ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS OnJanuary 12, 2021 , the Board of Directors ofPitney Bowes Inc. ("Pitney Bowes") electedAna Maria Chadwick as the company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) reporting toMarc B. Lautenbach , President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO),Pitney Bowes effectiveJanuary 29, 2021 .Ms. Chadwick will succeedJoseph Catapano , who has been serving as interim CFO and who will return to his position as Chief Accounting Officer.Ms. Chadwick , 49, joinsPitney Bowes fromGE Capital , the financial services division of General Electric Company, where she held several executive positions. Her responsibilities included both operational and financial positions, along with strong transformational and financial services experience. Most recently,Ms. Chadwick was President and CEO of GE Capital Global Legacy Solutions. Previously, she was Controller of GE Capital Americas and Chief Financial Officer atGE Capital Energy Financial Services .Ms. Chadwick has held several leadership positions of increasing responsibilities within General Electric Company, including five years as CFO and later Chief Operating Officer of Consumer Finance and Banking inLatin America . She also served as CFO ofGE Consumer Finance Switzerland and Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at GE Consumer Finance,Americas . The following summarizes the material terms of the compensation and benefitsMs. Chadwick will be entitled to receive. Annual base salary$575,000 Annual discretionary cash incentive Target opportunity of 80% of base salary with first eligibility inFebruary 2022 for the 2021 performance year. Long Term incentives Target opportunity of$1.25 million with first award inFebruary 2021 . The company's current long-term incentive mix is 60% cash incentive units vesting after three years, 20% performance restricted stock units vesting pro rata over three years and 20% nonstatutory stock options vesting pro rata over three years. Awards are to be administered in accordance with the terms of the company's 2018 Stock Plan and the standard form of award agreement.
Sign-on compensation awards (make up for Forfeitures from prior employment)
Cash$500,000 upon 6-month anniversary of employment with a 12 month claw back. Equity A restricted stock unit award with a target opportunity of$500,000 vesting 1/3 on the one-year anniversary of the award (inFebruary 2022 ), the next 1/3 portion on the second anniversary of the award (inFebruary 2023 ) and the remaining 1/3 portion on the third anniversary of the award (inFebruary 2024 ).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No arrangement or understanding exists betweenMs. Chadwick and any other person pursuant to whichMs. Chadwick was selected as an officer of the company. There is no family relationship between any director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by the company to become a director or executive officer of the company andMs. Chadwick .Ms. Chadwick is not a director of any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of such Act or any company registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. In addition, since the beginning of the company's last fiscal year, there has been no transaction (or series of transactions), and there is no currently proposed transaction (or series of transactions), to which the company or any of its subsidiaries was or is to be a party, in which the amount involved exceeds$120,000 and in whichMs. Chadwick or any member of her immediate family had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
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