stock units have a double trigger vesting pursuant to which 2014 revenue performance will determine whether 0%, or a ratable amount from 33% to 100% of the underlying restricted stock units are eligible for vesting, at which point half of the units eligible for vesting will vest on the second anniversary of the date of grant and the other half of the units eligible for vesting will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant. All restricted stock units, whether vesting is based on time or performance, will fully vest upon a change in control. The stock options granted vest 25% per year on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of grant.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

ABIOMED, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Robert L. Bowen

  Robert L. Bowen
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 20, 2013

 

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